Marriage Equality’s Long March

Gay marriage advocates may have lost a number of battles at the ballot box this past year, but it appears they’re winning the war.

Who Signed TARP Into Law?

Most Americans don’t know or get it wrong.

Latino Voters Who Want Immigration Reform May Not Vote If Legislation Doesn’t Come Up This Year

Following up on Jesse’s new piece on why anti-GOP backlash hasn’t appeared among Latino voters, a poll released today gives additional insight into how how Latinos will vote this November.

According to the study from LatinoMetrics, the Hispanic Federation and the League of United More…

It’s Faust the Liberal Agenda the Economy, Stupid

If there’s anything notable about David Brooks, it’s that he’s wedded to both literary analogies and sweeping, ideologically tinged judgments about the public. And in his most recent column, he doesn’t fail to deliver. Pivoting off of an extended analogy to Faust, Brooks argues that Democrats — eager to More…

Tonight’s Candidates: With Just a Little Help From Their Friends

President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last few days. But Specter isn’t the only candidate in tonight’s primaries who has received the hands-off approach from More…

Scott Ramussen Responds to Stu Rothenberg

Democrats are passing around this article by election handicapper Stuart Rothenberg, which takes the hammer and tongs to Rasmussen Reports. Rothenberg focuses on a poll that finds Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) weak against a first-time candidate.

Dave Westlake probably is a nice guy, and I wish him well. But

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America, the Insatiable

Among Capitol Hill’s most common platitudes is this idea that the average voter in Des Moines or Waco or San Luis Obispo is well-enough versed in Medicare law, derivatives markets and climate science to dictate the precise policies coming out of Washington. It isn’t true, of course. The average voter More…

Public Still Supports Obama’s Foreign Policy

On the eve of his first State of the Union address — a speech likely to be viewed as a response to a new Washington pessimism over his domestic agenda — President Obama is recording consistent support for his handling of foreign affairs and national security, according to an overview More…

When Opposition to Health Care Reform Isn’t Really Opposition

Republicans have been trumpeting polls indicating that most Americans oppose the Democrats’ proposals to reform the country’s dysfunctional health care system. Yet there’s increasing evidence that a good chunk of the opposition is rooted, not in any real criticism of the bills, but in the public’s misunderstanding of More…

Rasmussen Conducting Massachusetts Special Election Poll Tonight

Pollster Scott Rasmussen confirms to me that his company will be polling the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts tonight. It will be the first scientific poll in the state since before the December primary, when Attorney General Martha Coakley and State Senator Scott Brown won, respectively, the Democratic More…