Polls suggest that most Americans were satisfied with George W. Bush and Al Gore as candidates and confident that the country would be in good hands if either man were elected.

AEI senior fellow Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg present the latest findings from their unique poll compilation on public attitude towards health care as the Supreme Court's review of portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nears.

In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.

Longstanding policies that were intended to promote confidence in the independence of regulatory decision-making have now been wiped away by the Dodd-Frank act, which has in effect placed all the financial regulators under the direction of the Treasury secretary.

At this AEI event, Baroness Emma Nicholson of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation will discuss the role of public-private partnerships in delivering essential services after a regime change.

Satisfaction with the way the country is going is lower now than it was for previous presidents at this time. Obama's job approval rating is also lower than other presidents at this point except Jimmy Carter. Confidence that Obama is achieving his goals on issues has dropped by more than half since 2009.