Presidents And Popularity

In The New Republic, John Judis writes: Almost four months after his inauguration, President Barack Obama is still riding high in the polls. According to Gallup, 66 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing. But I expect that Obama’s popularity will...

Follow the Money, Print the Legend

Rep. Brad Miller is chairing ill-attended hearings on oversight of the $787 billion stimulus. Reports The Washington Times: “These hearings are titled ‘follow the money’ after the character in the movie – and the book – ‘All the...

Goldwater And RN

At the Huffington Post, blogger Jayne Lyn Stahl writes:  “You’ll recall, too, that Barry Goldwater was a staunch supporter of Richard Nixon in his bid for the White House against John F. Kennedy in 1960.” Well, that depends on what the meaning of the...

The Most Important Visit

RealClearPolitics has a list of the 10 most important presidential visits to other countries.  If you cannot guess which one came out on top … then you probably stumbled onto this blog by mistake.