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crazytown's JournalYouGov: Biden 27%, Warren 22%, Sanders 20%, Buttigieg 7%, Bloomberg 3%
Delta over (1 Week/2weeks)
Biden 27% (-2/-2), Warren 22%(+4/+3), Sanders 20%(+2/+3), Buttigieg 7%(-1/-), Bloomberg 3%(-/-1)
First competitive poll for Warren in a month, although YouGov is the "Morning Consult" of polls for Warren.
538 Average as of Jan 08
Biden 27.5%
Sanders 18.2%
Warren 15.6%
Buttigieg 7.2%
Bloomberg 5.2
Yang 3.4%
Klobuchar 3.2%
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-d/national/
I'm thinking Sanders going negative on social media will backfire.
Unlike 2016, a competitor or two will call him out during the debates. It would be better to target Bloomberg IMHO.
Iran avoided casualties by design. Gave heads up to Iraqi PM.
michael safi
?@safimichael
Iraqi PM saying he was given heads up about the Iranian attack and passed it to US troops - adding to sense this mornings attacks were a piece of elaborate theatre
https://twitter.com/safimichael/status/1214866094948831233
trump tweets "All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq."
'All is well' Trump tweets after Iran hits Iraq bases housing US troopsPresident Trump late Tuesday said "all is well" after Iran fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops and coalition personnel, adding that he would make a statement Wednesday morning on the attacks.
"Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good!" Trump tweeted.
"We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning," he added.
Early reports indicated that there were no U.S. casualties in the missile attacks, though that could change pending the final assessment.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477265-all-is-well-trump-tweets-after-iran-hits-iraq-base-housing-us-troops
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1214739853025394693
'All is well' Trump tweets after Iran hits Iraq bases housing US troops
Source: The Hill
President Trump late Tuesday said "all is well" after Iran fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops and coalition personnel, adding that he would make a statement Wednesday morning on the attacks.
"Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good!" Trump tweeted.
"We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning," he added.
Early reports indicated that there were no U.S. casualties in the missile attacks, though that could change pending the final assessment.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477265-all-is-well-trump-tweets-after-iran-hits-iraq-base-housing-us-troops
Elizabeth Warren on Iran missile strikes
Elizabeth Warren, speaking at the Kings Theater, Brooklyn.
Within the last hour, the Iranian Government has announced that it has sent missiles to attack our military bases in Iraq. My three brothers all served in the military. At this moment, my heart and my prayers are with our military and with their families, in Iraq and all around the word. But this is a reminder why need to deescalate tension in the Middle East. The American people do not want a war with Iran.
Hello Brooklyn : Julian Castro / Elizabeth Warren in Brooklyn
Hello BrooklynI am so happy to be here with you tonight, but we have to start but we have to start on a very sober note ... Within the last hour, the Iranian Government has announced that it has sent missiles to attack our military bases in Iraq. My three brothers all served in the military. At this moment, my heart and my prayers are with our military and with their families, in Iraq and all around the word. But this is a reminder why need to deescalate tension in the Middle East. The American people do not want a war with Iran.
538: Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For Reelection
Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For ReelectionNow that the 2020 election has gone from next year to this year, its worth taking a step back and asking a question that we first posed in early 2017: How popular is Donald Trump? After all, a presidents job approval rating can be predictive of his reelection chances, especially as November draws closer.
On Jan. 1, 42.6 percent of Americans approved of President Trumps job performance, according to FiveThirtyEights presidential approval tracker (52.9 percent disapproved). Thats a pretty typical number for Trump (although its worth noting that, since Jan. 1, the U.S. and Iran have taken actions that could shake Trumps approval rating loose from that anchor), but ominously for the president, thats the second-lowest FiveThirtyEight average approval rating of any recent president on the first day of their reelection year. Only Gerald Ford (39.3 percent on Jan. 1, 1976) was less popular and, of course, Ford lost that campaign to Jimmy Carter.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-is-the-most-unpopular-president-since-ford-to-run-for-reelection/
Fox News Poll Trump's aggregate approval masks strong disapproval
HarrisX: Trump approval reaches 90% all time high with Republicans (pre Suleimani)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476978-trump-support-among-republicans-reaches-all-time-high-in-pollHarrisX: Bloomberg rises to third place
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476689-bloomberg-rises-to-third-place-alongside-warren-in-national-poll
"All that bootlicking on Fox News finally paid off for Mark Penn. Hes finally a White House insider again" -David Axelrod
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-penn-what-the-dollarand-were-you-doing-in-donald-trumps-white-house
Opinion: Iran has brought down an American president before.
Iran has brought down an American president before
Iran has broken an American president before. In 1979, Iranians under the aegis of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stormed the US embassy in Tehran, taking 52 diplomats hostage.
All of president Jimmy Carters efforts to free the hostages failed, including a rescue mission in April 1980, when some of the aircrew were killed and the desert aircraft wreckage was a stain on the US military. The US's humiliation in Iran was a major factor in Carters defeat that November.
Iran deliberately waited until Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the new president on January 20, 1981, with Carter truly gone, to free the hostages after 444 days in captivity.
(snip) (trump) acted against Iran one month before the first Democratic presidential primary in Iowa. The Democrats, from Bernie Sanders on the left to Joe Biden on the right, want to capitalise on fears among many of a president who acts recklessly, impulsively and with no ability to execute a strategic foreign policy.
Their strong sense is of an American people who do not want to go to war with Iran, and that Trumps bringing American closer to war with Iran is both wrong and decidedly unpopular. Their message: restore sanity, defeat Trump.
Irans retaliation, when it comes and it will, and it will be designed in part to destroy Trump at home.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/iran-has-brought-down-an-american-president-before-20200106-p53p42.html
Iran went out of their way to hurt Carter politically. They will be far more determined to humiliate this 'president'.
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