Category: Executive
Latest polls: two more years of divided, if not dysfunctional, government
Polls suggest president will face a dysfunctional Congress
The latest polls heading into the weekend before Election Day suggest whoever is elected president will face the same dysfunctional Congress that President Obama has faced the last two years. That, in turn, increases the pressure on engaged citizens to push their representatives to take action in the areas most important to them.
Romney wins battle of the optics, side-steps to the middle
Media proclaimed Mitt Romney as the winner of the debate
Republican nominee Mitt Romney was proclaimed the winner of the Oct. 3 presidential debate by wide swaths of the media, while President Obama’s performance was criticized by his own allies. On a policy level, however, Romney’s comments on Medicare, health care in general and taxes appeared to represent a significant shift to the center – and away from the alliance he’s tried to nurture with the tea party movement. This, more than Obama’s downcast demeanor, is likely to carry real implications for the rest of the presidential contest.
The elections won’t create a new middle ground on health care
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say President Obama has proposed a $700-billion-plus cut to Medicare, to which Obama’s supporters reply: But those same cuts are in the Paul Ryan budget!
Obama trumpets healthcare law on battleground swing
Obama trumpets healthcare victory
President Obama this week gave the type of enthusiastic shout-out to healthcare reform that many supporters have been awaiting for two years. But Friday’s disappointing jobs report makes clear that the president’s electoral fortunes hang on employment — and offering a vision for future economic strength.
D.C. Da Vinci Code: Conspiracy theories abound in Holder v. House Republicans
House Republicans are edging toward a vote on a Contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric Holder, but many liberals and conservatives believe the internal Obama administration documents that Republicans want aren’t really the point.
