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I’ve written previously about Gallup polling data and analysis that shows President Biden is losing the support of the American people. Here are my thoughts on the data from about…
Jonathan Rauch outlines an interesting argument in the latest issue of The Atlantic. The presidency, it’s often said, is a job for which everyone arrives unprepared. But just how unprepared…
Ronald Brownstein writes for The Atlantic about a change for the worse in American attitudes about the future. When Americans look to the future, two mega-trends evoke the most optimism…
View in your browser. In his response to the recent shootings at Umpqua Community College, President Obama made an impassioned plea for more gun control: The United States of America…
• The latest survey by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling shows Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper with a slim 44-41 lead over GOP Gov. Pat McCrory — a reversal of…
Some recent items of interest:What McCrory really said with veto • National Journal is reporting that Democratic power brokers are trying to get kay Hagan to run against Richard Burr…
• As Carolina Journal Online reported yesterday, the conservative grass-roots group Americans for Prosperity’s new jobs agenda will put pressure on the General Assembly to support free-market reforms. You can…
National Journal reports many believe former Sen. Kay Hagan is the only hope Democrats have to regain a Senate seat: To many of the state’s top Democratic strategists, Hagan isn’t…
• The first episode of “The Runner-Up,” Esquire Network’s four-part series about Democrat Clay Aiken’s unsuccessful bid to defeat U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, aired Tuesday. If you don’t…
Kevin Williamson‘s latest column for National Review Online notes changes in American political culture in the 40 years since Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Richard Nixon was a snake who understood…
James Antle of the Daily Caller explores the differences between Clintons and mere mortals. Well, the Clintons are different from you and me. They have more rights — to privacy,…
James Antle of the Daily Caller wonders whether high-profile positive radio publicity could propel Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to success in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. In the…