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This will be awesome: Check out our sneak preview of the brand-new Daily Kos Elections! This has been one hell of an election, and at Daily Kos, we have one hell of a team covering it. But we almost have an embarrassment of riches, because there’s so much great elections-related content on this site that it’s not always obvious where to...	David Nir	08/11/2016	57	144	-	-
Court strikes down North Carolina's legislative districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders A federal district court dealt a huge blow to gerrymandering in North Carolina when it struck down its state legislative maps as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. Republicans had illegally packed minority voters into a few districts, like the 21st...	Stephen Wolf	08/11/2016	8	38	-	-
Thursday's Senate polls: Good news in Pennsylvania and Florida, not so good in Ohio and Iowa Polls : Here’s a roundup of today’s other Senate polls: FL-Sen : Opinion Savvy : Marco Rubio (R-inc): 45, Patrick Murphy (D): 43 (45-44 Clinton) FL-Sen : PPP (D): Rubio: 42, Murphy: 40 (46-43 ...	David Nir	08/11/2016	21	17	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/11 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone.	Daily Kos Elections	08/11/2016	396	2	-	-
Harry Reid still unplugged: Trump is a 'bigot who's clearly unfit for office' Donald Trump should just love Harry Reid. After all, Reid's a truth-teller, just like Trump. For example, this truth: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Donald Trump was a "bigot who's clearly unfit for office" Thursday during a press...	Joan McCarter	08/11/2016	42	85	-	-
Kaine goes on the attack on voting rights Voting rights have long been an issue Tim Kaine is passionate about. As senator, Kaine has cosponsored bills to restore portions of the Voting Rights Act and he has continually championed policies such as early voting periods that make it easier for...	Kerry Eleveld	08/11/2016	6	19	-	-
Donald Trump: 'I know so many families that have been destroyed by the death tax.' Donald Trump, today: "I know so many families that have been destroyed by the death tax." Hi, quick question? Name two.	Hunter	08/11/2016	162	131	-	-
No, Trump didn't send his private plane to bring troops home. The truth is much more Trumpy. Sigh. No, Sean Hannity and associated minions, Donald Trump did not send his personal jet to transport "200 stranded Marines" from North Carolina to Miami after the Gulf War. Though it was nice of Trump's people to "confirm" the bullpucky. The Trump...	Hunter	08/11/2016	165	304	-	-
Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto reaches out to undocumented families in Senate campaign Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto is reaching out to the Latino community in Nevada, specifically the families living with the threat of deportation since the Supreme Court limited President Obama's executive order under the Deferred Action for...	Joan McCarter	08/11/2016	11	36	-	-
Trump supporters know the real problem with Trump's candidacy: the biased media What happens when your candidate goes off the rails and suggests "Second Amendment" action against his opponent or declares Mexicans “rapists” and “murderers” or calls for a ban on Muslims entering the country? The media covers it. And that right there...	Kerry Eleveld	08/11/2016	29	9	-	-
Clinton camp: Trump's 'trash-talking' the US again by claiming Obama 'founded' ISIS Shortly after Hillary Clinton told an Iowa crowd Wednesday that "words matter," especially when you’re running for president, Donald Trump declared President Obama "the founder of ISIS." The Clinton camp is now out with a statement calling Trump's...	Kerry Eleveld	08/11/2016	84	67	-	-
New ad highlights Pat Toomey bragging about his 'perfect track record with the NRA' Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) is among the most vulnerable of Senate Republicans this year, and is falling in the polls to Democrat Katie McGinty. One key issue in the race: guns. Because Toomey worked with  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) after the Sandy Hook...	Joan McCarter	08/11/2016	22	36	-	-
The horrible, unbelievable truth about Donald J. Trump Donald Trump’s terrible secret? That Donald Trump has no terrible secret.  Oh, sure. He’s probably covering up a thousand failed business deals, completely lying about how much he makes, massively inflating his donations to charity, in debt up to...	Mark Sumner	08/11/2016	229	189	-	-
Trump takes pulse of job-killing Obamacare Donald Trump is so amazing that he alone knows what's really going on with Obamacare. He just knows it's "devastating business." "I get it all the time," he says. But there's so much more. And I've gotten to know so many small business owners and...	Joan McCarter	08/11/2016	30	43	-	-
Perverted ex-congressman sits behind Trump while Trump campaign ... The Trump campaign thinks it has found real campaign gold in the fact that Seddique Mateen, the father of Orlando mass murderer Omar Mateen, attended a Hillary Clinton rally and managed to be seated ...	Laura Clawson	08/11/2016	72	64	-	-
