“This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation’s highest office since before World War II – if you’re counting, that’s more than 75 years and almost 20 elections”, the editorial board wrote.
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“We’ve been critical of Clinton’s handling of certain issues in the past”, it continued. His own temperament, Trump said, was his “single greatest asset” and not the national security danger that Clinton alleges.
No matter who wins the race for the White House, voters chose the economy (21 percent) and dysfunction in government (18 percent) as the most important issues for the next president to prioritize. Among military and veteran voters, he does even better (53 percent to 28 percent).
Clinton’s campaign announced that it had raised $143 million in August for her presidential bid and the Democratic Party. 4 among 32,226 registered voters, including 3,358 who have previously served or are now serving in the US military. “As retired senior leaders of America’s military, we believe that such a change can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for, the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world”. “For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next commander in chief”.
However, one of the truly big surprises this morning is the headline in my hometown newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, in turn quoting the Washington Post: “Washington Post poll: Clinton and Trump locked in dead heat in Texas”.
Campaigning in Virginia and North Carolina Tuesday, Trump said he would give military leaders thirty days to develop such a plan soon after he takes office.
The last time the Dallas Morning News endorsed a Democrat for President, it was in support of FDR. One thing that both shows Clinton’s difficulty in winning over Democratic leaning voters but also shows that she may have more room for growth in Florida is that among voters who are undecided between her and Trump, 54% of them would rather have Obama as President to only 13% who would go for Trump.
Trump and Clinton appeared separately at the forum, which was organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and broadcast on NBC and MSNBC. The forum could serve as a warm-up to their highly anticipated first presidential debate, scheduled for September 26 in NY. “This impulsive, unbridled NY real estate billionaire and reality-TV star wants to deport people who were born in the USA and don’t meet his standard for loyalty”.
Buoyed by polls showing him regaining some ground on Clinton, Trump portrayed himself in an address in Philadelphia as a defender of traditional Republican values on national security but with a distinct unwillingness to launch new wars in the Middle East.
“I know more about Isis (Islamic State) than the generals do”. The ad, which features former Georgia Sen.
Trump is also some 20 points behind his Democratic opponent among college-educated women, Lake said, compared to Romney and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain, who were about 5 and 8 points behind, respectively.
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“I am also going to notify all countries that refuse to take back risky illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in this country that they will lose access to our visa programs if they continue to do so”.
