It’s a mismatch — and an even match. Oddly, a year before Election Day, both accurately describe the 2016 race for the American presidency. Republicans and Democrats approach the contest in radically different circumstances, but with roughly equal opportunities to succeed President Obama, polling, analysts and recent electoral history suggest. […] Read more »
Americans Blame Congress and Veterans Affairs for Poor Care of Veterans
Republicans and Democrats rarely agree on anything these days, but as the nation prepares to celebrate its bravest, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind finds that the vast majority of all Americans believe the United States is shortchanging its veterans. CONT. Fairleigh Dickinson University Read more »
As Kentucky Goes . . .
… It’s always a little problematic reading national import into the results of odd-year elections, just because there are so few of them. … Still, these elections offer larger meanings, chiefly in what they say about the political shape of the two parties a year before their presidential nominees face […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters approve of Obama plans in Syria, Afghanistan
A 54-percent majority of American voters approves of President Obama’s decision to send a small number of U.S. troops to Syria to help in the fight against the Islamic extremist group ISIS. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Thursday. In addition, by a 49-38 percent margin, voters approve […] Read more »
GOP win in Kentucky sets up unprecedented Affordable Care Act fight
… The disconnect between Obamacare and KYnect was one of the great paradoxes of American politics. In polls, Kentucky voters rejected Obamacare at roughly the rate they rejected the president, 2-1. But they were fond of KYnect, which [Gov. Steve] Beshear created by executive order, bypassing a gridlocked Kentucky legislature. Month […] Read more »
Obama Plows Forward with Green Legacy In Hostile Political Climate
For President Obama, the battle over climate change has grown into a two-front war. Internationally, he is poised for a breakthrough at the next global conference on climate change, which will convene in Paris in November. Domestically, his initiatives are facing unrelenting resistance from Republicans and some red-state Democrats that […] Read more »