Donald Trump insists President Obama is 'the founder of ISIS' You can’t say Donald Trump didn’t pivot. It’s just that people expected a shift away from the grade-school bully act that marked the primary season, not a rapid tilt toward full-on madness. Donald Trump, momentarily stuck for what to do after calls...	Mark Sumner	08/11/2016	174	116	-	-
Morning Digest: New polls suggest an enthusiasm gap is emerging between Democrats and Republicans Leading Off : ● Polls : We have several new Senate polls in our hands, from a trio of pollsters. Here are the numbers, along with trendlines from the most recent prior poll and the presidential ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/11/2016	93	53	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/10 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone.	Daily Kos Elections	08/10/2016	429	7	-	-
Russ Feingold increases likely voter lead in new Wisconsin Senate poll Former Sen. Russ Feingold continues to dominate in the polls in his bid to take his Senate seat back from Republican Ron Johnson. Among likely voters in Wisconsin, Marquette finds his lead opening: Among likely voters in November’s election,...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	24	84	-	-
Hillary makes her case to Utah Mormons in newspaper op-ed Hillary Clinton is courting voters in Utah, of all places. Though the state's gone red in every presidential election since 1964, Donald Trump's Muslim ban has proven absolutely toxic to the state's large Mormon population. In an op-ed in the Salt Lake...	Kerry Eleveld	08/10/2016	37	55	-	-
Katie McGinty nets another polling lead in Pennsylvania Senate race Hillary Clinton's 11-point lead in Pennsylvania over Donald Trump is having some downballot echoes. Democrat Katie McGinty is leading  incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey 48-44, cementing the 47-43 lead she had last month in the NBC/Wall Street...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	9	27	-	-
New Senate polls suggest an enthusiasm gap may be opening up—in favor of the Democrats We have several new Senate polls in our hands, from a trio of pollsters. Here are the numbers, along with trendlines from the most recent prior poll and the presidential results in each state: IA-...	David Nir	08/10/2016	13	34	-	-
Hillary Clinton responds to Trump's Second Amendment threat: 'Words matter' Hillary Clinton responded Wednesday to Donald Trump's "Second Amendment" threat, telling the Iowa crowd, "Words matter, my friends." She added that Trump’s latest comments had "crossed the line" once again, noting his objectionable remarks about the...	Kerry Eleveld	08/10/2016	75	119	-	-
Ann Kirkpatrick's new ad reminds you how many times John McCain is willing to lick Trump's boots How much support would you lend to someone who demeaned your service to your country? How about someone who accused you of mistreating veterans? How many times would you let someone attack the very core of who you are, and still pop up to ask for...	Mark Sumner	08/10/2016	102	122	-	-
North Carolina Senate race still looks good for Deborah Ross The good news keeps on coming for Deborah Ross in her bid to unseat North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, the "most vulnerable Republican Senator that no one's talking about," according to PPP back in June. Guess what? PPP finds that the race is...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	32	62	-	-
HB2, still a total drag in North Carolina polls, becomes Gov. Pat McCrory's go-to joke The latest round of HB2 polling from PPP released Wednesday shows North Carolina voters still largely dislike the discriminatory law, with 58 percent saying it's hurt the state to only 22 percent who say it's helped. And here's what it means for GOP...	Kerry Eleveld	08/10/2016	15	54	-	-
Republicans screw up again, nominate racist, sexist radio host in suburban swing district The most consequential primary on Tuesday night came not in House Speaker Paul Ryan's home district but rather in the Minneapolis suburbs, where acid-tongued radio host Jason Lewis easily swept aside two more conventional candidates. Lewis took 49...	David Nir	08/10/2016	180	173	-	-
Now, you too can own a tiny plastic piece of Donald J. Trump Donald Trump's latest fundraiser is ... baffling. Friend, You deserve one of these. Donate $35 and I will send you your personalized Donald J. Trump Executive Membership Card. Anyone who carries one of these Gold Executive Membership Cards is...	Hunter	08/10/2016	135	85	-	-
Supreme Court vacancy watch Day 179: Where's Mitch McConnell on Trump's 'Second Amendment people'? It's Wednesday, August 10, and Day 179 since Justice Antonin Scalia died and Mitch McConnell decided no nominee would get any Senate attention: No meetings, no hearings, no votes. It's also Day 142 since Merrick Garland was nominated by President Obama...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	47	59	-	-
