1.0 link 169700 <![CDATA[Polls: Obama Won The Night]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/24/polls-show-obama-won-the_n_169700.html Instant public surveys on Barack Obama's address before Congress showed, by and large, that the public was incredibly receptive to his speech, regardless of political party. But that did not hold true for every single study.

A CBS News poll of approximately 500 people saw approval of the president rise from 62 percent before the speech to 69 percent afterward.

Meanwhile, a poll on CNN showed that 68 percent of respondents -- who skewed a bit Democratic -- viewed the...

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