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Rove Continues to Raise Clinton’s Health Problems

June 18, 2014 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Karl Rove is continuing to raise questions about Hillary Clinton’s health and says Bill Clinton is the one who revealed new details about the extent of her lengthy recovery,” Politico reports.

Said Rove: “She has a problem with the fact that I said she had a serious health incident and that I thought it would be a bigger part of her personal calculation… If she’s got a problem with that then take it up with her husband, who went out and declared to the country something that we didn’t know. … It was her husband who said, ‘You didn’t realize how serious this was? It took Hillary 6 months of really hard work to overcome it and I’m proud of her.’ Look, that’s something the American people didn’t know.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

June 18, 2014 at 8:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.”

— Dick Cheney, writing with daughter Liz in the Wall Street Journal.

Amash Looks Safe in Primary Challenge

June 18, 2014 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) “has been saying for months that businessman Brian Ellis (R) poses no threat to his winning a third term, and a new Free Press poll suggests he could be right.”

Amash leads Ellis, his primary challenger, 55% to 35%.


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How Obama Misreads History

June 18, 2014 at 7:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ruth Marcus: “Two instincts — one predictable, the other surprising — help explain the arc of Barack Obama’s presidency. The predictable instinct is Obama’s tendency to overlearn the lessons of history. The second, more surprising but related to the first, is Obama’s frequent audacity deficit.”

“Every capable leader learns from history. But key moments of the Obama presidency demonstrate that he has erred in precisely the opposite direction, by being overly reluctant to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors.”

Quote of the Day

June 18, 2014 at 6:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We micro-analyze everything. We ought to let people be people. I was just being a person yesterday. I’m sorry if folks were offended.”

— Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on using the F-word in televised remarks at an L.A. Kings victory party.

Braley Holds Edge in Iowa

June 18, 2014 at 6:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa finds Rep. Bruce Braley (D) leading Joni Ernst (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 44% to 40%, “as an unusual gender gap shows women supporting the man while men support the woman.”

On Wonk Wire

June 18, 2014 at 6:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Some great clicks over at Wonk Wire:

  • Obama Takes a Stand on Gay Rights
  • Obamacare Subsidies: How Much Will it Cost the Government?
  • Spring 2014 Was the Hottest on Record Globally
  • Obamacare Subsidies: A Great Deal for Consumers
  • Strong Support for Massachusetts Health Law Despite Technical Glitches
  • When Charities Subsidize the Rich
  • Look to Employment, Not Unemployment, Rates for Signs of Economic Recovery
  • Study Credits Obamacare for Dramatic Drop in Minnesota’s Uninsured Rate
  • David Brat: Part of a Bigger Movement of Religious Economists

Poll Shows Erosion in Obama’s Support

June 18, 2014 at 6:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll “finds President Obama’s job approval rating at 41%, matching a previous low. Approval of his handling of foreign policy hit a new low of 37%. Both numbers are driven in part by conflicts largely outside the president’s control, including a new wave of sectarian violence in Iraq.”

“This latest dip in Mr. Obama’s approval runs contrary to signs Americans agree with his policies on climate change and education, and as a divided Republican Party remains far less popular than the president and his party. Despite misgivings toward Mr. Obama, the survey showed the public sides with him and his fellow Democrats on a range of issues, including immigration, education and the environment.”

Rebecca Ballhaus has 5 takeaways from the poll

Mississippi Church Apparently Forms Super PAC

June 18, 2014 at 6:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The full-page advertisement in Mississippi Link, a weekly newspaper aimed at black residents of Jackson, the state’s capital, urged readers to vote for Senator Thad Cochran in the June 3 Republican primary,” the New York Times reports.

“That might be unremarkable except for one thing: The political action committee that paid for the ad shares an address and leadership with a local church. ‘All Citizens for Mississippi’ did not appear to exist at the time of the ad’s publication. Its registration as a super PAC with the Federal Election Commission was posted online last week and contains one important clue about its origins. All Citizens for Mississippi shares an address with New Horizon Church International in Jackson and also names Jacqueline Vann, the church’s chief financial officer, as its treasurer.”

Ted Cruz Says He Never Heard of Peter King

June 18, 2014 at 5:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says he had never heard of Rep. Peter King (R-NY) “who has repeatedly and harshly attacked him until recently,” Politico reports.

Said Cruz: “I don’t know Mr. King. I’ve never met him. To be honest, I don’t think I had ever heard of him until he started getting on television attacking me.”

Rangel Courted Trump to Fund Center

June 18, 2014 at 5:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) “was so eager to launch an academic center in his name at City College that he backed naming a program there for Donald Trump,” the New York Post reports.

“Rangel himself wrote two letters to Trump — including on his congressional stationary in violation of ethics rules — pitching the ‘Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service’… As it turned out, Trump never gave to the Rangel Center, and the congressman was subsequently censured in 2010 for ethics violations that included improper fund-raising for the center with congressional resources.”

Signs of Cantor’s Defeat Were Obvious

June 17, 2014 at 10:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Harrison Hickman: “Commentators are wrong in suggesting that the problems that resulted in Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary loss were new or that they were confined to the Republican primary electorate. In reality, Cantor’s weaknesses were obvious two years ago in our poll of likely general election voters in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District for Democratic candidate Wayne Powell.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

June 17, 2014 at 10:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Every enemy he’s made, every person he’s screwed, is now working with us to decapitate these two.”

— New York gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino (R), quoted by the New York Observer, apparently threatening a political opponent, per a lawsuit that was filed today.

Kingston Maintains Big Lead in Georgia Runoff

June 17, 2014 at 10:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Gravis Marketing poll in Georgia finds Jack Kingston (R) has assumed an 11-point lead over David Perdue in next month GOP Senate runoff, 49% to 38%.

Hagan Stretches Out Lead in North Carolina

June 17, 2014 at 10:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina poll finds Sen. Kay Hagan (D) with her largest lead for reelection since September. She’s ahead of Thom Tillis (R) by 5 points, 39% to 34%, with 11% for Libertarian Sean Haugh.

Quote of the Day

June 17, 2014 at 10:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I’m warm, dammit.”

— Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR), quoted by Politico, on his demeanor.

Benghazi Ringleader Captured by U.S. Forces

June 17, 2014 at 10:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The suspected ringleader of the September 2012 raid on a US diplomatic post in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which left four Americans dead, has been captured,” the BBC reports.

“Ahmed Abu Khattala was taken into custody in a secret US military raid in Libya on 15 June. He is now being held in a secure location outside the country, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed.”

Clintons Use Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes

June 17, 2014 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Bill and Hillary Clinton have long supported an estate tax to prevent the U.S. from being dominated by inherited wealth. That doesn’t mean they want to pay it,” Bloomberg reports.

“To reduce the tax pinch, the Clintons are using financial planning strategies befitting the top 1 percent of U.S. households in wealth. These moves, common among multimillionaires, will help shield some of their estate from the tax that now tops out at 40 percent of assets upon death.”

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