Hillary Clinton is currently the best known and best liked of 16 potential 2016 presidential candidates tested in a July 7-10 Gallup poll, due to her 91% familiarity score and +19 net favorable rating. The net favorable is based on her 55% favorable and 36% unfavorable ratings. CONT. Jeffrey M. […] Read more »
Questions for the GOP’s 2016 field of candidates
Texas Gov. Rick Perry once famously described the 2012 Republican presidential field as the “weakest . . . in history.” Republicans expect better things in 2016, but today there are as many question marks as exclamation points behind the names of their prospective candidates. … The Republican nomination contest is unsettled and […] Read more »
The five clans of the GOP
… Republicans have now become a party of true believers, and true believers do not tolerate heresy. Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the party’s former vice presidential nominee, told Iowa Republicans last week, “This is the Lenten season. Here’s what I say: we give up infighting, tunnel vision, acrimony. We need […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Rand Paul goes where his father never went
Rand Paul has done something his father never did – top the list of potential Republican presidential candidates in a national poll. According to a new CNN/ORC International survey, 16% of Republicans and independents who lean toward the GOP say they would be likely to support the senator from Kentucky […] Read more »
Iowa Poll: 50% in Iowa say Hillary Clinton should run for president
If either Paul Ryan or Hillary Clinton truly is on the fence about running for president of the United States, some pop-the-champagne poll numbers from a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll might encourage them. But if Rick Santorum feels confident he could win Iowa again, the new poll could […] Read more »
Clinton deadlocked with Christie but leads other GOP presidential possibilities
In a potential preview of the next presidential election, a new national poll suggests Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie would be neck and neck if the 2016 contest were held today. But a CNN/ORC International survey released Thursday also indicates Clinton leading eight other possible Republican White House hopefuls in […] Read more »