He defeated her in a grueling Democratic nomination battle. Then she pursued his agenda across the world as secretary of state. Now, the delicate relationship between Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama is about to get even more complicated. For months, Mrs. Clinton and her team have pored over Mr. […] Read more »
Hispanics Voice Overwhelming Support for Obama’s Actions on Immigration
In a measure of the challenge Republicans could face with Hispanic voters next year, President Obama’s executive action to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants drew significant support from all elements of that community in a new opinion survey this week. The survey, co-sponsored by MSNBC and Telemundo and conducted by […] Read more »
Obama’s Approval Advantage Among U.S. Jews Narrows
For the first quarter of 2015, 54% of American Jews approved of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, compared with an average of 46% among all Americans. That eight-percentage-point gap is lower than the average 13-point gap seen so far throughout Obama’s term in office, and is representative […] Read more »
Most Americans Don’t Trust Iran on Nuclear Deal
Most Americans don’t trust that Iran will abide by an eventual agreement to curtail its nuclear program and not develop an atomic weapon, according to an NBC News poll released on Thursday. CONT. NBC News Read more »
Parties Trade Places in Culture Wars Over Rights Measures
The uproar set off by legislation in Indiana and Arkansas that sponsors billed as religious freedom measures not only signaled a revival of the culture wars, but also threw into stark relief the expectations and tensions in the coalitions that now make up the two major political parties. The contrasting […] Read more »
Americans Support Iran Talks, But Doubt They’ll Prevent A Weapon
Every politician likes to tout what they believe the “American People” want. As the debate over the Iran nuclear deal inevitably heads toward the meat grinder that is Congress, President Obama tried to preemptively frame that debate. And he claimed to have the “American people” on his side. … Polls, […] Read more »