Tom Miller's contributions to the ROA's DEF on the Affordable Care Act Supreme Court hearings.

Tom Miller's contributions to the ROA's DEF on the Affordable Care Act Supreme Court hearings.

The March edition of the Political Report features an exclusive compilation of all the entrance and exit polls from previous primaries by AEI public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg.

This was the worst jobs report since last October. The economy added 120,000 jobs in March, about half the pace of the previous three months.

The smallest and oldest Air Force in U.S. history needs to get bigger and newer, quickly. Without an Air Force capable of responding to multiple crises around the world—and almost every major conflict in history has played out on more than one front—the Obama administration’s new strategy is a recipe for decline. 

With just over half of the Republican contests completed, the March edition of AEI’s Political Report takes a close look at the entrance and exit poll results from the 17 states for which data are available.

Though its capital position improved slightly over last month, the FHA is still firmly in the red, with a current net worth of –$13.45 billion. Particularly alarming is the growth of the Ginnie/USDA division, which has a higher default rate than the FHA.

In 2011, the Government Mortgage Complex accounted for 88 percent of all first-mortgage originations in the United States, with the government also controlling an estimated 90 percent of the student loan market. The government’s growing dominance in the home mortgage and student loan categories is cause for concern, posing a threat to private investors, borrowers, and taxpayers.