Barack Obama is a relatively popular politician, itself quite an accomplishment in the Age of No National Politicians Being Popular. Once he retires from the Oval Office and the public firing line, history will begin to buff his halo, the way it has with other recent ex-presidents.Source: Barack Obama Is Coming to a Statehouse Near You...
PHILADELPHIA—U.S. labor unions are plowing money into the 2016 elections at an unprecedented rate in a frenzied effort to help elect Hillary Clinton and give Democrats a majority in the Senate.Source: Big Labor Unions Step Up Presidential-Election Spending...
Donald Trump has lambasted the media for being out of touch with the US public throughout this election cycle. There’s some truth to that—if you believe Twitter.Source: Visualizing the major gap between media election coverage and what people are actually talking about...
With scorching news about Donald Trump dominating the media, along with his equally blistering pushback, GOP members of Congress have had to make some tough decisions about where to position themselves vis-a-vis the top of the ticket.Source: Outside groups — mostly party establishment — playing big in GOP’s vulnerable districts...
Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill's 12:30 Report Schoolchildren pick Clinton over Trump Social Security checks get small increase for 2017 MORE called on Donald TrumpDonald TrumpVogue endorses Clinton for president Sorry not sorry: Politico's Thrush doubles down on Podesta emails GOP senatorsSource: Sanders makes pitch to Trump supporters over campaign finance reform...
Policy decisions, like the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, affect where campaign money comes from. Small-dollar donors have been celebrated in this election.Source: Small Donors Still Aren't as Important as Wealthy Ones...
Ryne Dittmer covers hard news as the county and education editor of the Liberty Tribune of Liberty, Missouri. He’s contributed $625 to Clinton’s presidential committee. But Liberty Tribune Managing Editor Amy Neal said Dittmer, who declined to comment, did not violate any newsroom standards.Source: Journalists shower Hillary Clinton with campaign cash...
Source: IRS ordered to resolve Tea Party groups' applications...
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The firebombing of a GOP office Sunday in Hillsborough has earned international coverage, with many sites suggesting it underscores the divisiveness of the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.Source: Fears rise that GOP office firebombing in NC will stifle free speech as election nears...
