Hillary Clinton Proposes Keeping Families Child Care Expenses at 10 percent of Income

As John Cohn said yesterday, to say Hillary is not a liberal-or 'progressive' a term I personally like less; though there is some history with it-is more or less to believe that nobody but Bernie Sanders meets the definition of being a progressive.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-progressive_us_572cca08e4b0bc9cb0469098

Yesterday she talked about her support of the public option and criticized the sequester. She spoke of getting to the public option by expanding access to Medicare.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2016-05-09/in-virginia-clinton-calls-for-health-care-public-option-medicare-buy-in

Today she is making a bold proposal on child care expenses.

"The new agenda would boost support for “home visiting” programs for low-income, at-risk kids and boost pay for child care workers. As Cohn notes, the most interesting — and perhaps unrealistic — aspect of the plan is a vow that the federal government should commit to making sure that families never pay more than 10 percent of income on child care. All this is the latest sign that child care is becoming a central pillar of the liberal agenda and leading priority for the Democratic party."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/10/can-trump-really-win-with-blue-collar-whites-keep-an-eye-on-the-women/

As for those Quinnipiac polls which show tight races between Hillary and Trump in several swing states, Greg Sargent reminds us that these are out of line with other polls from the same states. It's important not to focus on outlier polls.

"The new Quinnipiac polls find Donald Trump beating Clinton in Ohio by 43-39; and Clinton edging Trump by 43-32 in Florida and Pennsylvania. Bernie Sanders (who has not been subjected to a national attack for over two decades, as Clinton has) runs stronger than she does."

"This is somewhat out of sync with the polling averages, which put Clintonup six in Florida; up three in Ohio; and up eight in Pennsylvania. Now that the general election is starting, don’t get seduced by individual polls. Stick to the polling averages!"

As for Trump, a number of Senators are taking the Paul Ryan tact: 'I'd love to support him, but I'm just not ready.'

"Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho said, “I’m not giving any interviews about this presidential race.” Sen. Jerry Moran, of Kansas, ducked into an elevator apparently avoiding questions about Trump, and other Republicans were apprehensive, saying they needed more time. “I haven’t met him yet, so I want to get to talk to him about some issues,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia."

I agree with Fred Barnes, Trump does need Paul Ryan more than he realizes.

http://archive.is/7cAs0

But the good news is, Trump will never understand that to win a general election, you need a party with all its fundraising and reach behind you.

There won't be much GOP unity this time around. It's truly like nothing we've seen in a Presidential election.