For the first time, Obama's approval ratings are below 50 percent and calls for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation are growing louder.
Scott de Marchi | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
If President Obama were a product, what would it mean to be loyal to him? To really understand who will stick with Obama down the road, it's best to look at how one shops, drives, and eats.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
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.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Beck, Hannity and crew are clearly and deliberately out to take down Obama any way they can, in part by railing on his "czars." Van Jones was a hatchet job to undermine the president.
John Kenneth White | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Is Obama in deep trouble? Not as much as people think thanks to changing demographics. Republicans have stubbornly refused to recognize this new demography, preferring instead to fondly remember the old days.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
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.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
So far, the most significant thing about Obama isn't that he hasn't accomplished more, but how successful his presidency has already been.
David Bromwich | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
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.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
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).
Huffington Post | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
The latest Pew Global Attitudes Project survey shows that the international opinion of America has improved as a result of Barack Obama, with the exce...
Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
Obama's tendency to make concessions in the name of bipartisanship appears to be encouraging him to water down reforms to the point where they may no longer work.
Craig Crawford | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama's approval rating in Ohio has fallen rapidly in the past months. Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,259 voters in Ohio from June...
Michael Brenner | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics
On issue after issue, Obama has shown a strong reluctance to challenge established thinking and to confront powerful interests. Retreat from positions boldly declared has become the hallmark of his administration.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
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.
Alex Castellanos | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
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.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
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.
nytimes.com | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
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...
AP | RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Millions of people jobless. Billions of dollars in bailouts. Trillions of dollars in U.S. debt. And yet, for the first time in year...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Just two months after arriving at the White House, Michelle Obama has already risen above her wildly-popular husband -- from a 43% to 72% approval rating. It's remarkable. But then, so is she.
The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
Despite a wounded economy and public furor aimed at Wall Street, a new CBS poll finds President Obama's approval rating has actually gone up. Sixty-f...
ABC | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama's month-old presidency is off to a strong start, marked by the largest lead over the opposition party in trust to handle the economy for ...
CNN | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics
Hawaii's always been a great spot for honeymoons -- and Barack Obama, who's spending the holiday season there on the beach at Kailua, is unquestionabl...
wsj.com | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is entering the White House with an enormous reservoir of goodwill from an American public that is rooting ...
Huff Radio | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics