President Barack Obama enters the latest budget showdown with Congress with his highest job approval rating in three years and public support for his economic message, while his Republican opponents’ popularity stands at a record low. … Americans by 49 percent to 44 percent believe Obama’s proposals for government spending […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Holds Near Five-Year High
Americans continue to remain as upbeat about the economy as they have been at any point in the last five years. Although they are still more negative than positive about the economy overall, their -11 score on Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index this past week is three points off the five-year […] Read more »
How Much Does Ideology Matter in Elections?
Just how much does ideology matter in an election? In a recent article in Commentary, Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner argue that it matters a lot, to the point where it cost Mitt Romney the presidency: [cont.] Seth Masket, U. of Denver (Pacific Standard) Read more »
Can GOP blame Obama for the sequester?
… There’s little argument that the impending sequester — across-the-board government spending cuts scheduled to begin March 1 — will slow the nation’s economic growth. In fact, it’s already happening. … Americans who live in areas hard hit by spending cuts — near military bases, for example — are likely to […] Read more »
It’s not Romney’s fault – the economy helped re-elect Obama
Sometimes there are beliefs that just won’t die, no matter how false they are. Witness a new article in Commentary by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. The authors argue that given the weak economy, Mitt Romney should have won the 2012 election. To be fair, these authors didn’t invent the […] Read more »
The country has a confidence problem and it’s Congress’s fault
The country has a confidence problem, and Congress bears much of the responsibility for it. That conclusion, drawn by Republican pollster Bill McInturff, carries ill omens as lawmakers seem all but certain to let more than $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts go into effect at the end of the […] Read more »