Disapproval of Donald Trump is at a new high, support for the Mueller investigation is broad and half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll favor Congress initiating impeachment proceedings against the president. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Dark Days Ahead for Trump and the GOP
This week’s developments—the guilty verdict of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign head found guilty on tax and bank-fraud charges, and the guilty plea by Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, for campaign-finance-law violations which he says were directed by Trump—have to leave Republicans unnerved. And then there was Wednesday’s […] Read more »
Michael Cohen’s guilty plea raises serious questions about Donald Trump’s behavior
The guilty plea by Donald Trump’s former lawyer to campaign finance and other charges raises serious questions about the president’s own behavior, an overwhelming majority of Americans say in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll. Nearly two-thirds say the president should voluntarily agree to be interviewed by special counsel Robert […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump approval ‘remarkably stable’ after a stormy week of bad news
After a week that saw President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman convicted on eight counts of fraud and his former lawyer plead guilty to felony campaign finance charges, the president’s job approval rating remains virtually unchanged, new polling from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows. But the stability […] Read more »
Who Wins If the Talk Turns to Impeachment?
This week we learned that Donald Trump’s campaign chairman is going to jail, and his one-time attorney and ‘fixer’ admitted that the president directed him to pay hush money to two mistresses in a scheme that violates campaign law. You’d think that Democrats would be spiking the football. Or, gloating […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Democrats maintain lead in race for House
Democrats are in a strong position for the midterms, according to the latest Fox News poll. Several findings point to the potential for a blue map in November: President Trump’s job rating remains underwater. Republicans alone say the economy is in positive shape. The GOP tax law is less popular […] Read more »