Submitted by Matthew Continetti via NationalReview.com,
How bad is Hillary Clinton’s image? This bad:
Fifty-six percent of Americans view her unfavorably, according to the Huffington Post pollster trend.
One-third of New York Democratic primary voters say she is neither honest nor trustworthy.
Her image, writes Dan Balz, “is at or near record lows among major demographic groups.”
Like, all of them.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has criticized Israel’s heavy handed approach to the Palestinians. During last weeks CNN Democratic primary debate Sen. Bernie Sanders came out in defense of the downtrodden Palestinians bringing their plight to the attention of the media. “Bernie Sanders just shattered an American taboo on Israel,” according to a headline. The Washington Post reports: Some writers have pitched this as a “watershed moment” in Democratic Party politics. For the political class, perhaps it is.
Coming off big wins in New York this week, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look to move one step closer to the nomination next Tuesday as five states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island) will be choosing their candidate.
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
For the past week or so, I’ve been warning readers that the supposedly “liberal” state of New York has some of the most repressive voting laws in the country. Before reading the rest of this post, I suggest refreshing your memory on just how undemocratic New York is by checking out the following:
Published April 13th: Hillary Clinton Will Win New York, Because New York is Running a Banana Republic Primary
For all intents and purposes, Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday with a resounding double-digit win over Bernie Sanders in New York’s primary. From here on, the upcoming Democratic contests will have the air of a coronation procession for Clinton, and a death march for Sanders. The septuagenarian may continue to gripe about superdelegates, but his 280,000-vote loss in New York was a reminder that not everyone was feeling the Bern.