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Hillary Clinton Beats All GOP Contenders In New CNN/ORC Poll

In the latest CNN/ORC poll, Democrat Hillary Clinton beats every potential GOP candidate by at least 11 points.

Coming closest to Hillary is Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, but still 11 points behind the former Secretary of State with 54% preferring Clinton and only 43% picking Paul.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and current Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker each get only 40% to Hillary’s 55%.

And it gets worse for the rest of the pack from there.

In terms of the Democratic nomination, folks like Hillary over Vice-President Biden 62%-15%.  Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts gets 10%.

The GOP side is still packed up in the teens with Bush getting 16% support, Walker getting 13% and Paul getting 12%.

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Equality California Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

Equality California, one of the largest LGBT advocacy groups in the USA, has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

EQCA is the first major LGBT organization in the nation to endorse the former Secretary of State for President.

“We want Hillary Clinton to run and are ready to mobilize our 800,000 members to help her win,” said Equality California’s Executive Director Rick Zbur. “We’re enthusiastic about her candidacy because she has the best record of accomplishment on LGBT issues of any potential candidate. Equality California is ready for Hillary!”

As Secretary of State, Clinton championed the rights of LGBT people around the world, making LGBT rights and acceptance a global priority.

In 2011, Sec. Clinton gave a historic speech on International Human Rights Day at the United Nations in Geneva, saying: “Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.”

(via Frontiers)

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Gallup: Hillary Clinton Way Ahead Of Prez Hopefuls On Favorability & Familiarity

Results of a new poll by Gallup shows Hillary Clinton’s devastating lead over other Democrats and Republicans who may be in the hunt for the presidency in 2016.

According to the poll, 89% of Americans are familiar enough with her to have an opinion of her. And her favorable number (50%) is 11 points higher than her unfavorable number (39%). This bests anyone else currently mentioned as a contender for prez.

The graph plots 16 potential candidates –11 Republicans and five Democrats — on a two-dimensional chart displaying their familiarity and favorability ratings. The candidates who appear in the upper-right quadrant are in the most advantageous position at this point as they are both relatively well-known and have higher favorable than unfavorable ratings. In addition to Clinton, Republicans Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul reside in this space. However, Americans rate each of those Republicans only slightly more positively than negatively, with net favorable scores of +2 or +3, compared with Clinton’s +11. And Huckabee and Paul have just slightly above average familiarity. Generally speaking, the further candidates are away from the intersecting lines, the better their image.

Candidates in the lower-right quadrant — including Chris Christie and Rick Perry — are among the better-known candidates, but Americans do not view them positively overall. Joe Biden and Ted Cruz are on the edges of this quadrant. Biden is well-known, but opinions of him are equally positive and negative, while Cruz is viewed negatively but has average familiarity. The challenge for these politicians should they run for president is to alter existing perceptions about them so they are more positive than now, or alternatively, to get the smaller group of Americans who are unfamiliar with them to get to know them and view them positively.

Only Dr. Ben Carson has comparable positive favorable numbers, but his familiarity is much lower than Hillary.

The actual numbers from the poll below:

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SNL Takes Down Ben Carson On Homosexuality Comments

Saturday Night Live takes down Dr. Ben Carson in a big way.

Last week, the potential GOP 2016 candidate for president, told CNN that homosexuality is ‘absolutely’ a choice and prison sex is the proof of the theory.

Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost took more than one jab at the retired surgeon:

‘Dr Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon said that homosexuality is a choice because many people go to prison straight, but when they come out, they’re gay. Kind of like how in that last sentence, Carson went in as a neurosurgeon and came out as a complete idiot.

And then there’s more. Hit the video below.

(h/t JMG)

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Sen. Rand Paul: Same-Sex Marriage “Offends Myself And A Lot Of People”

Appearing on Fox News yesterday, Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky told Bret Baier that allowing gays and lesbians to marry “offends myself and a lot of people.”

“I’m for tradition marriage,” Paul said. “I think marriage is between a man and a woman. Ultimately, we could have fixed this a long time ago if we just allowed contracts between adults. We didn’t have to call it marriage, which offends myself and a lot of people.”

“I think having competing contracts that would have given them equivalency before the law would have solved a lot of these problems, and it may be where we’re still headed.”

Clearly, Sen. Paul (a probable candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination) is of a mind that “separate but equal” would suit him better than true marriage equality. But, as everyone knows, “separate but equal” is never “equal.”

A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee, Ian Sams, issued this statement:

“Saying marriage equality ‘offends’ him gives us yet another glimpse of Paul’s true colors — a restrictive, retro social agenda that sets back LGBT rights and questions longstanding gains in civil rights. Support for marriage equality is at record highs, and most Americans now live in states where it’s legal. What’s truly offensive is Rand Paul’s insistence on being stuck in the past and failing to support equal rights for LGBT Americans.”

(source)

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Rachel Maddow Profiles Bear Couple Who Own JebBushForPresident.com

Charlie and CJ, two “high-tech bears” in Oregon, decided back in 2008 to buy the internet domain www.JebBushForPresident.com thinking that someday – SOMEDAY – that might be something someone would be interested in.

Flash forward to today, and here is Jeb Bush about to run for president.

But the Oregon bears aren’t looking to sell the domain for a high price profit. They plan to use the space to explain the need for LGBT rights.

And so, that is how they came to be featured on Rachel Maddow’s show last night.

The segment begins at the 11:15 mark below. If the player doesn’t work, click here.

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Quote Of The Day: Jonathan Capehart On Mitt Romney Not Running In 2016

“Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee, made the right decision to not seek his party’s nomination for a third run.

“By bowing out today, Romney becomes a statesman of his party rather than a punch line for comedians. Besides, Sarah Palin has the latter role on lockdown.” – Jonathan Capehart writing for the Washington Post

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Mittens Will Not Run In 2016

On a conference call this morning, Mitt Romney told donors he will NOT run for the 2016 GOP nomination.

From MSNBC:

Romney has spoken to supporters on a conference call, reading a statement explaining his decision. “It is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee,” he said. “I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee. In fact, I expect and hope that to be the case.”

It seems in exploring the landscape Mittens found many of his major donors had moved on to Jeb Bush.

Twitter responds:

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Mitt Romney Will Share 2016 Thoughts On Conference Call Today

Bloomberg reports that Mitt Romney is apparently set to share his next steps regarding the 2016 GOP nomination for prez today:

Late Thursday evening, Romney’s political operation sent scores of supporters an email under his name inviting them to join a Friday morning conference call to be led by Romney himself for “an update.” The email was signed “All the best, Mitt.”

Those who have been helping Romney make up his mind say there are three factors in favor of a run, and two factors against. The main rationale on the “go” side is Mitt and Ann Romney’s strongly held conviction that no one in the current field would make a better president. Critics in both parties and the press may scoff at this view, but the Romneys believe it to their core and thus feel Mitt has an obligation to his country to once again shoulder the mantle.