Donald Trump's short but prolific political history of being 'misunderstood' Donald Trump is just a poor old sod who's continually misunderstood, misinterpreted, and unnecessarily maligned according to his aides. Politico has a roundup of the top seven times he’s been treated unfairly since he entered the political arena (just...	Kerry Eleveld	08/10/2016	70	63	-	-
Trump campaign talking points double down on 'Second Amendment' threats The Trump campaign has issued talking points to its surrogates about how to lie about "Second Amendment people." The first thing they're supposed to say: Mr. Trump's comments yesterday about 2nd Amendment supporters uniting at the ballot box to...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	120	98	-	-
NRA puts $3 million into ads for Trump right after his 'Second Amendment' outrage The NRA has found a very special angle for its new $3 million round of advertising against Hillary Clinton: The spot – which calls Clinton “out of touch” for living under Secret Service protection while promoting gun restrictions – is the biggest...	Laura Clawson	08/10/2016	96	72	-	-
More and more Republican women realizing just what a total loser their nominee is Per usual, Donald Trump is setting new lows on the campaign trail, reports the New York Times: “What Trump is doing has never been done before: He is losing college-educated white women,” said Stuart Stevens, Mr. Romney’s chief strategist in 2012...	Kerry Eleveld	08/10/2016	83	127	-	-
Republican Party sees some staffers flee because they can't stomach Trump Campaign Action It seems that despite Republican leaders like Paul Ryan staying on board the Trump train, some GOP operatives are not so comfortable putting their time and their reputations on the line to elect Trump. That’s leading to a bit of an...	Laura Clawson	08/10/2016	52	145	-	-
Trump says backlash to his Second Amendment threat is 'a good thing for me' All press is good press in Donald Trump's screwed-up head. So when he casually suggests that Hillary Clinton could be taken care of by the "Second Amendment people" and creates another uproar, it's all good.  Republican presidential nominee Donald...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	175	123	-	-
Paul Ryan: He's too 'busy' to pay attention to the things Donald Trump 'jokes' about Campaign Action Has Donald Trump finally crossed that line of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s with his "Second Amendment" threat against Hillary Clinton? Of course not! Speaking at a news conference Tuesday night in Wisconsin after his landslide win in...	Joan McCarter	08/10/2016	154	123	-	-
Morning Digest: The ad wars heat up early in Ohio's Senate race Leading Off : ● OH-Sen : Democrat Ted Strickland is reportedly headed on to the airwaves with his first TV ad of the general election, but the expected minute-long spot does not yet appear to be ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/10/2016	22	22	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Aug. 9 primary liveblog #1 Tonight, voters in  Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin will cast ballots for their state’s downballot primaries. Our guide to the key races can be found here . The first polls ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/09/2016	71	11	-	-
Do Mormons find Trump repulsive enough to put Utah in play? First it was North Carolina, then Arizona and Georgia, and now, Utah? Mormons in the state reportedly find Trump's anti-Muslim schtick repulsive given their own history of religious persecution as well as doing international mission and refugee work....	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	95	73	-	-
Warren nails Trump's assassination threat: He can't stand 'losing to a girl' ... and other reactions What do you do when your party's nominee suggests "Second Amendment people" might be the only people who can stop Hillary Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices? Nothing apparently. That's what we've heard from Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. ...	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	259	175	-	-
The NRA leaps to Trump's defense, supporting what he totally did not say about killing Clinton The NRA was quick to respond to Donald Trump's suggestion that the "Second Amendment people" stop Hillary Clinton from appointment Supreme Court justices. Did they disavow the suggestion that their membership would assassinate a presidential candidate?...	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	140	105	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/9 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone. Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 · 8:58:03 PM +00:00 · David Nir FL-23: Patriot...	Daily Kos Elections	08/09/2016	401	6	-	-
