New Yorker: “Rubio, who has entered six elections and never lost, is alert to the appearance of overweening ambition. … He considers himself a Catholic, but he attends two churches-an evangelical Protestant service on Saturdays and a Roman Catholic Mass on Sundays… He used to proclaim his love of nineties-era hip-hop-particularly Tupac Shakur-but recently he has also taken to praising cross-genre artists, such as Drake and the Weeknd, who blend electronic dance music with hip-hop, rap, and R. & B… Rubio’s ecumenism is one reason that prominent Democrats consider him the most worrisome contender.”
Archives for November 2015
Police Chief More Concerned with Guns Than Refugees
New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called on Congress to “help us out with that Terrorist Watch List, those thousands of people that can purchase firearms in this country,” saying he’s “more worried about them than I am about Syrian refugees, to be quite frank with you,” NBC News reports.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, on a black activist who was choked and thrown to the ground after trying to disrupt Trump’s rally.
Quote of the Day
“Well, we’ll see what happens. It will be very interesting. But I’m leading every poll by a lot. It’s not even a little bit anymore, it’s a lot.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, once again suggesting he would run for president as an independent if not “treated fairly.”
Trump Holds Huge Lead in New Hampshire
A new CBS News poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential race with 32%, followed by Marco Rubio at 13%, Ben Carson at 10%, Ted Cruz at 10%, John Kasich at 8%, Jeb Bush at 6%, Carly Fiorina at 6% and Chris Christie at 5%.
Trump Retakes Lead in Iowa
A new CBS News poll in Iowa finds Donald Trump leading the GOP field with 30%, followed by Ted Cruz at 21%, Ben Carson at 19%, Marco Rubio at 11% and Jeb Bush at 5%.
Trump Way Ahead in South Carolina
A new CBS News poll in South Carolina shows Donald Trump leading the Republican presidential field with 35%, followed by Ben Carson at 19%, Marco Rubio at 16%, Ted Cruz at 13%, and Jeb Bush at 5%.
Trump Pledges to Bring Back Waterboarding
Donald Trump “says if he’s elected president, he’ll bring back enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding for enemy combatants,” The Hill reports.
Said Trump: “I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, what they’re doing to us, what they did to James Foley when they chopped off his head.”
He said he would “absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation.”
Trump Leads Nationally for 4th Consecutive Month
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Donald Trump leading the GOP field with 32%, followed by Ben Carson at 22%, Marco Rubio at 11%, Ted Cruz at 8% and Jeb Bush at 6%. No other candidate has more than 4% nationally.
In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton leads with 60%, followed by Bernie Sanders at 34% and Martin O’Malley at 3%.
A new Fox News poll also shows Trump expanding his lead to 28%, followed by Carson by 18%, Cruz at 14%, Rubio at 14% and Bush at 5%.
Trump Holds Big Lead in New Hampshire
A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential race with 22%, followed by Marco Rubio at 11%, Ben Carson at 10%, Ted Cruz at 9% and John Kasich at 9%.
Interestingly, if Mitt Romney jumped into the race he would lead Trump, 31% to 15%.
Edwards Wins in Louisiana
John Bel Edwards (D) defeated Sen. David Vitter (R) in the race for Louisiana governor, the New Orleans Times Picayune reports.
Baton Rouge Advocate: “Voters’ rejection of Vitter was a stunning turn of events for the U.S. senator, who has been a political powerhouse in the state for years and started his campaign nearly two years ago as the race’s front-runner.”
Vitter surprised supporters with an announcement that he would not run for re-election to the Senate next year: “I’ve reached my personal term limit.”
Trump Steps Up Rhetoric on Muslims Again
Donald Trump “is ratcheting up his rhetoric about American Muslims, saying there’s precedent for monitoring some mosques amid the recent terror wave,” CNN reports.
Said Trump: “I want surveillance. I will absolutely take (a) database on the people coming in from Syria. If we can’t stop it — but we are going to if I win — they’re going back.”
Kamala Harris Faces Campaign Turmoil
“Turmoil and lackluster funding in California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s (D) Senate campaign has some Democratic operatives wondering what’s gone wrong,” The Hill reports.
“Harris this week replaced campaign manager Rory Steele with Juan Rodriguez, who was serving as the campaign’s senior adviser. Harris’ team is also cutting costs to control its high rate of spending, which threatens to overtake the money flowing into the campaign account. These changes follow departures by two finance directors earlier this year.”
“Critics point to Harris’s own personality as the reason for some of the problems.”
Did Jindal Quit Campaign to Sink Vitter?
“In Louisiana, it’s an open secret that Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) concluded a years-long blood feud with Vitter by ending his presidential campaign on Tuesday,” the Washington Post reports.
Said political reporter Julia O’Donoghue: “You can’t get anyone to admit it, but it’s what everyone thinks. We spent two days talking about refugees and then two days talking about Jindal. Those first two days were the only ones in the runoff when John Bel Edwards was on defense.”
GOP Lawmaker Says Refugees Looking for a ‘Paid Vacation’
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says refugees fleeing war-torn Syria are trying to come to the U.S. for a “paid vacation,” The Hill reports.
Said Brooks: “I’m one of these folks that think we need to stop paying these folks to come here, and we’re paying them about $15,000 a year in free health care, free food, free shelter, free clothing, free transportation.”
He added: “You know, just go down the litany of wealth-transfer programs that these people are entitled to, and that answers very quickly why so many of them want to come to the United States of America, we’re paying them to come here. Paid vacation!”
Obamacare Sign Up Will Coincide with Election
“The next sign-up season for 2017 health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will begin just as the 2016 election campaigns draw to a close, under draft rules released by the Obama administration on Friday afternoon,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“That will leave millions of individuals to start considering their options under the law—and renewed publicity about it—shortly before voters go to the polls Nov. 8, 2016 to determine the next president, as well as congressional and state offices.”
Clinton Can’t Shake Wall Street Image
New York Times: “Mrs. Clinton’s windfalls from Wall Street banks and other financial services firms — $3 million in paid speeches and $17 million in campaign contributions over the years — have become a major vulnerability in states with early nomination contests. Some party officials who remain undecided in the 2016 presidential race see her as overly cozy with big banks and other special interests. At a time when liberals are ascendant in the party, many Democrats believe her merely having ‘represented Wall Street as a senator from New York,’ as Mrs. Clinton reminded viewers in an October debate, is bad enough.”
Edwards Holds Big Lead in Louisiana
The final Market Research Insight poll in Louisiana before today’s runoff for governor shows John Bel Edwards (D) solidly ahead of Sen. David Vitter (R), 52% to 40%.
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