Burned on a teacup
08/09/2011
Make no mistake: Republicans castigating President Obama for S&P’s ill-considered downgrade are akin to a mugger attacking the mayor, then blaming the sheriff for “letting” him do it. Republican…
2011 AAM Bipartisan National Poll
08/04/2011
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has released the results of a wide-ranging national poll that finds strong common ground among voters across the political spectrum about the nation's economic…
Analysis: How The Parties Fared In The Debt Debate
08/04/2011
Listen to the story Steve Inskeep talks with Mark McKinnon, a strategist who advised George W. Bush and John McCain, and Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster and political adviser, about…
At last, turning toward jobs
08/02/2011
Having staved off default, it’s time for Washington to heed voters’ most important demand: creating jobs! While Americans want to cut government spending (in general, though not any specific…
Senate Democrats accuse Case of releasing dishonest poll
08/02/2011
The national Democratic Party is issuing a rare reprimand of one of its Senate candidates, speaking out against a poll released by former congressman Ed Case in the Hawaii Senate…
Memo to Congress: With deficit deal done, time for that pivot to jobs
08/01/2011
I'll forgive you in advance for being skeptical of what I'm about to tell you. But there's finally a glimmer of evidence that officials are beginning to talk about that…
Great nations pay their bills
07/26/2011
Descriptions of the ravages resulting from default have naturally focused on the economy, with far fewer examinations of the international political repercussions, which, while perhaps less dramatic and immediately visible…
Debt-limit debate views
07/19/2011
Don’t let anyone tell you a big, widely covered public debate on a topic of vital importance can’t shift public opinion. Though a relatively paltry 29 percent are following the…
The Grand Old Party’s plan
07/12/2011
Two recent documents expose the impact and the intent of Republicans’ insistence on slashing federal, state and local government jobs. The impact, as revealed in last week’s dismal jobs report,…
Obama outperforms the economy
07/06/2011
Whatever obstacles President Obama will face as voters head to the polls in November 2012 – and at this moment the magnitude of those obstacles remains uncertain at best –…