It may be anecdotal, and perhaps Markos is putting a little too much emphasis on one data point, but it’s worth noting the results of the latest Marquette poll out of Wisconsin. It shows both Hillary Clinton and Russ Feingold winning there, but the unusual thing is that they’re both doing better with likely voters […]
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Media Have Been Roughest on Clinton
Bernie, meanwhile, got the most positive coverage.
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Gingrich is Nostalgic for Witch Hunts
He apparently misses the good old days of internment camps.
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Russians Compromise the DNC, Steal Trump Files
It appears that Russian intelligence services have penetrated the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems. I think they came away with a lot more information than E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy ever did. According to the reporting, one group of Russian spies has been reading email and chat traffic at the DNC for about […]
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Donald Trump Declares War on the Washington Post
They keep making him sound dumb by reporting things he says.
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Quick Takes: Michelle Obama Says, “Be Not Afraid”
* First, a quick housekeeping note: When we redesigned the Washington Monthly web site, we got a new RSS feed. Since a fair number of people are asking for it – here is the link again. * This headline pretty much sums up Donald Trump’s message: Trump to America: Be afraid. I’d say, been there…done […]
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Clinton Running Even in Utah
The new Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah poll is just the latest piece of evidence that Donald Trump has a major problem with the Mormon community. The survey of Utahns shows both Clinton and Trump tied at 35% and Libertarian Gary Johnson getting 13%. My guess is […]
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Eye on the Sparrow
Earlier this year, I noted that the rise of Donald Trump “must shatter the hearts of progressives of faith in particular. After all, the success of the Trump campaign is a sign that America is in a state of spiritual crisis. The legions backing Trump have obviously abandoned the values of tolerance, civility, kindness, decency, […]
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Emotional Rescue
Are progressives and Democrats overestimating just how many conservatives and Republicans will support Donald Trump in the privacy of the voting booth? Yes, as Salon’s Heather Digby Parton has observed, it is profoundly disturbing to see conservatives and Republicans falling in line behind Trump merely because of political tribalism. Yet the general election is still […]
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What Republicans Are Saying About Trump
Not a lot of compliments, it turns out.
