Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads 2016 Matchups in Ohio
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 17th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads 2016 Matchups in Ohio
Adam O’Neal, RealClearPolitics
While President Obama’s approval rating remains low in Ohio, his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, leads all Republican challengers there in hypothetical 2016 matchups, according to a new Quinnipiac University survey. Just 39 percent of Ohioans approve of the way Obama is handling his job, down slightly from 40 percent in February. Fifty-eight percent disapprove, up from 55 percent in February. Those numbers apparently are not weighing down Clinton’s hypothetical political fortunes. Ohio Gov. John Kasich — who has been mentioned as a possible dark horse candidate — fares…
Scott Walker Endorses Ducey for Ariz. Governor
Adam O’Neal, RealClearPolitics
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday endorsed Arizona state Treasurer Doug Ducey for governor, providing a boost for the former Cold Stone Creamery CEO as he slogs through a crowded Republican primary. “Doug Ducey demonstrates the kind of conservative, common-sense leadership that our party needs in Arizona,” Walker, who is up for re-election this year, said in a statement. “He’s not afraid of taking on tough challenges, and that’s why I know he’d be a great Governor.” In an interview with RCP last month, Ducey singled out Walker as someone he…
The Revolt of the Wingers in British and American Politics
Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics
In recent times, British and American politics have often flowed in parallel currents. Margaret Thatcher’s election as prime minister in 1979 was followed by Ronald Reagan’s election as president in 1980. As Charles Moore notes in his biography of Thatcher, the two worked together, albeit with some friction, reversing the tide of statism at home and ending the Soviet empire abroad. They seemed to establish British Conservatives and American Republicans as their nation’s natural ruling parties. In time, Democrats and Labour responded. Bill Clinton’s “New Democrat” politics prevailed in 1992,…
Is China No. 1?
Robert Samuelson, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — It’s probable that the U.S. economy is no longer the world’s largest. New World Bank figures, notes economist Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute, suggest that sometime in 2014 China will overtake the United States in gross domestic product — the production of goods and services. We knew this day was coming, but if the World Bank figures are correct, it has arrived sooner than many experts predicted. Using those figures — which stop at 2011 — I estimate that China’s GDP in 2014 will hit $16.8 trillion compared with $16.1 trillion for the United States. (All these…
