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Poll: Bernie Sanders Leads Hillary In New Hampshire, Surges In Iowa

A new NBC News/Marist poll shows how much things have shifted for Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nominee for president.

In New Hampshire, Sen. Bernie Sanders now leads with 41 percent of Democratic voters, Clinton at 32 percent and Vice President Joe Biden gets 16 percent. That’s a flip from July Clinton led Sanders 42% to 32%.

Over in Iowa, Clinton stays in front but with a lead that’s shrinking. She currently has 38% of likely voters, 11 points over Sanders at 27%.

Of course, the first votes are still four months away…

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Poll: Donald Trump Surges Past Hillary Clinton

A new SurveyUSA poll shows Donald Trump surging past Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical matchup.

From The Hill:

The poll by SurveyUSA finds that matched up directly, Trump garners 45 percent to Clinton’s 40 percent.

In other head-to-head matchups, Trump beats out Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by 44 percent to 40 percent; Vice President Joe Biden by 44 percent to 42 percent; and former Vice President Al Gore by 44 percent to 41 percent.

Trump’s surge past Clinton marks a dramatic turnaround in the polls. A CNN/ORC sampling of national voters in late June — just days after Trump entered the race — found that 59 percent supported Clinton to 34 percent picking Trump in a head-to-head race.

The same poll taken in July saw Clinton at 57 percent to Trump at 38 percent. And a version taken in August had Clinton with 52 percent support and Trump with 43 percent.

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Donald Trump Signs Pledge To Not Run As Independent

After meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump has signed a pledge to not run as an independent candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign. “I will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican Party and the conservative principles for which it stands,” said Trump. The “pledge” states: “I, Donald Trump, affirm that if I do not win the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States I will endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is. “I further pledge that I will not seek to run as an independent or write-in candidate nor will I seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party.” At the first 2016 GOP debate, Trump was the only candidate to raise his hand when asked if anyone would not commit to such a pledge. Trump maintains that his reticence is based purely on his desire to be treated “fairly” by the Republican Party.

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Jeb Bush Slaps Back At Donald Trump: “The Real Donald Trump”

Jeb Bush has finally had enough of being Donald Trump’s punching bag it seems.

Today, Bush’s campaign released a new ad using Trump’s own personal statements to illuminate his past support for abortion rights, raising taxes, single-payer health care, as well as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Up until now, Bush has refrained from taking on The Donald too forcefully, clearly with the thinking that Trump would ultimately flame out as the GOP frontrunner.

And yet, Trump continues to climb in polls. So Bush’s campaign is feeling the heat now.

Watch the attempt to paint Trump as “liberal” using his own words.

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Iowa: Ben Carson Ties Donald Trump in New Monmouth University Poll

Guess who’s going to be the next target for Mr. Trump?

Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has surged in Iowa to pull into a dead heat with Donald Trump among likely Iowa Republican caucus goers.

Both Carson and Trump received 23 percent of likely caucusgoers’ support, according to the latest Monmouth University poll.

However, Carson leads Trump on favorability – Carson notches an 81% favorable rating while The Donald is down at 52%.

Coming in behind the two front runners, 10% of likely caucusgoers threw their support to Carly Fiorina, 9% to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and just 7% for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).

At the end of the day (or this day at least) what does this all mean? That the top 3 GOP hopefuls are all non-politicians. That Republicans, at least in Iowa, are tired of career pols and want to maybe try something new?

According to a recent Gallup poll, a dismal 14% of Americans approve of the job the GOP-led Congress is doing.

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Bernie Sanders Edges Closer to Hillary Clinton In New Iowa Poll

To be honest, it’s waaaaay early in this election cycle but a new poll from the Des Moines Register-Bloomberg Politics shows Bernie Sanders has whittled Hillary Clinton’s once commanding lead in Iowa to only 7 points.

The new survey shows Hillary with 37% support and Sanders at 30%. Veep Joe Biden got 14% even though he’s not announced if he will enter the race yet.

When you factor out Biden, the numbers shifted to Hillary 43% and Sanders 35%.

I like both Sanders and Clinton, but I have a hard time seeing Americans electing a politician who self-identifies as “Socialist.”

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News Round-Up: August 29, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• After Republicans bashing First Lady Michelle Obama for years as having “no class,” meet possible First Lady Melania Trump.

• Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro says early rumors for him to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate “flattering.” I say it’s a definite possibility.

• The Democratic National Committee unanimously approved a resolution supporting marriage equality, along with over 60% of the country. The Republicans still think they can turn back time.

• Bill Maher to Josh Duggar: “Dude, you’re just horny.”

• Calgary bus driver refuses to drive rainbow-covered Pride bus because “religion.” So, basically, no one wants to do their job these days?

• Newly out rugby player (and hottie) Keegan Hirst celebrates at Manchester Pride.

Keegan Hirst
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Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Wrapped Up In One Ad

Pretty much says it all.

From Jimmy Kimmel:

The strangest thing about Donald Trump being on top of the polls for a full month now is that apart from his plan to build a wall to keep Mexicans out, we know absolutely nothing about what he would do as President.

Ordinarily people running for President tell us what they would do if they got the job, but Donald Trump has a much broader approach.