That’s not a rhetorical question, although the way some people have reacted to yesterday’s TIME and Pew polls about the percentage of Americans who think Obama is a Muslim, I wouldn’t be surprised if they took it as such. Sure, it’s possible that one-in-four (or five, depending on the poll) Americans actually believe in their [...]
By now, most of us can agree that Democrats have largely failed to use health care reform as a political boost. The new law remains unpopular with half or more of the U.S. population and it will be one of several critical issues in the upcoming mid-term elections, particularly in districts where freshman, Blue Dog [...]
I have a story in this week’s dead tree edition out today looking at the seeming plethora of GOP women candidates this year. Yes, there are a lot of high profile races: Niki Haley, Sharron Angle, Linda McMahon, Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies.” And there have been a record number of Republican women who’ve run for [...]
On C-Span today, Grover Norquist elaborated on the argument he made to me Tuesday night. (If the embed below does not load, you can see the same video here.)
Many months back I gave some play to a “Remember November” video that had been launched by the Republican Governors Association. I was impressed with both the quality of the thing–all menacing, with quick jump cuts, tricks of light–and the apparent reference to Guy Fawkes, the 17th Century British terrorist who has become a darling [...]
I’ve known and admired Fareed Zakaria for more than a decade. I’ve praised his work here–even though he worked for the competition. And now he’s joining us at Time. What fun! A good part of what I love about journalism is the collegiality, the opportunity to kick around rumors, perceptions and story ideas with all [...]
According to a new Time poll–reinforcing the Pew poll that Amy mentions below–24% believe the President is a Muslim. That’s not shocking–30% or thereabouts can be counted on to believe any old perverse right-wing fantasy (more than 30% believed Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11, if I remember correctly). The problem here is that so few [...]
But not only has that fact not gotten through to many Americans, the percentage of adults who believe he is a Muslim has now risen sharply after holding steady for two years, according to a new Pew poll out today. For my money, though, the real headline–and the news that should be causing heartburn over [...]
