Hillary Clinton’s popularity continues to slide as she takes on a more political posture and Republicans raise questions about the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya on her watch. Fifty-two percent of Americans view the former secretary of state favorably, down from 56 percent in March […] Read more »
Iowa Poll: A tug of war for 2016 caucuses
Chris Christie and Jeb Bush have the highest unfavorable ratings of 11 potential White House candidates, yet Iowa’s Republican primary voters think they would have the best chance of being elected over the Democratic candidate in November 2016. Paul Ryan, a fiscal hawk considered another establishment guy, earns the highest […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say Obama has made America weaker
By a decisive 20 percentage-point margin, Americans think the country is weaker under the leadership of President Obama, whose White House is seen as less competent than the previous two administrations. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Does Hillary Owe It to Democrats to Run?
Some people involved in politics evoke the strongest of emotions. Surely, Hillary Clinton is one of those people. In the category of those who have never sought elective office themselves, Karl Rove would certainly be on the list as well. Their lines intersected a week ago with a New York […] Read more »
Poverty Is Not a State of Mind
Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush, the didactic-meets-dynastic duo, spoke last week at a Manhattan Institute gathering, providing a Mayberry-like prescription for combating poverty in this country: all it takes is more friendship and traditional marriage. … A Pew Research Center/USA Today survey in January found that, unlike Democrats and independents, […] Read more »
The Big Reason Republicans Should Hope Jeb Bush Runs
Florida has been an afterthought in electoral politics over the last few cycles, but it is positioned to return to the forefront. No state looms larger as the Republican Party mulls its future. It’s not just because two of the party’s top presidential hopefuls — Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio […] Read more »