With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, speculation about the 2012 presidential race is already heating up, and a new poll out Thursday finds Barack Obama trailing two members of a hypothetical GOP field but leading the one with the highest profile, Sarah Palin. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey found no clear front-runner among [...]
The Tea Party has been effective at grabbing headlines, showcasing rising conservative stars, putting fear into incumbents of both parties, and generally throwing a wrench into the established political machine. But the grassroots movement has been less adroit at presenting a unified front, with its disjointed membership happy to play the role of outsider and [...]
Even as Bank of America begins to restart foreclosure proceedings in 23 states on Monday, the bank confirmed that it had discovered errors, including incorrect data and misspelled names, in the paperwork it has reviewed, Nelson D. Schwartz reports in The New York Times. For weeks, Bank of America has insisted its review had not [...]
While many polls are portending big losses for Democrats on Election Day, a new analysis on early voting offers a rare bit of good news for the party. The Associated Press tracked more than three million ballots already cast nationwide and determined that Democrats so far have “an edge in a number of states and [...]
If the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ends up being scrapped, a majority of Americans would be OK with it, according to a survey out Wednesday. The CBS News poll found that 56 percent of respondents favored allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly, while just 31 percent oppose it. Fully 65 percent of [...]
Add a generational divide to the problems facing Democrats this election year. Older voters are especially disappointed in the way government is working and are likely to turn out and vote in November and lean heavily towards Republicans, according to a survey out this week. The poll found that among seniors who claimed to be [...]
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