CNN Poll: Election not a mandate for GOP

Poll: No mandate for GOP
Fewer than a fifth of Americans saw this month’s Election as giving a mandate to the Republican Party, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research poll. Asked whether the Election provided a mandate for Republicans or was a rejection of Democrats, 70 percent said the Midterms were a negative reaction to the governing party. Only 17 percent said the Election provided the GOP with a mandate. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 The results are similar to a CNN/Time poll followin...

GOP's House Win Was Rejection Of Democrats, Not A Mandate: Poll
Politics Daily: Americans overwhelmingly say that the Midterm Election results that gave Republicans control of the House represented a rejection of the Democrats and not a mandate for the GOP, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Nov. 11-14. (Story; Poll data). Seventy percent of those surveyed said the results were a rejection of Democratic rule in the House while 17 percent called it a mandate for Republicans. Eight percent answered "neither" and 5 percent had no ...

Poll: midterm elections no blank check for Republicans
As the dust settles from the historic 2010 Midterm Elections that resulted in a massive power-shift in Washington, the American People indicate that November's Election results are no 'blank check' for Republicans, according to a poll cited by Politico. Granted, the poll was conducted by CNN/Opinion Research, which has a rather unreliable track record on various issues.  CNN's jointly-conducted polls with Opinion Research and Time on political issues, for example, display a larger-than-norm...

Are Democrats on the Verge of Extinction in Some Parts of the U.S.?
We can't ponder that question without thinking back to "White America Has Lost Its Mind," a Village Voice article from a couple of months ago. Writer Steven Thrasher presented Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Glenn Beck, and other Right-wing luminaries as evidence that white people in America are playing with a few loose shingles. Thrasher's piece is alternately alarming and entertaining, and here is his central theory: White Americans started going around the bend when Barack Obama was elec...

Progressives must figure out what happened with young voters
Cindy McCain retreats on don't ask don't tell. John McCain digs in Generational differences may be more important to American politics now than they have ever been in American history. While there was a lot of talk about "the generation gap" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the partisan and ideological divide between the Young and the old is almost certainly bigger now that it has been at any point in out history. Young voters -- like the now largely passed-on New Deal generation of an earlier...

CNN/Opinion Research Poll: No Mandate for the GOP
The latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll finds that only one in six Americans say the Elections were a mandate for the GOP. … only one in three thinks the Republicans will do a better job than the Democrats in running the House, with just over one in five saying the GOP will do a worse job, and 44 percent saying there won’t be much difference. Only 32 percent say the new Congress will get more done that the current one, with just over one in four saying it will accomplish less, an...

Harry Reid to stay in top Democratic post in Senate
Senate Democrats have returned Majority Leader Harry Reid to his post. Reid was unopposed to keep his position, as was Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, the Minority Leader, who also kept his post. Reid's Midterm Election victory over Republican Sharron Angle spared Democrats a battle over who might have replaced him. McConnell is sidestepping a divisive fight with Conservatives over Earmarks by endorsing a Tea Party-sponsored ban on them. ...

Poll Shows Only 17% Think Election Was Mandate For Republicans
A CNN Poll clearly shows that the Midterm Election was no mandate for the out-of-power party. (via Greg Sargent) As you know, as a result of the Election which was held earlier this month, the Republicans will control the U.S. House of Representatives. Do you think the Republican victories in the House races are more of a mandate for Republican policies or more a rejection of Democratic policies? Mandate for Republicans 17% Rejection of Democrats 70% Just 33% say Republicans will do a better j...

Reid, McConnell stay in Senate top party posts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have returned their respective Party Leaders to their posts following an Election in which the top Democrat scrambled to retain his seat and the senior Republican picked up 13 new senators. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada kept his post, as did Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, the Minority Leader. Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin will continue as assistant Majority Leader, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York will stay on as v...

Democrats Surge One Month Before Midterm Elections
PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest USA Today/Gallup Poll finds Democrats opening up a sizeable lead in Likely Voters' preferences for the U.S. House of Representatives. The political environment, favorable to Democrats for most of the year, has become even more favorable in recent weeks as the Republican leadership struggles with the Mark Foley Scandal. The Democrats have not performed this well in a Gallup Midterm Election test since they enjoyed large Congressional majorities in the 1970s. Fifty-...

Unreal Angry Liberals Tell Obama: Stop Caving on Agenda
Angry Liberals are telling the most radical president in history, the most pro-abortion president in history, the biggest spender in history, the most anti-Israel president in history that he needs to stop caving to Republicans. Are these crackpots serious? Liberals furious with a White House they view as constantly telegraphing Compromise with Republicans are pressuring President Obama to get tougher, arguing that is the only way he will win both Progressives and Independents in 2012. Adam Gre...

Oh My: New Politico Poll Finds Only 26% Think Obama Will be Re-Elected in 2012
In related news, people are reporting rainbows everywhere are fading and unicorns seen falling from the sky… (Politico)- The Midterms not only dealt a big shock to the Democrats, but also sent a message to President Obama. According to the new Politico “ Power and the People ” poll, only 26 percent of the public believes he will now be re-elected as President in 2012. This difference of expectations could mislead the president if he is listening to the Beltway chatter - ri...

