Public Opinion

According to this national McClatchy-Marist Poll, more than seven in ten Registered Voters — 71% — want to see Compromise among political leaders in Washington in order to get things done.  Nearly one in four — 23% —…

The normal response to a newcomer in politics is to ignore them because to do otherwise is to give the campaign credibility so what explains the fascinating story on page three of today's Chambersburg Public Opinion newspaper. Ms. Karen Ramsburg a…

Midway into his term, President Barack Obama may be finding his political sea legs.  According to this national McClatchy-Marist Poll, when asked about how the president will perform during his next two years in office, 61% of Registered Vo…

Mitt Romney's non-campaign is looking more and more like a real campaign. Though Romney has yet to officially declare a presidential bid, Real Clear Politics reports that he's taken on a pollster and a political director. That news comes on the…

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has secured both a pollster and a political director for his near-certain presidential bid this coming cycle, according to sources connected to Romney's 2008 presidential effort. Rich Beeson, a Republican op…

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama's Approval Rating has enjoyed a bump up in recent weeks, while Americans see his Health Care overhaul as both the best and worst thing about his presidency, a new poll released Thursday fou …

The last poll from CBS that showed Americans rejecting the “extreme Rhetoric” blame game was taken in the first couple of days after the shooting.  This Gallup Poll for USA Today was conducted on Tuesday, with plenty of time for…

HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR? I also agree that this may be a tipping point in Krugman’s disgraceful career as a columnist. For one thing, he is intellectually lazy and seems to operate on the principle that a Krugman assertion is, ipso facto,…