Politics

If Democrats take a real beating at the polls on November 4, they won’t blame President Obama’s failed economic policies, disregard for the U.S. Constitution, or Obamacare—at least not publicly. They will likely accuse the GOP of suppressing voter turnout by pushing voter ID laws.

Reports released today indicate most of the funding for proponents of the Denton drilling ban have originated from non-local environmental extremist groups.

The American people strangely seem to put more faith in their lying eyes on at least three issues.

Powerpoint presentation given by IPI President Tom Giovanetti to the North Texas Strategy & Victory Conference in Grapevine, Texas on September 27, 2014.

The president regularly, and conveniently, leaves out several important facts in his speeches that muddy the water and would tell a different story than he wants told.

Senator Rand Paul has outlined at least five important principles that should guide U.S. foreign policy decisions.

Consider some of the themes Democrats bragged would hammer Republicans and help Democrats retain control of the U.S. Senate.

Reports say some conservatives want to pit low-income workers against immigrants by saying the later take U.S. jobs.  A better political strategy is to outline a pro-growth economic agenda that creates jobs for all workers.

A July Quinnipiac poll asked the public who has been the worst president since 1945. The big winner was President Barack Obama, with 33 percent. It’s easy to see why if we compare him to some of the other men who often make the worst-presidents list.

President Obama’s complete inability to pass liberal legislation that actually works—or now to pass any legislation at all—has driven him to rely on the honor system in the hope that people will do the right thing in several policy arenas.