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Uninsured Rate Drops to New Low

November 3, 2016 at 8:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new CDC report finds just 8.9% of Americans don’t have health insurance coverage, the lowest percentage ever recorded.

Huffington Post: “This latest survey of the uninsured population underscores what the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has achieved in its first three years of being fully online. The uninsured rate had hovered around 15 percent in previous years, until the health care reform law’s expansion of Medicaid to poor adults, and introduction of subsidized private health insurance for low- and moderate-income families became available.”

Study Suggests No Hidden Trump Voters

November 3, 2016 at 8:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

According to a new study, a hidden army of Donald Trump voters that’s undetected by the polls is unlikely to materialize on Election Day.

“The study — which was comprised of interviews with likely voters conducted over the phone with a live interviewer, and other interviews conducted online without a personal interaction — showed only a slight, not-statistically-significant difference in their effect on voters’ preferences for president.”

Trump’s Transition Team Emboldened by Polls

November 3, 2016 at 7:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump’s presidential transition team has kicked into higher gear as the race for the White House tightens, with a team of conservative Washington policy wonks fleshing out plans to dismantle President Barack Obama’s legacy,” Politico reports.

“What once seemed like a futile exercise in preparing for a government that might never be is suddenly becoming very real for the 100-plus Republicans on Trump’s transition team. The group — made up of an unlikely hodgepodge of conservative think tank fellows, former Mitt Romney advisers and die-hard Trump supporters — has been working at a frenzied pace to put the finishing touches on a road map for the nominee’s first 100 days.”


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Clinton Still Holds Advantage In Tightening Race

November 3, 2016 at 7:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “Hillary Clinton has picked an awful time to hit one of the rough patches that has plagued her throughout the campaign. Now with just days to go until Election Day, there’s added uncertainty about the outcome. But while she may not be on the brink of an Electoral College win the size of Barack Obama’s in 2008 or even 2012, her position as the clear frontrunner in this race endures.”

Cook Political Report: “A tightening race nationally has also translated into tightening at the state level. States that were trending Trump’s way in September started to slip away from him in early October. Now, with the focus more on Clinton’s emails than on Trump’s debate performances or his Twitter spats, states like Iowa and Ohio are moving back in Trump’s direction… However, these are minor, not major adjustments to the overall Electoral College map with Clinton now at 278 (8 more votes than she needs to win) and Trump at 214 (56 short of 270).”

For members: Clinton’s Most Obvious Path to Victory

Clinton Holds Very Narrow Lead Nationally

November 3, 2016 at 7:05 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds Hillary Clinton just three points ahead of Donald Trump in the presidential race, 45% to 42%, with Gary Johnson at 5% and Jill Stein at 4%.

“National polling averages showed a growing lead for Mrs. Clinton in mid-October… Yet after a rough few weeks, enthusiasm among Mr. Trump’s supporters has rebounded, and 52 percent now say they are very enthusiastic about voting. Enthusiasm among Mrs. Clinton’s supporters has remained flat since September, with 47 percent saying they are very enthusiastic to vote.”

The ABC News-Washington Post tracking poll shows Clinton leading by two points, 47% to 45%.

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

November 2, 2016 at 10:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We’ve got to be nice and cool, nice and calm. All right, stay on point Donald, stay on point.”

— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico., channeling the counsel of his advisers.

McConnell Finally Goes All In for Trump

November 2, 2016 at 10:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has made his strongest statement yet on his party’s presidential nominee, telling a rally in his home state that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America,” the AP reports.

“McConnell has warned repeatedly that Republicans could lose control of the Senate this year as they are forced to defend a handful of seats in swing states across the country. Since endorsing Trump shortly after he secured the nomination, McConnell has been mostly silent about the nominee so that vulnerable incumbents — like New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte — could distance themselves from Trump and his increasingly erratic comments.”

Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe

November 2, 2016 at 9:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted to pursue the case and corruption prosecutors who viewed the statements as worthless hearsay,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Agents, using informants and recordings from unrelated corruption investigations, thought they had found enough material to merit aggressively pursuing the investigation into the foundation that started in summer 2015 based on claims made in a book by a conservative author called Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.“

Clinton Still Leads By 6 Points Nationally

November 2, 2016 at 7:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 percentage points among likely voters, 45% to 39%, the same advantage the Democratic presidential nominee held before an FBI announcement that reignited the controversy about her email practices.

For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead by six points, 48% to 42%.

Bonus Quote of the Day

November 2, 2016 at 7:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Pretend we’re slightly behind. You gotta get out. We don’t wanna blow this.”

— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico.

GOP Lawmaker Suggests Clinton’s Execution for Treason

November 2, 2016 at 7:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Oklahoma State Rep. John Bennett (R) “appeared to call for the execution of Hillary Clinton in a recent Facebook post,” the Oklahoman reports.

“Bennett said his comments were intended to be sarcastic, but he also said he believed Clinton had committed treason, a crime punishable by death.”

Schumer Says He’s Lost Confidence In Comey

November 2, 2016 at 6:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer told Bloomberg he’s lost confidence in FBI Director James Comey over his handling of the most recent disclosure in the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation — a tough rebuke to a man Schumer has long admired.

Said Schumer: “I do not have confidence in him any longer. To restore my faith, I am going to have to sit down and talk to him and get an explanation for why he did this.”

Trump Won’t Get Nod from Son-In-Law’s Newspaper

November 2, 2016 at 5:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper and website owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, will not be backing a presidential candidate ahead of Election Day,” the Huffington Post reports.

“The Observer was one of four publications to endorse Trump during the Republican primary, along with the Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, the Santa Barbara News-Press and The National Enquirer.”

Clinton’s Most Obvious Path to Victory

November 2, 2016 at 4:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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New polls today in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin show that Hillary Clinton’s Midwestern firewall is intact, despite recent attempts by Donald Trump to make them competitive.

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Father’s Attempt to Clone Dead Son Not an Issue

November 2, 2016 at 4:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A father who once made a desperate attempt to clone his deceased son is giving West Virginia Democrats their best shot at reclaiming a seat in Congress,” the AP reports.

“In a presidential election year woefully short on civility, the cloning attempt 17 years ago hasn’t been used against Mark Hunt once in the contest. Hunt only talks about it when asked, but he’s not ashamed to tell the story.”

Quote of the Day

November 2, 2016 at 4:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“You know what, it’s been — yeah, no, I really, yeah.”

— Gary Johnson, in an interview with Independent Journal Review, when asked to show how to roll a marijuana joint.

Woman Will Publicly Accuse Trump of Child Rape

November 2, 2016 at 3:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A woman who says Donald Trump raped her as a 13-year-old in the 1990s is planning a press conference at 6 pm ET today.

Huffington Post: “For months, people have wondered why this case isn’t getting more ― or, really, any ― attention in the press, even now that Trump faces an actual court date: a Dec. 16 status conference with the judge.”

Update: Politico reports the woman “abruptly canceled a news conference” today.

Weiner Being Treated for Sex Addiction

November 2, 2016 at 1:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Anthony Weiner, the husband of Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, has checked into a rehab facility for treatment of sex addiction,” the Daily Mail reports.

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