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Average of national presidential polls: Clinton vs. Trump: Clinton +10.4 points
Generic congressional vote: Democrats +2.8

2016-08-09-43461660_large50 top GOP officials: Trump would ‘risk our country’s national security’ – “”The names on this letter are the ones American people should look to for answers on why the world is a mess,” Trump said in the statement. “These insiders — along with Hillary Clinton — are the owners of the disastrous decisions to invade Iraq, allow Americans to die in Benghazi, and they are the ones who allowed the rise of ISIS.”

WATCH: THE ROCK Delivers A Very Special MESSAGE To HILLARY CLINTON – “There is just something about The Rock that makes him impossible to dislike. After watching this clip you can be sure he’ll be your 184375_imagefavorite wrestler forever more.”

What are the chances the Democrats will steal the election? – “Would Democrats do something so nefarious? Would they really try to rig a presidential election? Anybody want to wager how Bernie Sanders might answer that question?”

 

 

184338_imageKurtz: Media coverage of Trump resembling a ‘mob hit’- VIDEO

Report: Clinton’s jobs push as senator fell flat, helped donors – “Hillary Clinton’s jobs record as a New York senator – which her campaign has made a centerpiece of her pitch to voters – is coming under fresh scrutiny, with a new report claiming her economic initiatives fell flat for workers, while benefiting deep-pocketed donors.”

 

 

Trump remakes GOP on national security – “But in his work of 2016-08-09-78dfc1d1_largeremaking the Republican Party as a new and very different entity, nothing may end up mattering so much as Trump’s departures on national security.”

ORLANDO SHOOTER’S DAD MAKES CAMEO AT CLINTON RALLY
Orlando Sentinel: “The Pulse nightclub shooter’s father attended Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s rally in Kissimmee Monday night. Cameras captured Seddique Mateen, Omar Mateen’s father, standing in the crowd. He later told a reporter for WPTV, a Palm Beach-based NBC affiliate, that he wanted to attend the rally as a member of the public and a Clinton Wreckonomics 101 1supporter. ‘Why should they be surprised? I love the United States, and I’ve been living here a long time,’ Mateen said. The Clinton campaign said that the rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public.”

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE’S BID: BLOCK TRUMP
Daily Beast: “Call it Mitt Romney’s revenge. With less than three months left before Election Day, some prominent Republicans are banking on a long-shot candidate to bring down Donald Trump—one who happens to be a Wharton educated Utah native and a Mormon missionary…Republican consultant Rick Wilson, who eviscerated Trump in a weekend opinion column published in the New York Daily News, has teamed up with Florida-based pollster and operative Joel Searby to head up Evan McMullin’s campaign staff…There frankly isn’t enough time on the clock to build the kind of state-by-state 184019_imageorganization necessary— especially since Clinton already has thousands of foot soldiers out door-knocking and has been up on television for weeks. But McMullin might not be in the race to win, place or even show. His candidacy appears to have one specific aim: Cut off Trump’s narrow path to victory.”

RYAN LOOKS TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITH A PRIMARY WIN
WashEx: “House Speaker Paul Ryan is poised to cruise to an easy GOP primary win in Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to

poll numbers and strategists who see no possible path to victory for his GOP opponent, Paul Nehlen. Polls have Ryan up by as much as 66 points in the

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have a lot of growing to do to fit into the Presidential chair.

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have a lot of growing to do to fit into the Presidential chair.

state’s 1st District, leaving very little chance for a repeat of former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning primary loss in 2014 to political novice Dave Brat.”

Washington Post Fact Checker Verifies Trump Didn’t Kick Baby Out of Campaign Rally – “And then he said, ‘Actually, I was only kidding. You can get the baby out of here. That’s all right. Don’t worry. I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking?’ He cupped his hand over his eyes to watch her leave. ‘That’s okay, people don’t understand. That’s okay.’ One other salient fact is missing from all the pieces on babygate. Mom and baby, very much not kicked out, came back to their seat a bit later.”

 

Trump implies a connection between Clinton emails and Iranian scientist’s execution – WaPo

Clinton spends over $13 million on ads during Olympic games – AP

Clinton campaign chairman urges Trump camp to accept debates – USA Today

Clinton lead widens in new Monmouth University poll – USA Today

Mother of baby ejected from Trump rally says she knew he was joking – The Hill

Sources include Chris Stirewalt at Fox News