Clinton Raised $143 Million in August for Campaign, Party

A fluke or not? The pollster has a good rating. It highlights, however, that this remains a very close race.

“Blasting Trump for “insulting our friends” and “acting like a loose cannon”, Hillary Clinton outlined the leadership qualities she feels necessary to occupy the Oval Office”.

Clinton and Trump are tied at 46 percent in a SC poll conducted by Reuters/IPSOS.

Trump’s views on health care seem fluid. We may be set for a 40/39 four-way race until the debates.

Trump continues to take a hard-line stance on illegal immigration, the dangers of which he highlighted once again Friday. It’s the opposite here, actually. “Republicans” interest level at 88 percent is significantly higher than Democrats’ at 80 percent”.

Clinton said that when top staff received an email, the recipient would evaluate whether the information should be forwarded to her, but that no one at the State Department raised concerns about her using a private email account or server and said no one on her staff “ever expressed a concern regarding the sensitivity of the content of these emails”.

Support for Democrat Clinton has dropped steadily in recent weeks, with an eight-point lead in the poll now erased. Trump, on the other hand, saw his strong support climb from 47% to 50%.

Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ben Carson both raised more in Montana than Trump, and Sanders collected more in donations there than Clinton. “For the first time in my life”, she told him, “I feel like my vote is going to count”. Maybe 39 percent is her absolute floor?

However, the RCP average is now at about 4 points, though Trump trails by large margins in such key battleground states as OH and Pennsylvania.

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is holding up the Trump’s candidacy as the reason more people are keeping their eyes on the battle for the House.

Since we’re sifting through polls, here’s an interesting question from Pew’s new one.

On the future of Medicare, 53 percent of voters said they trusted Clinton, compared to 38 percent trusting Trump. Since reluctant Trumpers are being driven by their opposition to Clinton, occasional reminders in the news of why they dislike her help drive his numbers. But Trump’s starting point was far lower, and below that of a typical Republican candidate.

Also running as an alternative for anti-Trump conservatives is independent Evan McMullin, a largely unknown former Central Intelligence Agency officer and Republican policy adviser who jumped into the race on August 8 and made his way onto the Colorado ballot on August 11.

Some Republicans are urging voters to back GOP congressional candidates because they’d constrain Hillary Clinton’s agenda should she be elected president this November. But Trump is Trump, so here we are. By contrast, 58 percent of Latinos say Hillary Clinton has made the Democratic Party “more welcoming” to them.

In an emotional exchange, Shalga Hightower said her daughters’ killers “should have never been here” and praised Trump for giving her daughter recognition.

CNN estimated Clinton headlined 37 fundraisers in August, taking her to 12 states, according to estimates based on average ticket prices and attendance figures provided by the Clinton campaign. What does Bachmann recommend on that score?