veterans

    Veterans support Romney over Obama by 24%

    By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 29th at 08:04 AM  | 

    On Memorial Day, Gallup reported that U.S. veterans support Mitt Romney over Barack Obama for president by 24 percent — 58 percent to 34 percent. This is a  finding that is likely to doom Obama’s efforts  to gain support among military voters. According to NPR’s Greg Allen, the Obama campaign hopes to capitalize on what the Obamacrats perceive as a  generational change in the military.  | Read More »

    Obama’s military gap

    By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 30th at 08:44 PM  | 

    Gallup reports that veterans and active military are less likely to approve of President Obama’s job performance. Gallup found that 37% all active-duty military personnel and veterans approve of Obama’s job performance compared with 48% of nonveterans. This is fitting rebuttal to TIME’s Joe Klein, who recently asserted on “The Chris Matthews Show” that Obama’s relationship with the military is better than was President Bush’s. | Read More »

    Babs Boxer: Being a Senator is as tough as being a soldier

    By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  July 27th at 03:41 AM  | 

    It’s no wonder Madam Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat-California) demands to be called Senator: She thinks it’s a pretty tough job. In fact, she thinks it’s as tough as being “a policeman or a fireman or a veteran.” It gets better, too. She says “the pressure” that she and Maxine Waters feel creates the same bonding that the aforementioned police, fire, and military volunteers endure and | Read More »