“I can’t see a presidency under him. He really scares me”. In a CNN/ORC poll, Trump takes 48% to Clinton’s 45%.
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Among the things people may not know: Clinton’s Methodist faith is “very significant”, Verveer said, citing an influential youth minister who encouraged her to focus on the underserved, including arranging for her to babysit the children of migrant workers while they picked vegetables.
Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, raked in millions of dollars for their foundation while she was secretary of state, often from donors deeply interested in how the government would treat them.
Clinton heads into the Democratic National Convention starting Monday in Philadelphia as one of the party’s most liberal nominees in recent history, tacking so far in the direction of progressives that some are still astonished by the positions she has taken.
Now Hillary Clinton faces an uphill battle. “Retirees and families in Florida believed Donald Trump when he said he’d build them condos”, Kaine said. Track Laura Anthony on Facebook here and follow her Twitter here.
Hillary Clinton’s running mate was governor of Virginia – not New Jersey – and now represents the commonwealth in the U.S. Senate.
“Nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office”, Obama said. “I just was so – I was saddened by it”. As he demanded Wasserman Schultz’s resignation, Sanders made clear he wants to see Clinton in the White House. They accused Russian Federation of trying to meddle in the US election and favoring GOP nominee Donald Trump.
But in the end, Kaine returned to praising Clinton. “Donald Trump”, Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, said.
Her approval ratings have fallen from a high of 65 percent in December 2012, when her tenure at the State Department drew to a close, to below 40 percent this month. That’s a historic low for a presidential candidate – surpassed only by Trump. Cory Booker, a young black lawmaker and rising Democratic star, and Massachusetts Sen. Bernie Sanders only served to reinforce other weaknesses, such as her ties to Wall Street and long history in politics.
Norman Solomon, a delegate who supports Sanders, said Wasserman Schultz’s removal was unlikely to soothe those who back the Vermont senator.
Janet Schreiner, 64, of Wynnewood, called Clinton “the brightest woman in the room” and was excited to vote for her. But she also said Clinton should address the trust issues head-on.
Kaine has a “quiet dignity” that makes people feel comfortable, Perry said.
Clinton, raised in the Sputnik era, once aspired to be an astronaut and, when she was short on cash in college, scavenged the Wellesley campus for discarded items.
“I personally know I have work to do on this front”.
“One the other hand, on social issues I think Tim Kaine is pretty good, ” Miller said.
Some voters at Friday’s rally said this week’s Republican National Convention inspired them to attend Clinton’s rally in Tampa.
Bitterness and frustration among the more progressive wing came after some 19,000 emails were published on the website Wikileaks that suggested the Democratic National Committee played favorites during the primary, when Sanders fell short against Hillary Clinton. She said Clinton can’t change her feelings now.
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“She could have dealt with it 20 years ago, when she started lying to the public”, Chain said.
