A new USC report warns of possible political blowback if Republicans continue to try to block the expansion of President Obama’s deportation relief program. The report, released Wednesday by the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, looked at the demographics of children whose parents would benefit from Obama’s […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Netanyahu Less Positive Post-Visit
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-publicized and controversial address to Congress, Americans’ opinions of him have worsened. His favorable rating is down seven percentage points, to 38%, while his unfavorable rating has increased five points, to 29%. These changes are largely confined to Democrats; Republicans’ views are essentially stable. […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ Poll: Nearly 60% Looking For Change in ’16. But Will They Get It?
More Americans are clamoring for change in the upcoming 2016 presidential election than they were in the “Hope and Change” year of 2008, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. That desire for change is a potential roadblock for two of the leading frontrunners – Democrat Hillary Clinton […] Read more »
Americans are down on Obama’s foreign policy
President Barack Obama’s efforts against the Islamic State – as well as his entire foreign policy – is deeply unpopular in this country, a new McClatchy-Marist poll found. CONT. David Lightman, McClatchy Read more »
Under Obama, 4 in 10 say race relations worsened
Four in 10 Americans say race relations in the United States have gotten worse under the nation’s first black president, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. And 50 years after the Bloody Sunday march marked a turning point in the civil rights movement, many still see discrimination in the nation’s […] Read more »
Is Scott Walker the GOP’s Barack Obama?
Scott Walker in 2015 is a lot like Barack Obama circa 2007; he’s relatively unknown and yet well-known at the same time. Obama’s speech at the DNC in 2004 propelled him to rock-star status among the Democratic faithful, while Walker’s victory over the public sector labor unions in 2011 made […] Read more »