It’s hard for Democrats not to be gloating right now. After last fall’s election, they’re entitled to a bit of schadenfreude. Notwithstanding President Trump’s so far uneventful but largely favorable foreign trip, his poll numbers, even in Fox News polls, are in the toilet. … Many on the conservative side […] Read more »
Who’s Winning the TV Ad Messaging Wars on Health Care Reform?
The fight for Obamacare repeal is moving on two separate, but parallel tracks. One is a legislative track to a future and final Republican health care reform bill; a bill that can make it through the Senate, reconciliation with the House and onto the president’s desk to be signed into […] Read more »
Democrats Need These California Seats to Win Back the House
Despite its size, California has become little more than a fundraising stop in national elections because it has grown so reliably Democratic over the past two decades. But the razor-thin vote in the House of Representatives earlier this month to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has moved the […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump approval down, voters support special counsel on Russia
American voters disagree with President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, think the dismissal was for self-serving reasons, and approve of a special counsel being appointed to investigate Russian government efforts to influence the election and the Trump campaign. In addition, a majority opposes the Republican plan to replace […] Read more »
Support for health care law higher when polls mention ‘repeal’
With the U.S. Senate set to take up debate on a new health care bill, Cornell researchers asked a simple question. Does the American public want former President Barack Obama’s health care law repealed and replaced? The answer is, it depends on how you ask the question. CONT. Susan Kelley, […] Read more »
For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns
Democrats are heading into the homestretch of three special elections over the next month amid a national frenzy over the investigation into the possible connections of President Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian interference in the election. Yet in all three races, Democrats have made a tactical decision not to turn […] Read more »