Race tightening, Clinton revives Trump-women issue

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Race tightening, Clinton revives Trump-women issue

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and STEVE PEOPLES

 

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — With just a week to go and the race for the White House tightening, Hillary Clinton — with help from President Barack Obama — unleashed a fresh offensive Tuesday against Donald Trump and his vulgar comments about women. Trump strove to blend a quieter, presidential tone with his usual tough rhetoric, warning that a Clinton victory would "destroy American health care forever."

 

The White House contenders clashed from afar —Clinton in battleground Florida and Trump in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — with the sprint to next Tuesday's finish well underway.

 

"For my entire life, I've been a woman," Clinton, who would be the nation's first female president, declared in critical Florida. "And when I think about what we now know about Donald Trump and what he's been doing for 30 years, he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, insulting and assaulting women."

 

Trump has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct in recent weeks, complicating his efforts to win over women in both parties. He has denied every accusation, but Obama said there was a pattern at work to which voters needed to pay heed.

 

"This is a lifetime of calling women pigs and dogs and slobs," Obama said at a rally in Ohio. "The part we're concerned about is if we start acting like this is normal."

 

For Trump, he spent the day relentlessly on message, eschewing wild tangents and political fights in favor of carefully scripted remarks focused on health care and attacks on his opponent. He cautioned that Clinton's plan to strengthen "Obamacare" would lead to dire consequences, although he offered few specifics about his own plan.

 

"If we don't repeal and replace Obamacare, we will destroy American health care forever," Trump charged in a speech outside Philadelphia.

 

He also promised, if elected, to call a special session of Congress to replace the law. However, Congress would already be in session when the next president takes office, raising the question of just what he meant.

 

Clinton worked to ensure voters would not forget Trump's most damaging moments six days before the election.

 

Alicia Machado, a former beauty queen who Trump previously described as "Miss Piggy," introduced the Democratic nominee before her appearance in central Florida.

 

"He was cruel," Machado said of Trump's criticism of her weight. "For years afterward I was sick, fighting back eating disorders."

 

Trump spent several days in late September assailing the winner of his 1996 Miss Universe pageant and encouraging his Twitter followers to view her "sex tape," although none exists. The Machado appearance was in line with Clinton's broader closing argument against Trump.

 

"He thinks belittling women makes him a bigger man," Clinton said. "He doesn't see us as full human beings."

 

Clinton also unveiled a television ad set to run in eight battleground states, including his remark caught in a 2005 video that he kissed women and grabbed their genitals without permission. Obama, amid his pitch to working-class voters in Ohio, tried to boil the choice down to a question of character, saying the Oval Office "amplifies who you are. It magnifies who you are. It shows who you are."

 

"If you disrespected women before you were elected, you will disrespect women once you're president," Obama said.

 

And speaking directly to men, Obama said "we have to get over the hump" of electing the first woman president.

 

"I just want to be honest with you because she's been out there for so long sometimes in this culture we always want to see the new shiny object," he said.

 

Trump, however, did not immediately take the bait. In Wisconsin, he urged early voters there who "are having a bad case of buyer's remorse" to change their ballots before Thursday's deadline. Four states — Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania — allow early vote switches but the practice is extremely rare, according to the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College.

 

Still, frustrated Republicans were encouraged that Trump was focusing on policy prescriptions — for one day, at least — after a roller-coaster campaign marked by self-created controversy and political missteps.

 

Meanwhile, both sides continued to spar over the recent revelation that FBI investigators are again probing Clinton's email practices.

 

A lawyer for Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Tuesday that her client learned from media reports last Friday that a laptop belonging to her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, might contain some of her emails. The attorney said Abedin has not been contacted by the FBI about the development and she will cooperate if asked.

 

The revelation has put Democrats on the defensive, at least briefly, and hurt Clinton's plans to promote a positive message over the campaign's final week.

 

"The Trump campaign is on the offensive and we're expanding our map," Trump aide David Bossie said, suggesting the campaign now sees opportunities to compete in traditional Democratic states such as New Mexico and Michigan.

 

Yet few Republican or Democratic operatives view the email news as a game-changer in the race for Senate control. The balance of power in Congress could have profound consequences for the future of health care in America, among other policy debates.

 

Trump on Tuesday promised to replace the federal health care law with health care savings accounts, while allowing states to craft their own Medicaid programs to cover the poor.

 

The nonpartisan Center for Health and Economy determined this summer that Trump's proposal would lower premiums significantly for policies purchased directly by consumers but also make 18 million people uninsured. The nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund predicted that 20 million people would lose coverage under Trump's plan while Clinton's would add coverage for 9 million.

 

Trump on Tuesday seized on projections of sharp health care cost increases as he campaigned in Pennsylvania, a state where some premiums are expected to rise by more than 40 percent. He was introduced by his running mate Mike Pence, who expanded Medicaid coverage as part of Obama's law as Indiana governor.

