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Trump’s Long History of Lying

July 17, 2016 at 8:40 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “As Mr. Trump prepares to claim the Republican nomination for president this week, he and his supporters are sure to laud his main calling card — his long, operatic record as a swaggering business tycoon. And without question, there will be successes aplenty to highlight, from his gleaming golden high-rises to his well-regarded golf resorts, hit TV shows and best-selling books.”

“But a survey of Mr. Trump’s four decades of wheeling and dealing also reveals an equally operatic record of dissembling and deception, some of it unabashedly confirmed by Mr. Trump himself, who nearly 30 years ago first extolled the business advantages of ‘truthful hyperbole.’ Indeed, based on the mountain of court records churned out over the span of Mr. Trump’s career, it is hard to find a project he touched that did not produce allegations of broken promises, blatant lies or outright fraud.”

Trump Abruptly Changes His New Logo

July 17, 2016 at 8:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump and Mike Pence’s campaign unveiled their new logo on Saturday, one day after a logo for the campaign was widely mocked on social media for appearing to be sexually suggestive,” The Hill reports.

Trump’s One Man Show

July 17, 2016 at 8:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If ever there was a moment for Donald J. Trump to share the spotlight, his formal announcement of his running mate on Saturday was it. Instead, his introduction of Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana was a remarkable reminder that ultimately, the Trump campaign is about one person,” the New York Times reports.

“He called Mr. Pence his ‘partner,’ but before the governor took the stage, Mr. Trump stood there alone and talked for 28 minutes, delivering a long and improvised riff that emulated his rallies instead of a traditional vice-presidential debut.”


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Trump Forces GOP to Make a Tough Choice

July 17, 2016 at 8:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “But amid gloom about Republican prospects in November, Mr. Trump may have endangered the party in a more lasting way: by forging a coalition of white voters driven primarily by themes of hard-right nationalism and cultural identity.”

“Republicans have wrestled for years with the push and pull of seeking to win over new groups of voters while tending to their overwhelmingly white and conservative base. Now, Mr. Trump’s candidacy may force them into making a fateful choice: whether to fully embrace the Trump model and become, effectively, a party of white identity politics, or to pursue a broader political coalition by repudiating Mr. Trump’s ideas — and many of the voters he has gathered behind his campaign.”

Quote of the Day

July 17, 2016 at 8:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“You’re amazing.”

— Gov. Mike Pence, picked up by a microphone after shaking hands with Donald Trump after being formally announced as his running mate.

Clinton Promises Campaign Finance Reform

July 17, 2016 at 7:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton “will pledge to make an overhaul of the campaign-finance system an urgent priority, as she announces plans to introduce a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling during the first 30 days of her administration,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The presumptive Democratic nominee has made her opposition to the Supreme Court decision lifting restrictions on corporate and union political expenditures a prominent feature in her campaign. And on Saturday, Mrs. Clinton will sketch out how she will approach the issue as president, with a release of a video detailing her plans, a campaign official said.”

Trump Nearly Picked Christie

July 15, 2016 at 10:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump nearly picked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his running mate and wavered until the last minute before announcing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was his final choice, according to CNN.

New York Times: “In conversations late into the evening, Mr. Trump repeatedly hesitated over selecting Mr. Pence, according to people briefed on the tense deliberations, who insisted on anonymity to describe the confidential talks. Even as his emissaries reassured Mr. Pence, Mr. Trump fielded a last-ditch appeal from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, another finalist, who once again pressed his own case.”

Issa Wants to Shut Down Government Over Clinton

July 15, 2016 at 10:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told Brietbart News Daily that now might be a good time for the Republican leadership to shut down the federal government, in protest of what he called “an imperial president” who will not “enforce criminal charges against a criminal.”

Issa was referring to the lack of charges filed against Hillary Clinton for her private email server.

Said Issa: “We should be willing to shut down the government if the president won’t limit his power.”

Pence Not Likely to Matter Much

July 15, 2016 at 10:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Here’s a good rule about vice-presidential selections: Even when they matter, they usually don’t matter much,” Nate Cohn writes.

“Donald Trump’s newly selected running make, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, seems even less likely to affect the result than most. He’s a relatively safe choice: an experienced but relatively unknown politician from a state that the Republicans were already expected to win.”

Both Candidates Should Get a Convention Bounce

July 15, 2016 at 5:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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Thomas Hobrook looked at each of the national political conventions since 1964 and found that candidates generally get a bump of some sort.  The size of the bump is highly variable but virtually all candidates left their their convention with higher poll numbers.

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Trump Wasn’t Sure About Pence

July 15, 2016 at 2:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump “was so unsure about” Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate “that around midnight last night he asked top aides if he could get out of it,” CNN reports.

NBC News confirmed the report.

Washington Post: “If anything, this leak is just the latest proof of how poorly the whole thing has been handled. And that poor handling, in turn, makes the rumor seem quite plausible.”

Quote of the Day

July 15, 2016 at 2:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I don’t know how women can vote for him… It’s incomprehensible to me.”

— Barbara Bush, in an interview with CBS News, on Donald Trump as the Republican nominee.

DNC Speakers Announced

July 15, 2016 at 1:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced the main speakers for each night of the Democratic National Convention:

Monday: Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders

Tuesday: Bill Clinton

Wednesday: President Barack Obama/Vice President Joe Biden

Thursday: Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton

Pence Was Told Yesterday

July 15, 2016 at 1:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Gov. Mike Pence signed the form to withdraw from the Indiana governor’s race yesterday.

Trump Holds Big Lead In Missouri

July 15, 2016 at 11:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Missouri finds Donald Trump with a 10 point lead over Hillary Clinton, 46% to 36%, the same margin that Mitt Romney won by there in 2012.

“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are unpopular everywhere but Missouri kind of takes it to a different level. Trump’s favorability there is 37/56, while Clinton’s is 29/64. With both candidates so disliked it creates an appetite for protest candidates and we find that Deez Nuts gets 8% as a possible independent candidate in the state, while a Giant Meteor hitting the earth polls at 12%.”

Trump Formally Picks Pence as His Running Mate

July 15, 2016 at 11:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump named Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, “adding to the Republican ticket a traditional conservative who boasts strong credentials with the Christian right, and bringing an end to a vice presidential selection process that seemed at risk of spinning out of control,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump announced the choice shortly before 11 a.m., the time at which he had planned to unveil his selection at an event in Manhattan. But instead of a showy rollout in a Midtown hotel, Mr. Trump named Mr. Pence as his running mate on Twitter, after abruptly canceling their joint event in the aftermath of the attack in Nice, France, on Thursday evening.”

North Carolina Law Could Put Thousands of Votes at Risk

July 15, 2016 at 11:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A Reuters review of Republican-backed changes to North Carolina’s voting rules indicates as many as 29,000 votes might not be counted in this year’s Nov. 8 presidential election if a federal appeals court upholds the 2013 law. Besides banning voters from voting outside their assigned precinct on Election Day, the law also prevents them from registering the same day they vote during the early voting period.”

“The U.S. Justice Department says the law was designed to disproportionately affect minority groups, who are more likely to vote out of precinct and use same-day registration. Backers of the law deny this and say it will prevent voter fraud.”

Why It’s Still Clinton’s Race to Lose

July 15, 2016 at 9:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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Just as the latest episode of our podcast dropped — one in which I argued this election was Hillary Clinton’s to lose — a slew of national polls came out showing a tightening race. Then a wave of new swing state polls came out also showing a much closer race. A new national tracking poll out this morning actually shows Donald Trump leading.

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