GOP's "white" gamble for '16: O lost white/wmn by 14; new @maristpoll shows #HRC trails Christie w/them by 6, Jeb by 7, and leading Rubio.
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 24, 2013
There’s a little Twitterese. So in case there’s any unclarity, according to these very early polls, Hillary Clinton is polling substantially better among white women than President Obama did in 2012. And remember, Obama won. Also notably, the relative percentage of white women in the electorate will probably be a bit smaller in 2016 than it was in 2012. Read More
In my experience, Obamacare opponents are equally adamant about two things: that the law should and will fail; and that nobody should ever say anything mean about them.
They bristle visibly when you note — as Norm Ornstein just did — that the implementation hurdles they’ve erected amount to “sabotage.” Read More
Even I’ve been surprised at how rapidly Southern states have moved on crackdowns on voting after the reins of the Voting Rights Act were removed. Now Florida’s back to voter purges.
