A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds Obama’s job approval continuing to slip in the months after his successful reelection. Today, only 47% of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing, while 48% disapprove. It is the first time
I had always assumed that death and taxes, while inevitable, would both universally rank pretty low on popularity surveys. A new Washington Post/ABC poll does find that a strong majority of Americans pretty much hate the U.S. tax code, except
Pete Snyder, successful businessman and tech entrepreneur, is in a 7-way primary for the GOP nomination for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia. Lt. Gov candidates often have a challenge in breaking through to the public. Snyder, however, has made two unorthodox
The American Conservative Union, one of the oldest conservative organizations in the country, is pushing a new program, American Strength, to defend federal spending on defense and infrastructure. A draft proposal of the program was recently circulated among executives in
The Obama Administration’s dire warnings about the impact of the automatic sequester cuts have failed to live up to expectations. That hasn’t prevented them, however, from making dramatic and very public cuts to increase their effect. Canceling public tours of
Wednesday morning, President Obama released his long-delayed budget blueprint. Arriving more than two months after the statutory deadline, the budget contains a mix of increased spending, higher taxes and very little real deficit reduction. The White House is quick to
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he will file for cloture this evening on gun control legislation. The cloture motion allows the Senate to move to consider the legislation under normal debate. The measure needs 60 votes to pass
Breitbart News has exclusively obtained an email, sent by RNC Chief of Staff Mike Shields on Monday. The email, to the leadership of the RNC, apologizes for any misunderstanding about remarks Shields made last week to a meeting of the
Sen. Marco Rubio is widely considered a serious contender for the GOP nomination in 2016. A son of Cuban immigrants, he is a strong conservative voice from a swing state. In the past few months, he has chosen immigration reform
Tuesday night, the White House throws open its doors for a celebrity packed concert celebrating Memphis soul music. Justin Timberlake, Al Green, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Sam Moore, Charlie Musselwhite, and others will be performing at the exclusive event. Maybe they
Julianna Smoot is a heavy-hitter in Obama’s political world. Chief fundraiser for Obama’s 2008 campaign, Smoot served a stint as social secretary at the White House during Obama’s first term. In 2012, she was deputy campaign manager for Obama’s successful
Monday morning, more than 60 leaders of conservative and grass roots organizations sent a letter to RNC Chair Reince Priebus, urging him to consider Rules changes that would reverse a power-grab by the national party at the convention in Tampa.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Tennessee Williams) went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday to say he was “encouraged” by recent trial balloons from the White House over President Obama’s budget blueprint. The President’s budget plan is more than two months past
Sen. John McCain (R-Sunday Shows) expressed bewilderment on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that GOP Sens. Cruz, Lee and Paul would filibuster gun control legislation. “I don’t understand it,” McCain said. “The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and
The recently announced delay of an important component of ObamaCare is raising anxiety among Democrats, according to The Hill. HHS recently announced that it was delaying for one year a provision that would allow small businesses to choose from an
On the campaign trail, President Obama likes to talk about his desire to “bring people together” to solve the nation’s challenges. While his chosen agenda makes that nearly impossible, a budget proposal he teased Friday does seemed to have united
Politicians regularly employ “science” or “research” to promote their policy agendas. A “study” that finds a result consistent with a politician’s bias is a time-honored way to push legislation. The tactic can even make strange-bedfellows. Last month conservative GOP Rep.
The sector hit hardest in the March jobs report was retail trade. The sector, highly dependent on consumer spending, shed 24,000 jobs last month, far more than any other part of the economy. Worse, it reversed positive trends in a
There is no way around it. The March jobs report is dismal. Economists had expected the economy to add around 200k jobs last month. The Labor Department reported this morning, however, that the economy added only 88k jobs. Democrat operatives
On Friday, the Labor Department reported that non-farm payrolls grew by just 88,000 in March, a number far below expectations. Just a few weeks ago, economists predicted a gain of around 200,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is at 7.6%. Average hourly
ObamaCare provides millions of dollars in grants to hire community activists and others as “navigators” to assist individuals enroll in health insurance provided by state or federal exchanges and, according to recent reports, register people to vote. In a new
On Thursday, SC Democrat Ben Frasier, a former congressional candidate, endorsed Mark Sanford in his campaign for Congress against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch. Fraiser lost the Democrat primary race to Colbert-Busch in March. Frasier said she is too liberal for the
An assistant U.S. Attorney is Houston has withdrawn from a major prosecution against the Aryan Brotherhood. The prosecutor, Jay Hileman, sent an email to one of the Brotherhood’s defense attorneys, informing him that he was no longer on the case.
Mark Sanford has won the run-off for the GOP nomination in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Sanford held a strong lead throughout the early returns, against former County Councilman Curtis Bostic. Sanford will now face
In the wake of the tragic murders of two prosecutors, and one’s spouse, in Kaufman County, Texas, county courthouses across Texas are promising beefed up security. While these plans will certainly include more armed guards, the District Attorney in Dallas
