… Ms. Landrieu’s colleagues have done her the courtesy of giving her a vote on a controversial issue. It’s just hard to understand why. Ms. Landrieu is all but doomed, and even a successful Keystone vote would have been too little too late. Ms. Landrieu’s problem isn’t whether voters believe […] Read more »
Resistance to Obama order on immigration
President Obama’s plan to sign an executive order on immigration, expected as early as this week, will meet more resistance than support, a new USA TODAY Poll finds. Close to half of those surveyed, 46%, say he should wait for the new Republican-controlled Congress to act, and another one in […] Read more »
Meet the voters who feel the economy is rigged, believe in global warming — and voted Republican
… The exit polls show a midterm electorate that skews more conservative than the one that reelected Obama two years ago. But it still shows solid majorities among those voters for some traditionally liberal policy stances. Fifty-seven percent of voters said illegal immigrants working in the United States should be […] Read more »
Leonardo DiCaprio, President Obama, the United Nations, and the American Public
President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations on Tuesday about climate change and said, “…there’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.” … The fascinating and important aspect of this summit […] Read more »
Americans weigh in on global warming’s impact
Ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit at the United Nations this week, most Americans say global warming is having a serious impact now or will in the future, and 54 percent think it is mostly caused by human activity — the highest percentage in CBS News/New York Times Polls. CONT. […] Read more »
Global Warming Concerns Grow
While few Americans regard the environment as the nation’s foremost challenge, most say it should be a priority, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. And more than half say global warming is caused by human behavior, the highest level ever recorded by the national poll. CONT. Marjorie […] Read more »