US Election Series: Money flows to Trump camp after record viewing of first debate
Sep 28, 2016 12:43 pm UTC| Commentary Politics
Donald Trump may have lost a battle but he clearly hasnt lost the war. When it comes to raising money, there is no beating Hillary Clinton, who raised $143 million last month compared to $90 million by Donald Trump. After...
US Election Series: What worries the Democrats even after a debate win?
Sep 28, 2016 08:20 am UTC| Commentary Politics
It is now widely accepted that prepared Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has secured a win against Unprepared Republican Candidate Donald Trump in the first Presidential debate. Yet the Democratic strategists and...
It’s not all about the president: why November's congressional elections matter too
Sep 27, 2016 18:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Many international observers of US politics ignore that the new American president, whoever that is, will have to deal on a daily basis with Congress. However, understanding Congress and its relationship with the...
Dear Mr Trump: here's how you build a wall
Sep 27, 2016 17:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Dear Mr Trump, As soon as you are inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America, I would dearly like to build for you and the American people the wall along the Mexican border. It will be, as you...
Trump melts down in his first debate with Clinton – will the voters now punish him?
Sep 27, 2016 17:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The big question going into the first debate of the presidential election was whether Donald Trump would decide to tone down the cartoonish, belligerent alpha male shtick that has carried him this far. The debate gave him...
Trump slammed by musicians for appropriating music, but pop and politics have a long history
Sep 27, 2016 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the most fractious US election in living memory enters its final furlongs, Bono and Springsteen are the latest music stars to launch broadsides at the Republican candidate. But hes far from alone. Barbara Streisand...
US Election Series: New projected electoral map suggests trouble for Clinton
Sep 27, 2016 07:10 am UTC| Commentary Politics
While Clinton is the likely winner of last nights first Presidential debate, a traveling Trump rallying in many inner cities has damaged the Clinton fortress in key swing states. Good days for the Clinton camp were back in...
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