Tag Archives: President Barack Obama

Gun control failed because it is not a voting issue to most Americans

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Doug Gibson

There’s a lot of outrage today after the U.S. Senate failed to move a mild gun control measure toward further debate. A bipartisan measure from Sens. Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin to extend background checks to gun shows and weapons … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Gun control, Gun rights, Newtown, NRA, President Barack Obama, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Pat Toomey, Voting public | 27 Comments

Week of sequester, Rand Paul might cause upheaval to the political norm

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Doug Gibson

This has been a big week in politics. Two events occurred that have a strong potential to disrupt the political norm and effect major changes. The first was the collective public yawn over the sequester. The Obama administration, and its … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Debt, Deficits, Drone strikes, Federal Reserve, Filibuster, John Brennan, President Barack Obama, Sen. Rand Paul, Sequester, U.S. Senate | 18 Comments

Most Americans are skeptical of the doom-and-gloom arguments against the sequester

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Doug Gibson

You never know with Congress and the White House, but it seems to me there’s an excellent chance the sequestration cuts of $85 billion are going to happen on Friday. The president’s out there pitching against it, so is Rep. … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Entitlements reform, President Barack Obama, Public skepticism, Rep. Rob Bishop, Sequester, Sequestration, Tax reform | 11 Comments

Obama beats the GOP on budget-battle manure spreading

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Doug Gibson

No side is covering themselves with glory in the current fiscal cliff negotiations, but Republicans are far more honest with their proposal than President Obama is with his. The president is really stinking up negotiations with budget-battle manure.

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Budget debt, Budget negotiations, Deficits, Democratic Party, Fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Speaker John Boehner | 6 Comments

Romney’s grace after defeat may mitigate pain for many LDS supporters

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Doug Gibson

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) Mitt Romney’s concession speech (here) was gracious, generous and conciliatory. It even impressed MSNBC talker Chris Matthews, who has spent the better part of a year accusing the … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Mormons, President Barack Obama, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Mormon Moment | 28 Comments

The presidential election comes down to ‘Gallup’ versus ‘Silver’

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Doug Gibson

As we get closer to the final weekend of the presidential race there’s still no trend that can be determined by looking at all the polls, no one candidate moving to a small but significant lead. Despite that, most supporters … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged "Gallups", "Silvers", 2012 presidential race, Democrats, Election Day, Gallup polls, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver, Polls, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Turnout models | 19 Comments

No need to debate … Romney easily handled Obama

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Debate one is in the history books and it was a clear win for Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama. Romney was assertive without being mean, had a wide command of the facts, and simply outdebated Obama. Romney, for example, … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential debates, 2012 presidential race, Andrew Sullivan, Chris Matthews, Jim Lehrer, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama | 18 Comments

This is a surreal election season; so many have declared Obama the winner

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Doug Gibson

It’s Sept. 20 and it’s a surreal election season. So many have assumed that President Obama has won re-election. Many of my liberal social media friends have move into full gloat mode. It’s over folks, Romney’s a loser, conservative pundits … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Gallup, Mitt Romney, Overconfidence, Polls, President Barack Obama, Rasmussen | 22 Comments

The result of this election will be mostly about President Obama

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Doug Gibson

After the GOP convention last week, Mitt Romney received a small poll bounce — from the sole poll tracking likely voters — that will be gone by the time President Obama speaks at the Democratic Party convention on Thursday night. … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Bennion Spencer, Close presidential election, Democratic base, Mitt Romney, Party conventions, Political passion, President Barack Obama, Republican Party base | 15 Comments

Most Americans are more reasonable on abortion issue than President Obama

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Abortion is a contentious issue, but there are stances within the debate that most Americans can agree on. For example, most Americans would support laws banning sex-selection abortions. Most Americans favor parental notification if an underage daughter is going to have … Read More