April

Obtaining meaningful poll results requires asking meaningful questions. It seems obvious, but too often this basic rule is observed in the breech.Typically, after some useless result escapes into the ether,…

Some progressives seem unwilling to take yes for an answer. Just as the long battle for public opinion on global warming is being won, along comes a well-meaning Bob Perkowitz…

While Americans watch transfixed as swine flu spreads across television maps, another debilitating disease has been infecting our economy for much longer than the H1N1 virus has been attacking our…

Because few issues have generated quite as much controversy in the halls of Congress as the Employee Free Choice Act, you could be forgiven for assuming EFCA is extremely controversial…

Deeply committed to a political strategy of opposition to everything President Obama is for, the Republican attack machine constantly searches for any line of criticism that might stick – and…

Americans largely support assistance to those facing foreclosure on their homes, but also display conspicuous signs of ambivalence. Several polls, asking the question in different ways, find support ranging from…

Last week, my friend and distinguished sparring partner in these pages, David Hill, commented on the American Association of Public Opinion Research’s (AAPOR) report on what went wrong with the…

By the time you’re reading this, either Democrats are crowing about winning a special election in a congressional district that voted twice for George Bush and where registered Republicans outnumber…

George W. Bush was undone in the first instance by his misguided pursuit of a war the American people came to believe was a serious mistake, while the economy delivered…

Beyond the schadenfreude generated by their recent encounter, valuable lessons in public relations can be extracted from the battle between Jon Stewart (whom I watch religiously) and Jim Cramer (whom…