Only three Republican presidential candidates keep Clinton campaign staffers up at night, Politico reports — and no, they aren't Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina.
Fiorina’s post-debate polling pop [hasn't] vaulted her into the category of serious contenders in the Clinton camp’s eyes — a tier that, with Scott Walker out of the race, is now down to Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich. [Politico]
Those three might sound like some very unthreatening threats, since Bush and Rubio sit below Trump and Ben Carson in the latest polls, and Kasich can't even break 3 percent. But talk to most strategists, and the current GOP frontrunners are nothing but "rabble" who won't be able to mount a serious challenge in the general election. Jeb Bush, on the other hand, has the track record and the institutional support to — at least, theoretically — run a formidable campaign against Clinton. And Rubio has the charisma and personal story to give her headaches. But Kasich?
Democratic strategist Douglas Schoen thinks Kasich, in fact, might be the most "electable" candidate in the general election, one capable of easily winning the fierce battleground state of Ohio, where he's serving his second term as governor, reports The New York Times. An even more alarming fact for the Clinton campaign, however, is that in a New Hampshire poll of a hypothetical election, Kasich actually beats her by two points, a feat no other candidate, including Trump, has proven able to achieve.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Bluetoothing: the phenomenon driving HIV spike in FijiUnder the Radar ‘Blood-swapping’ between drug users fuelling growing health crisis on Pacific island
-
Marisa Silver’s 6 favorite books that capture a lifetimeFeature The author recommends works by John Williams, Ian McEwan, and more
-
Book reviews: ‘We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution’ and ‘Will There Ever Be Another You’Feature The many attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution and Patricia Lockwood’s struggle with long Covid
-
Court allows Trump’s Texas troops to head to ChicagoSpeed Read Trump is ‘using our service members as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation’s cities,’ said Gov. J.B. Pritzker
-
Judge bars Trump’s National Guard moves in OregonSpeed Read In an emergency hearing, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops into Portland
-
Museum head ousted after Trump sword gift denialSpeed Read Todd Arrington, who led the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, denied the Trump administration a sword from the collection as a gift for King Charles
-
Trump declares ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartelsspeed read This provides a legal justification for recent lethal military strikes on three alleged drug trafficking boats
-
Supreme Court rules for Fed’s Cook in Trump feudSpeed Read Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can remain in her role following Trump’s attempts to oust her
-
Judge rules Trump illegally targeted Gaza protestersSpeed Read The Trump administration’s push to arrest and deport international students for supporting Palestine is deemed illegal
-
Trump: US cities should be military ‘training grounds’Speed Read In a hastily assembled summit, Trump said he wants the military to fight the ‘enemy within’ the US
-
US government shuts down amid health care standoffSpeed Read Democrats said they won’t vote for a deal that doesn’t renew Affordable Care Act health care subsidies
