March 22, 2016

NBC/SM National Poll: Clinton Leads 53% - 41%. Pledged Delegate Lead, +321. AZ, ID & UT Tonight.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/22/1504820/-NBC-SM-National-Poll-Clinton-Leads-53-41-Pledged-Delegate-Lead-321-AZ-ID-UT-Tonight

By First Amendment


Pledged delegate totals: Clinton 1,176 - Sanders 855

Clinton’s national lead remains a healthy +12.

www.nbcnews.com/...

Sanders gained +1, but he didn't increase his overall support. His +1 gain came at the expense of Clinton’s -1 loss from last week’s tracking poll.

Clinton 53% - 41%



Since Clinton’s 5-state sweep last week, more Democratic-leaning voters now think Clinton will be the nominee. That’s a +7 increase since last week.

Though Clinton did not see a rise in those committed to voting for her, nearly eight in 10 Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters now think she will win the Democratic nomination for president, which represents a 61 point margin over Sanders. This is a 7-point increase from the previous week before her string of victories on March 15.

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March 22, 2016

Hillary News & Views 3.22: Tackling Trump at AIPAC, Town Hall, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Endorses

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/22/1504779/-Hillary-News-Views-3-22-Tackling-Trump-at-AIPAC-Town-Hall-Ohio-Gov-Kate-Brown-Endorses

By Lysis



Today’s edition of Hillary News & Views begins with Clinton's speech to AIPAC, which assailed Donald Trump with an intensity his GOP opponents have failed to do.

The Daily Beast reports:

Until now, Trump has succeeded in knocking out almost all his Republican opponents by deriding them as weak and ineffectual. But unlike that hapless bunch, Clinton is coming out swinging.

As a pure performance, she hit all the right notes, her voice dropping when she recalled holding the hands of men and women in Israeli hospital wards whose lives were torn apart by terrorism, then rising with indignation that anyone could advocate neutrality. She didn’t name Trump of course, but anyone with even a passing interest in the region took note of his comments earlier this month that he believes in being “somewhat neutral” in his approach towards the decades-old conflict in the Middle East.
“Israel’s security is not negotiable, and anybody who doesn’t understand that has no business being our president,” Clinton thundered.
She conjured up the perils awaiting the next president, the unprecedented chaos and conflict in the Middle East, the ongoing terrorist attacks in Israel, the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and elsewhere. “We have to get this right,” she said to robust and sustained applause. Outsourcing to dictators, a reference to Trump’s praise for Russian involvement in Syria, or thinking America no longer has vital interests in the region now that energy independence is on the horizon is “dangerously wrong,” Clinton said.

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March 21, 2016

We’ve Reached Havana (By President Barack Obama)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/weve-reached-havana_b_9518152.html

By Barack Obama
44th President of the United States


President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to the motorcade after touring Old Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 20, 2016.

¡Hola desde Cuba!

Michelle, the girls, and I are here in Havana on our first full day in Cuba. Cubans have lined the streets to welcome us, and it’s humbling to be the first U.S. president in nearly 90 years to visit a country and a people just 90 miles from our shores.



Like so many Americans, I’ve only known the isolation that has existed between our two governments. I was born in 1961, the year of the Bay of Pigs invasion. A year later, a Cold War confrontation over Cuba pushed the world as close as it’s ever been to nuclear war. As the decades passed, the mistrust between our governments resulted in heartache for our two peoples, including Cuban Americans, many of whom have endured decades of separation from their homeland and relatives.

I’ve come to Havana to extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people. I’m here to bury the last vestige of the Cold War in the Americas and to forge a new era of understanding to help improve the daily lives of the Cuban people.

There continue to be real and important differences between our governments, including profound differences on the way to promote safety, security, opportunity, and human rights. But there’s so much Americans and Cubans share  — our cultures and passions, our hopes for the future, not to mention a love of baseball.

I know one visit, and one president, cannot erase the decades of history that have left so many Cubans in poverty or exile. But sometimes the most important changes begin with the smallest step. I believe in the Cuban people and their desire to build a future of their own choosing. And I believe that changing the way we do things between our countries will, over time, help make that possible.

So I’m looking forward to meeting and hearing directly from Cubans from all walks of life. And I’m confident that, working together with the Cuban people, our two countries can begin a new journey together that delivers progress for both our peoples.

This post originally appeared on Medium.

March 21, 2016

USA Today/Rock the Vote poll: In GE Hillary crushes Trump with Millenials by 33%. 52% to 19%.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/21/1504105/-USA-Today-Rock-the-Vote-poll-In-GE-Hillary-crushes-Trump-with-Millenials-by-33-52-to-19

By floridageorge





Some very good news for all of us, but especially for those downers who claim that Hillary would lose to Trump (for sure!) or that Millenials would not vote for Hillary because they would just not come out for her at all. Apparently Millenials didn’t get that memo.

Poll shows that Millennials would flock to Clinton against Trump

Opposition to Trump nearly unites the rising generation.

In a hypothetical Clinton v. Trump contest in November, voters under 35 would choose Clinton by a crushing 52%-19%, a preference that crosses demographic lines.

Among whites, she'd be backed by nearly 2-1, 45%-26%. Among Hispanics, by more than 4-1, 61%-14%. Among Asian Americans, by 5-1, 60%-11%. Among African Americans, by 13-1, 67%-5%.

And the yawning gender gap she has against Sanders would vanish: Clinton would carry young men and women by almost identical margins of more than 2-1.

