Exit Newt Gingrich. Well, not quite yet, officially. On his Facebook page, Gingrich says he will endure "the rigors of campaigning for public office" and "will carry the message of American renewal to every part of this great land, whatever it takes."
Nearly one-in-three voters don’t like the way the 2012 presidential race is shaping up for now in the two major political parties.
"If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time destroy us," President Richard Nixon told Congress in a special message on June 17, 1971, which generally is credited as the day the "war on drugs" began.
As the saying goes, “every vote counts,” and voters overwhelmingly agree.
When voters goes to the polls, most still want to see their ballots in English only.
Money did the talking in a lot of our surveys this past week. Just days after the government's announcement that unemployment has risen to 9.1%, short- and long-term confidence in the U.S. economy are at the lowest levels of the Obama presidency.
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty turned out a blockbuster economic-growth plan this past week, including deep cuts in taxes, spending and regulations. It's really the first Reaganesque supply-side growth plan from any of the GOP presidential contenders. And he caps it all off with a defense of optimism as he charges ahead with a national economic growth goal of 5 percent.
I was on my way to the hospital this morning to sit in the waiting room for six or eight hours while a family member was having surgery when I realized I had no gas. Running out of gas while you are taking someone to or (worse) home from the hospital is not good. I stopped at the gas station to fill up.
The vast majority of adults nationwide remain concerned about inflation and the impact it will have on grocery prices both now and in the future.
As Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over how much to cut federal spending, most voters expect politics inside the Beltway to become even more partisan in the months to come.
A congressional race with an official Tea Party candidate in the running appears to be good news for Democrats.
Grossly distasteful may be the most dignified way to describe the behavior of Rep. Anthony Weiner, but it is impossible to discuss what he has confessed to doing without words like crazy, predatory, repulsive, irresponsible and immature. If he hopes to preserve his sanity and his marriage, he might well consider abandoning politics for psychiatric care. Without professional help, he will never recover from the narcissism that has warped him and injured everyone close to him.
Earlier this year in Tucson, Arizona a shooting rampage targeting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made international news – and prompted a coordinated effort to demonize Tea Party supporters (and free speech itself).
With troop withdrawals from Afghanistan scheduled to begin next month, the brief burst of optimism about the war there following the killing of Osama bin Laden appears to be over.
There are reasons why Anthony Weiner should not resign. New York's Ninth Congressional District voters have sent him to Washington since 1998.
Americans continue to have mixed feelings about the stability of the U.S. banking system but still express less concern about the safety of their own money in those banks.
Voter confidence in U.S. efforts in the War on Terror remain at record recent levels.
Support remains high for requiring voters to show photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballots. An increasing number of states across the country are putting that requirement into law.
Some years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my "media" career. No, not a crotch shot. But not good, either.
There's an awful lot that's stale in the debate on government energy policy.
