Clinton Says Obama Must Start Campaigning
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 17th, 2010 4:40 am by HL
Clinton Says Obama Must Start Campaigning
In an interview on The Daily Show, Bill Clinton said President Obama should hit the campaign trail for Democrats — even though it didn’t work for him in 1994.
Said Clinton: “We had a version of what he’s facing now, which is that we had done things that were bringing the economy back but no one felt it yet. And that’s true here on steroids.”
Fenty Could Claim GOP Nomination
WTOP notes “a twist to the D.C. mayoral primary that you may not have expected. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics says the top write-in candidate for the Republican Party was current Democratic Mayor Adrian M. Fenty.”
Fenty lost the to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray in this week’s Democratic primary.
He has until 4:45 p.m. today to file an “Affirmation of Write-In Candidacy,” essentially accepting the Republican nomination though he has previously said he would not change parties.
U.S. Senate Race in Ohio Headed for Blowout
A new Quinnipiac poll in Ohip shows Rob Portman (R) with a commanding lead over Lee Fisher (D) among likely voters in the U.S. Senate race, 55% to 35%.
Key finding: President Obama now has a 60% to 38% disapproval rating in the state.
Said pollster Peter Brown: “Likely voters in Ohio, as is the case nationally, are angry at the status quo and with Democrats controlling Congress and the White House. Fisher is taking it on the chin from those who are trying to send a message to the White House. A Democrat who is losing among women likely voters by 8 points is a candidate in trouble.”
