Topic: Resurgent Republic

Focus Immigration reform: Is 'amnesty' a possibility now?

Congress seems primed to address immigration reform in 2013, and even a path to citizenship – which critics deride as 'amnesty' for illegals – may be on the table. The shift in the national conversation came suddenly. Here's why. 

Obama vs. Romney on 'fiscal cliff': May the bolder man win, polls say (+video)

Voters want Romney and Obama to take on the tough issues concerning the nation's fiscal future, especially the $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts known as the 'fiscal cliff.'

Paul Ryan paradox: Voters like him, just not his ideas (+video)

Paul Ryan is generally seen as more likeable than not, polls say. But his Medicare reforms? Not so much. Wednesday's speech to the GOP convention is a chance to change that dynamic. 

Medicare: Republicans say they're ready to rumble. Is that wise?

The coming election may be about jobs, jobs, jobs, but Republicans at the National Convention are vowing to take the battle to the Democrats on Medicare, too. They may have had little choice.

Poll: Obama vulnerable on economy, Romney weak on voter approval

Obama faces an electorate that sees the US economy in bleak terms, but he still outperforms Mitt Romney on voter favorability and in swing states, says a poll by the conservative group Resurgent Republic, released at the GOP convention.

Targeting the rich, Obama takes Democrats back to their roots

By saying the rich should pay their 'fair share' in taxes, President Obama is taking up an argument that Democrats have largely avoided for years. With a presidential election and 'supercommittee' budget cuts in the balance, the political stakes could hardly be higher.

GOP Pollsters Say Obama Must Pull Voters Back from Brink of Anger

Conservative advocacy and polling group Resurgent Republic's Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee Chairman, and Ed Goeas, a veteran GOP pollster, argue independents like President Obama but don't believe he's made the economy better.

Pollsters: Obama risks losing independents as jobless rate climbs (VIDEO)

Two Republican pollsters say their data show that both Republican and independent voters are growing angrier about the stubbornly high jobless rate.

GOP leader: Rise in unemployment rate could sink Obama (VIDEO)

The increase in the nation’s unemployment rate in June is a major moment in President Obama’s reelection campaign, a top Republican strategist says.

GOP hope for 2010: Voters nervous about Obama spending