Mitt Romney is a considerably weaker front-runner among Republican registered voters nationally than he was at the beginning of the week. Romney now leads Newt Gingrich by 30% to 20%, with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul tied at 13%. At the beginning of the week, Romney had a 23-percentage-point lead over Gingrich and Santorum. The […]
Newt Gingrich slammed a request Friday by Mitt Romney that he release all files from a congressional ethics investigation in the late 1990s, reminding reporters that Romney has refused to release his tax returns. “Give me a break,” Gingrich said after a rally in Orangeburg, S.C. “I refuse to take seriously any request from the […]
The president’s decision to reject a proposal concerning the Keystone pipeline project is exceptionally disappointing. In short, the pipeline would have served as a major distribution corridor for crude oil from the oil sands of Canada to various refineries located throughout the United States. At a number of junctures in the lower-48, it was also […]
A Public Policy Polling poll shows Mitt Romney leading the pack — with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich closing the gap one week from the first-in-the-south presidential primary in South Carolina. Polling data suggests that Romney’s slim leader status may be buttressed by the Palmetto State electorate’s current take on his ultimate electibilty in the […]
In a political culture based largely on hollow promises, it’s nice to know that there are some in Washington determined to follow through on their commitments. On January 12 U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who was elected in 2010 on his promise to do his part to reduce federal spending by shrinking big government, announced […]
It was bad enough when President Obama bamboozled Congress into passing a stimulus bill that didn’t produce any jobs, then increased the federal deficit in the 2012 omnibus spending bill, then raised the debt ceiling, then bailed out the big U.S. banks, then tried to bail out his pal Solyndra in an attempt to save […]
Why’s this video controversial? Apparently, because Herman Cain’s chief of staff is smoking.
Perhaps Rick Santorum should have gone straight from Des Moines to Charleston. A week after his magical finish at the Iowa caucuses, Santorum crashed back to earth Tuesday night with a disappointing fourth- or fifth-place finish in New Hampshire — the final placing was still in flux late Tuesday — raising questions about his staying […]
The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year, although the 40% who did so is the highest Gallup has measured, by one percentage point. More Americans continue to identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%. These results are based on more than 20,000 […]