Whit Ayres’ comments for the Associated Press regarding Obamacare: “There’s no question the issue has legs, in part because it affects so many Americans very directly and in part because the glitches with the website are simply one of many fundamental problems with this law,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. To read the full article,...
Dan Judy’s comments for U.S. News and World Report on immigration reform proposals in the House. Dan Judy, a Republican pollster at North Star Opinion Research, says the Cantor plan strikes the right balance for the GOP, which must walk a fine line with immigration reform. While many want to court Latino voters on the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico regarding ObamaCare in the 2014 elections: Republicans, they say, can just let the spotlight return to the federal Obamacare website that breaks all the time — and any other implementation oopsies that happen along the way. That process is already underway, as House Republicans plan hearings on the website issues...
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...
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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...
