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U.S. News: The Unpopular Winners

  • April 29, 2016
  • The Progressive Policy Institute

PPI President Will Marshall was quoted in a piece from U.S. News & World Report on the unpopularity of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Clinton has a golden resume in conventional terms, having served as secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York and first lady when her husband Bill was president. She is intelligent, tough and level-headed, and knows how government works. But she doesn’t inspire much passion even among Democrats. However, Will Marshall, leader of the Progressive Policy Institute, told me, “Her emphasis on experience and steady leadership could be shown best against someone as volatile and unpredictable as Donald Trump.”

Continue the article at U.S. News.

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