Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho
Hillary Clinton has so far always lead the Democratic filed with an incredibly big lead of around 50 percentage points. Even with the surge of Bernie Sanders, she was able to maintain a lead of well over 40 points.
Till now, she hasn't really faced any big problems in the polls except for her trustworthiness, or the lack of it to be more precise. For months now, polls after polls showed that the American people have doubts about her, and most of them just simply don't trust her. Scandals about the Clinton Foundation and the use of private emails during her tenure as the Secretary of State convinced the public that she is hiding big secrets.
While Clinton acknowledged these problems in her recent CNN interview, and addressed them, her team wasn't really that worried.
But now they have big things to worry about.
So far she hasn't only led the Democratic field for the nomination, she also led nationwide polls against all Republican candidates. But that has changed now. And not even by a little.
The latest Quinnipiac University Poll, shows that she is clearly behind Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush in three key swing states. Colorado, Iowa and Virginia are now leaning Republican.
These three states are crucial battlegrounds between the two parties, and were essential to Barack Obama's wins, especially against Mitt Romney in 2012.
Clinton needs to hold on to these states if she is to become the first female President of the United States in January 2017.
In Colorado, only 34% of the people say she is trustworthy, and trails Rubio by 8, Bush by 5 and Walker by 9 percentage points.
In Iowa, she is losing out to Rubio and Walker by 8 points, and to Bush by 6. In Virginia she is doing better, but is still down by 2 points against Rubio and by 3 against Bush and Walker.
Clinton and the Democrats have an extra lot of work to do now, as Ohio Governor John Kasich joined the race Yesterday. Ohio is another key swing state that Obama was able to take from the GOP (and so did Bill Clinton by the way). Research shows that even if a swing state's governor is not the eventual nominee, the state is still more likely to support the same party as the governor is involved. So Ohio could go Republican again. Following the same logic, Florida, where both Bush and Rubio are from, could easily turn read again after Obama.
After these unexpected results, she has a lot of work to do now. The Democrats have a lot of work to do.
The polls also suggest that Jeb Bush needs to work a lot harder, as Marco Rubio and Scott Walker are beating Clinton by bigger margins. This is somewhat surprising too.
The same poll has also suggest that Trump is not likely to win any of these states, even though his current nationwide polls are high. He is forecasted to lose ground soon.
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