President Barack Obama and Congress get dismal approval ratings from the American public, as most people see little hope Washington can improve the economy or their lives, a new McClatchy-Marist Poll finds. CONT. David Lightman, McClatchy Read more »
The Price of Pulling Back From the World
… The best way to understand Mr. Obama’s predicament is to compare it with that of previous presidents who wound down major wars. He’s not the first to promise a less expensive, more sustainable foreign policy at a time when the country feels overextended. … The public has always supported […] Read more »
Red vs. blue: The battle lines of 2014
The conventional wisdom is that this fall’s congressional election will be all about Obamacare. Republicans, it’s argued, will try to expand their majority in the House and take the Senate with a campaign focused mostly on the failings of President Obama’s health insurance law; Democrats will fire back with warnings […] Read more »
For Democrats, It’s All About (Years) After November
Politics is often about keeping one eye on today and another eye on tomorrow. That’s especially true for Democrats, who should not be completely disheartened about their party’s prospects. November certainly looks like a challenging election for supporters of President Barack Obama — given the president’s anemic job approval numbers, […] Read more »
Obama Moves to the Right in a Partisan War of Words
Like so many political fights, the one between President Obama and Republicans over income inequality has become a battle over language. Is it about inequality of incomes or of opportunity? On this question, the president and his party have moved in Republicans’ — and voters’ — direction. … Democrats have […] Read more »
Should Democrats Stick to Mudslinging to Distract Voters From Obama?
… As much as anything, midterm elections tend to be a referendum on the incumbent president. When voters are unhappy, they tend to vote to punish the president’s party’s candidates. If voters are satisfied, they generally find some other basis on which to decide their vote. It may be unfair, […] Read more »