“Given the month she just had, I doubt whether or not she will run for president in 2016.”
— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Newsmax, on the possibility Hillary Clinton will make another White House run.
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Blue Wave Update
Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update
Very Tight in Kentucky
A new Survey USA poll in Kentucky finds Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) barely edging Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) in their U.S. Senate race, 43% to 42%.
In the GOP primary, McConnell holds a commanding lead over Matt Bevin (R), 55% to 35%.
Republicans Press on Clinton’s Health
Hillary Clinton’s health and age are “fair game” for political debate if she decides to run for president, Republicans argued Sunday, even as Democrats called it “pathetic” for Karl Rove to suggest recently that she suffered from some kind of “brain injury” two years ago, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Said RNC Chairman Reice Priebus: “I’m not a doctor. What I do know is that the issue is going to come up as it does for any person running for president.”
Perdue Maintains Primary Lead in Georgia
A new Insider Advantage poll in Georgia finds David Perdue (R) leading the GOP Senate pack with 27%, followed by Jack Kingston (R) at 19%, Karen Handel (R) at 17%, Phil Gingrey (R) at 10% and Paul Broun (R) at 9%.
However, a poll done for GA Pundit finds a three-way tie between Perdue, Kingston and Handel.
Sasse Way Ahead in Nebraska
A new Rasmussen Reports survey in Nebraska finds Ben Sasse (R) way ahead of David Domina (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 51% to 34%.
Wehby Leads Primary in Oregon
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll in Oregon shows Monica Wehby (R) way ahead of Jason Conger in the GOP Senate primary, 41% to 24%.
Castro Said to be Cabinet Pick
President Obama “is preparing to nominate Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio as his new secretary of housing and urban development, elevating one of his party’s Hispanic rising stars as part of a cabinet shuffle that has possible implications for the 2016 presidential race,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Castro, who has often been mentioned as a potential vice-presidential candidate for the Democrats, would take the place of Shaun Donovan, who is to become director of the Office of Management and Budget. That job is being vacated by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, whom Mr. Obama tapped to be secretary of health and human services and who seems headed to Senate confirmation.”
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