Despite relatively positive news coming out of Iraq and a new campaign season that has focused the lens of the news media off the sitting president to the new contenders, George W. Bush cannot shake the horrendous job approval…
On multiple occasions during his weeknight telecast The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly has made a particular effort to tell the viewers, and his right-wing guests, that he is not endorsing a presidential candidate and has no horse in the…
With the 2008 general election just about seven months away, Minnesotans are very wary about the state of the nation’s economy, and appear to be ready to vote for a candidate who can best protect their pocketbook. The percentage of…
Picking the Vice Presidential Nominees: What Should We Look For? Monday, March 24, 2008. 8:30am – Noon; Hubert H. Humphrey Center “The Humphrey Institute’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota and Presidential Studies…
In polling conducted just as the Reverend Wright story broke nationally last week, Hillary Clinton appears to have made substantial gains across the Upper Midwest in terms of her relative competitiveness with Republican nominee John McCain, as compared to her…
As news broke last week in the mainstream media of videotaped statements by Barack Obama’s friend and Reverend spouting what most Americans view as radical, racially-fused, anti-American political rhetoric, Obama’s lead over Hillary Clinton in national polls for the Democratic…
Barack Obama’s speech this morning on race and politics was favorably received by media commentators, though it may have come too late to prevent the damage done to his campaign. Obama’s longtime association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright will link the…
Republican Senator Norm Coleman enjoys a 10-point lead over DFL hopeful Al Franken, according to a new survey of 644 registered voters by SurveyUSA, conducted on March 12th. Coleman leads Franken 51 to 41 percent, with 7 percent undecided. This…
Last week John McCain, in a somewhat awkward festivity, accepted President George W. Bush’s endorsement for the presidency after wrapping up the majority of delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination. McCain, setting aside his staunch support for the still…
As expected, Barack Obama rolled through the Wyoming caucuses and Mississippi primary this past week, apparently dulling the shine of the Clinton campaign’s big victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4th. Due to those Clinton victories, the growing pressure…
