Clinton’s Popularity Drops to 52% as 2016 Edge Shrinks

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 »

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 »