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Write something critical of Donald Trump and prepare yourself for on onslaught of angry emails complaining: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that crooked liar Hillary Clinton?" Conversely, pen a negative piece about Clinton, and just as reliable as a returning Capistrano swallow, you can rest assured of getting a full froth of: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that nutball Donald Trump?" as if there is a perfectly balanced 50-50 equivalency of craziness on the campaign trail. As we approach the Democratic and Republican conventions this month, the national political discourse has devolved into a vigorous debate over which candidate to hold the highest office in the land is less of a conniving, duplicitous dolt than the other camp.
It's extremely hard for a Republican to win the presidency without Florida's 29 electoral votes. The polls suggest that Hillary Clinton might capitalize on huge demographic shifts to an extent that Barack Obama never did.
Americans' demand for an alternative to the two main presidential candidates has surged since the last election, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, underscoring the unpopularity of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Based on 2,153 interviews, Friday's poll results suggest a strong potential for a third-party candidate - like Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party or Jill Stein of the Green Party - to take enough of the vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election to influence its outcome.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be joining Donald Trump on the campaign trail Friday - the latest prospective running mate Trump is bringing on tour. Christie, who won 51 percent of the Hispanic vote when he ran for re-election in 2013, will be along for the ride.
Donald Trump Trump campaign gains complicated by internal struggles Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Trump, Clinton struggle to take advantage of other's failures MORE Hillary Rodham Clinton Trump campaign gains complicated by internal struggles Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Trump, Clinton struggle to take advantage of other's failures MORE are struggling through self-inflicted scandals and daily controversies in the final weeks of campaigning before the nominating conventions later this month.
Chuck Grassley Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention The Trail 2016: It ain't over till it's over MORE Mitch McConnell Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton MORE in a big way this Congress, having implemented the leadership's strategy of blocking President Obama's judicial picks. Polls suggest the Supreme Court fight has taken a toll on Grassley, who may be in for the toughest reelection fight of his career.
The Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are discussing a potential event next week in New Hampshire, during which the Vermont senator would endorse Clinton's White House bid. A Democrat familiar with the plans said Wednesday if the two sides continue to make progress, Clinton and Sanders would appear at the joint event Tuesday in New Hampshire.
The late American diplomat George Ball once argued that Israel needed to be saved from its own suicidal policies "in spite of herself." In a 1977 Foreign Affairs article, he called for an even-handed push by the United States for an Arab-Israeli peace.
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders prepares to speak for a video to supporters at Polaris Mediaworks on June 16, 2016 in Burlington, Vermont. The time between the last primary and the beginning of the party conventions is traditionally a slow period in the presidential election cycle.
Washington, July 5 : As the date for the US Presidential election nears, the plot thickens as candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton engage in a war of words over Twitter. If Hillary Clinton, the former First Lady of the US and the present Democrat nominee had accused Trump on Sunday of misleading fellow Americans, the Republican nominee hit back on Monday, raising issues of the deleted e-mails and Clintons use of the Air Force One for running campaign.
When they take the stage at their first joint campaign appearance on Tuesday, President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will show off a new phase in their storied relationship: co-dependents. Clinton's chances of winning the White House hinge on rallying Obama's coalition to her cause.
The Vice-Presidential dance on the Republican side of the aisle continued yesterday with Trump meeting with Indiana Governor Mike Pence, whose name has only recently entered the Veepstakes: Donald J. Trump met with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana on Saturday at one of Mr. Trump's golf courses in New Jersey, as he sizes up potential running mates before the Republican National Convention this month. The meeting, initially expected on Friday evening, took place on Saturday morning at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., according to four people briefed on the get-together who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it.
The vaunted data-driven machine that twice got President Barack Obama elected is revving up to help elect Hillary Clinton, as Democrats look to recreate the tactical advantage they used against Republicans in 2008 and 2012. With Obama's popularity rebounding, Democrats have been eagerly awaiting the president's return to campaigning, and he'll hold his debut event for her Tuesday in North Carolina.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton comments on the just-released Benghazi report as she speaks at Galvanize, a learning community for technology, in Denver, U.S. June 28, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Rick Wilking The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for three and a half hours on Saturday as part of the probe into her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state, her campaign said.
Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence had a private meeting Saturday morning at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, that served as an informal way for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to become better acquainted with a possible running mate. According to two Republicans familiar with the meeting, the conversation between Trump and Pence lasted for more than an hour, and the governor was joined by his wife, Karen, as he visited with the real-estate mogul.
Donald Trump is turning to his family, sports figures and business leaders to fill speaking slots at the Republican National Convention later this month as scores of prominent Republican leaders continue to refuse to line up behind their controversial nominee-to-be. Trump announced Friday that his wife and children "are all going to be speaking" at the nominating convention that kicks off in just over two weeks.
Regardless of its outcome, the 2016 presidential election will draw a greater percentage of young people into the political process than in the past, according to an elected at-large delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Ryan McAllister, 28, who lives in Discovery Bay, is one of only 10 at-large delegates selected from throughout the state at the convention in Tacoma on June 19 to vote at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, set July 25-28.
File-This March 8, 2014, file photo shows former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has begun formally vetting prospective vice presidential picks.
One of Hillary Clinton's most often-repeated slams at her opponent for the presidency, Donald Trump, is that he allegedly would be a disaster for U.S. relations with other world powers. Trump, his critics insist, is not liked or trusted by many U.S. allies and the people in those countries.