George Bush Approval Rating

The Palin Stuff Is Fun, but Obama Gets the Real Story: It's the 90 Percent, Stupid

Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

We've all had our fun at Palin's expense. But it's time to join Obama and laser in on demonstrating how a McCain-Palin administration would continue the failed policies of George W. Bush's presidency.

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

David Moore | Posted 07.27.2008 | Media


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.

Democrats Still Have Work to Do to Win in November

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

I besiege Democrats not to take an Obama win for granted. We can't assume everyone in the country is aware of McCain's weaknesses and fidelity to the Bush agenda.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

It was quite a week. Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee -- rousingly endorsed by Hillary Clinton. Oil hit an all-time high; Bush's approval rating hit an all-time personal low. McCain hammered Obama for being willing to meet with our enemies on the same day a new poll showed 67 percent of the public agrees with Obama. A Senate report re-re-re-confirmed that the Bush administration led us into war under false pretenses. Tom DeLay proved he hasn't lost a step -- or gained an IQ point -- calling Obama "a Marxist." Bill Clinton erupted. Again. My good buddy Al Franken moved another step closer to the U.S. Senate. And the Hummer hit a dead-end. GM killed the electric car; soaring gas prices killed the Hummer. Karma all around.

Bush Approval Rating Returns To All-Time Low

CNN | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Americans share a bleak view of the job performances both of President Bush and of congressional Democratic leadership, according to a CNN poll releas...