Category: Washington Watch Archive

29% of registered voters say the country is headed in the right direction. 59% of registered voters say the country is on the wrong track. Continue reading “State of the Nation”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who held 11 state dinners, famously served King George VI and Queen Elizabeth hot dogs and beer at a 1939 state dinner. Continue reading “Odds and Ends”

“God does not ask us to save the world – entirely and alone. Instead, God asks us to do what we can when we can. We mend the world one life at a time, one act at a time, one day at a time.”

Jonathan Sacks, Former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Continue reading “Quotes”

(The following is based on registered voters unless indicated otherwise.)

President Biden’s job approval ratings Continue reading “President Biden”

Governorships in 2022 Continue reading “2022 Election”

Approval of the Congress was growing after the 2020 election but since mid-May it has been falling, and the decline continues. Continue reading “Congress”

The following people have indicated or been named as someone thinking about or planning to run for president in 2024. Continue reading “2024 Election”

Sara Blakely, founder and owner of Spanx, sold a majority stake in Spanx to Blackstone last week. Thereafter she thanked Spanx employees, most of whom appear to be women, with a generous gift of two first class tickets to any destination in the world and $10,000 in cash. [The Broadsheet 10/26/21] Continue reading “Women Will Get It Done”