Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg joins us on the Political Wire podcast to look at how well President Obama laid the groundwork in his State of the Union address for the 2014 midterm elections. CONT. Political Wire Read more »
Executive order = political nothing burger
Fine, Congress. You don’t want to play ball? I’ll do it without you. That was the core of President Obama’s State of the Union message Tuesday night when he announced plans to wield his executive power with a new urgency. Part of it will involve using executive orders to bypass […] Read more »
State of the Union 2014: At critical juncture, President makes major gains
During Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address, Democracy Corps conducted dial tests and follow-up focus groups with 44 swing voters in Colorado. We found President Obama’s agenda for a “year of action”—expressed through new policies for energy, pay equity, jobs, and education—was well-received by voters. The President made impressive […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Speech watcher reaction less positive than previous years
Less than half of those surveyed who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address reacted very positively to it, a new poll showed. And a while the President emphasized in his speech on Tuesday night that he’s willing to bypass Congress and take executive action to accomplish his […] Read more »
SOTU bounce a myth
It’s time for my now annual reminder that no one should expect the State of the Union speech to bolster the president’s approval ratings. The SOTU bounce is largely a fiction. Attention will be properly lavished on the speech. It will articulate the administration’s goals, prioritize its efforts, give marching […] Read more »
Obama 2014: Not your year (so far)
President Obama will deliver Tuesday’s State of the Union address facing deep skepticism from the American public about his leadership, according to a new NBC-News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey shows a 51 percent majority of the public disapprove Obama’s job performance, compared to 43 percent who approve. Not only […] Read more »