Eliyohu Mintz

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Hillary’s Instantaneous Health Morph…

September 26, 2016

Hillary’s Instantaneous Health Morph… (Second column, 10th story, link) Related stories: BLOOMBERG: RACE TURNS INTO DEAD HEAT…CNN SHOCK: ALL TIED UP IN PA…NATE SILVER: TRUMP 54.9% CHANCE…POLLS, POLLS…State of Electoral Map…PROOF: FBI never had intention of prosecuting Her…


State of Electoral Map…

September 26, 2016

State of Electoral Map… (Second column, 9th story, link) Related stories: BLOOMBERG: RACE TURNS INTO DEAD HEAT…CNN SHOCK: ALL TIED UP IN PA…NATE SILVER: TRUMP 54.9% CHANCE…POLLS, POLLS…Hillary’s Instantaneous Health Morph…PROOF: FBI never had intention of prosecuting Her…


Obama plans to tune into the debate from the White House

September 26, 2016

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama will spend Monday night like he does most other Monday nights in the fall, watching TV while he works in the White House residence. Except instead of Monday Night Football, Earnest said Obama’s TV will be tuned to Monday night’s presidential debate. “I anticipate that […]


How a post-debate polling bounce could shift the race

September 26, 2016

If recent history is any guide for the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the polls will become more volatile in the ensuing days, bouncing around more than during the more stable periods of the campaign. But then the race will return to its normal equilibrium, reflecting largely locked-in perceptions of the two […]


Clinton in dead heat with Trump in new swing state polls

September 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are deadlocked in three swing states, according to a new set of polls, underscoring the stakes of Monday night’s debate for the final stretch of the election. The former secretary of state holds narrow leads in Florida, Iowa and North Carolina, all within the polls’ margins of error, with Clinton […]


Bridgegate plotter says Christie campaign manager, now a Trump aide, approved

September 26, 2016

NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie’s former campaign manager — now a top aide to Donald Trump — was aware of the George Washington Bridge lane closures before they occurred and knew their intended purpose, according to the admitted mastermind of the political revenge scheme. Former Christie ally David Wildstein said in federal court on […]


Kaine to Trump on debate: ‘You can run but you can’t hide’

September 26, 2016

LAKELAND, Fla. — In a bruising pre-debate series of attacks, Tim Kaine compared Donald Trump unfavorably to Richard Nixon, suggested Trump pays little in taxes and said Hillary Clinton will do “very well” as Trump struggles with the truth. About eight hours before Clinton and Trump take the stage in Hempstead, N.Y., Kaine predicted Trump […]


Monmouth national poll: Trump creeps up on Clinton

September 26, 2016

With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton set to square off for the first time in Monday night’s presidential debate, a new Monmouth University poll shows the former secretary of state’s nationwide lead shrinking. Trump trails Clinton by just four percentage points, 46 percent to 42 percent, among likely voters nationwide in the poll released Monday […]


Deal nears to speed release of Hillary Clinton emails

September 26, 2016

A potential compromise is in the works that could result in more of Hillary Clinton emails recovered by the FBI being made public before the election. Last week, a judge ordered the processing under the Freedom of Information Act of a relatively meager 1,050 pages of the FBI-found emails before Election Day. Government lawyers say […]


Is Hillary in a No-Win Situation?

September 26, 2016

I’ve watched every presidential debate ever broadcast, including the little-remembered John F. Kennedy-Hubert Humphrey contest just before the 1960 West Virginia primary, and for nearly 40 years I’ve analyzed how candidates win and lose them. But when I ask myself what kind of strategy I would devise for Hillary Clinton tonight against Donald Trump, I’m […]