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How Important Are These Off-Year Races?

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

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At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...

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Jason Linkins

Dick Cheney's Job Approval Rating: Why Does Anyone Care?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

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Might I take a moment to remind everyone that Cheney currently does not have a job? So why should I, or anyone, care about his approval rating? Nancy Pelosi, by contrast, is serving in a non-imaginary capacity.

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Obama Poll Watch: Obama Halts His Slide

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This month, the news for Obama fans is not bad. It's not get-up-and-cheer good, either, but it's a lot better than the news has been for the past two months.

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2010 Election: Trouble Brewing For House Democrats

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama's slipping...

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President Obama will Pay Lip Service to the Public Option in his Congress Speech, and Scrap it Later

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The mixed signal from Obama and the flat rejection by Baucus is simply the latest in the long line of neon bright warnings that the public option will go when it's crunch time.

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Obama Poll Watch [August 2009] -- Obama's Base Support Erodes

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The news for Obama fans continues to be bad this month. There may be a faint glimmer of a spark of hope in the numbers -- but that's about all I can promise here, sorry about that.

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Understanding Obama's Poll Slide

Pollster.com | Charles Franklin | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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David Brooks commented in his column yesterday "All presidents fall from their honeymoon highs, but in the history of polling, no newly elected Americ...

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Drop Among Dems, Liberals Major Factor In Obama Poll Slide

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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A major factor in President Obama's slide in today's big Washington Post/ABC News poll, which is preoccupying the political classes today, is his surp...

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Obama Poll Watch, July 2009: The Honeymoon's Over

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The news this month for Obama fans is not particularly good, as Obama has definitely ended his "honeymoon" period (which virtually all first-term presidents go through).

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Biden's Approval Ratings Generally High

Washington Post | Jennifer Agiesta | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Vice President Biden, the anointed "Sheriff" of the stimulus is well rated generally in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with public opinion riven...

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Obama Poll Watch (June 2009) -- Obama v. Clinton (Second Term)

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Obama's poll numbers have dropped this month -- a whopping one-and-a-half percentage points. Reports that the sky is falling may be overblown.

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Jason Linkins

Public Registers Stronger Support For White House Foreign Policy Than Domestic

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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Greg Sargent takes stock in another round of opinion polling and discovers that the public, in general, is more approving of the Obama administration'...

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Obama Poll Watch [May 2009] -- Obama v. Clinton (First Term)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The stability of Obama's numbers (especially the approval rating) continued in May, which is remarkable compared to other presidents during the same time period in their terms.

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Pawlenty's Approval Rating Hits A New Low

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Gov. Tim Pawlenty's approval rating has hit a new low in the latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll. Forty-eight percent of those po...

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Jason Linkins

CNN Poll Rates Obama's First Fifty Days As "Yes" Or "No"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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In the clearest sign yet that CNN has maybe laid off all the wrong people, comes news that a poll has been created and edited by people who were vastly unclear on the whole concept of polling.

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Bush More Popular Than Limbaugh: Poll

Raw Story | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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Republicans appear to be bowing down left and right to conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, even though most Americans view the radio talk show host unf...

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A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval

David Moore | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

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David Moore

Approval ratings of Congress elecit very different responses from those of the president. For the president, it's his personal popularity. For Congress, it's a general mood of the country.

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A New Year, A New Low In Bush's Approval Ratings

ABC News | GARY LANGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Beset by growing economic concerns on top of the long unpopular war in Iraq, President Bush starts the last year of his presidency with the worst appr...

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Bush: CNN's Candy Crowley Gave Me A Virus!

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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At this morning's press conference on Iran, serious talk eventually dwindled and the President made small talk with reporters. When conversation turn...

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President Bush To Hold Press Conference This Morning

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush, entrenched in disputes with Congress over spending and the war in Iraq, wants to intensify pressure on lawmakers when he addresses the...

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Congress Gets Better Approval Ratings From Republicans Than Dems

TPM Media | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Now this is curious. In the latest Gallup poll, more Republicans approve of the job Congress is doing than there are Democrats who approve. According ...

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