With his suddenly aggressive second-term agenda, President Obama is recasting the Democratic Party around the priorities of the growing coalition that reelected him—and, in the process, reshaping the debate with the GOP in ways that will reverberate through 2016 and beyond. … For decades, liberal political strategists have asked how […] Read more »
Obama’s Favorability Best Since ’09; 2-1 Approval for Inaugural Address
Barack Obama has advanced to his highest personal popularity since his first year in office, and Americans who’ve formed an opinion of his second inaugural address last week broadly approve of it, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. [cont.] Greg Holyk, ABC News Read more »
Turnout’s uncertain trajectory
… Will the Obama youth and minority surge cohort keep on voting? Were the 2008 and 2012 elections instrumental in instilling a habit of voting that lasts lifetimes? Or will young and minority voters, especially Latinos, begin behaving like their peer cohorts of decades ago, lagging the participation rates of […] Read more »
Is Obama Out of Step with America on Foreign Policy?
U.S. President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address is now history. It has been labeled “progressive,” “partisan,” “one of the best ever” and “pedestrian.” Whatever the positive or negative take on its content, the speech was largely about America’s domestic concerns. The limited internationalism highlighted in the speech lacks significant support […] Read more »
Obama Gets Highest 2012 Job Approval in Hawaii, D.C.
Residents of Hawaii, along with those living in the District of Columbia, were most likely to approve of President Barack Obama in 2012, according to an analysis of Gallup Daily tracking for the year. Residents of Utah and Wyoming were least likely to approve, with fewer than three in 10 […] Read more »
Barack Obama is Not Pleased
Barack Obama: “… I always read a lot of Lincoln, and I’m reminded of his adage that, with public opinion, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish; without it, you’re not going to get very far. And spending a lot more time in terms of being in a conversation with the American people […] Read more »