A number of polls have been heavily weighted toward Democrats. There was the late August Washington Post/ABC poll that had a plus-9 Democratic skew (and still had Romney ahead by one point). And there was a Marquette poll (PDF) of Wisconsin two weeks ago that had a plus-8 Democratic skew. One website, www.unskewedpolls.com, has taken […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters)– For those who believe in a clash of civilizations between the Islamic world and Western democracy, the last few weeks must seem like final confirmation of their theory. Even those who reject the term as loaded and simplistic speak sadly of a perhaps catastrophic failure of understanding between Americans in particular and many […]
Spreading from the middle east, now to the West as violent clashes erupted this week after Muslim rioters marched from Sydney’s Town Hall to Martin Place and confronted police outside the US consulate as Muslims tried to break into the consulate. Muslim rioters threw glass bottles and other objects at police, forcing officers to use […]
Mr. Romney’s tax rate is that a very substantial amount of his income comes from capital gains, 51 percent in 2011 and 58 percent in 2010. Capital gains, no matter how large, are taxed at a maximum rate of 15 percent. Whereas wage income can be taxed as much as 35 percent plus taxes for […]
President Obama had to reassess his view of what caused the attack in Libya that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, raising questions about whether the White House has a solid grasp on the angry convulsions rocking the Middle East. President Obama has been forced to reassess his view of what caused the attack in Benghazi, […]
The death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. officials in Libya last Wednesday should serve to draw much-needed attention to an increasingly untenable contradiction in U.S. policy toward the Middle East. Even while it seeks to recover from this latest attack by Islamic radicals, the United States continues to support or tolerate the […]
Congress’ official scorekeeper said Wednesday that roughly eight million Americans will pay penalties under President Obama’s health care law for lacking insurance than had previously been estimated. Most of them middle class. Under the law, Americans must be insured starting in 2014 or pay a penalty assessed on their tax returns. Shortly after the legislation […]
Gallup is out this morning with a new poll that contains a damning indictment of the mainstream media. 60% of Americans, an all-time high, do not trust the mass media to accurately or fairly report the news. Mind you, that isn’t 60% of Republicans or conservatives, but Americans of all political persuasions. From Gallup: The record distrust […]
Gallup Poll today put Obama and Romney at a dead even tie, both at 47%. These are the results when registered voters are asked: “Suppose the presidential election were held today. If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party’s candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party’s candidate, who would you vote for Barack Obama, the […]
Let Freedom Ring released an ad Thursday to run in key swing states exposing Barack Obama as a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer. The group was planning on airing the ads next month, but changed course after terrorist attacked the Egyptian embassy and killed four Americans in Libya, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, […]
