Monday"s Campaign Round-Up, 9.12.16

"Tsunami Of Lies": The Week In Donald Trump | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Todays installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

* Donald Trump said on CNBC this morning that he saw his doctor last week for a physical and he intends to release the results sometime this week. In an interesting approach to transparency, the Republican said he expects to report good statistics. Otherwise I wouldnt be telling you I did this.

* Also this morning, Trump, who apparently knows practically nothing about monetary policy, accused President Obama of keeping interest rates down something the Republican expects to address if inaugurated in January.

* One more: Trump, true to form, called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Pocahontas during his CNBC interview.

* Michael Morell, the former deputy director of the CIA, and Mike Vickers, the former undersecretary of defense, argued in a Washington Post op-ed that Trump is unqualified for the presidency. Among other things, they pointed to Trumps affection for Vladimir Putin.

* Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the Republican Partys vice presidential nominee, released a decades worth of tax returns late Friday. His running mate still refuses to do the same.

* For anti-Trump Republicans, Libertarian Gary Johnson seems like a possible alternative, though it didnt help his case when GOP insiders noticed he asked on MSNBC last week, What is Aleppo?

* In Iowa, a new poll from Simpson College and RABA Research shows Trump leading Clinton among Hawkeye State voters by one point, both in head-to-head and four-way match-ups. The latest poll from the Quad City Times, however, shows Clinton ahead in Iowa by two points.

* On a related note, that Quad City Times poll found Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) up by six over Patty Judge (D) in Iowas U.S. Senate race, 49% to 43%.

* And in Alaska, six years after Joe Miller won the Republican Senate nomination before losing to Lisa Murkowskis write-in candidacy, Miller is back, this time as the Libertarian nominee.

Source: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mondays-campaign-round-91216