Newsmax RSS FeedFri, 24 May 2013 10:44:42 EDTDespite a tough couple of weeks, President Obama's job approval ratings are holding up fairly well. As I write this, 47 percent of voters nationwide offer their approval. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:58:16 EDTForeign policy matters rarely top the list of voter concerns. That's especially true in times of challenging economic news. In recent weeks, though, national security topics have been working their way into the headlines.Mon, 06 May 2013 11:34:00 EDTThere are many ways to describe the enormous gap between the American people and their elected politicians. Most in official Washington tend to think that their elite community is smarter and better than the rest of us.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:34:55 EDTThe news from Boston over the past couple of weeks has been the stuff of nightmares. Homemade bombs killing and injuring innocent people at a high-profile public event were followed by a massive manhunt.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:18:36 EDTMitt Romney's secretly recorded comment that 47 percent of Americans are "dependent on the government" and "believe they are victims" isn't the only reason he lost the presidential campaign.Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:06:20 EDTGun control advocates sound puzzled by congressional resistance to relatively modest gun control legislation. Many cite a poll showing 90 percent of Americans support more background checks . Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:08:42 EDTThere's a strong desire among many Americans today to address a growing problem of income inequality. That desire helped President Obama raise taxes on upper-income Americans a few months ago. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:33:21 EDTSixty-eight percent of voters believe that, when done legally, immigration is good for America. Most voters for years have favored a welcoming policy of immigration. Unlike many issues these days, there is virtually no partisan disagreement.Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:04:33 EDTAmericans have a healthy respect for free market competition and are resistant to government interference — even when they don't like what the market is up to.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:57:57 EDTJames Carville famously kept the 1992 Clinton campaign on message with the simple refrain, "It's the economy, stupid!" That's just as true for politicians today as it was two decades ago.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:18:59 EDTPresident Obama handily defeated congressional Republicans in the political fight over his healthcare law. But the law will now face a much tougher opponent — the creativity of Americans determined to gain more control over their own healthcare decisions.Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:21:51 EDTTo borrow a phrase, Mainstream America and Washington's Political Class have become two nations separated by a common language. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:58:25 EDTThere's a panic bubbling to the surface in Washington, D.C. It's being brought about by the so-called sequester, scheduled to take effect next Friday, March 1.Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:54:56 EDTThere's still a lot of confusion in the Republican Party in the aftermath of the 2012 election. Part of the confusion stems from the struggle between the party establishment based in Washington and the party's base of voters all over the country.Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:24:58 EDTAs President Obama prepares for his State of the Union address, he has indicated that gun control and immigration will be two of his top priorities. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:18:02 EDTA bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators has proposed an immigration reform plan that appears to broadly reflect what voters would like to see. But there's a catch.Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:04:21 EDTPresident Obama in his inaugural address made it clear he intends to protect the nation's entitlement programs. In the world of Washington politics, this amounts to a pledge that the president will make sure that no changes will be made to programs like Social Security and Medicare.Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:34:16 EDTFollowing the school shooting horror in Newtown, Conn., our nation shares a heartfelt belief that something must be done. Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:00:57 EDTOfficial Washington hailed the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff as a significant bipartisan accomplishment.Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:54:24 EDTIn Washington, many are celebrating the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. Some, like The Washington Post, are hailing the "strong bipartisan votes (on) a big, contentious issue."