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Denton Record-Chronicle
Saturday, April 9, 2016
In favorability, Clinton scores low, but Trump worse
up to be less about voters sup-
porting the candidate of their
choice, and more about their
picking the one they dislike the
least.
ocrats argue, the dynamic will
shift from being a referendum
on Clinton’s character to a
choice between her and a Re-
publican opponent. If that Re-
publican is Trump, Democrats
see an opportunity to unify their
own party behind Clinton and
make inroads with indepen-
dents and Republicans.
Nearly half of all registered
voters say they would at least
consider voting for Clinton, far
more than say they are open to
voting for Trump. Sixty-three
percent say they definitely
wouldn’t vote for Trump in a
general election.
Thirty-eight percent say they
definitely would not vote for
Vermont Sen. Sanders.
Even in more historically
conservative Southern states,
where Trump swept the GOP
primaries, voters are somewhat
more likely to say they would at
least consider Clinton. Half say
they are open to her candidacy,
and 39 percent to his.
Lara Robles, a Republican
from Round Rock, said she
would back Clinton, even
though she has been surprised
to find her views aligned with
Trump on a number of issues.
“I think she flip-flops on a lot
of her views, but I would vote for
Hillary,” said the mother of
three. “I just don’t really like him
as a person. I think he doesn’t
have a filter on his mouth.”
Clinton remains the candi-
date viewed by the most Amer-
icans as able to win a general
election, though, with 82 per-
cent saying she could capture
the White House. Just 6 in 10 say
that of Sanders or Trump.
By Lisa Lerer
and Emily Swanson
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - In any
other election year, more than
half the country holding an un-
favorable impression of a candi-
date for president would be
cause for alarm.
This is not a normal year.
Fifty-five percent of Ameri-
cans say they have a negative
opinion of Democratic front-
runner Hillary Clinton in the
latest AP-GfK poll. But that’s not
nearly as bad as how they view
the leading candidate for the Re-
publican nomination, Donald
Trump. His unfavorable rating
stands at an unprecedented 69
percent.
The negative feelings for
both are a harbinger of a general
election contest that’s shaping
Whenever I’m doing a job, people
approve of my job. ”
— Hillary Clinton
“I don’t really feel like either
one is that trustworthy,” said De-
vin Stemadre, 26, a student
from northeastern Ohio. “Most
of the elections that have hap-
pened in the past I’ve felt strong-
ly about a candidate, and I just
don’t this time.
“But yeah, if it was held today
I guess I would vote Clinton,” he
said, with a deep sigh. “I just
wish there were more choices.”
Democratic strategists say
Trump’s deep unpopularity has
alleviated some of their concern
over views of Clinton. While 55
percent of Americans have a
“somewhat” or “very” unfavor-
able impression of the former
secretary of state, that’s about
the same number as those who
have a “very unfavorable” opin-
ion of Trump.
Clinton’s rating is also slight-
ly better than Republican candi-
date Ted Cruz: Fifty-nine per-
cent say they have an unfavor-
able view of the Texas senator.
Clinton’s Democratic primary
rival, Bemie Sanders, is at just
39 percent unfavorable, but he
trails far behind Clinton in the
delegate battle for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Asked if she needed to im-
prove her public image, Clinton
told reporters Friday she has
worked to win over voters in the
past, as when she ran for Senate
in New York.
“Just remember, when I was
secretary of state, my approval
rating was the highest of any
public official. Now what’s the
difference? Whenever I’m doing
a job, people approve of my job.
When I seek the job, when I
compete for the job, then there’s
a big rush by, you know, Repub-
licans and interests who don’t
agree with my values and my vi-
sion for the country, to just pile
on,” Clinton said.
As the campaign moves to-
ward the general election, Dem-
Sanders to attend Vatican conference before N.Y. primary
BRIEFLY
ACROSS THE NATION
Chicago
Prosecutors: Hastert
tried to hide sex abuse
economy. He was excited, of
course, to get the invitation.”
The meeting will mark the
25th anniversary of Pope John
Paul II’s encyclical Centesimus
Annus, a high-level teaching
document which advocated for
economic and social justice and
environmental sustainability.
Sanders will be speaking at
the conference of the Pontifical
Academy of Social Sciences, an
advisory group comparable to a
think tank that the pope has ap-
pointed to guide him on a wide
range of public policy issues.
The Rev. Thomas Reese, an
analyst with the National Catho-
lic Reporter and author of “In-
side the Vatican: The Politics
and Organization of the Catho-
lic Church,” said it was unusual
for a U.S. presidential candidate
to be invited to participate in
such an event in the middle of a
campaign. European politicians
and experts attend frequently, in
part because they can more easi-
ly travel to Rome, he said.
But Reese cautioned that the
invitation should not be inter-
preted in anyway as an endorse-
ment from the pope.
interview with The Associated
Press.
