Add brown and green energy to the list of issues separating red and blue. The regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday limiting carbon emissions from power plants will likely stand as President Obama’s most consequential second-term domestic policy initiative. But the rules will also reinforce his presidency’s central […] Read more »
Limited Perils for Obama’s Carbon Plan?
The Obama administration’s proposal this week to cut carbon emissions from power plants by 30% by 2030 was portrayed as a bold move by the White House. But by political standards, it doesn’t look like it will have strong negative consequences for the president or his party. CONT. Dante Chinni […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say Obama has made America weaker
By a decisive 20 percentage-point margin, Americans think the country is weaker under the leadership of President Obama, whose White House is seen as less competent than the previous two administrations. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
The prudent, not isolationist, public
There’s a lot of hue and cry these days about the American public turning isolationist, seeking to retreat from the world. That, though, is both a misreading of the polls and, frankly, reflects a too-readily dismissive view of what pioneering pollster Elmo Roper once called “the common sense of the […] Read more »
Foreign policy paradox
Isolationism is extending its grip on public opinion. The last time I made that argument, friends critiqued me, with some justification, for basing the conclusion on voters’ stated reluctance to become militarily engaged in Syria. Opposing military intervention is not the same as opposing involvement with other countries. However, there […] Read more »
National security a key issue
Since the beginning of this year, there have been an abundance of issues in the national security category that hold great promise for Republicans, if we only have the courage and skill to leverage them. … If Republicans really and truly want to win elections by persuading some Democrats to […] Read more »