Clinton is best known, best liked 2016 prospect, Gallup Poll says
Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken a hazing from the Washington, D.C., pundit class, but a new Gallup Poll finds that she is by far the best known and best liked of America’s prospective...
View ArticlePolitical bloopers to remember: The Biden edition
Strange Bedfellows is beginning the work week with a new feature. We are tapping the rich vein of bloopers by politicians here and across America, famous historical gaffes and up-to-date errors....
View ArticleBiden in secret meet-and-greet with DelBene donors
Vice President Joe Biden has been kept under wraps during Seattle visits, never more than on May 29 when he held a private meet-and-greet and photo shoot at Boeing Field with donors to the re-election...
View ArticleBiden due in Seattle for Cantwell honors event and fund-raiser
Vice President Joe Biden, who paid a quiet, largely unpublicized visit in May, is coming back to the Puget Sound area to headline Sen. Maria Cantwell’s annual “Women of Valor” awards luncheon. The...
View ArticleBiden, Gingrich, Obama: Paying for access to America’s leaders
Equality is the cornerstone of American government, but a stratified class system has taken hold more than ever when it comes to access to America’s elected leaders. A “pay to play” system was already...
View ArticleVice President Joe Biden will do public event along with political...
Vice President Joe Biden will appear at 11 a.m. Thursday at Renton Technical College, scheduling a public event to go along with the closed-door fundraising that has characterized his trips and those...
View ArticleBiden: ‘We damned well need to’ re-establish the American middle class
Vice President Joe Biden ranged from the minimum wage to domestic violence, from CEO salaries to infrastructure needs, as he raised money in Seattle for Democratic women seeking to win and retain U.S....
View ArticlePoll: Hillary Clinton has 49-point lead among Democrats, Republicans splintered
A year-end ABC News/Washington Post poll gives ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a massive 49-point lead among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters as their preference for president. The poll...
View ArticleMcDermott joins growing boycott of Netanyahu speech to Congress
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., will absent himself from the House chamber next month when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu delivers a controversial address to a joint session of...
View ArticleHillary suffers little hurt yet from email flap: Poll
Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not yet suffered any drop in popularity from the New York-Washington, D.C., media feeding frenzy over her use of a private email account while in President...
View ArticlePoll shows tight GOP race, Clinton big lead over the field
The Republican field is bunched together at the starting line of the 2016 presidential race and Hillary Clinton has a double digit lead every GOP hopeful, according to a new CNN/ORC national poll....
View ArticleSanders moves up on Clinton in national poll: Support for Black Lives Matter
Sen. Bernie Sanders, his campaign fueled by West Coast rallies that drew 70,000 people, has gained substantial ground on 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, according to a CNN/ORC national...
View ArticleBiden surges in poll of Democrats, creating prospect of a competitive...
Vice President Joe Biden, rapidly picking up support, is now first choice for president of 25 percent of America’s Democrats, according to a new nationwide Bloomberg Politics poll. The survey raises...
View Article‘Clinton leads every Democrat under the sun,’ says Public Policy Polling
The firm Public Policy Polling has accurately charted the doldrums of President Obama but challenged conventional Washington, D.C., wisdom on Tuesday with a nationwide poll showing that Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleObama approval highest in two years: Polls apart on Hillary Clinton
Approval for President Obama is up, while infighting over the House Speaker’s Office is causing nearly three quarters of Americans to give thumbs-down to House Republicans, according to the new ABC...
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