As President Obama readies his State of the Union address, he confronts the lowest job-approval rating of his presidency. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, an even smaller number of Americans are confident in the president’s ability to make the right decisions for the country. His address on […] Read more »
Deficit Reduction Declines as Policy Priority
For the first time since Barack Obama took office in 2009, deficit reduction has slipped as a policy priority among the public. Overall, 63% say reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for Congress and the president this year, down from 72% a year ago. … As in […] Read more »
2014 Elections Likely to Keep Capital’s Split
With the 2014 political landscape becoming more defined, it is increasingly likely that the midterm elections in November will maintain divided government in the capital for the final two years of President Obama’s second term, with the chief unknown being exactly how divided it will be. CONT. Carl Hulse, New […] Read more »
Low Confidence in Leaders and a Dead Heat in Midterm Preferences
Barack Obama starts his sixth year in office with the public divided about his overall leadership, dissatisfied with his economic stewardship and still steaming about his rollout of the health care law – all factors threatening not only the president but his party in the midterm elections ahead. CONT. Gary […] Read more »
Poll finds little faith in nation’s leaders
President Obama will speak to the nation Tuesday night with approval ratings lower than for any of his previous State of the Union addresses and with Americans broadly pessimistic that he or lawmakers of either party will make good decisions for the future of the country, according to a new […] Read more »
Obama’s rough 2013 prompts a new blueprint
An internal White House assessment concludes that President Obama must distance himself from a recalcitrant Congress after being badly damaged last year by legislative failures, a government shutdown and his own missteps. … The White House postmortem also concluded that the administration suffered from a lack of focus in a […] Read more »