In an effort to try and piece together a coalition of support, Hillary Clinton and her acolytes in the media have decided to reintroduce the Obama “birtherism” narrative.
The Trump Campaign puts forth the following statement about Clinton’s efforts:

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The cited MSNBC discussion articulating the origin of Birtherism is below: (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

This is a really important interview to grasp the scope of the America-First economic challenge in front of Donald Trump and specifically U.S. workers.  Unfortunately, what follows below is the best version of the interview we can find and it has edits, significant edits by CNN, to the initial portion of the interview as it originally aired.
For those unfamiliar with how structured these types of interviews are, there are a few key aspects worth noting in advance of watching the video:

♦ CEO Mark Fields is not alone in this interview.  Off camera there are key corporate executive advisers, PR, Marketing, HR, Risk Mgmt., etc. positioned to give immediate feedback toward any sound bites that can have an adverse impact on the corporate objectives.  There’s a few times when you can see Fields taking cues from those voices.
♦ The CEO corporate culture (starts in MBA school) teaches executives how to use code words and phrases to avoid pitfalls, and unless you are skilled -or familiar- in detecting the nuance, much of the significant verbiage can be missed.  Words and phrases matter.
There’s a big difference between a major corporate CEO saying “investment in North America“, and “investment in America“.  The former references international trade agreements such as NAFTA which apply to Mexico the U.S. and Canada, the latter is directed to the United States.  Pay close attention and you’ll note the importance.
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As we noted in the Bloomberg poll a few days ago (they were first – and we could tell something was up), the pollsters are shifting their methodology.   Almost every poll release in the past 72 hours has been using “Likely Voters” instead of “Registered Voters“.

When the methodology changes, so too does the result.   Multiple polls are now presenting Donald Trump as the lead candidate.  Actually, far more than the graphic above.
According to Monmouth (pollster Patrick Murray) Donald Trump is now leading 45% to Clinton’s 37%  (see here).   Trump is also winning in Colorado 42/38 (see here). Fox News also shifted their national methodology (pollster Daron Shaw) (see here) and now shows Donald Trump in the lead:

Why and HOW did all the pollsters simultaneously come to the same decision?
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“America Soaring.” Running in Pennsylvania. Two week ad buy $1.3 million – Via Rebuilding America Now (Super PAC)

Continuing to put non-traditional states in play, tonight candidate Donald Trump heads to Laconia, New Hampshire, for a rally at the Laconia Middle School Gymnasium.  The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm EDT, however, broadcasting might begin earlier (check links):
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Right Side Broadcast Network is in Laconia, New Hampshire where Donald Trump will hold a rally later tonight at Laconia Middle School.  Here’s some pre-rally interviews with the local deplorables.

Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail today following three days of rest and recuperation from her physical collapse in New York on Sunday 9/11/16.
It is transparently obvious the Clinton campaign is reacting to her self-inflicted damage and simultaneous collapse in the polls.  The venue was, yet again, another college campus.
This time the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), this ensures a captive audience and helps the optics of crowd size – particularly when classes are suspended and professors “provide students the opportunity” to attend.  Today, approximately 1,000 students attended. [Prior to today the largest Hillary rally was in Tampa at the USF campus (2,000)]

♦ Predictably Clinton dropped the “deplorables” angle.  Quite simply that Alinsky attack Trump narrative failed miserably, backfired, and actually became a valuable tool of ridicule against the Clinton campaign. (more…)