Does threatening Hillary Clinton with a 'Second Amendment' remedy cross your line, Paul Ryan? Campaign Action House Speaker Paul Ryan supposedly has some imaginary line that Donald Trump can't cross without losing his endorsement. Ryan told radio host Charlie Sykes last Friday that Trump doesn't get a "blank check" endorsement from him. When...	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	273	250	-	-
GOP senators: Trump threatened Clinton. Do you still want him to picking next Supreme Court justice? Hey, Mitch McConnell, your endorsed presidential candidate just suggested that maybe his opponent should be assassinated. "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't...	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	184	152	-	-
Former Republican EPA officials speak out against Trump, endorse Hillary It’s not just former Republican officials from security agencies who don’t trust Trump to keep the world in one piece. Republicans who headed up the EPA all the way back to the Nixon administration are also signing up for Team Clinton. “Donald...	Mark Sumner	08/09/2016	6	27	-	-
Rob Portman flips on trade deals, lining up with Trump It's sort of strange to hear Ohio Sen. Rob Portman—former U.S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush—saying "I'm fighting every day to level the playing field for Ohio workers, standing up to my own party on trade, and fighting back against China...	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	6	11	-	-
Washington Post fact check: Trump's new Clinton email theory among 'stupidest claims made so far' Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and the stain on Trump's shirt formerly known as Rudy Giuliani have all made the claim in the last few days that perhaps, just perhaps, Hillary Clinton's emails killed a guy. Or, specifically, that Iran executed a scientist...	Hunter	08/09/2016	151	212	-	-
Donald Trump says he will debate ... so long as he gets to change rules, moderators, and dates The Commission on Presidential Debates has arranged debates since 1988. The bipartisan commission sets the dates, selects the moderators, and adjusts the rules within a narrow format that has remained the same for 30 years. Two of the debates are...	Mark Sumner	08/09/2016	467	312	-	-
Trump joins 'Little Marco' at event where organizer calls LGBT rights 'homosexual totalitarianism' Donald Trump—supposed friend of LGBTQ Americans—will be sidling up to "Little Marco" Rubio this week in Orlando as he headlines an evangelical event sponsored by anti-LGBT activist David Lane and his group, the American Renewal Project. Rubio has...	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	64	70	-	-
Clinton campaign outspending Trump on ads $52 million to zero Once again we have to ask: Did Donald Trump ever intend to run a real campaign? Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has now spent $52 million on ads, and pro-Clinton outside groups have chipped in an additional $39 million, according to...	Hunter	08/09/2016	141	103	-	-
Republican primary donors split between Clinton and Trump Hundreds of donors who wrote out checks of at least $200 for Republicans in the primary season have peeled away from Donald Trump when it comes to making donations in the final round. Donations from Republicans who find Trump too crazy to support...	Mark Sumner	08/09/2016	5	17	-	-
Court gives Democrats a big win against Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina On Tuesday, a federal district court threw out a high-handed gerrymander in North Carolina’s Wake County that had been pushed through by Republican state legislators and ordered officials to instead hold elections using districts for the county...	Stephen Wolf	08/09/2016	64	236	-	-
Clinton pushes into Arizona and Georgia, expanding battleground map Team Clinton isn’t just eyeing North Carolina anymore. From the Washington Post: Representatives of Hillary Clinton’s campaign phoned state Democratic leaders in Arizona and Georgia on Monday night to alert them of plans to begin transferring...	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	210	132	-	-
Missouri's Roy Blunt blames his lack of popularity in Missouri on stupid Missourians Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt talked to the Missouri Farm Bureau last Friday, and was asked why he is underwater in his approval ratings with voters in the state. His answer? It's the voters' fault. I guarantee you if you knew what I was doing...	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	51	70	-	-
Trumponomics: Giving the rich a gold-plated tax holiday When Donald Trump unveiled his economic plan Monday, the aspect that caught the most attention was the idea of making child care expenses fully deductible. And that single feature is a model in miniature of the entire plan. For families whose children...	Mark Sumner	08/09/2016	69	65	-	-
63 percent of voters tired of Clinton email coverage, so why doesn't she find an answer to end it? Monmouth University’s latest national poll released Monday had a lot of good news for Hillary Clinton: She's opened up a 13-point lead over Donald Trump (consistent with double-digit leads in other national polls) and 63 percent of voters said they're...	Kerry Eleveld	08/09/2016	188	66	-	-
