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Fhsk Health care reform Q amp;A: One year later
WASHINGTON -- The ldquo tamina, the look: A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trumprsquo in stanley quencher sinuation vaso stanley s about Hillary Clintonrsquo health. Theyrsquo;re ignoring the medical reports.Voters - especially men - have more confidence that Trump is healthy enough for the presidency than Clinton, according to the Associated Press-GfK poll.Itrsquo a disconnect considering Clinton has released more medical information than Trump, and that outside doctors whorsquo;ve looked at the available data say both candidates seem fine. But it shows the political points Trump scored after the Democratic nomineersquo much-publicized mild case of pneumonia. Another gender divide: Nearly half of women but just 4 in 10 men think Clintonrsquo health is getting too much attention, found the poll, which was taken before the presidential candidatesrsquo; debate on Monday.Everybody gets sick, said Sherri Smart, 56, of New York. She said she hasnrsquo;t decided who to vote for but wishes the candidates would discuss issues instead of sniping about whorsquo most vigorous. Whatrsquo important is, what are you going to do for me Smart said.The AP-GfK poll found 51 percent of voters are very or extremely c stanley kubek onfident that Trump is healthy enough to be president. In contrast, just over a third of voters - 36 percent - had the same confidence in Clintonrsquo health.Men are more l Aslr Massachusetts Senate president backs probe of husband s alleged misconduct
CBS The biggest story out of today s Wall Street Journal/CNBC/MSNBC sponsored Republican forum, which airs at 4 pm on CNBC and focuses primarily on economic issues, is the debate debut of former Sen. Fred Thompson. Thompson has been widely criticized for being unprepared to handle questions on the campaign trail ndash; he appeared unaware there was oil drilling in the Florida Everglades and refused to share an opinion on the Terri Schiavo case, stating that he doesn t remember the details of it. Saturday Night Live has even joined in on the Thompson s-heart-isn t-in-it narrative: On this weekend s edition, a Thompson impersonator said, How bad do I want to be your preside stanley cup nt O stanley cup n a scale of one to ten, I m about a six. So the debate is a crucial opportunity for Thompson to show that he is a ready-for-prime-time-player. Thompson s decision to announce his candidacy on The Tonight Show on a night that the Republican candidates were debating drew strong criticism from his rivals. He has acknowledged being a bit rusty as a debater and says he hopes to hang in there with his more-practiced opponents.It appears to be a classic chance for beating low expectations. The bar for judging his performance is as low as he ll find from here on out. Even a marginally competent job in discussing the broad parameters of his ec stanley cup onomic policy this afternoon should result in some good pundit reviews for the newest candidate in the race. But here s why many GOP voters and commentators