The latest Quinnipiac University poll does not bode well for Donald Trump. In fact, it is so bad that it would be a bonafide miracle for Trump to turn it around. Reported Politico: Hillary Clinton has opened up a 10-point national lead over Donald Trump in the Quinnipiac ...read more
Shortly after President Obama's inauguration, a vile prankster named James O'Keefe released a series of fraudulent videos alleging to show how the community organizing group ACORN was engaged in voter fraud. The videos were aired practically around the clock on Fox News and ...read more
There are certain policy decisions that should never be left up to the American people. I'm not necessarily saying we're stupid. Actually, come to think of it, I'm absolutely saying too many of us are stupid. 29 percent of us can't name the vice president. Roughly 45 percent of ...read more
Back in 2001, after spending nearly 30 days on vacation in Crawford, Texas, President Bush returned to Washington on the Friday before Labor Day, rather than on Labor Day itself. Why? Because he got hammered in the polls by Americans who thought he had taken too much time off: ...read more
Gallup's latest party favorability poll shows the Republican Party collapsing from a favorability of 38 percent to 28 percent over the last month, perhaps indicating that the House GOP, and specifically the tea party, is a drag on the rest of the party due to the government ...read more
Glenn Greenwald ballyhooed the results of a new Pew poll on Monday and while Americans still generally support the National Security Agency's surveillance operations, they're increasingly skeptical of the agency to say the least, indicating "a shift" in public opinion, as ...read more
Washington, DC is not a popular place. That's not really new. For years I have been told that people "inside the beltway" are disconnected from the ordinary, hard working Americans that live outside of it. New polling data released this week shows Congress' approval rating ...read more
A kitten yes, but how about an abortion? It has been six months since the Newtown shooting and while we are no where near passing any gun safety bills, the US House of Representatives is poised to take up the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which would ban the ...read more
Public Policy Polling asked a selection of Republicans and Democrats what they thought about the so called scandal in Benghazi and found some entertaining interesting results: 41 percent of Republicans say they consider this to be the "biggest political scandal in American ...read more
By Bob Cesca: In the wake of the election, there's no doubt that the Republican Party leadership is capable of making some adjustments to re-brand itself. There are plenty of ways they can do it, but it's obvious to anyone paying attention to what's happening on the far-right ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows President Obama attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns 45% of the vote. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via the USA Today): Americans don't believe GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, with more of the public giving him lower marks than high ones. ...read more
President Obama has his first approval rating, 68% from Gallup. Now, this is mostly just a halo from his inauguration and first week of initiatives. It won't consistently be that high (I think). Popular presidents like Reagan and Clinton left office with ratings in the mid-60s, ...read more
