According to this new CNN poll on President Obama, only 38% of Americans think Obama is “too liberal.” This number is significantly lower than one would think based on the rantings of the Republican Tea Party. While 48% of Americans approve of Obama’s performance, another 9% disapprove because they feel he is “not liberal enough.” [...]

According to the Intrade markets these are the top contenders for the 2012 Republican nomination to take on President Obama: #1 Mitt Romney #2 Sarah Palin #3 John Thune #4 Tim Pawlenty #5 Mike Huckabee #6 Newt Gingrich #7 Mitch Daniels #8 Jeb Bush #9 Paul Ryan

While many people are pointing to the 54% to 46% defeat of Prop 19 in California as proof that marijuana will never be legalized, I think a closer look at the situation reveals this perspective to be off the mark. Many people who support marijuana legalization in general voted against Prop 19 because they felt [...]

“Take Back America” indeed. It’s hilarious (and sad at the same time) that such a stupid sentiment can be so pervasive in this country in 2010.

According to this Gallup poll more Americans support a new economic stimulus bill designed to create new jobs as the #1 priority for congress than favor cutting federal spending or repealing the health care bill as the #1 priority. The first stimulus bill created or saved about 3 million jobs. Neither repealing the health care [...]

The “facts” on Fox News are as real as unicorn meat. Related: Michelle Bachmann’s PolitiFact file (all lies.)

President Obama supports making the middle class tax cuts permanent but he does not support extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich which would require borrowing billions of dollars from future generations (making the deficit even larger.) To be clear: President Obama is for middle class tax cuts and cutting the deficit. The Republicans [...]

After the 2008 elections the Democrats had control of: 59% of the Senate (up to 60% after Arlen Specter switched.) 59% of the House. 100% of the White House. How did the Republicans treat the Democratic mandate of the 2008 election? Did they try to work with the President to bring about the changes the [...]

If you hear something outrageous about President Obama the chances are very high that it’s a lie. The latest example is the $200 million/day India trip story. There is no truth to this story. At all. Yet people like Michelle Bachmann, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh keep repeating it anyway. It’s a good idea to [...]

Let’s take a look at Rasmussen’s final polls for the Senate races vs. the actual results to see if there is evidence of a systematic bias towards Republicans in their polling. I’m only looking at Senate races where there was a Rasmussen poll within the last month. There are some really obvious states (like Idaho [...]