Marco Rubio’s crushing defeat Tuesday night in his home state of Florida not only smashed his presidential campaign, it also represented a revolt against the policy agenda of Republican elites and donors on which Rubio’s platform was modeled. CONT. Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
A Third See Government Problems as Crises
Three in 10 Americans say that the failure of the government to solve major challenges facing the country is a “crisis.” Similar percentages see two other issues — party leaders making decisions based on what is in the best interest of their party, and special interests having too much control […] Read more »
Cruz, Sanders and Americans Agree: Government Not Working
The results of Monday night’s Iowa caucuses have brought the very conservative Sen. Ted Cruz and the very liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders more directly into the media spotlight. These two senators are not only from the opposite sides of the aisle but also from the opposite ends of the ideological […] Read more »
The Price of Republican Orthodoxy
… Who could be against a bill to keep pistols, rifles, assault weapons and such commercially available explosives as Tannerite, ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder, and potassium chlorate out of the hands of those on the terrorist list? The answer is 53 of 54 Senate Republicans and every one of […] Read more »
Americans’ Faith in Honesty, Ethics of Police Rebounds
After dipping to 48% in 2014 amid a national firestorm over police treatment of young black men, the rating Americans give the honesty and ethical standards of police has rebounded to 56%. This is more consistent with the 54% to 58% ratings Gallup found between 2010 and 2013. CONT. Lydia […] Read more »
NRA may be losing its grip on the public’s imagination
Public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage. The religious right lost the fight against same-sex marriage. The gun lobby may lose the fight to stop reasonable gun-control laws. … The turning point on guns came in 2013, when the […] Read more »