… As I discuss in my book, the more common tendency instead is that people (and especially the “experts” who write about the issues for a living) overestimate the degree of predictability in complex systems. … That’s been my impression of the coverage of the shutdown: The folks you see […] Read more »
The Public Weighs In on the Shutdown
Polls show both parties are suffering in the government shutdown and debt-ceiling fights. The numbers for Republicans are marginally worse than those for President Obama and Democrats, but no one is escaping without damage. [cont.] Karl Rove Read more »
Nearly two-thirds say not raising debt ceiling would be a serious problem
With House Republicans set to meet with President Barack Obama to discuss raising the debt limit and ending the government shutdown, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that 63 percent of Americans believe refusing to raise the debt ceiling would be a real and serious problem. That’s up […] Read more »
Utah: Senator Mike Lee and the Shutdown
Senator Mike Lee has received considerable attention nationally, within Utah, and even among his fellow U.S. Senators for his role with Senator Ted Cruz in executing a strategy to defund the Affordable Care Act (widely known as Obamacare). … First of all, 57% of Utahns overall would like Senator Lee […] Read more »
Republicans are paying a big price
The latest national survey by Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices. Women Vote shows that Republicans are paying a big price with the public and are now bleeding seriously in their congressional vote. Up until now, they have had peaks of voter disapproval, but this spike is the highest. This is […] Read more »
GOP gets the blame in shutdown
Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll. It’s a struggle with no heroes. The Associated Press-GfK survey, out Wednesday, affirms expectations by many in Washington — […] Read more »