What are you going to watch Monday night? WASHINGTON — The most telling moments in presidential debates often come out of the blue — an offhand remark or unrehearsed gesture that helps to reveal the essence of a candidate who’s already been poked, prodded and inspected for years. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have competing […]
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Hillary Clinton needs a better campaign slogan
By Albert R. Hunt Bloomberg View Bill Clinton had “it’s the economy, stupid.” George W. Bush had “compassionate conservatism.” Barack Obama had “change you can believe in.” Donald Trump has “make America great again.” Hillary Clinton has … The Democratic nominee does have 40 bullet-point programs on everything from child care to mental health to […]
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Donald Trump honored by Ted Cruz’s endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of the U.S. presidential election campaign (all times EDT): Updated 4:30 p.m.: Donald Trump says that he’s “greatly honored” by what he describes as Sen. Ted Cruz’s endorsement. After months of refusing to do so, Cruz announced Friday he would vote for Trump, though he did not describe it as an […]
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FBI gave immunity to top Hillary Clinton aide
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, says a Republican congressman. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government […]
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Hillary Clinton losing millennial voters to 3rd-party contenders
KENT, Ohio — The crowd to see Bernie Sanders filled half of a college gym. Hundreds of millennials who still proudly wore their Bernie shirts listened to the senator from Vermont insist, as a nearby sign said, that he was “Berning for her.” He’d always told them not to trust the media; now he was […]
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Trump deflects all criticism, working to re-invent himself
WASHINGTON — If you are the status quo candidate in a change election in which the national mood is sour and two-thirds of the electorate think the country is on the wrong track, what do you do? Attack. Relentlessly. Paint your opponent as extremist, volatile, clueless, unfit, dangerous. Indeed, Hillary Clinton’s latest national ad, featuring […]
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Clinton continues pattern of hiding the truth
In 1996, The New York Times columnist William Safire diagnosed Hillary Clinton’s real problem. He called her a “congenital liar.” Congenital is defined as “having by nature a specified character.” Following Hillary Clinton’s health scare Sunday in New York, we may have reached the conclusion author Mary McCarthy did when speaking of playwright Lillian Hellman: […]
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Clinton’s lack of transparency could doom her campaign
NEW YORK — Frank Luntz, the Republican political consultant, is a master of the political epigram. Under his tutelage the estate tax became the death tax and global warming became climate change. So Luntz, once again going to the heart of the matter, recently put an either-or question to a group of about 50 people: […]
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Choice of vice president makes a difference
A friend 15 years older than Hillary Clinton recently came down with a mild pneumonia that sounds just like hers. Five days later, he was on a ladder pruning trees. The doctor wanted more rest, but he’s fine. And so will Clinton be. I will dispense with the interminable chitchat of whether she should have […]
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Tim Kaine explains how a Hillary Clinton presidency would affect Maine
AUGUSTA — With polling flagging Maine as a potential swing state for the first time in nearly a generation, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine visited the state for a Cape Elizabeth fundraiser on Thursday, saying he was here to “make sure we win” statewide. The Virginia senator and Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the […]