2016 Campaign Watch

The Washington Post reports this morning that Donald Trump has narrowed his list of potential running mates to a handful of options:

Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump’s running mate

Donald Trump’s campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate, followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. But there are more than a half dozen others being discussed as possibilities, according to several people with knowledge of the ...

One question arising recently has been whether or not Hillary Clinton‘s campaign felt it needed to fight to win Pennsylvania. Its first ad buy following Clinton becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee didn’t include the Keystone State even though many expect it to be a battleground in 2016. As The Hill reports, whatever the official campaign’s strategy may be, its allies aren’t forgetting Pennsylvania:

Clinton campaign seeks to shut door on Trump in Pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton’s allies are working to close off Donald ...

The Washington Post released poll results over the weekend, and it doesn’t look like presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has fared well this month:

In new poll, support for Trump has plunged, giving Clinton a double-digit lead

Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail from Scotland this week contending with sweeping unease about his candidacy as a large majority of Americans register their disapproval and see the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee as discriminatory and unqualified, according to a new Washington Post-ABC ...