If chained-CPI was merely a technical fix or a more accurate measure of inflation, it should be applied equally across the entire federal budget. This is not what Obama is proposing. Instead he plans to “shield” many groups from what he claims is only a technical adjustment. From CBS News: White House Press Secretary Jay [...]

Democrats may have waited too long to move forward with gun control legislation, resulting in a loss of public momentum. Support for stricter gun control spiked right after the Sandy Hook shooting, but since then it has dropped significantly. From CBS News: Currently, support for stricter gun control laws stands at 47 percent today, down [...]

The month long effort to blame the other side for the sequester basically ended in a draw. A new CBS News poll finds that only slightly more Americans blame Congressional Republicans than blame the Democrats for failing to reach an agreement. It found 38 percent of Americans blame Republicans, while 33 percent blame Democrats. An [...]

As we continue to get bad news from Afghanistan the American people have turned sharply against the war in the past few months. Overwhelming the American people think we should no longer be fighting the conflict. From New York Times: After a series of violent episodes and setbacks, support for the war in Afghanistan has [...]

As the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments today about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, it is important to keep in mind that the law remains very unpopular. A CBS New/New Times poll shows only about a third of Americans actually support the law, while nearly half the country disapproves of it. From [...]

Even though there was a lot of hyperventilating about how the original rule requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives as part of free preventive care might hurt President Obama politically, the reality is the vast majority of the country supports the idea. From CBS News polling: According to a survey, conducted between Feb. [...]

Congress’ job approval rating had been hovering in the low single digits for months, but it managed to drop to only 9 percent in the newest CBS News/New York Time poll. An overwhelming 84 percent of Americans don’t approve of the job Congress is currently doing. From CBS News: In a poll released Tuesday, just [...]

Two new national polls both find that Congress’ job approval rating has reached a new historic low. Today from the Washington Post: Just 14 percent of the public approves of the job Congress is doing, according to the latest poll. That is lower than just before the 1994, 2006 and 2010 elections, when the majority [...]

Trust in the federal government has now reached an all time record low according to CNN’s polling.  The previous low was set back in 1994. From CNN: A CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday morning indicates that only 15 percent of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what’s right just about always [...]

During an interview with with CBS News President Obama said he couldn’t guarantee that Social Security checks will go out after August 3rd. Clearly the move is a scare tactic to force Congress into reaching a deal, but what Obama is threatening is both illegal, unconstitutional and financially illogical. There is no reason Social Security [...]