When will Hillary Clinton announce shes running?
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Rand Paul Urges Clinton to Return Foreign Money
Campaigning in New Hampshire Friday, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a likely GOP presidential candidate, said it was #39;unconscionable #39; that Hillary Clinton took donations from foreign governments...
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Its been just over two weeks now since we first learned, via a New York Times report, thatHillary Clinton had used a private e-mail account for all her official communicationswhile she was secretary of State, a revelation that raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle in Washington, to say the least. Roughly a week later, Clinton made her first real public statement on the matter at a press conference which seemed toraise more questions than it answeredand revealed, among other things, that Clinton and her advisers had been the sole parties to review her e-mails after she left office to decide what was personal and what was related to her State Department work. While that press conference didnt go over well, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have signaled that they intend to pursue the issue further both as it relates tothe ongoing Benghazi investigationandmore generally,there have been few signs that Clinton is being harmed by the story. A Gallup poll last week, for example, showed thatClinton had higher favorable numbers than any of the potential Republican candidates for presidentnotwithstanding the fact that her numbers had fallen significantly since she had served at Foggy Bottom and, indeed, that she seemed to berunning away with the race.Now,a new poll from CNN shows Clinton with massive leadsboth in the race for the Democratic nomination and in hypothetical general election matchups:
Washington (CNN) Hillary Clinton continues to be a dominant force heading into the 2016 presidential election,according to a new CNN/ORC poll.The former secretary of state maintains a broad lead over the field of potential Democratic challengers she could face in a nomination contest and sizable advantages over the leading contenders from the Republican side in general election match-ups.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tops the possible field for the Republican Partys nomination race, followed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson all in a tight cluster.
But none of the top candidates in this field gets within 10 points of Hillary Clinton in a series of hypothetical general election matchups.
Rand Paul comes closest, with 43% saying theyd be more likely to back him while 54% choose Clinton. The two candidates who currently top the GOP field, Bush and Walker, match up equally against Clinton, with each carrying 40% to her 55%. Huckabee gets 41% to Clintons 55% and Carson has 40% to Clintons 56%.
In the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton holds a nearly 50-point lead over Vice President Joe Biden, her closest competitor in the field, 62% to 15%. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren rounds out the top three on the Democratic side with 10%. No other potential candidate tops 5%.
Should Warren decide not to get into the race, Clinton stands to benefit more than others, gaining 5 points and holding a 67% to 16% advantage over Biden when Warrens backers are re-allocated to their second-choice candidate. Notably, with Warren out of the race, Clinton surges from 67% support to 74% among Democratic women.
And Democrats broadly believe the partys chances to hold the White House in 2016 are strongest with Clinton; 68% say so, while 30% say the party would have a better shot with someone else leading the ticket.
As always, one must keep in mind the caveat about early polls when looking at data like this. The Democratic primaries dont begin for another 11 months, and the general election is still some 20 months away. At the very least, though, it appears to be safe to say that there seems to be little doubt at this point that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for president next year, barring something completely unforeseeable at the moment. This polls shows the same thing that others in the past have shown, namely that Clinton has a seemingly insurmountable lead over her potential Democratic opponents, as well as Democrats who clearly arent going to get into the race, such as Elizabeth Warren. As Ive noted before, this lead is far more substantial, and far stronger, than the one Clinton had over Barack Obama at a comparable time in the 2008 election cycle, and there isnt anyone in the potential Democratic field who could even come close to being the an Obama-like candidate. So, unless theres some unforeseen stumble on Clintons part, or a health issue, its pretty much a certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Partys candidate for president in 2016.
When it comes to the general election, its obviously far too early to say anything with certainty even based on these numbers. There are any number of things that could happen between now and November 2016 that could influence that outcome of the general election, many of which will be beyond the control of either of the candidates. The domestic economy could take a downturn, or there could be an international crisis that would likely cause problems for the Democrat seeking to succeed President Obama, Alternatively, Republicans could find themselves making the same kind of mistakes theyve made in the past, which seems quite likely given the wide open GOP field and the likelihood that candidates will feel the need to pander to the most extreme elements of the party. Perhaps most importantly, we dont know if Hillary Clinton will be able to get the same kind of turnout among minority and young voters that President Obama did in 2008 and 2012, factors that were hugely important to his victory in both of these elections. And, finally, since we dont even know who the Republican nominee will be, most of these head-to-head matchup polls are purely hypothetical.
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TIME Politics 2016 Election Hillary Clinton Praises George W. Bush and the Art of Compromise Yana PaskovaGetty Images Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on stage during a ceremony to induct her into the Irish America Hall of Fame on March 16, 2015 in New York City. The former Secretary of State avoided her email controversy in one of her last speeches before she is expected to announce her presidential bid
Hillary Clinton took respite from the swirling controversy over her email use as Secretary of State during an address at a summer camp conference on Thursday, where she criticized the bipartisan divide in Washington and touted her own ability to work across the party aisle.
Weve lost the essential role of relationship-building and consensus-building, Clinton told the crowd gathered in an Atlantic City, New Jersey convention center. When I was in the Senate, I realized that I might be opposed to someones bill today, and working with that person tomorrow.
I did a lot of reaching across the aisle working with people who had a lot of political differences with me, she said.
Clinton recalled the days after 9/11 when as a Senator from New York, she lobbied President George W. Bush in the Oval Office for aid to New York. President Bush looked at us and said, What do you need? And I said, We need $20 billion to rebuild New York Mr. President. And he said, You got it. I will never forget that, Clinton recalled.
If you dont build relationships with people and all you do is show up to argue and show up to point fingers, you cant get anything done, she continued.
Clintons remarks were not only a critique of the prevailing deadlock in Washington but also a dig at hardline Republicans and President Obama, who many critics have argued has been largely unable to rein in divides in the Capitol.
The people who claim proudly never to compromise should not be in the Congress of the United States, because I dont think I or anybody have all the answers. I think we can actually learn things from each other I think we have to start listening, she said.
The candidates ability to ameliorate divides in Washington will likely be a key theme of the race, as hopefuls appeal to an American public weary of partisan gridlock in the Capitol. Clinton is set to announce her all-but-certain bid for president next month.
In her 30-minute speech and the subsequent question-and answer session, Clinton did not address the ongoing controversy over her use of personal email during her time as Secretary of State, when she sent work-related emails from her own account. Republicans have sharply criticized the likely candidate for taking over a year to turn over work-related emails, and for deleting over 30,000 emails she deemed personal. She has not spoken on the issue since a press conference at the United Nations last week.
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