Per Gallup, Hillary Clinton is the best known and liked potential candidate for President in 2016: The ratings for potential Democratic candidats are pasted below: ...with Republicans here: … [Read more...]

In light of today's unanimous Supreme Court decision in McCullen v. Coakley, which ruled clinic buffer zones to be unconstitutional,here is a graph of public attitudes from 1995 to the present: Source: Gallup … [Read more...]

From HuffPo Pollster: The polling aggregate has undecided voters at 33.2%, so this is still very much a potential horserace, post-Convention. … [Read more...]

From the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. Note that Massachusetts has the lowest tipped minimum wage in New England.   … [Read more...]

h/t Seth Ackerman: … [Read more...]

From Tyler Vigen:   2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Per capita consumption of cheese (US) Pounds (USDA) 29.8 30.1 30.5 30.6 31.3 31.7 32.6 33.1 32.7 32.8 Number of … [Read more...]

From Huffpollster: TODAY'S POLL SONNET, ON METHODOLOGY How do I poll thee? Let me count the ways. Sometimes I poll thee on the telephone, Though you are not answering much these days. And restless have my interviewers grown. For … [Read more...]

From The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: "Forty-eight states — all except Alaska and North Dakota — are spending less per student than they did before the recession."       … [Read more...]

Warren campaign insiders, the Senator's staff, and the Senator herself all state that she has no intention of running for the Presidency: Elizabeth Warren’s former national finance chair, Paul Egerman, has told several inquiring donors … [Read more...]

A just-released Suffolk Poll commissioned by the Herald shows a Walsh surge, with a 46 - 43 lead over John Connolly.  This is a surge, based upon an apples-to-apples comparison from an earlier Suffolk poll, which showed a seven-point … [Read more...]