By Ken Thomas
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Demo-
cratic presidential candidate
Bemie Sanders said Friday he
will attend a Vatican City confer-
ence on social, economic and en-
vironmental issues next week,
making the symbolic overseas
trip ahead of a pivotal New York
primary against Hillary Clinton.
The Vermont senator has
long been an admirer of Pope
Francis on issues of wealth in-
equality and social justice and
his presentation to the Pontifical
Academy of Social Sciences on
April 15 will allow him to reach a
larger audience of Catholic vot-
ers in New York four days before
the primary. Sanders trails Clin-
ton among delegates and the
New York contest is an impor-
tant step in the senator’s ability
to gain ground against the for-
mer secretary of state.
“The moral imperative that
[the pope] is bringing to this
discussion is absolutely extraor-
dinary and absolutely what the
world needs. These are issues
that I have been dealing with for
years,” Sanders said in a phone
“On economic issues, on is-
sues of poverty and income and
wealth inequality, the issues of
making sure we address the
needs of the poorest people of
this planet, this is something
that the pope and I are very
much on the same page,” Sand-
ers said.
It was not clear yet whether
Sanders, the first Jewish candi-
date to win a presidential prima-
ry, would meet with the pope
during his trip. Sanders spokes-
man Michael Briggs said “if the
opportunity arises he would be
delighted to meet with the pope”
but Sanders has not received an
official invitation from the Cath-
olic leader.
Attendees of the conference
will include Presidents Evo Mo-
rales of Bolivia and Rafael Cor-
rea of Ecuador, along with Car-
dinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradia-
ga of Honduras, a member of
the academy, and Columbia
University professor Jeffrey
Sachs, an adviser to the United
Nations on environmental and
sustainability issues.
Dennis Hastert agreed to pay
$3.5 million to a person the for-
mer House speaker sexually
abused when the victim was 14
years old and Hastert was work-
ing as a high-school teacher and
wrestling coach outside Chica-
go, prosecutors said in a court
filing Friday that gave accounts
of four alleged sex-abuse vic-
tims.
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Mary Altaffer/AP
Sen. Bernie Sanders, l-Vt., speaks during a rally Friday in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
The filing is the first time
prosecutors have confirmed
Hastert paid hush-money to
conceal sex abuse of a 14-year-
old, identified in court docu-
ments as “Individual A.” The fil-
ing recommends that a federal
judge sentence Hastert to up to
six months in prison. The sex
abuse allegations outlined in the
filing occurred when Hastert
was working at Yorkville High
School in the small-town suburb
of Yorkville from 1965 to 1981,
before he went into politics.
“While defendant achieved
great success, reaping all the
benefits that went with it, these
boys struggled, and all are still
struggling now with what defen-
dant did to them. Some have
managed better than others, but
all of them carry the scars defen-
dant inflicted upon them,” the
filing says.
Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez
Sorondo, the chancellor of the
PASS, said he extended an invi-
tation to Sanders because he
seems to have a “real interest” in
studying the papal documents
issued by the pope. He did not
issue invitations to the other
presidential candidates.
“I don’t see the other candi-
dates quoting the pope in their
campaign. I don’t know if the
other candidates are interested
in the documents of the pope,”
he said.
A senior Vatican official told
Bloomberg News that Sanders
lobbied for the invitation and
should not be injecting politics
into the event.
“Of course it can have a polit-
ical effect but this is not our pri-
ority” said Sorondo. “The first
thing is to study and discuss the
doctrine of the church.”
Sachs, who has advised
Sanders on foreign policy, said
the invitation “reflects the very
high resonance of the pope’s
messages on social justice and
social inclusion with Bemie
Sanders’ messages on a fairer
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Washington
Bill Clinton apologizes
for scolding protesters
A day after a heated ex-
change with protesters, Former
President Bill Clinton is offering
a near-apology for his behavior
at a campaign event for his wife,
Hillary Clinton.
Bill Clinton told supporters
in Erie, Pennsylvania on Friday
that he likes protests but it
“bothers” him when the activists
drown him out.
“So I did something yester-
day in Philadelphia. I almost
wanted to apologize for it, but I
want to use it as an example of
the danger threatening our
country,” he said.
Bill Clinton said Americans
need to be able to have conversa-
tions, even when they are angry
— a standard he failed to meet
on Thursday afternoon with the
protesters.
Las Vegas
Cruz builds support
among GOP Jews
Ted Cruz has hundreds of in-
fluential Republican donors and
Jewish leaders all to himself this
weekend in Las Vegas as he ad-
dresses the Republican Jewish
Coalition.
Cruz’s rivals for the GOP
presidential nomination, Don-
ald Trump and John Kasich,
declined invitations to attend
— a puzzling move in particu-
lar for Trump as he tries to pro-
ject himself as a party unifier
who deserves the Republican
nomination even if he falls
short of winning enough dele-
gates in the primaries to clinch
it outright.
Tmmp had no clear schedul-
ing conflict, with no public
events this weekend until a
Rochester, N.Y., rally Sunday af-
ternoon.
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