Call Hillary Clinton the early presidential frontrunner – but barely. That’s the result from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which finds that half of American voters – 50 percent – saying they could see themselves supporting her if she runs for the White House in 2016, while 48 […] Read more »
Democrats can do more than the minimum … and win
… Stagnant wages, persistent long term unemployment and inequality are significant concerns for voters, and the election results demonstrate that voters did not find real answers from either party. But post-election, the president has an opportunity to make substantial change for millions of low wage workers with direct, simple action; […] Read more »
Taking account of 2014
People should be accountable for what they write. As a graduate student, I spent far too many hours in a dank and darkened room with a TV set and a VCR recording evening news broadcasts. It struck me that much of what was “predicted” in those broadcasts — a military […] Read more »
Dem, GOP bases turn thumbs down on their parties
Congress heads home for the holidays with a hearty good riddance from voters. Even partisans have soured on their own parties. Republicans are disenchanted with Republicans in Congress, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Democrats are unenthusiastic about Democrats. CONT. David Lightman, McClatchy Read more »
Top 5 political predictions for 2015
1. The Obama boom will finally arrive. Only it will be more like a boomlet. Americans have been waiting for the boom since they elected President Barack Obama in the teeth of the 2008 financial meltdown. … Now we’re deep into Obama’s second term. Where’s da boom? It’s finally starting. […] Read more »
Blacks’ Approval of President Obama Remains High
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating among U.S. blacks has stayed consistently about 40 percentage points higher than his approval among all Americans since 2010. So far in 2014, blacks’ approval of Obama has averaged 84%, which is down from previous years but in line with the drop among the […] Read more »