Gabriel Sherman writes a column for the New York Magazine about the fallout to the terrible ratings from Megyn Kelly’s broadcast special premier, and how she has damaged her contract negotiating position with a poor result.
Sherman is a good read for some facts surrounding Fox News Insider stuff, but his analysis generally misses the mark because he’s inside the liberal NYC bubble; this article is no exception.  Example: Sherman asserts that Rupert Murdoch is now supportive of Donald Trump… um, NO – that’s laughable.

Rupert “Open Borders” Murdoch who has spent millions supporting immigration reform, who has used his network to sell Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio, who held meetings with executives, politicians and pundits to ensure pro-immigration reform content, is NOT a supporter of Donald Trump….
[*Hint* Read Sherman for facts and events, but disregard analysis].
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Candidate Donald Trump made call-ins to early morning talks shows with Fox and Friends and Morning Joe to discuss current events and the state of the race:
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National Rifle Association leadership called for unity around Donald Trump today following a contentious primary race.
(Via ABC News) The National Rifle Association has endorsed Donald Trump for president at today’s convention. Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, made the endorsement immediately before Trump walked on stage.
“Now is the time to unite. If your preferred candidate dropped out of the race, it’s time to get over it,” Cox said earlier in his remarks.
The news of the endorsement came shortly before Trump addressed the group at their convention in Kentucky. Trump talked about “crooked Hillary” and said that Clinton is “anti-gun,” claiming that she plans to take away guns if she is elected. He also spoke about how situations like the mass shooting in San Bernardino could be avoided if more people had guns. (more…)

This is a good poll to highlight sketchy poll outcomes, and teach yourself how to spot them.

A newly released NYT/CBS National Poll (full pdf below) shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 6 points.  However, the weighting is D+8  (Rep 26, Dem 34, Ind 34)

NOTE (between Q#62 and Q#63 you’ll find a “curiously unnumbered” question):

• 26% of those polled are Republican
• 34% of those polled are Democrat
• 34% of those polled are Independent
• Poll Sample D+8

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Candidate Donald Trump and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are holding a joint campaign and fundraising event in Lawrenceville New Jersey today. The event is being held at the Lawrenceville National Guard Armory and begins at 5:00pm.
Candidate Trump is expected to give a campaign speech at approximately 7:00pm. Three LiveStream Links:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Corey Lewandowski built the platform, refined the vehicle, entered the race, and led the successful insurgent campaign for every single lap…. Now Manafort plays the role of a nitrous tank to blast through to the general election finish line.
(Via ABC News) Donald Trump will change the role for one of his campaign’s top advisors, ABC News has learned.
Sources within the campaign said that Trump will name Paul Manafort to the new role of Campaign Chairman and Chief Strategist.
Manafort, who was brought on board early last month as a convention manager, was originally tasked with trying to secure Trump the necessary delegates to avoid a fight at the Republican convention.
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A new Rasmussen Poll (Data Link Here) of 1,000 national “likely voters” shows candidate Donald Trump with a 5 point lead over Hillary Clinton, 42 / 37.

This poll is significant when combined with the recent NBC/Survey Monkey and Fox News polls.  Rasmussen is a very reliable polling outfit, and you’ll note they use the most accurate methodology for a national general electorate sample via “Likely Voters”.   Likely voters are more apt to catch the Monster Vote. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump met with Fox News Sean Hannity for a full hour interview on Wednesday May 18th.   The discussions included the current state of the race:

Apparently the broadcast premier of Megyn Kelly, containing the interview with Donald Trump, was a major flop gathering only 4.7 Million viewers and coming in last place amid 8:00pm broadcast TV watchers.  –Article Here–
This is probably no surprise to those who have followed the slow downward spiral of Fox News, and specifically Megyn Kelly, since the news executives made the business decision to oppose candidate Donald Trump.
It was not an altruistic endeavor when Megyn Kelly walked into Trump Tower last month and requested the interview.
Kelly and Trump had been locked in a battle since August of 2015, a full eight months (<—remember that number).  Her visit was only two days after the public information came out of Fox News poor financial results, and Rupert Murdoch’s severe loss in capital amid all his various enterprises.
One of the Murdoch holdings to take a hit was Harper Collins Books.  Harper Collins is the entity who gave Kelly a massive advance of $10 million for her exclusive book (pictured above left).  Yeah, the virus of failure was headed toward the executives of Harper Collins and they needed something to calm their nerves, toot sweet.
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