Fourteen points. That’s how far President Barack Obama’s poll numbers fell in CNN polling over the course of what’s been an especially tough year. Obama’s approval rating stands at 41% in a new CNN/ORC International survey released Friday, which matches the all-time low he fell to in CNN polling just […] Read more »
The Return of Liberal Populism in America and Britain
During the 1990s, Democrats in the United States and the Labor Party in the United Kingdom pursued parallel transformations. Behind the leadership of President Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair, each party recast its traditional liberalism into a “Third Way” centrism that balanced government activism with reform and tilted its […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Obama ends year with majority disapproving
President Obama ends the year in negative territory on his overall job performance, as well as on measures of honesty and leadership, according to a Fox News national poll released Wednesday. But the vast majority of his supporters don’t regret voting for him. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Mark Mellman: Where I went right and wrong
I believe in accountability; and I believe there is far too little of it in our world. People say anything they please, with little or no consequence for crazy talk. Attempting to adhere to a higher standard, each year I try to review what I’ve written here and assess the […] Read more »
Are Americans Over President Obama?
… Always in the back of voters’ minds about President Obama has been questions about his ability to be a “strong leader” and questions about his competence. The failure to press for an aggressive second term agenda combined with the poor handling and rollout of the President’s health care plan […] Read more »
Coming to Terms with America’s Interminable Problem
There’s good news and bad news these days for the Obama administration. The bad news: President Obama’s anemic approval rating has plummeted to 40 percent; the good news, it probably can’t go much lower. But, both the good news and the bad news for Obama isn’t news at all to […] Read more »