I'll get to Paul Manafort's eyebrow-raising comments in a moment, but first, here's a fresh polling note out of Live Free or Die country. If various surveys are accurate and Trump's even
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 21, 2016
President:
Clinton (D) 50%
Trump (R) 31%
(UNH/WMUR, LV, 4/7-17)
Trump's favorable/unfavorable rating in the battleground state is underwater by 54 points (21/75), far worse than the also-unpopular Hillary Clinton's (38/58). Remember, Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary in New Hampshire's Democratic primary. But that residual hostility would evaporate against the radioactive Trump, who'd lose to Sanders by an even wider margin, according to the poll. And take a look at this trend line:
When Trump won NH's primary in February, he trailed Hillary there by 8 pts. Deficit has more than doubled since: pic.twitter.com/8XJD67pxSr
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 21, 2016
He's falling father behind, not gaining on her, which is one of the reasons his 'Reagan 1980' fairy tale comparison fails. Trump fans will likely hasten to point that Ted Cruz's standing on favorability and head-to-head with Hillary isn't much better than Trump's in this survey, which is true. But it is better on both counts. John Kasich, who has lost every nominating contest in every state but his own, is the only remaining Republican with a positive image in New Hampshire, where he leads Clinton by 14 points. Meanwhile, here's Paul Manafort -- the man Trump (
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NEWS: Paul Manafort tells RNC meeting Trump's "persona" is different in "private rooms" than on stump, where he's "projecting an image"
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 21, 2016
Manafort to RNC members on Trump’s public image: "The part that he's been playing is evolving."
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 21, 2016
Hmm. If Trump's been playacting, he's been doing so for a long time. The guy's been a celebrity for decades at this stage, and everything he's done in this campaign more or less aligns with how he's comported himself throughout his adult life -- minus his recent unconvincing "conversion" to conservatism. The way he behaves both behind closed doors and in public
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"I wanna run against Crooked Hillary Clinton!" -Trump
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) April 21, 2016
The feeling is most assuredly mutual.
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