 

Pence called Obamacare "a crushing weight" on the American economy. "We're going to pull it off the market so it stops burning up our wallets," he declared.

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Associated Press writers Lisa Lerer, Erica Werner and Ken Thomas in Washington, Kathleen Hennessey in Columbus, Ohio and Julie Pace in Dade City, Florida, contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-11-02

[Pimay1]

They are in the panic mode, grabbing at straws beating a dead horse.

[3SoiDogNight]

Trump / Pence 2016! ! ! !

[nottocus]

Shows how desperate they are...even though the disgusting crook will probably still win.

[Jingthing]

It's interesting that much of the "pro family" right wing doesn't seem to have any problem with trump's predilection towards sexual attraction to children. 

 

Of course, many conservatives do see what a totally disgusting human being trump is and do reject him. (Good!)

 

Unlike the sexual assault of legal age women which it's obvious trump must be guilty of based on so MANY reports, I don't think trump has actually raped children ... but he's been open that he's into them and using his authority to "inspect" naked children for sexual pleasure would not be acceptable behavior in so many low level jobs. He wants to be president. With ZERO experience. Just say no. For so many reasons, INCLUDING his TOXIC misogyny, pattern of sexual abuse and sexual interest in children. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Jingthing

[abrahamzvi]

52 minutes ago, 3SoiDogNight said:

Trump / Pence 2016! ! ! !

God help us all!!!!!!

[abrahamzvi]

22 minutes ago, nottocus said:

Shows how desperate they are...even though the disgusting crook will probably still win.

Which crook are you talking about. Let's hope HE (DT), the crook,m doesn't win!!!

[Jingthing]

54 minutes ago, 3SoiDogNight said:

Trump / Pence 2016! ! ! !

For prison!

Well, trump anyhow.

In Pence's case it's not a crime to be a far right wing jagoff. 

[jaidam]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

It's interesting that the "pro family" right wing doesn't seem to have any problem with trump's predilection towards sexual attraction to children. 

Er.. are you confused? There have been a few desperate women trying to grab their 5 minutes of fame, but nothing proven and certainly nothing illegal. Now where on earth you get the idea that DT has been sexually abusing children? An unproven and slanderous nonsense. Emotions are running high for the HRC fans, after being on the "cusp of victory" and what-not, but lets try to keep this debate based on reality.

 

 Meanwhile on the subject of sexually abusing minors try entering on Google the Clintons and Lolita Express. Have fun!

[Jingthing]

12 minutes ago, jaidam said:

Er.. are you confused?
...

Not confused.

Quote

Miss USA and Miss Universe rules require contestants to be between 18 years old and 28 years old. The new allegations published by BuzzFeed, however, accuse Trump of similar behavior at Miss Teen USA, where contestants are between 14 and 19 years old.

http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/donald_trump_miss_teen_usa_dressing_room.html

 

trumpy-poo is also on tape saying creepy things about his sexual attraction to his own daughter and also bragging about 10 years olds ... I'll be dating them in 10 years he said. 

 

Would you hire a TEACHER with that history? 

 

He has the nerve to want to be president. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Jingthing

[mcfish]

Trump / Pence 2016! ! ! !

Yes! I want to see Alec Baldwins amazing trump impersonations continue for another 4years

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[seedy]

Nonsense Post Removed

[sgtsabai]

Latest from FiveThirtyEight gives the orange monster an opening. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-yes-donald-trump-has-a-path-to-victory/

 

Too bad Clinton cheated Bernie out of the primary win, the Trump would be so far out by now it would be a walkover. I'm much more worried at this point about the down ballot. While there isn't anything in the latest set of emails it may well cause down ballot decent people, none of the presidential candidates are, to loose, i.e progressive and semi-progressive Democrats, there are no decent Republicans.

[Silurian]

Moody's Analytics model that has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential race since Ronald Reagan in 1980 is forecasting a big victory for Hillary Clinton.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/01/news/economy/hillary-clinton-win-forecast-moodys-analytics/

 

 

[up-country_sinclair]

I can't help but think that the Clinton campaign has one more surprise it is going to drop at some point this week.  These people are seasoned professionals who have been in the game for a long time and they play as dirty as anyone.  I just can't imagine they're going to let this FBI investigation be the last inflection point.  My guess is that it will be an audio or video recording that social conservatives will find so repulsive that they stay home on election day.

[Silurian]

And more good news for the Clinton team. If Clinton wins Florida, you can call the election over.

 

Florida Disaster for Trump as 28% Early Voting Republicans Vote for Clinton

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/02/florida-disaster-trump-28-early-voting-republicans-vote-clinton.html

 

A new poll not only shows Clinton leading in Florida 48 to 40, but that 28 percent of early GOP voters cast their vote for Clinton

[uksomchai]

Kim Dotcom has just tweeted where the FBI can access all the emails Clinton bleachbin deleted or whatever the software she used to delete 30,000 emails. They are still stored on a cloud server just waiting to be read. I imagine these might just worry Clinton a little 

I feel the American people are about to have their own little Brexit where the little people who have been sh*t on for decades finally turn and rise up in defiance of the political elite.

