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My respect for members of Congress has sunk even lower than my respect for the Supreme Court.
Republicans feel they've seized a winning talking point by labeling as "class warfare" Obama's plan to ask the wealthiest to pay a bit more in taxes. Is that label sticking? And does it hurt?
These days, with Congress receiving record low approval ratings, and with the Federal Government receiving lower ratings than the oil and gas industri...
A changing racial-ethnic composition in the U.S. suggests that candidates should not fear, or be uncomfortable, going into predominately racial-ethnic communities to communicate their ideas about how to fix problems.
When times are tough we tend to vote against incumbents. But voting against Obama means voting for one of his opponents, and there are a number of reasons why many people may be reluctant to do that.
In the last three presidential cycles, the share of the popular vote received by the two major parties' candidates was essentially the same as their parties received in the immediately preceding midterm. Why did the convergence witnessed in 2000, 2004 and 2008 not occur in 1996?
By risking a world economic crisis in order to protect tax breaks for the wealthy, Republicans have exposed their real tax priorities. And voters are unimpressed.
[Program Note: Last month, we ran this column four days before the end of May, due to travel plans. We promised we'd update the preliminary numbers i...
"What a difference a death makes." President Obama announced at the very beginning of the month that Osama bin Laden was dead, and his poll numbers reacted almost immediately.
Voters across the country have buyers' remorse about the Republicans they elected to office. The big stands House Republicans have taken so far--defun...
Newt Gingrich, I think it's safe to say, has had a terrible week. It seems like just opening his mouth makes him unpopular. But it's worth looking back to see if he was ever popular, and if so, when.
April was a pretty miserable month for Barack Obama, mostly due to the high price of gasoline at the pump. But May is already shaping up to be one of Obama's best months ever, for one very obvious reason.
I have an article in the new issue of The Forum with John Sides of George Washington University and The Monkey Cage about how reporters can use politi...
While catastrophic world events dominated the news for most of the month, Obama's approval rating was being hit with a creeping domestic problem -- the rising price of gasoline.
When it comes to winning, Republicans are like Charlie Sheen. That is, they think they are WINNING, but they're obviously not. But don't take my word ...
In terms of shifts in public opinion, January and February were the best two months President Obama has yet had during his entire presidency.
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