State of the Nation

In the fourth week of January, the NBC/WSJ poll found that 63% of us think the country is on the wrong track. In the third week of February, the Econ/You Gov survey found the wrong track number to be 62%....

President Obama

The public’s grade for the job President Obama is doing (as found by Gallup 2/19-21/14) is 44% approval/51% disapproval. Of the 5 most recent, two-term Presidents at this point in their second term, Obama’s current approval rating is better than...

2016

The following have talked or been talked about as potential candidates in 2016. Republicans Democrats Jeb Bush Joe Biden Chris Christie Hillary Clinton Bobby Jindal Andrew Cuomo Rand Paul Kristin Gillibrand Marco Rubio Amy Klobuchar Paul Ryan Martin O’Malley...

The Congress

12% of Americans approve of the way Congress is doing its work. This is slightly higher than the all-time Gallup low of 9% in October 2013. The high point of the last 16 months was15% approval in late 2012. Approval...

An Evolution on Gay Rights

NOTE: As is probably evident to readers of the Watch, I have particularly high regard for Charlie Cook and his work . On January 23rd, Charlie published a column which was a bit different than those he usually writes. It...

Restaurant: Wagshal's

Washington, DC: First there was the Deli, then the Market, then Spring Valley Catering, and finally Wagshal’s on New Mexico.