Political risk for all in Trump-Clinton ‘deplorables’ debate

But his brash style and lack of experience in government are a much tougher sell among well-off Republicans who have always been a backbone of the party, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling and interviews with Republican-leaning white collar professionals.

Obama painted a stark contrast between Clinton and Donald Trump and tried to convince Democrats in Pennsylvania he fully stands behind their nominee. The campaign said Pence paid a state and federal tax rate that ranged between 10 percent and 16 percent over the past decade.

Trump’s visit to Flint, like his one last month to flood-stricken Louisiana, is bound to produce images aimed at persuading Americans that the celebrity businessman can appear presidential. The Indiana governor had endorsed Cruz in his bid for the White House. They think Pence is vulnerable on this.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed distaste for both USA presidential candidates, but levelled his most pointed criticism at Republican Donald Trump in hacked emails leaked by a group American intelligence officials suspect is linked to Russian Federation.

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Pence served as a kind of spokesman for Trump’s character. But Trump has still struggled to convince GOP traditionalists to fall behind him, especially those with vulnerable seats in a hotly contested districts election.

Every time Duke is needlessly brought up by the press that’s one less opportunity Republicans have to focus on their solutions and the flaws of the other side. But for the large number of racists drawn to Trump, the shoe fits.

With less than two months to go before the November 8 election, rural, white voters who lack a college degree have flocked to Trump.

Major-party presidential nominees have publicly released their taxes since 1976, but Trump is the exception.

Trump had said little about child care until his daughter, Ivanka, surprised many at the Republican National Convention in July by promising to make it a centerpiece of a Trump administration. “But our goals are identical”.

“I’m not in the name-calling business”, Pence said under questioning by anchor Wolf Blitzer. During the closed-door meeting, several members recounted later, Pence told humanizing stories about Trump’s affinity for those on his campaign team as well as service workers at various campaign stops and restaurants around the country.

As it is, Trump expects voters to trust him that he’s the brilliant billionaire he claims to be, despite a history of bankruptcies, lawsuits and allegations of stiffing contractors.

“And we’re going to have a Democratic Senate”, he added.

Hillary Clinton’s doctor says she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains “healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States”.

Conway argued that stumping for Clinton, “doesn’t really create a job”. “The whole idea that they were trying to make Pence call me names, basically, and he didn’t bite on that was a real positive thing for all of us”, Duke said on his daily podcast.

Hank Sheinkopf, a New York-based consultant who once worked for Clinton, said her health took the potentially more damaging issue of “deplorables” off the front page.

Crowley said Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, had helped Clinton by refusing to call former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke deplorable. “I have an uncle who’s gay”, said Mike Santos, a Dunmore diesel mechanic and independent voter who is leaning toward Trump.

During a Wednesday morning interview of Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom”, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway criticized President Obama for making jokes about the “working folks” who support Donald Trump. “We have said that we do not want his support and we do not want the support of people who think like him”.

Pence pointed Republicans in the conference meeting to two recent polls apparently showing Trump improving his numbers at least with married women.