Clinton leads in North Carolina, but the big news is, 41% of Trump voters think she's the devil Public Policy Polling surveys the presidential race in North Carolina as only PPP can, asking all the right questions and finding the crazy. Here's the serious part: Hillary Clinton has a narrow lead over Donald Trump for the first time since March....	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	181	103	-	-
Hillary Clinton calls for Congress to return and deal with Zika With Zika possibly spreading in Florida, Hillary Clinton is focusing on the crisis by visiting a hard-hit community and calling for Congress to return to Washington to deal with it. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party’s candidate, will be in the...	Joan McCarter	08/09/2016	27	67	-	-
Hillary agrees to debate schedule ... but will Donald show? Dates, times and places for the three presidential debates were worked out more than a year ago, by a bipartisan commission, well before anyone even knew who the candidates would be. And Hillary Clinton is ready to attend all three debates. ...	Mark Sumner	08/09/2016	187	115	-	-
Morning Digest: The latest round of polling shows the tide is turning in Pennsylvania's Senate race Leading Off : ● PA-Sen : The polling out of Pennsylvania has been good for both Hillary Clinton and Katie McGinty lately. Susquehanna, a Republican pollster, finds McGinty leading GOP Sen. Pat ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/09/2016	41	52	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/8 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone.	Daily Kos Elections	08/08/2016	393	5	-	-
McCrory realizes that raiding 'disaster relief' funds to defend HB2 might not be great optics North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is nothing if not quick! It's clearly dawned on him (with a likely assist from polling) that pilfering $500 million from the state's disaster relief fund to defend the GOP’s discriminatory HB2 law won’t play all that...	Kerry Eleveld	08/08/2016	72	98	-	-
August 9 primary preview: Disaster nominee awaits GOP in suburban Minnesota swing seat On Tuesday, voters in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin will cast ballots for their state’s downballot primaries. Below is our look at the key races to watch. The first polls will close at 7 PM ET in Vermont, and as always, we’ll be...	Jeff Singer	08/08/2016	20	42	-	-
Trump wants a reward for using the teleprompter Donald Trump sends email: Translation: "I successfully read words from the teleprompter. I didn't tell anyone to beat up the protesters. Send money."	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	147	111	-	-
American Psychiatric Association warns members to avoid diagnosing Donald Trump Donald Trump might be a breathing, walking entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for narcissism, but that doesn't mean psychiatric professionals should be pointing that out if they haven't ever treated him, says the...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	152	63	-	-
Trump adviser provides 'effusive praise' for Vladimir Putin and 'harshly critical' of U.S.—in Moscow Another Trump adviser has spilled praise all over Vladimir Putin, and it’s enough to worry politicians on both sides of the aisle. In early June, a little-known adviser to Donald Trump stunned a gathering of high-powered Washington foreign policy...	Mark Sumner	08/08/2016	185	210	-	-
Mark Kirk says worrying about police/community relations isn't in his job description On Friday, Chicago police released the July 28 video of officers firing on a fleeing vehicle driven by Paul O'Neal, who was killed that day. That same day, embattled Republican Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk held a meeting of his law enforcement advisory...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	25	50	-	-
Pence's approach to Hoosier HIV crisis: Pray it away, then okay totally inadequate program to fix it Sometimes science is really pesky, especially when your policies are rooted in moral judgments that have no foundation in fact. So when Indiana's opioid epidemic fueled an HIV outbreak in the state, Gov. Mike Pence initially prayed on it (i.e. ignored...	Kerry Eleveld	08/08/2016	59	68	-	-
Pew survey: Pulpit endorsements favor Hillary Clinton Not a lot of pastors are preaching politics from the pulpit—at least, they're not making out-and-out endorsements. But those who are are more inclined to support Hillary Clinton, a new Pew survey finds. That doesn't mean they're not talking about the...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	46	39	-	-
Trump rolls out Paul Ryan's economic plan—with his name in big gold letters on top In a speech broken by more than a dozen protests—including one protester who repeatedly chanted “tiny hands” until she was removed from the room—Donald Trump declared that reforming American economics and generating a “new chapter” of prosperity is “so...	Mark Sumner	08/08/2016	153	115	-	-
