After this week’s CNN town hall, it’s more and more clear that any money Howard Schultz might spend on an independent presidential bid would function as an in-kind campaign contribution to Donald Trump. Schultz offered few policy specifics during the hour-long session Tuesday night and repeatedly retreated to platitudes when […] Read more »
Howard Schultz is a spoiler for Trump — Here’s proof
… A new analysis conducted by Katie Connolly and Joel Benenson of the Benenson Strategy Group, and provided to Crooked Media, demonstrates conclusively that the only person a Howard Schultz candidacy can elect to the presidency is Donald Trump. The analysis is the most thorough yet conducted by polling experts, […] Read more »
Democrats are right to be wary of Howard Schultz
The frenzy over businessman Howard Schultz’s announcement that he is considering an independent run for president is understandable. Democrats think President Donald Trump is headed for defeat in a one-on-one general election contest, and anything that changes that trajectory improves his re-election prospects. Unfortunately, few of the people who panicked […] Read more »
Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative Voters Preferred Trump In 2016
The conventional wisdom is that a socially liberal, fiscally conservative independent presidential candidate — like, say, Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, who is considering just such a run — poses a threat to Democrats in 2020 by potentially dividing the anti-Trump vote. But there’s another possibility: that Schultz, or […] Read more »
Internal Schultz presidential polling shows him in double digits, eligible for debate stage
New internal polling from former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz shows him pulling about 17 percent of the vote in hypothetical presidential matchups between President Trump and either Democrat Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren. CONT. Ben Kamisar, NBC News WATCH: The #MTP panel discusses Howard Schultz’s potential presidential campaign and its […] Read more »
Wide party divide could be opening for independent candidate
For many years, American voters complained that politics often boiled down to a bland choice between two nearly interchangeable products — Brand D and Brand R. Not anymore. A new Pew Research Center poll shows that the majority of Americans, 54 percent, believe there is “a great deal” of difference […] Read more »