Nearly one in four Republicans would defect to the Democrats if the GOP nominated Trump against Clinton. Just 7% of Democrats would defect to the GOP.

Among Millenials Hillary beats Trump 52% to 19%.

25% of Republican Millenials would defect to Hillary, on the flip side only 7% of Democratic Millenials would choose Trump.

"Trump would kind of make a mockery out of America," worries Cameron Lee Craig, 25, a stay-at-home mom from Amelia, Ohio, who was among those surveyed. "He's kind of a jerk."

The poll, the second in a series, is part of USA TODAY's One Nation initiative, a series of forums across the country on the most important issues of 2016. The online survey, taken by Ipsos March 3-10, polled 1,541 adults ages 18 to 34.

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March 21, 2016

Hillary News & Views 3.21: Idaho Endorsement, and Why Raising $$ for Downballot Dems Matters

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/21/1504312/-Hillary-News-Views-3-21-Idaho-Endorsement-and-Why-Raising-for-Downballot-Dems-Matters

By Lysis



The Idaho Statesman endorses:

What the 2016 Democratic presidential race might lack in variety has been more than compensated by the spirited and substantive debates on issues that resonate with Americans.

We have enjoyed the mostly civil, issue-based back and forth between the two survivors — former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — and we believe this process has made both of them better candidates.

But the discussions and stump speeches have yielded a clear and undeniable fact: Clinton has the better overall experience, grasp on the broad range of issues and the natural attributes to assume the presidency on Day 1 of her administration.

Whereas Sanders’ passion and populist appeal have been effective in certain states under certain circumstances — and this has manifested in upset primary wins in states such as Michigan — we think there is a steep learning curve for Sanders on a number of issues outside of income equality and prosecuting Wall Street.

Clinton gets the nod for the Idaho Democratic caucuses Tuesday because of a lifetime of activism on behalf of Americans, her service as a U.S. senator in New York and her tenure as secretary of state in the Obama administration. Her government service — working on behalf of 9/11 responders as a senator and being a tough negotiator during foreign policy missions in the Middle East — show her capabilities, grit and determination to get things done.

Clinton certainly has paid her dues and has earned the opportunity to lead her party to the November election.

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March 19, 2016

Bill Maher: When it Comes to Trump, Start Blaming the Self-Esteem Movement

March 19, 2016

Bill Maher: When it Comes to Trump, Start Blaming the Self-Esteem Movement

http://www.mediaite.com/online/bill-maher-when-it-comes-to-trump-start-blaming-the-self-esteem-movement/

by Lindsey Ellefson



Tonight on Real Time, Bill Maher took aim at Donald Trump‘s favorite thing about himself: his humility (or lack thereof.)

Criticizing America for being the type of country where a football player can run the wrong way, score five goals for the opposing team, and still be “a winner,” Maher cautioned against telling kids (and adults!) that they are amazing all the time. To hammer home why that’s such a bad idea, he played a montage of Trump announcing all the things he is the best at, including building walls and loving the Bible.



The New Rule for this evening, then, went like this:

Stop trying to pin the rise of Donald Trump on easy targets like racism, xenophobia, and fetal alcohol syndrome and put the blame where it belongs: on the self-esteem movement.

Another great line was, “If there’s anything scarier than Donald Trump thinking he’s the most important person in the world is that in eight months, he could be.”

What do you think?

March 18, 2016

Gabby

March 18, 2016

50% Of The Vote In Arizona Already Banked... And It Favors Hillary!

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/18/1503342/-50-Of-The-Vote-In-Arizona-Already-Banked-And-It-Favors-Hillary

By DCMorgan1972DEM



Hello Friends!

Yesterday I wrote a diary looking at the limited polling that is available in Arizona that shows Clinton with a formidable lead. There is new information out today that brings new data to our analysis as to where Arizona is likely to end up for Hillary. And it looks very promising…

Check Out This Link:

www.politico.com/...

This is the passage that stands out to me:

“Early voting, which in Arizona starts about two weeks before the primary election, may hold some clues as to the eventual outcome. The numbers have offered some positive signs for Clinton: According to figures provided by the Arizona Democratic Party, of the 601,049 early ballot requests, 262,547 were returned, with 121,374 from voters 65 and over and another 75,504 from voters between the ages 50-64. Both age groups have been friendly to Clinton in other states.

By contrast, just 18,842 ballots have been returned from voters between the ages of 25 to 34 and 8,959 from voters between 18 and 24 – ominous signs for Sanders, who runs best among younger voters.”

In the 2008 primary 455,000 Democrats voted in Arizona. That means it is likely 50% of the vote has already been banked in Arizona. And of that 50% that has been returned 75% of those votes are ages 50 and above… a demographic that is EXTREMELY favorable to Hillary.

I also believe the Tuesday sweep will help last minute deciders break to Hillary’s favor.. or the margins to at least remain close.

Keeping all of this in kind… I think we could be looking at a 20+ point win for Hillary.

I’m looking forward to see how this plays out!

March 18, 2016

Internet Freaks Out As Woman ‘Vanishes’ During Live TV Report

But did she really?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woman-vanishes-airport-tv_us_56ebd5ffe4b09bf44a9cf899

By Lee Moran

One second she’s there, the next she’s gone.

A woman appeared to vanish during a live news report on Danish TV. But did she really?

Video going viral shows the blonde woman standing in the background of the shot as a man is being interviewed at an airport’s baggage claim for TV2’s Sports Center show.

Another woman walks past her, pushing a trolley, and then she seemingly disappears.

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