Another GOP Defection
Steven L. Taylor
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Via Politico: Exclusive: Armitage to back Clinton over Trump
Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, says he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, in one of the most dramatic signs yet that Republican national security elites are rejecting their party’s presumptive nominee.
Armitage, a retired Navy officer who also served as an assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan, is thought by Clinton aides to be the highest ranking former GOP national security official to openly support Clinton over Trump.
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Drip, drip..
This election is looking more and more like 1972 in reverse.
I’m going to have to get a bigger popcorn cooker! Best. Election. Season. Ever!
I have had some pretty pathetic predictions this cycle (mostly having to do with Trump’s chances of winning the GOP nomination), but at least one thing I said several months ago appears to be panning out. In mid-February I wrote the following: