Democrats

How confident are you about our economic future? A survey from the polling firm Gallup finds the answer may have more to do with politics than economics.

The polling firm Gallup has gathered new data on how Americans feel about certain key economic phrases such as free enterprise, capitalism, and federal government.

In California, voters may have beefed up Democrats to a two thirds majority in both the Assembly and Senate -- a situation the state hasn't seen since 1933.

Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport on how your interpretation of economic news varies depending on your political orientation.

In this week's Attitude Check, we check in with Gallup's editor-in-chief, Frank Newport, about how Americans are viewing Republicans and Democrats on a couple of subjects.

Commentator Robert Reich says neither Democrats nor Republicans have a workable idea.

Republicans are flying home from Tampa. Democrats are flying to Charlotte. Both locations send a lot of connecting flights through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. So what's the mood like there?

Ad ties candidate to disgraced governor

Democratic governors caught between general support of unions and cutting unionized state employees.

Liberal pundit James Carville explains why class matters in this year's presidential election in his new book, ''It's the Middle Class, Stupid!''