Voters: Keep Passing Bills Even If Obama is Opposed

"A new Rasmussen Reports poll issued Friday found that 59 percent of voters 'think Congress should continue to pass legislation that most members of Congress support even if the president is opposed'," writes Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner. "Just 25 percent want Congress to cave into the White House and 16 percent are unsure."

Despite bipartisan support, Obama vetoed the Keystone bill this week, and is promising to use the veto pen much more in his last two years in office.

The poll of 800 likely voters taken this week could also strengthen the backbone of Republicans eager to use the Department of Homeland Security spending bill to punish Obama's decision last year to grant worker amnesty to some 5 million illegal immigrants.

Confidence in Public Schools Hits New Low

"Americans' confidence in public schools is down five percentage points from last year," reports Gallup, "with 29% expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in them." The chart below shows the near continuous decline in public confidence over the past 40 years of Gallup's tracking.

The low confidence level will surprise no one except perhaps the teachers union, given U.S. students' downward spiral in international math and science achievement comparisons, and it should greatly encourage those who have long advocated universal school choice and an open, free market in K-12 education.