Today's Turn-of-the-Century Problems By Michael Barone
Is America in a new Gilded Age? That's the contention of Republican political consultant Bruce Mehlman, and in a series of 35 slides, he makes a strong case.
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October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017
Voters Favor EPA Reduction in CO2 Emissions, Are Torn on Environmental Impact
The Trump administration plans to roll back an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency regulation that requires a big drop in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2030.
October 12, 2017
Voters Say EPA Regulations Need Congressional Approval
The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back a regulation that requires a big drop in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2030, but most voters think they shouldn’t be allowed to make such calls without the approval of Congress.
October 12, 2017
Voters Credit Obama As Much As Trump For Improving Economy
Voters are evenly divided over whether President Trump or President Obama is responsible for the current economic boom but continue to have a lot more economic faith in themselves than in the man in the White House.
October 12, 2017
Virginia’s Gubernatorial Race: Where Things Stand With Less Than a Month to Go By Geoffrey Skelley
The November of the year following a presidential election is always relatively quiet on the electoral front, with only regularly-scheduled statewide races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia. With the Garden State’s contest looking like a safe Democratic pickup and Alabama’s special election for the U.S. Senate not happening until December, coverage of the competitive Virginia race seems to be accelerating as it enters the final month before Election Day. This is only natural: gubernatorial elections in the Old Dominion traditionally ramp up around Labor Day, and now that the election is less than four weeks away, the candidates are beginning to go all-in on television ads, which attracts more notice inside and outside of the commonwealth.
October 12, 2017
Voters Say Trump Hurts More Than Helps Candidates
Even Republicans don't see President Trump as a major asset on the campaign trail, and voters in general think support for the president's agenda is more likely to hurt rather than help a congressional incumbent.
October 11, 2017
Optimism About Future Home Values At Record High
For the first time in eight years of tracking, more than half of homeowners see a rising home value in their future.
October 11, 2017
Let Them Leave By John Stossel
The United States was born when the Founding Fathers seceded from England.
October 11, 2017
Democrats Not Big on Removing Pelosi, Schumer
A senior House Democrat said last week that it was time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to step down. But only a fifth of Democrats think that’s a good idea.
October 11, 2017
Support For Current Constitution Hits 10-Year Low
Polarization among today’s voters is glaringly apparent when they are asked whether the U.S. Constitution should be changed or left alone, with support for the Constitution as is at its lowest level in a decade.
October 11, 2017
Obama Lied. My FOURTH Health Plan Died. By Michelle Malkin
Cue the funeral bagpipes. My fourth health insurance plan is dead.
October 10, 2017
Most Recognize Evil But Question If Some Are Born That Way
President Trump called the mass killings in Las Vegas last week “an act of pure evil” when many of his opponents were trying to blame the guns involved instead.
October 10, 2017
Kevin Hassett Spanks the Tax Policy Center By Lawrence Kudlow
President Trump's new chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett, walked into the lion's den last week with his first official speech. He used the moment to pound the leftist Tax Policy Center. It was a wonderful sight.
October 10, 2017
Support for Columbus Day Is Up, But 32% Want A Change
Support for Columbus Day is at its highest level in several years, but a sizable number of Americans are ready to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, an idea that’s already caught on in a number of places around the country.
October 10, 2017
Trump Embraces the Culture War By Patrick J. Buchanan
To attend the Indianapolis Colts game where the number of the legendary Peyton Manning was to be retired, Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, flew back from Las Vegas.
October 9, 2017
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 5.
October 9, 2017
Voters Still Highly Skeptical of Politicians Who Raise Gun Issues
The mass shooting in Las Vegas has renewed talks of gun-control legislation in Congress, but most voters continue to question the motives of politicians who raise gun-related issues.
October 9, 2017
Is the Nobel Prize Still the Most Prestigious?
As this year’s Nobel Prize winners are being announced, most Americans aren’t paying attention and are evenly split over whether it’s the most prestigious award one can win.
October 7, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 7, 2017
The schizoid character of America these days is captured in two of our latest polls.
October 6, 2017
Hugh Hefner Said His Critics Were Prudes And Puritans By Ted Rall
No one has ever accused Ross Douthat of excessive astuteness. "Donald Trump isn't going to be the Republican nominee," wrote in January 2016. Dude is paid to prognosticate politics. Even so, Douthat probably pulls down six figures at The New York Times, which doesn't grant me the courtesy of a rejection letter. So people pay attention to him.
