The polls. With the momentum he now has trump is poised to win the gop nomination for be president. Weve gone from x number to a much larger number. That hasnt happened to the Republican Party in many, many decades. Trump has won ten out of the 15 primary contests the Republican Party has had so far. Hes won in the suburban snort. He has won in the rural south. Hes won over wealthy voters and those in the working class. Hes got evangelicals voting for him and he has agnostics. Trump is riding on such broad support that he now talks of a quote new coalition to underpin the Republican Party. But trump is not a sure thing yet. Ted cruz has four states under his belt. Including the delegate rich home state of texas. While marco rubio fast becoming the establishment favorite can finally claim at least one victory in minnesota. Meanwhile on the democratic side Hillary Clinton now has a Comfortable Lead against her rival Bernie Sanders after sweeping the south on super tuesday, clinton has wo
And so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, were losing 30,000 people a year. So it isnt just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and cities, large and small, people are dying. Fernando now, theres a lot of polling out there that shows that theres, in some cases, a supermajority of americans supporting these kinds of measures, specifically expanded background checks. Why the controversy then . Valerie well, there shouldnt be one. There really shouldnt be one. But what we have recognized in washington, all too often, is that special interests have a stranglehold on certain members of congress, and in this case its the nra. And they spend a great deal of time, money and energy trying to ensure that we dont take reasonable steps that, quite frankly, they supported several years ago. When you ask your average lawabiding citizen who has a gun, who went through a background check, well, wont you want to make sure everyone goes through th
From the east room of the white house on tuesday and reignited the debate over guns with much emotion. But will his passion be enough to sway a Skeptical Congress . I asked the president s senior advisor, valerie jarrett. Valerie we think they will be effective tools. Of course, the best solution would be for congress to act. And, as you know, three years ago, in the wake of newtown, there was a very ambitious effort to try to get congress to act. 90 of the American People supported the sensible steps that were embedded in that legislation, but unfortunately they didn t. And so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. So it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and cities, large and small, people are dying. Fernando now, there s a lot of polling out there that shows that there s, in some cases, a supermajority of americans supporting these kinds of measures, specifically expanded background c
Fernando i m fernando espuelas. Welcome to matter of fact. In a gutwrenching moment, and perhaps one of the most important speeches of his presidency, barack obama spoke from the east room of the white house on tuesday and reignited the debate over guns with much emotion. But will his passion be enough to sway a Skeptical Congress . I asked the president s senior advisor, valerie jarrett. Valerie we think they will be effective tools. Of course, the best solution would be for congress to act. And, as you know, three years ago, in the wake of newtown, there was a very ambitious effort to try to get congress to act. 90 of the American People supported the sensible steps that were embedded in that legislation, but unfortunately they didn t. And so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. So it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and are dying. Fernando now, there s a lot of polling out there t
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