An ex FBI chief has also just said that the Clinton family / foundation is just the same as a mafia crime family like the Gambino's. And there is Crooked Hilary Clinton thinking she has already paid off the FBI to make this all go away. Even the White House is distancing itself from her now after her attack on the FBI chief

There are plenty of Non Americans around the world hoping that the Donald can pull it off and stick it to the elite

[Silurian]

Yet another Clinton win prediction, this time from Artificial Intelligence programming.

 

TechRepublic's 'swarm AI' predicts tight election, gives edge to Clinton

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/techrepublic-swarm-ai-predicts-tight-election-gives-edge-to-clinton/

 

[JHolmesJr]

Crookeds speech on trumps stance towards women was so effective that a really powerful and respected  woman ..... SC governor nikki halley switches from crooked h to mr trump. 

 

Even shakespeare couldnt dream of a plot twist like this. 

 

Oh, the irony. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by JHolmesJr

[Xircal]

Isn't it about time that both candidates started campaigning on the merits of their respective policies and why they think that these will make the country prosperous again. I'm sure Americans are sick and tired of all the mud-slinging which is being bandied around and which serves no useful purpose whatsoever.

 

What Clinton is doing now has already been brought to the fore and there's no need to keep on quibbling about it. If she wants to win, then she needs to demonstrate how her policies for the country are better than Trump's. That I'm sure is what voters want to hear.

[Boon Mee]

Polls: Donald Trump Doing Better Than Mitt Romney Among Women

 

The latest IBD/TIPP tracking poll shows Donald Trump improving his support among women, even though a majority still support Hillary Clinton

Thirty-nine percent of women polled now say they support Trump, according Investors Business Daily, up from 34 percent on Saturday. That’s an increase of five points.

 

http://www.investors.com/politics/trumps-women-problem-disappears-ibdtipp-poll/

Edited November 3, 2016 by metisdead
Bold font removed.

[Silurian]

FBI announcement just a blip on the polls. Clinton back up by 6 points.

 

Clinton leads Trump by 6 points, same as before FBI announcement: Reuters/Ipsos

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKBN12X2P6

 

[abrahamzvi]

15 hours ago, Silurian said:

Moody's Analytics model that has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential race since Ronald Reagan in 1980 is forecasting a big victory for Hillary Clinton.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/01/news/economy/hillary-clinton-win-forecast-moodys-analytics/

 

 

I do hope this poll is right!!!!!!!!! The FBI has tried to turn the trend (why???), but hopefully without (too much) success.

[Boon Mee]

On 11/2/2016 at 9:54 AM, Pimay1 said:

They are in the panic mode, grabbing at straws beating a dead horse.

Desperation.  She has nothing left...

[JHolmesJr]

12 hours ago, Xircal said:

What Clinton is doing now has already been brought to the fore and there's no need to keep on quibbling about it. If she wants to win, then she needs to demonstrate how her policies for the country are better than Trump's. 

 

she's going to continue with obama's …. 

[JHolmesJr]

14 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

I do hope this poll is right!!!!!!!!! The FBI has tried to turn the trend (why???), but hopefully without (too much) success.

 

another biased cnn poll….good lawrd!

[Silurian]

56 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

1 hour ago, abrahamzvi said:

I do hope this poll is right!!!!!!!!! The FBI has tried to turn the trend (why???), but hopefully without (too much) success.

 

another biased cnn poll….good lawrd!

 

FYI - That is not a poll, that is a forecasting model and CNN just reported on it (as did MSNBC and others). It is a forecasting model from Moody's Analytics which has accurately predicted every presidential election since 1980. Its projections are solely a reflection of economic and political conditions upon the incumbent party. There is no polling involved.

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

We're in the home stretch now.

It's more about the relative political machines and turnout now.

Clinton has the political machine to make the turnout happen. 

 

On the other hand, the Cubbies just won the world series. So anything can happen. 

Edited November 3, 2016 by Jingthing

[Silurian]

13 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

We're in the home stretch now.

It's more about the relative political machines and turnout now.

Clinton has the political machine to make the turnout happen. 

 

On the other hand, the Cubbies just won the world series. So anything can happen. 

 

Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Hillary must be ecstatic since she is a fan.

 

For some reason, I always thought that if the Cubs win that will translate into a Hillary win. I didn't get to watch the game but followed in online from the 7th inning. What a nail-biter.

 

[Jingthing]

I think it's a wash on that.

Cubs came back from 1 to 3 games to win on the road after 108 years.

If trump wins, it would be a similarly very long odds comeback as Hillary has basically been ahead during the entire campaign. 

Not sure who the GOAT is in this scenario? Comey? Weiner?

Edited November 3, 2016 by Jingthing