Hillary Clinton hasn’t decided whether she’ll run for president in 2016, a status that doesn’t matter to the brewing class of potential Republican candidates already running against her. And, in the pre-campaign posturing, her prospective opponents are having some impact. Clinton’s political standing is declining after months of criticism for […] Read more »
Benghazi: Majority thinks administration is hiding something
Amid investigations into the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a majority of Americans – including more than three in four Republicans (77 percent) and six in 10 independents (59 percent) – think the Obama administration is mostly hiding something on the issue of Benghazi. A majority […] Read more »
Obama standing remains steady amid controversies
The recent disputes involving the IRS, last year’s deadly Benghazi attack and the Justice Department’s media probes have raised doubts about the Obama administration’s honesty and integrity among majorities of Americans, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds. President Barack Obama’s support among independents has been eroded by the […] Read more »
Nonscandals are having no effect
… GOP comparisons to Watergate reflect either poor historiography or political hackery — or both. Part of what made Watergate such a horrific scandal was the answer to Republican Senate Leader Howard Baker’s (R-Tenn.) famous questions, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?” It turned out […] Read more »
Fox News poll: Obama ratings dip, voters say government ‘out of control’
After a week of revelations about government spying on reporters and the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives, most voters feel “like the federal government has gotten out of control and is threatening the basic civil liberties of Americans.” At the same time, a new Fox News poll finds disapproval of […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton remains teflon despite Benghazi
Hillary Clinton continues to get heavily positive reviews for her work as secretary of state in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, even after renewed Republican allegations of an Obama administration related to the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, last fall. [cont.] Scott Clement, Washington Post Recent polls: Hillary […] Read more »