This year, no one in Washington is doing a good job. That’s according to favorability polls, which in the last few months have steadily churned out record low after record low of the American public’s confidence in its leaders. … If trends hold, Washington is set to close out the […] Read more »
Obamacare hurts president, but polls hold GOP warning
The latest polling on President Obama and his signature healthcare reform law provides a raft of bad news for the White House and Democrats, but a strong cautionary note for Republicans as well: The public disapproves of what Obama has done, but doesn’t support the GOP’s alternative. … Taken together, […] Read more »
Obama’s ratings tumble after health-care flaws
The flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act has pushed President Obama to the lowest point of his presidency, with dwindling faith in his competence and in many of the personal attributes that have buoyed him in the past, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Opposition to the […] Read more »
Botched ACA Rollout Hammers Obama; Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High
Barack Obama has been hammered by the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, with disapproval of his job performance reaching a career high, opposition to the new healthcare law up sharply and evidence of potential fallout in the midterm elections a year off. The president’s job approval rating has […] Read more »
GOP on Obamacare: Divide and conquer
… Republicans want the old Democratic Party back. That was the deeply divided party that fought over everything — wars, civil rights, spending, taxes. What happened during Obama’s first two years was something of a miracle. The Democratic Party held its majority together. They governed. We experienced something that is […] Read more »
Obama Down But Congress Is Down Further
The bottom has fallen out for everyone in the nation’s political leadership. That’s the message from the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll, which shows that after a government shutdown, near-default on the federal debt, the calamitous debut of President Obama’s health care plan, and continued sluggishness in the economy, […] Read more »