There isn’t a lot of enthusiasm for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, and her lead in state and national polls has narrowed considerably as the campaign enters the final six weeks. In other words, it’s the expectations game on steroids.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign is planning for what it says will amount to $140 million worth of advertising from now until Election Day.
Trump has a significant built-in advantage in that there’s a lower standard for him – not because the media isn’t tough enough on him, as all the media mavens agree, but because he’s the de facto challenger and candidate of change in a change election.
By that reasoning, anything less than a thrashing for Clinton will be spun as a win. Will Clinton goad him to try to show he is not suited for the presidency?
The New York Times has endorsed an uninterrupted string of Democratic nominees in the presidential elections since 1956, when it threw its support to the reelection of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, who won another four-year term and whom it had also backed for president when he ran for a first term in 1952.
For Democrats, a nightmare scenario is looking more and more like a possible reality: Donald Trump is close to even with Hillary Clinton in the presidential polls. Clinton refused to back down as tensions spilled out a potential scenario against Trump.
With neither candidate a clear favorite on issues like creating jobs or keeping the nation safe, almost a third of uncommitted voters said they may be more likely to vote for a third-party candidate than for either Clinton or Trump.
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Of course, this quadrennial charade makes no sense.
Trump also pointed to his own record of hiring women to some of the highest positons in his company and campaign. A bit more than half say there’s been too little focus on the candidates’ qualifications, with Democrats being more likely than Republicans to feel that way, 61 percent to 45 percent. The moderator will kick each segment off by asking a question and giving each candidate two minutes to respond.
“I’ll tell you I am going to do my very best to communicate as clearly and fearlessly as I can in the face of the insults and the attacks and the bullying and bigotry that we’ve seen coming from my opponent”, she said during a radio interview earlier this week.
But senior Republicans on the panel said Trump has never held a government job or been elected to public office.
As the first presidential debate of 2016 arrives at 9 p.m. Monday, isn’t that what is really most on everyone’s mind?
There are numerous allegations of pay-for-play at her State Department.
Trump has argued Democratic complaints about Lauer were meant as a warning to Holt. Speaker Paul RyanPaul RyanSunday shows preview: Both sides gear up for debate FULL SPEECH: Obama celebrates African American museum opening Trump slams Obama for “shameful” 9/11 bill veto MORE (R-Wis.) and Sen. This is just one of many issues in which Hillary Clinton is out of step with the American people. The third debate, which will follow the exact same format as the first, will take place on October 19 at UNLV. “But because of the expectations game, Bush was seen as the victor”.
As Carter sees it, the presence of Clinton adds one more reason for moderators to act as mere facilitators, aware that badgering a presidential candidate always looks bad – and, in this case, could potentially cross a line into sexist territory.
“I’m very scared, most so for my kids and my grandkids”, Hammett said. Bush pollster Matthew Dowd told journalists the MA senator was “the best debater since Cicero”, referring to the Roman philosopher and orator.
Before we go any further; speaking of coughing, as reported by Drudge Report on Friday, the debate rules have been released and there will no “time outs” for coughing fits.
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Clinton’s task on Monday will be to stop Trump’s spinners from pulling off a similar coup.
