Did You Know? With its suffix -oid, meaning resembling, the word anthropoid means literally resembling a human being. Anthropoid apes are so called because they resemble humans more closely than do other primates such as monkeys and lemurs. Some even spend a good deal of time walking on their hind legs.
Americans think Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is about as trustworthy as Donald Trump. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll published Thursday, 57% of voters do not view Clinton as honest and trustworthy, compared to the 37% who believe that Clinton is trustworthy. Trump's numbers are almost identical: 58% of Americans view the GOP presidential candidate as not honest and trustworthy, compared to 33% who say they trust him. This isn't the first Quinnipiac poll to show Clinton's trust deficiency among voters.
Barack Obama, like previous presidential candidates before him, is very good at sucking up. The candidate who sucks up best to the largest number of wealthy donors and check bundlers usually becomes the party nominee. Obama is no exception to that rule. The Senator would never have been able to launch a successful presidential race if he did not already have buy-in from very rich, very powerful people. Not only did he have to secure their support in order to run, he must continue securing it in order to win.