New ad blasts Donald Trump for his treatment of Khizr and Ghazala Khan VoteVets PAC and Priorities USA have launched a new $5.4 million ad buy blasting Trump for his execrable comments on Khizr and Ghazala Khan. This follows an effort by Gold Star families demanding Trump apologize to the Khans—quite obviously, Donald...	Hunter	08/08/2016	35	103	-	-
Republican desperation deepens as Trump keeps on Trumpin' The watchwords for Republicans in campaign 2016: "alarm," "landslide," "ugly," and "big trouble." And that’s just on the Senate side. For months, top GOP leaders had counseled their candidates to run their own races, separate themselves from the...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	58	83	-	-
Rubio, still 'reeling' over the Orlando shooting, defends headlining a premier anti-LGBT event Remember how Marco Rubio was so distraught over the anti-LGBT Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando that he just had to re-commit to staying in the same chamber where he's best known for skipping votes?  Now we know the depth of his pain for LGBT...	Kerry Eleveld	08/08/2016	77	83	-	-
Chuck Grassley breaks recess silence with whiny Zika defense It's been a pretty quiet few weeks for Sen. Chuck Grassley, what with the Senate being out of session and no reporters asking him every day about either Donald Trump or his Supreme Court nominee blockade (it's been 140 days, by the way, since Merrick...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	13	67	-	-
Clinton up seven points in third Georgia poll showing her either leading or tied with Trump Georgia is still far from a sure thing for Democrats, but it may be turning into a legit battleground state after a JMC Enterprises poll released Monday shows Hillary Clinton besting Donald Trump by seven points there, with 10 percent still...	Kerry Eleveld	08/08/2016	87	83	-	-
Nevada Senate race remains tight There's a squeaker brewing in Nevada, where Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto is vying to keep Harry Reid's Senate seat blue against Republican Rep. Joe Heck. The polls continue to show the two running neck-and-neck. In July, PPP had the race at one...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	15	37	-	-
Trump campaign works better without Trump—and with a media assist Donald Trump's campaign more or less reined him in over the weekend, with his contribution to the Sunday talk-fest restricted to a handful of tweets about "crooked" Hillary and  the dishonest media. Trump himself was missing from the...	Joan McCarter	08/08/2016	50	66	-	-
Morning Digest: Top Georgia Democrats back home-state GOP senator because he's their 'friend' Leading Off : ● GA-Sen : Oh, for heaven's sake. You've got a vacancy on the Supreme Court thanks to Republican obstructionism, Democrats desperately trying to retake the Senate, and the prospect ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/08/2016	70	35	-	-
International Elections Digest: After 'Brexit,' the UK's political leadership undergoes upheaval Leading Off ● United Kingdom – Tory and Labour leadership elections (Sept. 24) If you think American politics have been through a turbulent summer, we've got nothing on Great Britain. After ...	Daily Kos Elections International	08/07/2016	103	45	-	-
Republicans hope that triaging Trump will save them downballot. Good luck with that. It’s only August, but Republicans are already considering what should be unthinkable: abandoning Donald Trump to try to save their party. The New ...	David Nir	08/07/2016	86	102	-	-
Daily Kos Elections weekly open thread: What races are you interested in? x YouTube Video The Bangles — “James”	James Lambert	08/05/2016	508	4	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/5 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone. Friday, Aug 5, 2016 · 3:04:50 PM +00:00 · Jeff Singer TN-04: On...	Daily Kos Elections	08/05/2016	243	2	-	-
Kamala Harris is in the driver's seat in California's all-Democratic Senate race Attorney General Kamala Harris has been the favorite against Rep. Loretta Sanchez in California’s all-Democratic general election since the start, and Sanchez’s path to victory has only become ...	Jeff Singer	08/05/2016	27	24	-	-
Republicans get the Michigan congressional candidate they don't want, moving this race to a tossup While Mitt Romney won Michigan’s 1st Congressional District 54-45, Democrats often do well downballot in the state’s Upper Peninsula and nearby environs. Team Blue is excited about its nominee, ...	Jeff Singer	08/05/2016	15	31	-	-
Why are top Georgia Democrats supporting their Republican senator? Because he's their 'friend' Oh, for fuck's sake. You've got a vacancy on the Supreme Court thanks to Republican obstructionism, Democrats desperately trying to retake the Senate, and the prospect of Donald Trump getting to ...	David Nir	08/05/2016	24	28	-	-
