by Bill Scher | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
At Real Clear Politics, I observe that Donald Trump has been under a ceiling of 45 percent in the RCP poll average for the entirety of the presidential campaign, while Hillary Clinton has largely been above it. There is some precedent for a candidate to break 45...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
“I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman wrote, “the varied carols I hear.” Donald Trump hears America singing, too. But where Whitman heard men and women, masons and carpenters, Trump hears only the unvarying monotone of rich white males like himself. Trump’s...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Another presidential campaign means it's time to bring back the "Latest Lie" series. And here's the latest lie. Campaigning in Nebraska Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said, "Well, we're not going there, my friends. I'm telling you right now we're going to write...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Depending on the outcome, when the history of the 2016 presidential election is written, this will be known as the week the wheels fell off of Donald Trump’s campaign. No one, but no one in politics had a worse week than than Republican presidential nominee Donald...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the June trade deficit rose to $44.5 billion. This was an increase of 8.7% percent from May's $41 billion (revised from $41.1B). The increase in the trade deficit was almost entirely from rising imports. June's exports were...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump's brain. It's an unusual instrument, and a frightening one, even in the best of circumstances. Now someone has "put a bird on it"- a lot of them, in fact. Here's what Trump said about wind power on Monday: "The wind kills all your birds. All your birds,...
