SaddleBrooke Republican Club » public opinion http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Thu, 24 May 2012 12:43:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Romney’s National Security Problem http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/L8Oh7SIyG-g/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/L8Oh7SIyG-g/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:30:13 +0000 Christopher Preble http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=46923 By Christopher Preble

It appears some Republicans want to return to their familiar national security play book in their pursuit of the White House, accusing a Democratic president of gutting defense spending and undermining national security. An Associated Press story predicts that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign may feature the “hawkish and often unilateral foreign policy prescriptions that guided [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/romneys-national-security-problem/feed/ 0 Red Team, Blue Team, and Gas Prices http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/D2YFMVSQ2u4/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/D2YFMVSQ2u4/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:23:10 +0000 David Boaz http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=45807 By David Boaz

The Washington Post puts public opinion on gas prices in stark red and blue: Pretty clear Red Team/Blue Team answers. Republicans in 2006 accepted that there wasn’t much the president could do to reduce gas prices, but most of them think Obama could. Democrats show an even sharper shift; they overwhelmingly said that Bush could [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/red-team-blue-team-and-gas-prices/feed/ 0 Americans Favor Accelerated Withdrawal from Afghanistan http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/iK0CwD2Db6w/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/iK0CwD2Db6w/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:01:37 +0000 Malou Innocent http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=45480 By Malou Innocent

In case you haven’t heard, the war in Afghanistan is in a tailspin. Following the turbulent events of the past two weeks—including yesterday’s incident on a Helmand runway and the disarming of U.S. Marines before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta—Afghan president Hamid Karzai has demanded U.S. troops withdraw from villages and operate only from large NATO [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/americans-favor-accelerated-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Will Obama’s Libya ‘Victory’ Aid Re-Election Bid? http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/mYfl4jdO2e8/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/mYfl4jdO2e8/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:27:13 +0000 John Mueller http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=40996 By John Mueller

It is well established that presidents do not gain much of anything when they launch unsuccessful military ventures. However, they generally don’t gain much from successful ones either. The public does not seem to be interested in rewarding—or even remembering—foreign policy success. The data are now in on the most recent such military venture: the [...]

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