The elephant in the room for the Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll released Wednesday is the question of impeachment. Democrats want it, but they don’t want to talk about it in districts held by Republicans; it could rile up the GOP base and backfire on the effort to take over the […] 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 »
More Parents, Children Fearful for Safety at School
At the start of the first school year after the widely publicized school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a higher percentage of parents than usual say they fear for their child’s safety at school. … Children are also showing a heightened level of fear this year compared with past years, according […] Read more »
Poll pushes negative immigration message about Democrat Cindy Axne after Mollie Tibbetts’ death
A poll was in the field pushing negative messages about an Iowa Democrat’s views on immigration the day after authorities said the man they believe killed Mollie Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant. … It appeared to target voters in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, where Democrat Cindy Axne is challenging incumbent […] Read more »
GOP embraces Trump’s hard-line immigration platform as ‘a winner for Republicans’ in November
President Trump and Republican leaders are eagerly embracing hard-line immigration policies as a centerpiece of their strategy for the November midterms, believing the issue will bolster GOP turnout and help detract from the worsening legal scandals enveloping Trump. … Republican strategists view immigration as a deeply emotional issue that motivates […] 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 »