The GOP Should Go Upscale By Michael Barone
There's a debate going on in some Republican circles over which groups of the electorate the party should target.
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January 31, 2009
January 30, 2009
Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power
Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore.
January 30, 2009
Majority Remain Confident in Obama’s Economic Moves
Ten days into his presidency as the details of his historic economic rescue plan become clearer, Barack Obama still enjoys the confidence of a majority of voters that he knows how to handle the struggling U.S. economy.
January 30, 2009
Let the Limbaughs Whine By Joe Conason
How fortunate for Barack Obama that Rush Limbaugh, big radio personality and leader of the instinctual far right, has yet to retire to a sunny island with his bottles of pills. At a moment when Republicans on Capitol Hill feel they must pretend to negotiate with the popular new president over spending to revive the economy, he blurted out what they really feel.
January 30, 2009
Stop Those Checks By Susan Estrich
This is the Republicans' big contribution to our economic recovery: They want to make sure that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes using tax identification numbers don't get a cent of their tax money back in the refunds enacted by Congress. Oh, yes, and they want rich people to get tax refunds.
January 30, 2009
The Georgia Senate Runoff: The First Shot of 2010? By Rhodes Cook
The 2008 election these days may seem long ago and far away. But it is worth remembering that while the Republicans had a bad time at the polls in November, they fared well in the array of contests that concluded the election cycle in December.
January 30, 2009
Obama Is Essential To Passing the Economic Recovery Plan Analysis by Scott Rasmussen
Public support for the economic recovery plan working its way through Congress is modest, but the proposal is likely to pass for a very simple reason: Voters want to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt.
January 29, 2009
Stimulus Criticism Mounts By Lawrence Kudlow
Last night’s House vote on the Democratic stimulus package, where not a single Republican voted in favor, was another shot across the bow for this incredibly unmanageable $900 billion behemoth of a program that truly will not stimulate the economy.
January 29, 2009
Number Who Say Nation Heading in Right Direction Jumps to 27%
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of American voters believe the nation is heading in the right direction. That’s up from 21% just before Barack Obama was inaugurated as President and up from 14% just before the election.
January 29, 2009
Republicans Like GOP’s Conservative Direction, Democrats Don’t
One thing for sure: Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on the future direction of the Republican Party.
January 29, 2009
Public Support for Economic Recovery Plan Slips to 42%
Public support for the economic recovery plan crafted by President Obama and congressional Democrats has slipped a bit over the past week. At the same time, expectations that the plan will quickly become law have increased.
January 29, 2009
Sports Man Therapy for Tough Times By Froma Harrop
I envy Sports Man. He can rise above his own problems by focusing on the triumphs or setbacks of The Team.
January 29, 2009
The 2008 Election in Perspective By James E. Campbell
Some political analysts have interpreted the 2008 presidential election as an ordinary retrospective election. With a very unpopular Republican incumbent presiding over unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a weak economy, 2008 appeared to be a Democratic year.
January 29, 2009
Obama's Wounded Treasury Man By Lawrence Kudlow
Over a third of the Senate voted against Tim Geithner's confirmation as treasury secretary, though he did pass the test by 60 to 34 early Monday evening.
January 29, 2009
61% of Workers Say Choice To Change Jobs Is Theirs
Sixty-one percent (61%) of American workers say that if they leave their current job, it will be their choice, a significant drop in confidence from four years ago.
January 29, 2009
Obama Should Act on Medical Marijuana By Debra J. Saunders
During the campaign, President Obama said he would stop federal raids of medical marijuana clubs in states (like California) that had passed medical marijuana laws.
January 28, 2009
Generic Ballot Remains Steady This Week
The latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot shows no change this week. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
January 28, 2009
Steelers Favored to Win Super Bowl, But More Want to See Cardinals Victory
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the heavy favorites to win Super Bowl XLIII, but slightly more Americans who plan to tune into the big game are hoping the Arizona Cardinals win instead.
January 28, 2009
37% Say Government Job Is A Good Idea Right Now
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Americans say it is better to work for the government than in the private sector in the current economic climate.
January 28, 2009
Most Say Tax Cuts Always Better Than Increased Spending
Paul Krugman, last year's winner of the Nobel Prize for economics and a regular columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote that you should “write off anyone who asserts that it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.”
