Ahead of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Americans’ concerns about the “most important problem” in the country remained largely entrenched compared with the previous month, with one in four mentioning the economy, followed by unemployment or jobs (19%), and then various issues related to poor […] Read more »
On Second Thoughts
President Obama is pushing hard to persuade Congress to back off from the brutal spending cuts — $1.2 trillion — mandated by the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act, which he signed into law on Aug. 2, 2011. In a simultaneous, but unrelated development, Karl Rove is pressing top […] Read more »
Romney’s Pollster Warns GOP Members Not to Count on Six-Year Itch
… At their first political conference meeting of the 113th Congress, held at Republican National Committee headquarters a stone’s throw from the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Vice Chairman Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and top GOP pollster Neil Newhouse told members to be on guard for Obama’s campaign machine. … […] Read more »
Obama makes gains among swing voters on critical issues
Dial testing and follow-up focus groups with 44 swing voters in Denver, Colorado show that President Obama’s second term agenda—expressed through new policies for energy, pay equity, jobs, and education—was well-received by voters. The President made impressive gains on his personal favorability and trust to move the country in a […] Read more »
CNN Poll: 53% who watched speech give president thumbs up
A majority of Americans who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address said they had a very positive reaction to his speech, according to a survey of people across the country who viewed Tuesday night’s address. A CNN/ORC International poll indicated that 53% of speech watchers had a […] Read more »
Obama faces deeply divided nation in State of the Union address
A fragile majority of Americans give President Obama’s second term agenda positive initial marks in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, even as stubborn partisan division and disaffection with Washington politics define public sentiment ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address. [cont.] Scott Clement & Peyton M. Craghill, Washington […] Read more »