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The latest poll from Monmouth University echoes what we’ve seen lately in other national polls.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a 13 point lead with 46% support versus 34% for Republican Donald Trump, 7% for Libertarian Gary Johnson and 2% for Green Party’s Jill Stein.
While Clinton has firmed up her base (92% of Dems say they’ll vote her way), Donald Trump is struggling with only 79% of Republicans.
Trump and Clinton currently split independents 32% and 30% respectively.
CNN’s “Poll of Polls,” which incorporates results from six major political polls conducted after both party conventions, shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with an average of 49% support versus businessman Donald Trump’s 39%.
The same 10 point margin holds when factoring in third party candidates Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party’s Jill Stein – 45% / 35% / 9% / 5% respectively.
Polls included: CNN/ORC Poll, the CBS News Poll, the Fox News Poll, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, the Marist/McClatchy Poll and the ABC News/Washington Post Poll.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a 12 point lead in the battleground state of Virginia, according to the latest CBS News Tracker poll.
The former Secretary of State rakes in 49% support while businessman Donald Trump received only 37% support from likely voters.
Clinton’s high numbers come in part due to the fact that she has nearly universal support from her party – 95%. Trump only garners 79% of Republicans.
Also adding to the widening gap, Clinton seemed to have wooed a swath of those Republicans, 6%, to her column.
The same poll shows Clinton leading Trump by two point, 43% vs. 41%, in battleground state Nevada.
And in surprising news, Trump holds only a two point lead in deep red state, Arizona.
From The Hill:
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Sunday released a video questioning Republican counterpart Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. “We don’t know why Trump praises Putin,” a narrator says at the beginning of the video, which shows a clip of Trump calling the Russian president a “strong leader” and pushing back against criticism of Putin.
A clip then shows Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough saying that the GOP nominee always “upends American foreign policy tradition in a way that benefits Vladimir Putin.”
Seriously, what is going on with Trump and Russia? https://t.co/N6ySNILYMx— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 6, 2016
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I’m currently back in the Big Apple to see a few Broadway shows, but more importantly to catch up with my former cast mates of 30 years ago (!!!) when I and a lot of way young actors were cast in a new national touring company of CATS.
At the time, in 1986, CATS was still the hottest ticket on Broadway. And while the powers that be had opened a Los Angeles company and a first national company which sat down in cities like Chicago, Boston and Washington D.C. for over a year at a time, our company – technically called CATS III – was really the first opportunity most of the U.S. had to see the feline phenom. Dallas, Houston, Miami, St. Louis, Memphis, Baltimore, Detroit and more would host us for two, three, four weeks or more.
It was a very heady time for most of us as the show was so hot at the time.
Yesterday, several of my fellow kitties took in the matinee of the newly opened revival of CATS currently playing at the Neil Simon Theater on Broadway.
I’ll write more about the new production in another post, but suffice it to say it’s still the amazing theater experience you expect. At one point in the nine minute “Jellicle Ball,” the music kicked into high gear and I could feel my heart pumping as if I was on the stage myself dancing my butt off. Clearly, hundreds of performances embeds that awesome rush into your DNA.
Afterwards, I joined my longtime partners in feline fun onstage to meet some of the new kittens on the block. Here’s a few pics from the day.
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| Michael snuck this pic as I approached the Neil Simon |
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| Cats past and present |
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| The “senior” cats take the stage – from top left: Tony Bova (“Tumblebrutus”), Joanna Beck (“Jellylorum”), Amiee Turner (“Cassandra”), Arminae Reames (“Grizabella” standby), and me (“Mistoffelees”) |
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| “Mistoffelees” past and present – me with So You Think You Can Dance winner Ricky Ubeda, who absolutely KILLED it as the magical cat |
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| “Tumblebrutus” past and present – Tony Bova and daughter Annarose with Kolton Krouse (R) |
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| My hubby Michael became a “Tumblebrutus” cover in CATS in the early 90s while doing PR work in Europe; here with the new “Tumblebrutus” Kolton Krouse |
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| The group at cocktails after the show with our awesome company manager Jeff Capitola in the front |
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| After the show party: from top left – Lisa Dawn Cave (swing), Aja Kane (“Bombalurina”), Arminae Reames (“Grizabella” standby), me, Joanna Beck (“Jellylorum”), and Amiee Turner (“Cassandra”) |
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| Me with my best bud Tony Bova (“Tumblebrutus”) |
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| My connection with Aja Kane (“Bombalurina”), stretching over 30 years, is still magical |
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| With our fantastic “Gus/Growltiger” Richard Poole |
