As election time grows nearer, I am going to focus more on the races here in Ohio. We are a key state this year that can turn blue so I believe it is imperative to keep focus on these races. I will still work to bring news and views from around the country and world, so […]
This is awesome news: Sen. Joe Lieberman, under fire from activists in his own party, has lost ground to his challenger and is narrowly trailing him for the first time in their race for the Democratic nomination, a new poll released Thursday shows. Businessman Ned Lamont had support from 51 percent and Lieberman from 47 […]
I just received this little piece of good news in my email from the Ohio Democratic Party: Cincinnati, Ohio – A poll released today shows Rep. Jean Schmidt tied with Dr. Victoria Wulsin, her Democratic challenger, in their race for Congress. A mere 33% of likely voters in Ohio’s 2nd District approve of Schmidt’s job […]
USA Today/Gallup has a new poll out showing a majority of Americans disapprove of the NSA phone collection and an even larger majority want hearings. Atrios has all the details on it. This shows us now that America is not pleased and should show the Washington Post that you can not run a poll on […]
According to one of the GOP’s most prominent pollsters, this very well could be the case: The recent White House shake-up was an attempt to jump-start the administration and boost President Bush’s rock-bottom approval ratings, but have those efforts come too late to salvage the presidency? A prominent GOP pollster thinks that may be the […]
It looks like the very attack the Repulicans use against the Democrats has come back to bite themselves: Republican efforts to craft a policy and political agenda to carry the party into the midterm elections have stumbled repeatedly as GOP leaders face widespread disaffection and disagreement within the ranks. Anxiety over President Bush’s Iraq policy, […]
Today the Washington Post had this little article in it that I thought was interesting: Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush. The proposal this week by Senator Russell D. […]
One of Murtha’s original arguments for wanting us to phase the troops out of Iraq was due to a poll that showed many Iraqi’s favored attacks aimed at our troops. Today a new poll has been released reaffirming that argument: A new poll found that nearly half of Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, […]
That is the cover of the latest issue of The Nation and what a beautiful cover it is. The “I” word is gaining momentum from all corners. People are talking about it, the media is talking about, the left has been talking about it and now even the right is starting to use it. Here […]
Here is a prime example of how different wording in a poll can alter its outcome. Should the National Security Agency be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States? Yes 64% No 23% That was Rasmussen’s poll released earlier this week. Notice the poll […]