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September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016
Obama’s Approval Rating Up Again in August
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
The president earned a monthly job approval of 50% in August, up one point from July and tying the recent high he earned in April, May and June. In 2015, the president’s full-month approval ranged from 46% to 49%. Since 2013, the president's monthly job approval rating has typically improved slightly at the beginning of each year and then fallen back. That hasn’t been the case in the final year of his presidency. Obama's monthly approval hit a recent low of 45% in November 2013 during the troubled rollout of the national health care law.
September 6, 2016
Clinton Gains on Trump in Voter Trust
Donald Trump’s trust advantage over Hillary Clinton in the areas of the economy and immigration have all but vanished, although independent voters continue to express a lot more faith in the GOP nominee.
September 6, 2016
Trump & the Hillarycons By Patrick J. Buchanan
In 1964, Phyllis Schlafly of Alton, Illinois, mother of six, wrote and published a slim volume entitled "A Choice Not an Echo."
September 6, 2016
Misleading Statistics By Thomas Sowell
Mark Twain famously said that there were three kinds of lies -- "lies, damned lies, and statistics." Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear plenty of all three kinds.
Even if the statistics themselves are absolutely accurate, the words that describe what they are measuring can be grossly misleading.
September 5, 2016
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending September 1.
September 5, 2016
Do Americans Remember the ‘Labor’ in Labor Day?
For half of Americans, summer’s over now 'cause it’s Labor Day.
September 3, 2016
At the Clinton Foundation, Access Equals Corruption By Ted Rall
More than half of the people who managed to score a personal one on one meeting with Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State donated money to the Clinton Foundation, either as an individual or through a company where they worked. "Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million," the Associated Press reported.
September 3, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 3, 2016
Many may feel they’ve already endured enough of the presidential campaign. But the race begins in earnest on Tuesday with the end of the Labor Day weekend, and the candidates are dead even.
September 2, 2016
Conquistador Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
In accepting the invitation of President Enrique Pena Nieto to fly to Mexico City, the Donald was taking a major risk.
September 2, 2016
The Battle of the Secret Cabals By Michael Barone
Anyone contemplating this year's appalling presidential campaign may be tempted to explain what's happening by applying the third rule of bureaucratic organizations, enunciated by the late poet and definitive scholar of Soviet terrorism Robert Conquest.
September 2, 2016
Americans Still Think Mexico Should Help Pay for Illegal Immigration
Americans are feeling friendlier toward Mexico these days but still think it should offset the cost to the United States of the illegal immigrants it’s sending our way.
September 1, 2016
Most Plan To Tune In To NFL This Season
The National Football League’s regular season officially kicks off a week from tonight in Denver, and most Americans say they’ll tune in to at least some of the games this season. Fewer adults have been catching the preseason games.
September 1, 2016
Most Think U.S. Military Is Overstretched
Most voters continue to believe the U.S. military should only be used when America’s national security is at stake and think it’s being overused right now. Trump voters are more emphatic about this than Clinton supporters are.
September 1, 2016
Senate 2016: Flip Flop By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
It seems like only yesterday when the Republicans took over the U.S. Senate. Actually, nearly two years have passed since that big moment, when the GOP gained nine seats and took a 54-46 majority (including two independents who caucus with the Democrats) after eight years of Democratic control.
September 1, 2016
White House Watch: Trump 40%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 7%, Stein 3%
Hillary Clinton’s post-convention lead has disappeared, putting her behind Donald Trump for the first time nationally since mid-July.
August 31, 2016
Americans On the Fence Over Punishing Kaepernick for Anthem Incident
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick quickly grabbed headlines when he refused to stand for "The Star Spangled Banner" before last week’s game, citing racial and police brutality issues in America as the reason. He’s yet to receive any punishment from the team or the NFL, and Americans aren’t sure he should.
August 31, 2016
Support Jumps for Legalizing Those Here Illegally
Voter support for legalizing the millions of illegal immigrants in this country has risen to its highest level in regular polling since 2008.
August 31, 2016
Neither Dictator nor King By John Stossel
It was refreshing to moderate a "town hall" with the Libertarian presidential and vice presidential candidates last week because Govs. Gary Johnson and William Weld respect limits on presidential power.
August 31, 2016
Don’t Cry for Me, America By Charles Hurt
Before you shed a tear for Hillary Clinton — ensnared yet again in a web spun by the Vast Alt-Right Wing Conspiracy — remember this: There is no “femme” without “fatale.” There is no martyr without sacrifice. There is no shattered glass ceiling without broken shards of glass.
