[The Hill] Clinton is now viewed unfavorably by 55 percent of the electorate, according to the HuffPost Pollster average, which tracks findings from 42 different polling outfits. Only 40.2 percent of people view her favorably, according to that average.
An Associated Press/GfK poll released last week also found 55 percent giving Clinton an unfavorable rating. In the most recent Gallup poll, released late last month, her unfavorable number was 53 percent versus only 42 percent who saw her favorably.
Even Democrats acknowledge those findings are a problem.
"They’re pretty bad," said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, who connected the poor poll numbers to separate findings that show a broad number of Americans don’t trust Clinton.
"The No. 1 reason that her favorability is so bad is that you have large numbers of Americans who say they don’t trust her," he said. "I could make it sound more complicated than that, but that’s really what it is. Voters see her as the ultimate politician, who will do or say anything to get elected."
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Why? It's a race by both parties to alienate as many voters this year as possible. At the moment, this could turn out to create the lowest turn out of eligible voters in November in our history.
#4
Honestly, I wonder if the Establishment Media is absolutely determined to drag the rotting corpse of Hilary's campaign over the finish line - never mind the obstacles, never mind the truckloads of baggage, the unlikeability, the corruption, the sheer bloody incompetence that she has exhibited whenever she tried to do anything other than stand at Bill Clinton's elbow and look First Lady-ish ... how many news orgs and ageing celebs are in the tank for her, so far that they need a breathing apparatus and a dedicated crew to go on ...
[Reuters] Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will propose the creation of a new national Office of Immigrant Affairs should she win the White House in November, as she seeks to woo minority and immigrant voters in New York less than a week before the state's primary.
The office would coordinate policies and programs among federal agencies and with state and local governments, according to an aide.
In contrast, Republican candidates have largely called for stricter immigration rules. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has called for building a wall along the border with Mexico as well as a temporary ban on immigration by Muslims.
The New York primary on April 19 could either help former secretary of state Clinton consolidate her status as the Democratic front-runner, or hand a significant victory to rival Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator seeking to defy expectations and win the party's nomination for the Nov. 8 election.
Both candidates are now campaigning across the state, looking to win over New York's diverse population, including voters who come from immigrant families. Around 19 percent of the state is Hispanic or Latino, according to the U.S. Census.
With 247 pledged delegates at stake, the state is among the most significant nominating contests left on the calendar before the July convention.
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Reuters (aka Rooters for Terrorists) - you can tell by the liberal use of 'Immigrant' to describe Illegal Aliens and border-jumpers.
I take this to mean that the so-called 'Immigrant Affairs' office will have nothing to do with actual Immigrants but everything to do with providing boodle, and forcing state and local governments to provide boodle to Illegal Aliens.
If it was run like the Indian Affairs or Veterans Affairs offices one might expect it to drive them to self-deport. But sadly I'm afraid it will be very good at what it is intended to do - shackle even more vote-slaves to the government teat.
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I wouldn't mind an immigration affairs office dedicated to promoting assimilation as the path to success in America. We've got enough worthless offices as is that we just rename one without having to hire anybody.
The rest of the worthless offices (Education department, HUD, etc) can be reassigned to the Illegal Immigrant Affairs office (that is Border Patrol) and secure that shit like every other nation in the world.
[NYT] Last year, Hillary Clinton called the Rev. Al Sharpton to wish him a happy birthday, a bit of outreach that she did not tell reporters about, though Mr. Sharpton did.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton, still battling her way through a primary against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, will make a more high-profile connection with Mr. Sharpton, appearing at his National Action Network convention in Manhattan.
Mrs. Clinton has relied heavily on black voters to bolster her against Mr. Sanders in several nominating contests. And while she has known Mr. Sharpton for years, the firebrand reverend and MSNBC host is more closely aligned with President Obama than with the Clintons.
The visit always made sense as a practical matter. But it has taken on new contours as Mrs. Clinton tries to brush back social media-stirred outrage about a racially charged joke that Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York made in a skit that she appeared in at an event on Saturday.
Last night, the House of Representatives snuck through a food bill that authorizes President Obama over a billion dollars to "promote global food security." Instead of allowing normal consideration and debate, this bill was rushed through with only a 40-minute debate with no possibility for amendments.
I opposed this bill, and I am disappointed that our leadership would schedule this expensive bill at a time when many Representatives were absent or did not have enough time to fully consider it. This process is a perfect example of the reason so many people in Colorado and around our nation are frustrated with Congress. Backdoor deals and sped-through legislation are not a responsible way to represent the American people. The elites keep doing everything they can to steal from us to line their pockets
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the House of Representatives - that would be the GOP controlled House of Cronies? Tell me again how it will all be fixed by getting the 'right man' in the position to influence this type of behavior.
#2
It starts at the top Procopius2k. Forcing a president on them that would veto this crap while replacing congressmen and senators during elections that keep voting for this crap is a start.
Term limits are another with a ban on congressmen becoming lobbyists another.
I really don't have much hope of it happening until the economy really come crashing down and half the country is voting to leave this train wreck... but I still try.
#8
The foxes are most definitely in the hen house. Modern day cons. In the old days these slickers were either run out of town or they knew when it was time to move on. Politicians don't have to move on.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Congressman Doug Lamborn:
