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Clinton Blames Republicans for Inequality

July 13, 2015 at 8:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

Hillary Clinton blamed Republicans for “35 years” of policies that have exacerbated income inequality by giving “more wealth to those at the top” through tax cuts and corporate loopholes, the New York Times reports.

Said Clinton: “Twice now in the past 20 years a Democratic president has had to come in and clean up the mess.”

Pentagon Moves to Allow Transgender in Military

July 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 5 Comments

The Pentagon is moving to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military by early next year and end an “outdated” regulation that harms the armed forces, the New York Times reports.

“If realized, the plan would end what is seen as one of the last discriminatory rules about who can enlist or be commissioned in the American military. It would also be a tacit recognition that thousands of transgender people are already in uniform.”

Santorum Points to Gay Marriage Divide in Walker Family

July 13, 2015 at 5:51 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 68 Comments

Rick Santorum warned that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s dissonance with his wife on same-sex marriage could cause him to be less “active” in his opposition, The Hill reports.

Said Santorum: “Spouses matter. When your spouse is not in-sync with you — particularly on cultural issues, moral issues — you tend not to be as active on those issues.”


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Why Facebook May Be the Epicenter of the 2016 Race

July 13, 2015 at 5:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

National Journal: “Thanks to powerful new features unveiled since the 2012 campaign, Facebook now offers a far more customized and sophisticated splicing of the American electorate. And, for the first time in presidential politics, it can serve up video to those thinly targeted sets of people.”

“That unprecedented combination is inching campaigns closer to the Holy Grail of political advertising: the emotional impact of television delivered at an almost atomized, individual level. It makes the old talk of micro-targeting soccer moms and NASCAR dads sound quaint.”

Influential Lawmaker Says Trump Would Win Iowa

July 13, 2015 at 4:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 44 Comments

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a conservative influencer in the early caucus state, is standing behind Donald Trump and said his immigration remarks are catching fire, National Journal reports.

Said King: “He’s riding a good wave and right now if the caucus were held today, he’d probably come out on top.”

How to Use the Internet to Win in 2016

July 13, 2015 at 4:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Just out: How to Use the Internet to Win in 2016: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Politics for Campaigns & Advocates by Colin Delany.

“Incorporating important lessons from the 2012 and 2014 U.S. elections, this book is essential for anyone running for office or trying to influence public opinion and public policy in 2016. It’s also extremely useful for individual activists, nonprofit political advocates and journalists covering political campaigns.”

Trump Says Rivals Couldn’t Handle ‘El Chapo’

July 13, 2015 at 2:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 50 Comments

Donald Trump used the escape of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman this weekend to criticize his presidential rivals, Politico reports.

Said Trump: “Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? Trump, however, would kick his ass!”

Santorum Moves to the Right of Cruz on Gay Marriage

July 13, 2015 at 2:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 51 Comments

Rick Santorum said he wants “a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman in all 50 states,” Bloomberg reports.

Said Santorum: “I believe we need a national standard for marriage. I don’t think we can have a standard from one state to another on what marriage is,” adding that he wants “to define marriage the way it was defined for 4,000 years of human history.”

The remarks put Santorum to the right of rivals such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Gov. Scott Walker (R), “who are pushing a different kind of constitutional amendment that would allow states to decide whether to allow or ban same-sex marriage, rather than an amendment that would set a national standard.”

Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Drug Offenders

July 13, 2015 at 1:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments

President Obama announced that he was “commuting the sentences of 46 federal drug offenders, more than doubling the number of nonviolent criminals to whom he has granted clemency since taking office,” the New York Times reports.

Said Obama in a letter to each prisoner: “I believe in your ability to prove the doubters wrong, and change your life for the better. So good luck, and Godspeed.”

“The commutations are part of a second-term push by Mr. Obama to use clemency to correct what he sees as the excesses of the past, when politicians eager to be tough on crime threw away the key even for minor criminals. As a result, African-American and Hispanic men were disproportionately affected.”

Chafee Has Barely Raised Any Money

July 13, 2015 at 11:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

Lincoln Chafee (D) raised less than $30,000 in his first quarter as a presidential candidate, Politico reports.

“Most of the Chafee campaign’s cash came from Chafee himself. He loaned $364,000, in addition to what he received from donors, giving his campaign about $329,000 in cash on hand.”

Bush Leads Nationally with Trump Close Behind

July 13, 2015 at 10:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 73 Comments

A new Monmouth poll finds Jeb Bush nominally leading the GOP presidential pack nationally with 15%, followed by Donald Trump at 13%, and Ted Cruz at 9%.

The next group of candidates includes Scott Walker at 7%, Mike Huckabee at 7%, Marco Rubio at 6%, Ben Carson at 6%, and Rand Paul at 6%. The rest of the field garners no more than 2% of the vote.

Trump Says We Should Have Invaded Mexico Instead

July 13, 2015 at 10:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 76 Comments

During a speech to a conservative group, Donald Trump “said Iraq was a needed buffer against a hostile Iran and that it was wrong for the United States to have invaded Saddam Hussein’s fiefdom,” the LA Weekly reports.

Said Trump: “Instead, we should have invaded Mexico.”

“The remark was greeted with rousing applause, our source said.”

Bonus Trump Quote of the Day

July 13, 2015 at 10:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

“I said, I’m sorry, folks, but we have to take care people that don’t have money. I know it’s not the conservative thing to say, but I got a standing ovation — and these were very conservative people. We can’t let people down when they can’t get any medical care, when they’re sick and don’t have money to go to a doctor. You help them.”

— Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Post.

Perry May Have Missed His Moment

July 13, 2015 at 9:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments

First Read: “It’s bad, bad news for Rick Perry that his campaign raised just $1.07 million in the quarter — in fact, compare that with the $17 million his 2012 campaign raked in during its first quarter. What’s striking is that poor fundraising performance from Perry comes as he’s definitely improved as a candidate.”

101 Ways to Open a Speech

July 13, 2015 at 9:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

A must-read: 101 Ways to Open a Speech: How to Hook Your Audience From the Start With an Engaging and Effective Beginning by Brad Phillips.

Tancredo Offers His Services to Trump

July 13, 2015 at 8:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) told the Denver Post he’s a big supporter of Donald Trump but said the billionaire presidential candidate “needs to be a little bit more artful” when talking about the problems of illegal immigration.

Said Tancredo: “He should take lessons from me on how to talk to the press. For a small fee — no, actually for a very large fee — I will help him out. You’ve got to learn how to talk about it, which takes years of practice, which God knows I’ve had.”

Forget the Polls

July 13, 2015 at 8:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

Wonk Wire: What’s the best way to predict the presidential election?

Trump Quote of the Day

July 13, 2015 at 7:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 18 Comments

“More of the same, I’ll keep doing my thing. I’ll go around to different places, get great receptivity. I get the biggest crowds. I get the biggest standing ovations.”

— Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Post, on what’s next for his presidential campaign.

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