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Polls Show Trump Surging Ahead, but Are They Accurate?
There are now 16 GOP candidates for president, and the first televised debate will include the top ten in public opinion polls. Donald Trump is currently number one. Does that reflect the real views of Republicans or saturation news coverage and poor polling?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThere are now 16 GOP candidates for president, and the first televised debate will include the top ten in public opinion polls. Donald Trump is currently number one. Does that reflect the real views of Republicans or saturation news coverage and poor polling?
Also, President Obama speaks before the VFW, and a former speechwriter reveals what it's like to become the voice of a political leader.
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3 storiesPresident Obama Speaks before the VFW
President Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Pittsburgh today and made a case for the nuclear deal with Iran. "In the debate over this deal, we're hearing the echoes of some of the same policies and mindset that failed us in the past.
Read the story6 minAre Polls Trumping Political Reality?
In a speech in South Carolina today, Donald Trump gave out the personal cell phone of Lindsay Graham, that state's US Senator and a fellow candidate for President. Trump also called Graham a "lightweight" and "an idiot."
Read the story33 minThe Not So Glamorous Life of a Political Speechwriter
What's it like to write speeches for an American politician? We hear from a writer who calls it a horrible experience…that he wouldn't trade for the world. Barton Swaim was an English major in college who couldn't come up with a job in academia. Then he heard that the Governor South Carolina needed a speechwriter.
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