Our survey on electoral reforms, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on October 15: WASHINGTON — The capital’s shutdowns and showdowns have tested the patience even of the Senate chaplain. “Save us from the madness,” he prayed at the...
Dan Judy joined Ron Brownstein, Kristen Roberts, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Guy Molyneux, and Jared Bernstein to discuss National Journal’s Congressional Connection poll, the government shutdown, and the debt ceiling. Congressional Connection Poll Event from National Journal on FORA.tv Please click here for the video.
Dan Judy’s comments on the political effects of the government shutdown in US News and World Report: At this point it’s impossible to know who will get the blunt of the blame for congressional gridlock. Both sides are forging ahead with independent messaging strategies. Republicans have been pushing mini-funding bills in what they say is...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico on President Obama, ObamaCare, and the budget impasse: “You reap what you sow,” said Whit Ayres, the veteran Republican pollster. “When you force through a major and very significant change to our economy, and you do it on a pure party-line vote, and at the very end change the rules...
Jon McHenry in The Washington Times on the politics for Republicans of a government shutdown: “The president has the microphone, and he generally has a sympathetic press that’s going to echo what he says,” said Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Strategies, a Republican polling firm. “There’s a lot of peril for Republicans in...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post on national implications for Republicans in the Virginia gubernatorial contest: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, sketched out the stakes for his party and, by implication, for those Republicans who may be thinking about running for president in 2016. “It may be a textbook example of how you resurrect...
Jon McHenry’s comments in US News and World Report on ObamaCare and a potential government shutdown: On its own, GOP pollster Jon McHenry says repealing and dismantling Obamacare is a great issue that attracts the Republican base, a majority of independents and even a fraction of Democratic voters to the GOP ticket. “Where we lose...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Times regarding President Obama and the budget: “Has he been trying to sell his budget priorities?” asked Republican pollster Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Strategies. “I’m sure there are some folks in upstate New York who appreciate that he’s been out on the hustings. But there’s so...
Dan Judy’s comments in Roll Call on making the jump from secretary of state to the U.S. Senate: “Running as a U.S. Senate candidate is hard, and it helps to have taken some lumps in prior contests,” Republican pollster Dan Judy said. “Running for secretary of state doesn’t always give you that experience.” To read...
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Hill regarding Republican candidates and populism: But others say these candidates are too focused on running against the party establishment at the expense of bringing new ideas or policy proposals to the debate. “It sort of cracks me up that a Republican would try to get left of President Kennedy...
