Americans are split in their thoughts over who is most to blame for the problems at Veterans Affairs Department medical facilities, which involve allegations that VA hospitals kept delays in treatment off the books and that patients may have died waiting for care. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Why Comparisons Between LBJ and Obama Can Mislead
… The implications of Johnson’s administration for Obama are different from what many of these commentators think. What we perceive as presidential leadership (or lack of it) often reflects structural factors that are largely beyond the control of the chief executive himself — a reality of presidential power that critics […] Read more »
Nationalization of Senate Elections Poses Challenge to Democrats in 2014
… Despite the difficult task that they face in defending so many Senate seats in Red states this year, Democrats have some hope of offsetting expected losses by taking back two seats currently held by Republicans — the Kentucky seat held by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Georgia […] Read more »
Will the tea party rally behind GOP establishment?
… All through the early part of this year, there has been one political narrative above all others: tea party vs. Republican establishment, or a Republican Party at war with itself. It is both a real and flawed concept, as the first rounds of primaries have demonstrated. Real because there […] Read more »
Gallup seeks fixes after 2012 miss
Eighteen months after the Gallup Organization incorrectly showed Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama on the eve of the 2012 presidential election, the legendary but embattled polling firm unveiled additional research aimed at fine-tuning their methodology before the 2016 campaign. Gallup conducted polls last year in New Jersey and Virginia […] Read more »
Obama and Bush’s 6th Year Job Approval Ratings
The job approval ratings of George W. Bush and Barack Obama were remarkably similar as they began their second terms in office — in 2005 and 2013, respectively. Both Bush and Obama began in the low 50% range, saw their ratings begin to drop in their fifth years, and both […] Read more »