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Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2016 19:32:29 GMT
Judge Merrick Garland may not be out of the woods yet when it comes to his Supreme Court nomination, but at least he has Taylor Swift to help him shake it off in the meantime. At a Politico "Playbook Breakfast" event in DC Friday morning, White House senior adviser Brian Deese said the nomination process has taught him one important thing about Garland: that he's a big fan of the pop icon's music. "I've now found out Judge Garland is also reasonably into Taylor Swift," he said. Asked whether Garland sings along to Swift's songs, Deese quipped: "That's why we have hearings."
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Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2016 19:43:37 GMT
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz continued to court female voters ahead of the Tuesday Wisconsin primary by contrasting his relationship with women against his rival’s. On Monday morning, Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly joined the Texas senator for a town hall at the Madison Masonic Center in the state’s capital, where he praised his wife’s beauty, brilliance and resilience while accusing GOP frontrunner Donald Trump of having a “problem with strong women.” According to recent polls, the majority of registered female voters have an unfavorable view of Trump. This would likely be a problem in the general election should he go up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Kelly, who has had a highly publicized feud with Trump, asked Cruz to address several news stories that have been circulating the past few weeks — namely his spats with Trump involving their wives and the National Enquirer article that accused Cruz of having five affairs over the course of his marriage.
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Post by Admin on Apr 19, 2016 19:16:48 GMT
Voters are headed to the polls in New York to choose presidential nominees. There are 291 delegates at stake in the Democratic primary and 95 delegates at stake in the Republican primary. oters are casting ballots Tuesday in New York's 62 counties. Delegates will choose respective presidential nominees to be officially decided at party national conventions this summer. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton already has 34 pledge delegates in New York. No other candidate has confirmed pledge delegates yet.
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Post by Admin on Apr 20, 2016 19:05:46 GMT
Donald Trump has won the Republican Presidential primary in his home state of New York according to several US networks. Hillary Clinton, in contrast, has looked like a candidate for years, one who has been so close to closing the deal on a nomination that—in theory—it has been hers for the taking since she declared. The two frontrunners predictably maintained their thrones on Tuesday, and the New York primary provided little closure. Both candidates remain locked in fights for their respective nominations against candidates who have little incentive to move on. Trump entered Trump Tower’s lobby to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” bathed in the red and blue lights that have decorated his every victory speech to date. He shook hands and hugged bystanders before taking to the lectern, surrounded by his family and friends like Carl Paladino, the failed gubernatorial candidate.
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2016 19:07:25 GMT
There's an assumption in political circles that regardless of whether Republicans nominate Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to run against Hillary Clinton, the party is destined to lose the presidential race this fall. That may well be true. But that sentiment is premised on the idea that Trump and Cruz have roughly the same chance -- not much -- of beating Clinton. That's wrong, at least according to all of the available polling data. Cruz is clearly the stronger of the two candidates in a match-up against Clinton. While he trails her, it's by three points as opposed to the 8.5 point deficit for Trump. And, unlike Trump, Cruz actually has led Clinton in head-to-head polls -- albeit during a relatively brief period earlier this year. Trump has insisted that once he gets started on Clinton -- which he says he has not yet done -- then the numbers will immediately begin to move in his direction. Given what Trump has done in the race so far, I'm not ready to say he's wrong about that, although his poll numbers among some key demographic groups -- married women, for one -- suggest his road to competitiveness against Clinton is more difficult than he seems to think. My point is simple: As of today, Cruz has a better chance of beating Hillary Clinton in the fall election than does Trump. Judging by the polling data, that's impossible to argue. Now, how much better a chance it is -- 10 percent? 20? -- and whether Cruz could actually beat Clinton is harder to know.
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