On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Jefrey Pollock, President of Global Strategy Group, joins the roundtable. Pollock, who is working with Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on her 2020 presidential bid, shares his thoughts on the implications of the Mueller report, the large field of Democratic candidates, and what President […] Read more »
Mueller Report a 2020 Turning Point
Sunday afternoon’s release of Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report marks a critical point in the 2020 presidential campaign. Democrats and other critics of President Trump had convinced themselves that Mueller would report a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence operatives and/or that […] Read more »
If the Mueller probe was truly a ‘witch hunt,’ why not pardon the alleged ‘witches’?
Ever since Attorney General William P. Barr reported that Robert S. Mueller III had decided not to accuse President Trump of crimes, Trump has been telling anyone who would listen about the vast, failed conspiracy to take him down. … He has branded this whole thing a “witch hunt.” Even […] Read more »
After Barr Letter, Overwhelming Majority Wants Full Mueller Report Released
Days after Attorney General William Barr released his four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, overwhelming majorities of Americans want the full report made public and believe Barr and Mueller should testify before Congress, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News Read more »
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released, CBS News poll says
More than 3 in 4 Americans, including majorities of both Republicans and Democrats, think the full Mueller report should be released to the public. But the partisan splits that have long marked the investigation remain even after it is done: Republicans say the report has cleared the president. Democrats are […] Read more »
Trump is repeating Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ boondoggle
On May 1, 2003, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, President George W. Bush stood before a banner declaring “Mission Accomplished.” But he had declared victory prematurely and subsequently lost the political battle over the war in Iraq. From that day on, every time Americans troops suffered a setback, critics would […] Read more »