This week marks an important anniversary in the political lives of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton was dominating the young upstart from Illinois in the Democratic primaries. … How did the Obama team turn it around? The conventional wisdom is that he inspired voters with […] Read more »
Seeking President, No Experience Necessary
… According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36). People who would never board an airplane piloted by a person who has never flown before, or even used a flight […] Read more »
Trump vs. Clinton: The Unpopularity Contest
Who has the highest negative ratings in the latest NBC/Wall street Journal poll, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? MTP Daily’s Chuck Todd goes over the numbers with pollstars Fred Yang and Bill McInturff. NBC News Read more »
If Government Shuts Down, Republicans Would Get More Blame
Washington is faced with a potential federal government shutdown when funding for the government runs out on Wednesday night. If there is a federal government shutdown, Republicans in Congress would get more of the blame (39 percent) than President Barack Obama and the Democrats (28 percent), but one in five […] Read more »
G.O.P. Field Wrestles With Questions on Islam and the Presidency
Faith and politics intersected on Sunday when discussions of how Donald J. Trump handled a question about President Obama’s religion evolved into an awkward debate over whether a Muslim could ever be commander in chief. Several Republican presidential candidates offered halting responses to the question when it was posed to […] Read more »
Do hate and racism drive support for Donald Trump?
Last night, debate viewers may have seen the end of the Summer of Trump, as the Donald floundered about the Reagan Library. I am not one of those who are inclined to read profundities into the Trump phenomenon. Many of his supporters don’t follow politics closely, and often seem to […] Read more »