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Connecting the Dots Behind the 2016 Presidential Candidates
Presidential candidates change, but the people who run the campaigns often remain the same. Here is how the teams behind some likely and announced candidates are connected to previous campaigns, administrations and organizations close to the possible nominees.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton, upstaged by Bernie Sanders and other Democratic rivals, slides in polls
A crowd of several hundred cheered Wednesday outside the Capitol for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders, as he took the stage to demand a $15 national minimum wage and chided President Obama for paying “starvation wages” to federal workers.
Read More >>Dem fears over Clinton’s strength grow after new poll
Democrats are seeing warning signs after a new poll showed Hillary Clinton losing three swing states and deep in negative territory on questions of character.
Read More >>Clinton’s General Election Support Slipping in Key States
The last two months have shown former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton losing support in the Democratic nomination contest to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, although she has continued to hold a commanding lead. Recent polling suggests her support in key battleground states may be slipping against Republicans as well. CNN reports on how she fares against three leading GOP candidates: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:
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What the First Democratic Cattle Call Reveals About the State of the Presidential Race
Hours before the first face-off of the Democratic presidential campaign, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley stood in the far left corner of the White Star Ale House, a sleek bar in downtown Cedar Rapids, greeting a line of voters, some committed, others not so much.
Read More >>Hillary’s first ad buy
Hillary Clinton is reserving time for her first major ad buys of the 2016 campaign – shelling out $7.7 million for TV spots in Iowa and New Hampshire for the fall, a campaign official told POLITICO.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton’s ‘natural instincts’ lean toward ‘hiding the truth,’ six in 10 voters say
Nearly six in 10 voters say former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s natural instincts lean more toward hiding the truth, and a third say they lean more toward telling the truth, a new poll said.
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