NRSC Cornyn Statement On His Unanimous Re-election As NRSC Chair For The 2012 Election Cycle
"I appreciate the strong support from all of my Republican colleagues, and especially our 13 new Republican Senators, as we continue our campaign to win back a Senate Republican majority in 2012. Continuity at the NRSC is something we haven’t had in a while, and which we need to build on our victories in 2010. "Two years ago, few would have imagined that Senate Republicans would win seven Democrat-held Senate seats, while successfully defending every single Republican Senate seat. And over...

Michael Maslansky: The Boy Who Cried Mandate: The Perils of Exaggerating Reality
On Mondays we have staff calls. We all have hectic schedules, so it's important we set aside some time each week to keep each other abreast of everything that's happening with ongoing and upcoming projects. Also, there is lunch. Everyone has suggestions, but as Management, I'll often narrow it down to the two most popular choices. If seven of the thirteen of us opt for Thai, and the other six would rather try that new barbecue place, unfortunately, some tough choices must be made. "A close cal...

Obamas right about messaging, wrong on timeframe
Ever since the Midterm Election debacle, Democrats have attempted to console themselves by claiming that they just failed at messaging.  Voters didn’t reject their agenda, leading Democrats such as Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi say; they just didn’t hear about how great things are and will be, thanks to an avalanche of advertising by Republicans and their allies.  Put aside for the moment that voters got more messaging from Democrats and their allies, whose spending actually surp...

The Decline & Fall of Barack Obama
It is deeply regrettable watching the country’s first Black President trip, stumble and fall, and there appears no remedy. Obviously the election was devastating. This Asian tour, conducted at obscene cost, is a bust. Democrats are jumping ship at an accelerated rate. No word is heard from Oprah or Colin Powell, silent indictments perhaps. Powerful Democrat critics are even telling the President he should announce he is not running for re-election. All this against a grim backdrop: terrori...

Democrats propose that President Obama not run for 2012 re-election
There is a stirring discussion from two Democratic Party analysts about President Obama’s run for re-election in the 2012 Presidential Election.  Many are speculating as to the cause for such Rhetoric, but the pressure is on to create Bipartisanship now that the 2010 Midterm Elections gave the Republicans a solid majority in the House of Representatives, and added to their numbers in the Senate. The Republican victory, some believe, will precede a potential victory for more seats in t...

Pelosi Scrambles to Thwart Rebellion
Nancy Pelosi is getting the first test of her might under the new Democratic reality as she scrambles to extinguish a rebellion against her power to appoint lieutenants to top party posts. Realizing they don’t have the votes to knock the defeated speaker from the top perch in party leadership, moderate Blue Dog Democrats have set their sights a little lower, targeting liberal Pelosi enforcers George Miller (D-Calif.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), all of whom hold i...

Cornyn To Lead NRSC Through 2012
Coming off a cycle where Republicans picked up six seats in the Senate, Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) was re-elected unanimously on Tuesday to chair the National Republican Senatorial Committee through 2012. Cornyn's re-election provides the NRSC some continuity in 2012 when it faces a playing field with plenty of pick up opportunities. The GOP only has to defend 10 seats in 2012, while 21 Democrats and two Independents who Caucus with Democrats are up for re-election. "I appreciate the strong su...

Midterm Elections Spell Confusion for CEOs - CEO Council - WSJ
Yahoo! Buzz The 2010 mid-term Elections represented a revolt against the political ruling classes, lawmakers told executives on Monday — and the ripple effects could be felt for years to come in the form of gridlock and continued political upheaval. “I’ve never seen the parties more polarized than they are today,” Sen. Evan Bayh (D, Ind.), who didn’t run for re-election, told the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. “I think we’re in for a period of gridlock...

A message for the middle (Rep. Diana DeGette)
In the days since Nov. 2, pundits, the Public, and of course the politicians themselves have spent much time analyzing the Democratic losses. These discussions will continue long after the lawn signs are packed in storage and the new Congress starts in Washington. But the American People have shown they have a clear set of priorities as they navigate these challenging times, and many of them did not believe Democrats shared those priorities or had been working to address them. The general diss...

GOP-led House could make trouble for Googles execs
Saddled with the perception that it is a darling of the Obama Administration, Google could have a difficult terrain to navigate when Republicans assume the House majority in the next Congress.  The company whose chief executive campaigned for President Obama stands to become a target of investigations by multiple Committees.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has promised to be an aggressive Watchdog as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has led congressional Republicans in questioni...

DeMint: Obama, Pelosi Not Free Market Americans As I Understand It
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 By Dan Joseph Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - In an interview with CNSNews.com on Monday, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) would not say whether he thinks President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are “Extremists,” but he said he thinks they are not “Free Market Americans.” In a Gallup Poll from August, 40 percent of Americans defined themselves as “conservative,” nine percent of whom said “very cons...

Rep. Heath Shuler to challenge Pelosi
Published: Nov. 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) attends the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on February 5, 2009. Shuler, who was once a first round draft choice as a quarterback for the NFL team the Washington Redskins, is in his Second Term in Congress. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool) Washington, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., has begun a Dark-horse bid to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as the Leader of the Democratic Party in the U.S. House. Shuler said...