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You want a lock to win a barroom bet with your friends? Bet them which speaker at the recent Republican and Democratic conventions drew the biggest audience. [...] It was Joe Biden.
Bet them which speaker at the recent Republican and Democratic conventions drew the biggest audience. [...]
It was Joe Biden.
At the same time, the campaign gave out about $200,000 in bonuses to senior employees just after the Republican National Convention, which ended with the candidate not getting much of a bounce in the polls.
Senator Orrin Hatch’s Democratic opponent in his Senate race appears to have found a new messaging plan: focus on Hatch’s age. On Sunday, Democrat Scott Howell, a Utah state senator, sent out a fundraising letter saying that Hatch “could die before his term was through.” Now, Howell is taking things a step further and calling on Hatch to release five years of medical records. [...] Howell’s request came in response to criticism from another senior Republican figure in Utah, former senator Bob Bennett. In an interview with the Salt Lake City Tribune, Bennett, 79, said “Scott Howell may die before his term is up…Who knows.”
On Sunday, Democrat Scott Howell, a Utah state senator, sent out a fundraising letter saying that Hatch “could die before his term was through.” Now, Howell is taking things a step further and calling on Hatch to release five years of medical records. [...]
Howell’s request came in response to criticism from another senior Republican figure in Utah, former senator Bob Bennett. In an interview with the Salt Lake City Tribune, Bennett, 79, said “Scott Howell may die before his term is up…Who knows.”
Americans' distrust in the media hit a new high this year, with 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. Distrust is up from the past few years, when Americans were already more negative about the media than they had been in years prior to 2004.