Bill Clinton: State ‘wouldn’t do anything they shouldn’t do’

Bill Clinton Bill Clinton: State 'wouldn't do anything they shouldn't do' Candidates can't campaign as dividers and govern as unifiers Two parties use legitimate means to mask rigged debates MORE in an interview said some donors may have given to the Clinton Foundation to gain influence with the Clintons, but that he trusted the State Department to handle possible conflicts of interest when his wife was secretary of State. "It was natural for people who've been our political allies and personal friends to call and ask for things," Bill Clinton told Steve Inskeep in an interview broadcast Monday on NPR's "Morning Edition."

Gary Johnson: ‘No chance’ Weld drops off ticket

Gary Johnson says his running mate is not dropping out of the race: Bill Weld is in this "for the long-haul" https://t.co/xZIyosVupP Gary Johnson Gary Johnson: 'No chance' Weld drops off ticket Poll: Trump, Clinton in tight race in Florida Libertarian VP candidate: Talk of defecting for Clinton 'wishful thinking' MORE insisted Monday there's "no chance" his running mate Bill Weld will leave the ticket for fear the two are taking votes from Hillary Rodham Clinton Gary Johnson: 'No chance' Weld drops off ticket Bill Clinton: State 'wouldn't do anything they shouldn't do' Clinton ad knocks Trump over immigration MORE Donald Trump Gary Johnson: 'No chance' Weld drops off ticket Clinton ad knocks Trump over immigration Clinton to make case to millennials during Philadelphia speech MORE "No, Bill Weld is in this for the long haul and beyond my wildest dreams Bill Weld is my running mate," ... (more)

Pollster Zogby Dismisses Talk of Surges and Free Falls

The public might not realize it, but the presidential race is neither a Donald Trump surge nor a Hillary Clinton free fall, veteran pollster John Zogby contends . Despite the oversaturated and distorted media coverage of the campaign, which gives an inaccurate impression of wild swings for one candidate or the other, Zogby said this race has actually been run within a relatively narrow band, especially when considering the third-party candidates.

‘Megalomaniac’ Trump vs. ‘deceitful’ Clinton: How Virginia voters see the presidential race

The 2016 presidential campaign is one of the most caustic and personally negative in recent history, and to comprehend the toll it has taken on the two people vying to be the next president, just listen to some of the words 30 undecided voters in Northern Virginia used to describe them. Donald Trump, they said, is "phony," "crazy," "arrogant," "a megalomaniac," "dumb," "self-centered," "a charlatan," "bigoted," "embarrassing," "hateful," "garbage," "self-possessed," "vindictive" and "unbalanced."

Gary Johnson And Jill Stein Not Invited To First Presidential Debate

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were not invited to participate in first presidential debate on Sept. 26. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only presidential candidates to debate on Sept.

Fox poll shows Trump and Clintonin statistical tie nationwide

After weeks of maintaining a more focused tone on the campaign trail as his opponent has struggled to maintain her post-convention momentum, Donald Trump is locked in a statistical tie nationwide with Hillary Clinton, according to a poll released Thursday night. In a four-way race that also includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton leads Trump among likely voters by just a single percentage point, 41 percent to 40 percent, a margin that lies within the Fox News poll's margin of error.

N.H. Union Leader picks Johnson over Trump. But will it matter?

In spite of its century-long record of endorsing Republican candidates, the Manchester-based daily newspaper has backed Libertarian Gary Johnson. The Union Leader of Manchester, N.H., endorsed the Libertarian - and denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump, as well as Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton - in an editorial published on Wednesday evening.

After a Century of Backing Republicans, New Hampshire Union Leader Endorses Gary Johnson

The New Hampshire Union Leader has long wielded an outsized influence on national GOP politics, being a conservative thought leader in an early-primary state. Tomorrow, on its front page, the paper will for the first time in a century endorse a non-Republican for president: Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson.

Donald Trump Is Creeping Up on Hillary Clinton as New Poll Puts…

Donald Trump continues to slowly close his gap with Hillary Clinton , according to a new poll from NBC News . Results from the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll shows the Democratic nominee leads Trump by just four percentage points - 48 percent to 44 percent - in a head-to-head match up of the two presidential candidates.

Johnson races around US to qualify for presidential debates

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is crisscrossing the country in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to boost his national poll numbers and qualify for the presidential debates. Johnson needs to reach an average of 15 percent in five national polls that the Commission on Presidential Debates relies upon to qualify for the first presidential debate on Sept.

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 5 points

Hillary Clinton holds a 46% to 41% lead over Donald Trump among likely voters -- with Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson at 9% and the Green Party's Jill Stein at 2% -- a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows. The survey found that Clinton's lead swells to 10 points -- 45% to Trump's 35% -- when the sample is broadened to include all registered voters, a similar margin to a Washington Post/ABC News poll the previous month.

Gary Johnson’s Supporters Aren’t Worried About His Aleppo Gaffe

Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's quirky nominee for president, opened his speech at a New York City rally Saturday with an unusual statement for a politician: an apology. During a disastrous appearance two days earlier on MSNBC , the former New Mexico governor had replied to a question about Aleppo, Syria - a besieged city that has been devastated by the country's five-year civil war - by asking, "What is Aleppo?" Johnson later claimed that he had simply " blanked ," but the comment went viral, making the candidate appear uninformed.

On the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the Aleppo gaffes show we have learned nothing

The foggy aftermath of Gary Johnson's "What is Aleppo?" gaffe revealed how little U.S. policymakers know about ISIS The 2016 campaign story of the week seemed to be Gary Johnson's blunder during an MSNBC interview when he shockingly asked, "What is Aleppo?" That story, though, is really only the tip of the iceberg. The real story is the response to his gaffe.

Constantly Shifting Alliances in Syrian Civil War Are Orwell on Steroids

The United States, like every other interest involved in Syria, is on every side of the war. But let's talk about horse-race politics! So what did we learn from yesterday's impromptu lesson on how little everyone in the United States- from presidential candidates to former Iraqi ambassadors to the planet's "paper of record" -actually knows about the six-year-old Syrian civil war? Various things, I suppose, but for me the big reveal goes something like this: The commentariat is far more interested in discussing the media fallout of blunders such as Gary Johnson's cringe-inducing "What Is Aleppo?" remark than actually discussing what various candidates plan to do regarding U.S. foreign policy.