Tuesday the nation will watch Washington’s annual State of the Union Kabuki dance. The president’s speechwriters will have started out to craft an important and thoughtful speech, determined to avoid having their boss deliver another really boring monologue that is both a laundry list of what the president wants to […] Read more »
Obama’s Puzzle: Economy Rarely Better, Approval Rarely Worse
President Obama will pronounce on the state of the union for the fifth time on Tuesday, and never during his time in office has the state of the economy been better — yet rarely has he gotten such low marks from the public for his handling of it. Not only […] Read more »
Messages that Appeal to the Center of the Electorate in 2014
Since President Obama took office, Resurgent Republic has closely followed the opinions and intensity of Independent voters. The center of the electorate first stepped away from President Obama during the summer of 2009 due to concerns over the amount of federal spending in the stimulus and budget. Since then the […] Read more »
State of the Union 2014: The cognitive power of the President
There are enough people guessing what the president will do. This is about what he almost certainly won’t do, but what I would like him to do. The president has material power without the Congress, and personally, I would like to see him use it. … Beyond material power, the […] Read more »
Hawaiians, D.C. Residents Most Approving of Obama in 2013
Residents of 11 states and the District of Columbia gave President Barack Obama job approval ratings above 50% in 2013. Hawaii had the highest approval rating among the 50 states at 61%, while more than eight in 10 District of Columbia residents also approved. In three states — Wyoming, West […] Read more »
What Americans Want to See Addressed in the State of the Union Speech
President Barack Obama makes his annual State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the House of Representatives in Washington. Although the mandate for what the president’s report to Congress should contain (or even how and when it should be delivered) is not specified in the Constitution, most presidents […] Read more »