… This year many Democratic candidates find their future is in somebody else’s hands — namely Barack Obama’s. Handicapper Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report says Obama’s sagging popularity is casting a long shadow over his fellow Democrats. “If the president’s job approval rating was 5 or 10 points […] Read more »
In a Partisan Atmosphere, It Can Even Be Hard to Find Numbers That Agree
Since his second term began, President Obama has had a solid answer to Republicans’ “Where are the jobs?” complaint. The jobless rate has fallen two full percentage points. Yet Mr. Obama’s own ratings have fallen, too. So has public confidence that the economy is getting better, even as the economy […] Read more »
WSJ/NBC Poll: Americans Want Obama to Shift Direction
More than two-thirds of Americans want to see President Barack Obama make a substantial change to the way he leads the country, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll – and virtually no one is happy with the president’s leadership. CONT. Reid J. Epstein, Wall Street Journal Read more »
Obama Hits Career Lows in Favorability, Empathy
Favorable views of Barack Obama and the sense that he understands the problems of average Americans both have dropped to career lows in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, two more unwelcome results for the president’s party near the eve of the midterm elections. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
After this election, expect more, not less, confrontation
… “The most important challenge the party faces is restoring its brand in the eyes of the voters,” said John Feehery, a former aide to Newt Gingrich. “If we don’t restore our brand by getting stuff done, we’ll be handing the White House to Hillary Clinton.” That means compromise and […] Read more »
An election about rejection
… Crosscurrents of dissatisfaction, from distrust of politicians to worries about family finances to fears of foreign threats, can be found everywhere in the closing days of Campaign 2014. … The national environment has been shaped by dissatisfaction with President Obama as much as any other single factor. But there […] Read more »