2016 Campaign Watch

Vice presidential nominees should, by the nature of the office sought, expect to spend much of their time out of the spotlight. But National Journal‘s Josh Krashaaur suggests in an article this morning that the Republican nominee for vice president is being overshadowed even more than usual this time around:

What Happened to Mike Pence?

Ever since Pence was tapped to be Trump’s No. 2, he’s been over­shad­owed. The most re­cent in­dig­nity oc­curred this week when Pence re­ceived a hair­cut at a ...

Hillary Clinton currently leads her GOP rival in most polls, both national and those in key battleground states. But that lead masks a serious problem for the now-favored Democratic nominee, as The Washington Post reports this morning on a focus group recently held in Milwaukee:

Wisconsin focus group spotlights Clinton’s crisis of trust

[E]veryone seemed bothered, at least to some degree, by the Democratic nominee’s trustworthiness, or lack thereof. It was a major theme that came up again and again during a ...

Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting piece this morning explaining how the 2016 electoral college map is shaping up to be largely a repeat of 2012, which would clearly be bad news for Donald Trump. But there’s one key difference, at least if current polling is to be believed - many states thought to be solidly in the Republican column are looking less solid:

Trump Is Making More States Competitive. Red States.

Among the 44 states where general election polling has taken place, Hillary ...