Tag: 2016

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Hillary Clinton Campaign Pre-Empts Benghazi Hearing With Secretary Of State Highlight Reel

In advance of her upcoming appearance before a Congressional hearing regarding questions about the use of a private email server, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has released this spot highlighting her many accomplishments.

The video is a virtual “sizzle reel” of her work at the State Department that includes endorsements and testimonials from Cabinet officials and other high level politicos praising Clinton’s diplomatic work.

According to the Washington Post, the campaign will also organize public appearances and outreach by prominent surrogates to make a case this week that Clinton’s four years as secretary of state are anything but a liability.

It’s worth noting that although she left the State department with approval ratings well into the high 60%, Donald Trump (who previous to his own campaign praised her) now calls her tenure a disaster.

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Donald Trump Would Eliminate Dept Of Education and Environmental Protections

Appearing on Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday,” Donald Trump goes over a litany of controversial things he’s said on the campaign trail: eliminating the Department of Education, eliminating environmental protections, putting the responsibility of 9/11 on George W. Bush and more.

Wallace: “Would you cut services? Would you cut departments?”

Trump: “No, I’m not cutting services, but I’m cutting spending. But I may cut Department of Education. I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I believe that we should be — you know, educating our children from Iowa, from New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be local education. So the Department of Education is one. Environmental Protection, what they do is a disgrace. Every week they come out with new regulations. They’re making it impossible —”

Wallace: “Who’s going to protect the environment?”

Trump: “We’ll be fine with the environment. We can leave a little bit, but you can’t destroy businesses.”

Watch below:

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SNL Cold Open “Democratic Debate” Features Larry David As “Bernie Sanders”

Larry David as Bernie Sanders. Brilliant.

Or is it really Bernie Sanders as Larry David? Hmm?

Clip description: Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon), Bernie Sanders (Larry David), Jim Webb (Alec Baldwin), Lincoln Chafee (Kyle Mooney) and Martin O’Malley (Taran Killam) face off at the Democratic presidential debate, hosted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper (Jon Rudnitsky).

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Jeb Bush Attacks Donald Trump On Military Judgement

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush goes after GOP front runner – HARD.

We’ll see if this has any effect on the race.

Via CNN:

The clip is the latest salvo in the Bush-Trump rivalry, which has often been marked by bitter and personal exchanges between the two prominent Republican presidential candidates. On Friday, Trump suggested Bush’s brother, former President George W. Bush, shared in the blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks because they occurred during his presidency.

Saturday’s round centered on a video set to the tune of circus music that highlights comments from Trump that have called into question his grasp of military matters. Many of Trump’s most controversial moments are presented, including his questioning of John McCain’s status as a war hero to his inability to name prominent terrorists.

The clip also points out that Trump — who is shown in the clip claiming that “there’s nobody bigger or better at the military than I am” — received deferments to avoid military service during the Vietnam War. There’s also a snippet of a 2007 interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in which he says Hillary Clinton “would do a good job” negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran.

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Hillary Clinton Says Passing The Equality Act Will Be Her “Highest Priority”

At a campaign stop at Keene State College in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton was asked about how she sees her support for the LGBT community versus her competitors, and about her “evolution” on supporting same-sex marriage.

“Yes my views did evolve, and I think most people my age would say the same thing — there might be some exceptions.

 “But largely because of my strong opposition to discrimination of any sort and my personal relationships with a lot of people over the years, I certainly concluded that marriage equality should be the law of the land, and I was thrilled when the Supreme Court made it the law of the land.”


Pointing out she was the first First Lady to march in a Gay Pride parade, she also spoke of  her relationship with The Human Rights Campaign (“they count on me”), and also mentioned that passage of The Equality Act saying it would be her “highest priority.”

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Poll: Hillary Clinton Regains The Lead In New Hampshire After Strong Debate Performance

A new Suffolk University poll has good news for the Hillary Clinton campaign in New Hampshire.

Clearly, her strong performance at this week’s Democratic debate made a good impression on New Hampshire voters as she has regained the lead in the Granite State.

The results of the new survey show Hillary at 37% and Sanders at 35%. That’s within the error of margin, but a clear improvement over past weeks.

Regarding the debate specifically, among the 283 polled who watched the two hour event, 54% said Clinton was the winner; 24% chose Sanders.

New Hampshire Democrats also pick Clinton as having the best chance to win in the general election next fall – 52% majority favoring Clinton, while only 16% who look to Sanders.

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Donald Trump Wins In His Debate Demands To CNBC

Yesterday, Carson and Trump informed CNBC in a letter that the length of the debate should be restricted.

A letter from both front runners’ campaign read, “Neither Mr. Trump or Dr. Carson will participate in your debate if it is longer than 120 minutes including commercials and does not include opening and closing statements.”

Trump complained that CNN’s three hour length was “milking” the debate so CNN could sell more ads.

As you can see from Trump’s tweet this morning, CNBC bowed to his wishes.

Other candidates, like Carly Fiorina, pushed for more time saying with 10 candidates it’s hard to get any appreciable exposure.

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Democratic Presidential Candidate Jim Webb Says Debate Was “Rigged”

Democratic (semi) contender Jim Webb makes it clear he was NOT happy with the time allotted to him at this week’s Democratic debate:

“I’ll be very frank here. It was rigged in terms of who was going to get the time on the floor by the way that Anderson Cooper was selecting people to supposedly respond to someone else. I even turned around to Bernie Sanders at one point and said, ‘Bernie, say my name, will you say my name?’ In that kind of environment it was either going to be Mr. Angry or be a potted plant.

“It’s very difficult to win a debate when you don’t have the opportunity to get to speak in the same amount of time on issues as the others get. It’s the reality that the debate was being portrayed as a showdown between Mrs. Clinton and Bernie. But if you are going to be invited to participate and people are going to judge whether you, quote, won or not, at least you should be able to have the kind of time that’s necessary to discuss issues that you care about and have worked on.”