Team Trump says they always 'expected' to tank in the polls ... LOL After dropping to a double-digit deficit against Hillary Clinton in multiple national and battleground state polls, the Trump camp says all is going according to plan. Nick Gass writes: The "drop in poll numbers" was "expected" after the...	Kerry Eleveld	08/05/2016	136	99	-	-
Planned Parenthood plans to start registering voters at its clinics Welcome news from Planned Parenthood here. Laura Bassett reports: Planned Parenthood announced Friday that it will start registering voters at its clinics, on college campuses, online and at other locations, “regardless of their background,...	Kerry Eleveld	08/05/2016	106	239	-	-
Hillary Clinton's excellent answer on the 'trust' issue: people trust her when she's doing the job Hillary Clinton said Friday that even though voters have doubted her during elections, the public has repeatedly trusted in her when she's doing the work. "I take this seriously," she said, after being asked by reporter Ed O'Keefe how she would...	Kerry Eleveld	08/05/2016	125	155	-	-
Black voters don't love Donald Trump. In case it wasn't obvious already. Despite repeated proclamations to the contrary by none other than Donald Trump himself, Trump is not doing well with African Americans voters. In fact, he’s struggling to stay above the zero ...	Daniel Donner	08/05/2016	19	8	-	-
Yet another Trump campaigner insists the sitting president is a secret Muslim This is your now-daily reminder that the Republican Party is dead and moldering, whatever ideology it once had now replaced by nothing more than a motley collection of xenophobia and conspiracy theories. Trump’s New York State campaign co-chairman...	Hunter	08/05/2016	130	89	-	-
Paul Ryan still can't come up with a reason to dump Trump Donald Trump isn't just refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary, but has half a dozen former staffers actually working on Ryan's opponent's campaign. And Ryan still won't withdraw his support and can't provide an example of anything...	Joan McCarter	08/05/2016	98	47	-	-
Mark Kirk still trying to outrun Trump Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) is clearly the most desperate of Republicans to pretend that he's not a Republican in 2016. Check out this story in The New York Times, reporting on an event where he just happened to be with fellow Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin,...	Joan McCarter	08/05/2016	10	16	-	-
Sanders warns against being inactive: 'the most immediate task we face is to defeat Donald Trump' Bernie Sanders supports Hillary Clinton and he wants you to support her too—for the sake of the country and the political movement he represents and intends to keep fighting for. In a Friday op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Sanders writes: I...	Kerry Eleveld	08/05/2016	138	127	-	-
Clinton campaign ad asks 'What is Donald Trump's connection to Vladimir Putin?' The Clinton campaign is reinforcing the comments made by former CIA chief Michael Morell in his endorsement of Clinton with a new web ad focusing on everything we know—and don't know—about Donald Trump's allegiance to Vladimir Putin. To reiterate...	Joan McCarter	08/05/2016	196	178	-	-
Heckuva bounce, Donnie It’s the most tremendous post-convention polling bounce in years, with one gaudy lead for Hillary Clinton after another being released in national polls in recent days. And it keeps on going. State polls show results consistent with a national...	Daniel Donner	08/05/2016	112	116	-	-
Scandal-tarred Rep. Scott DesJarlais pulls off another GOP primary win in Tennessee On Thursday, GOP Rep. Scott DesJarlais turned back a well-funded primary challenge from attorney Grant Starrett, a former aide to Mitt Romney,  by a 52-43 margin . Tennessee’s 4th Congressional ...	Jeff Singer	08/05/2016	7	6	-	-
Morning Digest: GOP unity in Missouri going about as well as it is nationally Leading Off: ● MO-Gov: Missouri's GOP gubernatorial primary came to an end on Tuesday, but some of the defeated candidates are not willing to let bygones be bygones. The Republican Party was forced to scrap a planned unity event on Thursday, and...	Daily Kos Elections	08/05/2016	26	32	-	-
Tennessee primary open thread Voters in Tennessee are about to cast their votes in downballot primaries. Polls close at 7 PM ET in the Eastern time zone part of the state, and an hour later in the Central portion. Note that ...	Daily Kos Elections	08/04/2016	21	7	-	-
Missouri Republicans continue to fight it out days after the end of the gubernatorial primary Missouri’s GOP gubernatorial primary came to an end on Tuesday, but some of the defeated candidates are not willing to let bygones be bygones. The Republican Party was forced to scrap a planned ...	Jeff Singer	08/04/2016	7	20	-	-
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/4 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone. Thursday, Aug 4, 2016 · 3:14:42 PM +00:00 · Jeff Singer WA-07: With...	Daily Kos Elections	08/04/2016	491	6	-	-

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