Right now, it's looking pretty bleak for the first black POTUS -- at least on eBay.
Brendan Nyhan | Posted 09.29.2011
John Judis writes in The New Republic that Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush "enjoyed great popularity even though polls showed that the public dislike...
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011
ISTANBUL — Euphoria swept the world after the election of President Obama, a symbol of hope and yearning for compromise after years of war and r...
The New Republic | John B. Judis | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama took office with widespread popular support, even among Republicans, and some of his first efforts, including the $800 billion stimulus, initial...
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
Nearly six in ten voters say they have little or no confidence in President Obama's ability to make the right decisions for the United States, accordi...
Mark Penn | Posted 05.25.2011
The administration's calculus that unpopular legislative success can translate into big November wins simply doesn't add up. Unless the administration finds a new strategy, they're facing electoral retribution on a scale unseen since 1994.
McClatchy | Maggie Bridgeman | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama still has great popularity abroad -- where he enjoys higher approval ratings than he does at home -- but foreign...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama's popularity has slipped among a wide swath of the population. Among the nation's over-educated, however, he continues to do just fine...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it's an increasingly pessimistic nation. The public ...
Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011
I've written about how life in our society is becoming a 'spectator sport'. I'm reminded of this as I hear pundits criticizing Obama as if their points aren't contrived to produce controversy or provoke conflict.
Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011
It's been nine months since Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Time enough to grade the job he's done and consider...
The New York Times | Adam Nagourney | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama returned from his trip to Asia facing some unsettling news: two new polls showed that his approval rating had dipped below 50 percent ...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011
It's not too late for Obama to right the ship of state. But first he has to acknowledge he needs to chart a fresh course.
Politico | Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Did you hear that this week would determine the fate of Barack Obama's first term? Or was it next week? The political and media establishment has c...
Sasha Abramsky | Posted 05.25.2011
That we, as a society, once again have the energy to protest and dissent, is actually a hopeful sign that after being knocked for a loop in recent years we're finding our footing anew.
David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011
If health care reform is finally defeated, Obama will not soon recover his credit as a national, a party, or a general-issue leader. To avoid that fate, he will have to grant to politics an importance he has not allowed it thus far.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama's job approval ratings may have dipped recently in the wake of tough legislative battles, but a significant majority of the public con...
Heidi Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011
Will we tire of Brand Obama a year from now? Not if he stays on brand and guards the attributes that make him so very compelling: his cool, confident demeanor that says "I will take care of it. "
Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011
While President Barack Obama might not get all the deals he wanted from foreign politicians on his latest overseas trip, he's certainly winning over the people in these countries.
AP | Nancy Benac | Posted 05.25.2011
He's more powerful; she's more popular. He sells millions of books he's written; she sells millions of magazines she's posed for. He gets more Inter...
Alex Castellanos | Posted 05.25.2011
We are seeing a large discrepancy between who Obama is and what he does, a gulf that will mark his presidency. He might replenish the soul but empties the wallet. Cheering for this president is expensive.
nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011
PARIS: President Barack Obama remains by far the most popular world leader among people in major Western nations and is the one political figure on wh...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
President Barack Obama's popularity in leading Arab countries far outstrips that of the United States, suggesting he could be able to boost goodwill i...
Wall Street Journal | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- A hundred days into his presidency, Barack Obama's standing with the public remains high, increasing the odds he can enact his ambitious...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
With Barack Obama's victory in passing a massive stimulus package marred by days of bad press--as not a single House Republican backed the bill, his H...
Trish Mitchell | Posted 01.08.2012