After watching lawmakers fail to agree on funding the federal government, a new Fox News national poll finds that fully 81 percent of voters disapprove of the job Congress is doing. … President Obama’s job ratings are down-right glowing by comparison — yet they are still underwater. [cont.] Dana Blanton, […] Read more »
Americans not happy about shutdown; more blame GOP
On day three of the partial government shutdown, a new CBS News poll reveals that a large majority of Americans disapprove of the shutdown and more are blaming Republicans than President Obama and the Democrats for it. Fully 72 percent of Americans disapprove of shutting down the federal government over […] Read more »
Shutdown: A fight with no room for compromise
… Conservatives have a talent for denying facts. “The American people overwhelmingly reject Obamacare,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Meet the Press, “They understand it’s not working.” Do they? Well, the public has always been skeptical of the Affordable Care Act. Americans polled last week by Quinnipiac University were […] Read more »
Ted Cruz May Be Unwittingly Boosting Rand Paul’s Brand
Next time Rand Paul sees his fellow Republican Senate freshman Ted Cruz, he should give the Texan a big wet kiss. There was a time not that long ago when the mere suggestion of Paul as a possible 2016 presidential nominee sent chills down the spines of many mainstream and […] Read more »
For House Republicans, confrontation is safer than compromise
For most Republicans in the House of Representatives, the only greater peril than shutting down the federal government would have been fighting to keep it open. While a shutdown could hurt the Republican Party’s ability to win the Senate next year or take the White House in 2016, that’s not […] Read more »
Congress sinks to all-time low in CNN polling
As the hours wind down toward a possible government shutdown because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, the approval rating for Congress is plummeting to historic lows. And a CNN/ORC International poll indicates that it’s not just Congress and its top leaders that are making […] Read more »