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California just made a huge positive step in Healthcare

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...
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The Trumpmania continues


Donald Trump has shown no signs of slowing down. In the most recent poll, he leads the Republican Pack with 24% of the support, and is currently the clear frontrunner for the GOP's nomination.

Trump has been generating a lot of attention lately with his outrageous comments about the Mexican Immigrants and questioning John McCain's war-hero status.

He has received a lot of criticism for his behaviour almost unanimously from everyone, even the Republican Party and most of his fellow GOP candidates.  However, his poll numbers suggest that many people are able to connect with him, as he is completely different than the other candidates, and is not afraid to criticise or say anything. He is also very trusted on the economy, and his firm stance against ISIS. Trump on the other hand is also the leading candidate on the poll that surveyed who people would not vote for under any circumstance, and that is not a good sign for him.

Candidates such as George Pataki, Lindsey Graham and Rick Perry have been trying to garner some attention for themselves as they lead the attacks on Trump, however the same poll suggest that they have been unsuccessful. Perry stands at 4%, Pataki at 1%, while Graham doesn't even register. 

They are certainly nowhere near Trump's surge.

The Washington Post poll also creates further problems for the previous frontrunner, Jeb Bush. Bush stands at 3rd place with 12%, one point behind Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.  That is within the statistical error, but surely the Bush campaign wasn't planning on being third at this stage of the race. They did however still increase by 2 percentage points from May. 

Trump's rise also means that Huckabee, Rubio, Paul, Carson, Cruz, Kasich and Christie all went down compared to May. Trump is changing up the spectrum, and the Republicans are not happy about it. He is a distraction from the real issues.

The highly anticipated debate between the contenders is looming close, as Fox will air it live on August 6th. Only the top 10 will be able to participate, and currently that means that Trump, Walker, Bush, Huckabee, Rubio, Paul, Carson, Cruz, Perry and Christie will participate. While Kasich, Jindal, Santorum, Pataki, Fiorina and Graham are currently left out. 

Over on the the Democratic field, Hillary Clinton is still the frontrunner, but Bernie Sanders is slowly eating her lead away. In May she led with a 52 point lead, now it is "only" 49. Clinton is at 63%, Sanders at 14%, Biden (who still hasn't announced) at 12%. She shouldn't be that worried, but the rise of Sanders shows that she will face strong challenges too, and she must not ignore them.

This is an original material of Finchley 1959.
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