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Convention insiders: ‘It’s Hillary’s if she wants it’ in 2016
September 6, 2012 After former President Clinton’s bravura performance at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Wednesday night, Democrats in Charlotte are increasingly upbeat about the prospects that President Obama will be reelected in the fall. But what about four years from now? Who do they think will be carrying the party’s standard ...
Democratic insiders to Hillary Clinton: Run in 2016!
September 5, 2012 She’ll be out of office. She’ll be 68 years old. She’ll be eight years away from her last run for the White House, which even some of her supporters have acknowledged was a badly flawed campaign. But Democrats participating in the National Journal Convention Insiders Poll Insiders apparently couldn’t care ...
Congressional insiders back boosting employee retirement contributions
May 26, 2011 Under pressure to cut the deficit, a huge majority of Republican Members of Congress and a fair share of Democrats are prepared to ask federal employees to increase their contributions to their own pensions, according to the latest National Journal Congressional Insiders Poll. When asked the question, "Should federal employees ...
Political insiders view shutdown as likely
April 8, 2011 A majority of political operatives believe there is a high likelihood that a government shutdown will occur this weekend, according to a National Journal Political Insiders Poll conducted Thursday afternoon before President Obama's meeting with congressional leaders in the evening. The Political Insiders were asked: "On a scale of zero ...
Political insiders say public uninformed about policy issues
March 25, 2011 When it comes to policy, the political class doesn't have a lot of faith in the public's IQ. In the latest National Journal Political Insiders Poll, a solid majority of political operatives -- 59 percent -- said the public didn't "know enough about the issues facing Washington to form wise ...
Republicans signal delay on 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
November 15, 2010 Two prominent Senate Republicans indicated Sunday that it is unlikely that the ban on gays serving openly in the military known as "don't ask, don't tell" will be overturned in the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the ranking GOP member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, ...
Obama team reaches new heights in diversity
June 22, 2009 A mere glance around Barack Obama's Cabinet table provides ample evidence of the president's philosophy that diversity is an important element of good government. Fewer than half of the 22 officials designated by Obama as having Cabinet rank are white men -- only nine in fact. Likewise, fewer than half ...
Plotting an Endgame
September 9, 2008 After back-to-back national conventions that captured the attention of much of the electorate, the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain remains a puzzle. Despite the public's deep dissatisfaction with President Bush, his party's standard-bearer remains very much in contention. When Democratic operatives look at the national ...
Tickets Out of Iowa
November 27, 2007 Among political observers, the conventional wisdom is that "three tickets get punched" in Iowa for White House hopefuls -- the top three finishers in each party's caucuses gain enough momentum and credibility to soldier on. Or, as veteran political reporter David Yepsen of the The Des Moines Register likes to ...
In W. They Trust
October 25, 2005 President Bush and his latest nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, are taking a beating in the conservative salons of Washington. "The White House approach to this nomination was, first, they chose someone who really infuriated the Republican base," scoffed conservative columnist George Will last Sunday on ABC News' ...
