President Joe Biden has the worst approval rating after one year in office of nearly every elected president, except for former President Donald Trump. But a look across the Atlantic Ocean shows that things can always be worse for Biden. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative Party member, is […] Read more »
How would the American public respond to a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
President Joe Biden has said that Russia would experience “enormous consequences” if it invaded Ukraine, but that he has “no intention” of moving military forces into the country. Opinion polls suggest this might be more or less what the American people want. Across the political spectrum, a strong majority supports […] Read more »
Trump and allies try to redefine racism by casting White men as victims
… After years of being branded a racist for his inflammatory comments and actions, Trump and some of his allies are attempting to turn that label back on their critics. In the process, they have wielded their own definition of racism, one that disregards the country’s history of racial exclusion […] Read more »
Americans support a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics opened today in Beijing, with US athletes in attendance but US government officials absent, out of concern about China’s human rights record. This is the first official US diplomatic boycott since the 1984 games. … Although critics of the US say that the boycott has unnecessarily […] Read more »
Biden approval rating drops to a new low of 41%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Joe Biden’s public approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency this week, a danger sign for his Democratic Party which risks losing control of Congress in the Nov. 8 elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The national poll, conducted Feb. 2-3, found that 41% of […] Read more »
Biggest Threat to GOP Senate Chances Is a Fumble
… Thanks to several factors, including Pres. Biden’s sagging job approval rating numbers, the nagging presence of COVID and rising inflation, Republicans have a strong field position. Democrats control all the levers of power in DC, which means they also take all the blame when things aren’t going well. Meanwhile, […] Read more »