Reassured by the results of California’s gubernatorial recall election last week, Democrats now face tougher electoral tests this fall that will measure whether they can defend their most important political advance of the Donald Trump era. Big gains in well-educated inner suburbs ringing the nation’s major cities keyed all the […] Read more »
Voters still don’t like the GOP’s answer to the coronavirus
Republicans have been hoping to turn the political page from the coronavirus pandemic for over a year now. We saw then-President Donald Trump try to do it in the lead-up to the 2020 election. It didn’t work. In the California gubernatorial recall, we saw Republican Larry Elder try and argue […] Read more »
Delta perceptions lock Biden’s economy in perpetual purgatory
The Biden administration arrived in Washington in January with a wind at its back. After months of struggles with Covid-19, a new vaccine seemed poised to tamp down the virus and unleash a period of economic growth. But something happened on the road to recovery: The Delta variant. Delta turned […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Majorities favor mask and vaccine mandates as pandemic worries increase
Majorities support mask and vaccine mandates advocated by the Biden administration, as the coronavirus pandemic remains a top concern, according to the latest Fox News poll. Three-quarters of registered voters are “extremely” or “very” concerned about the pandemic (74 percent), a 5-point increase from August when 69 percent were worried. […] Read more »
COVID takes a bite out of Biden’s approval ratings
… The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was a gut punch. But the truth is, Biden’s approval rating was on a slow and steady decline before that. All presidential honeymoons must eventually come to an end. His honeymoon lasted around six months, about average. … COVID management was Biden’s key pillar […] Read more »
Biden’s Challenge on Vaccine Mandates
How do you enforce a mandate when a significant percentage of the population opposes it? That’s the question President Joe Biden faces as he rolls out his new plan to mandate the vaccination of all federal employees, along with a new emergency rule that will compel all private companies with […] Read more »