Overall, this is among the handful of surveys that stand out in my career as being significant and consequential, so, I wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to review the survey. I would also say this about my general experience with this type of data – 9/11, Hurricane […] Read more »
Higher Income Means Higher Debt-Ceiling Worries
The dual debt-ceiling and government-shutdown dramas have Americans worried that Washington’s partisan politics could lead the country into yet another crisis. While concerns about both issues are widespread, a closer look shows the level of concern breaks down along different lines for each – meaning different political repercussions. [cont.] Dante […] Read more »
Is Cruz Causing a Democratic Wave? Maybe, but Don’t Jump the Gun
Last week I observed that I hadn’t yet seen “compelling evidence” that a Democratic political wave could be developing. I can no longer say that after seeing the recently released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. That highly regarded poll showed Republican numbers have taken a considerable hit because of the […] Read more »
Republicans Should Fight or Give Up
The findings of the newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll are simply brutal for congressional Republicans. Not only are they getting the lion’s share of the blame for the government shutdown, but President Obama’s numbers have actually improved. Worse, Obamacare’s numbers are improving, as well. That poll caused quite […] Read more »
Shutdown Severely Damaging Republican Party
A just-completed national survey from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research confirms that the voting public is fed up with just about everyone in Washington, but Republicans are clearly bearing much more of the anger and it is damaging their prospects for 2014. By a 16-point margin, 43 to 27 percent, voters […] Read more »
Will the Kamikaze Caucus Doom the GOP?
… The reason the most confrontational congressional Republicans have seized the party’s controls is that they are most directly channeling the bottomless alienation coursing through much of the GOP’s base. That doesn’t mean Republican voters have broadly endorsed the party’s specific tactics: In this week’s United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection […] Read more »