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This Day In Fox News Polling, Nobel Prize Edition [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

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On the occasion of President Barack Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Fox News set up a poll on their website that is just a thing of wonde...

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Poll: 35% Of Republicans Want To Impeach Obama

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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A new poll released by Public Policy Polling Wednesday introduced some surprising numbers. Thirty-five percent of Republicans said that they would s...

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Fox News Crosses The Line With Presidential Approval Comparison

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Presidential Approval Ratings, Bill Sammon, Polls, Media News

Owing to my knowledge of recent history, there's one specific type of cross-historical presidential-approval comparison that I was certain would never be made. But what fun would that be?

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Will Fox News Enforce Its "Zero Tolerance" Policy On Recent Error? [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Polls, Zero-Tolerance-Policy, Fox News Errors, Polling, Media Criticism, Media Matters, Fox News, Innumeracy, Media News

Back in November Fox News Channel, in response to a series of widely reported on-air mistakes, issued a memo that stated: Effective immediately, ther...

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Sarah's Palling Around with Conspiracists

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Conspiracy Theories, Politics, Birthers, Barack Obama, Extremism, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Sarah Palin's recent, careful elevation of a foundational conspiracy theory used by extremists to demonize the President warrants unequivocal condemnation and study from across the political spectrum.

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Obama Poll Watch -- Scraping Fifty Percent

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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November wasn't a particularly good month for President Obama in the polls. Not disastrous by any means, but not very cheerful either. For the first time, Obama's numbers flirted with going below 50 percent.

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How Sarah Palin Might Win The White House

Washington Post | Matthew Dowd | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason...

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Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.

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Gallup Poll: Obama Job Approval Falls Below 50%

Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 49% in today's Gallup poll -- the first time his approval has dipped below 50% and a sharp ...

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Giuliani Could Beat Gillibrand For U.S. Senate: Poll

Albany Watch | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

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A new Marist College poll that coincides with news today that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor found that ...

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The 26 Percent Solution

Will Bunch | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Polls, Acorn, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Obama Bow, Right Wing, Glenn Beck, Bush Approval Rating, Global Warming, Politics News

If you ever needed proof that 26 percent of America is totally bat-guano out-of-their-freakin'-minds crazy, check out the new poll just out on Obama and ACORN.

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What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Politics, Green Jobs, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Congressional Budget Office, Green Politics, Global Warming, Green News

How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?

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The Elections You May Not Have Noticed

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.

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How Many Polls Does It Take to Screw Up an Election?

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Polls, Campaign 2009, Mayoral Race, Bill Thompson, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Public Opinion Polls, New York News

Eighty-million dollars or more can win a mayoral race, apparently, but it can't beat the spread.

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One Year After Election Day 2008: Still A Center-Left Nation

Bill Scher | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Progressive, Liberal, Obama, Majority, One Year Later, Politics News

The combined percentage of voters of who deem Obama's agenda "just about right" or "not liberal enough" is 58% -- roughly parallel to Obama's overall approval rating of 54%. That's the center-left governing majority.

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Nebraska Voters Favor Public Option, Want Ben Nelson To Back It

Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

If Ben Nelson decides to filibuster a Democratic health care bill that includes a public insurance option, he should expect to lose support among Nebr...

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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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Obama Should Tear Up Matthew Hoh's Afghan War Resignation Letter

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Polls, Matthew Hoh, Afghanistan War, Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Bush, Truman, President Obama, World News

Matthew Hoh told Obama exactly what he needs to hear about Afghanistan: that the war is a failed, flawed, no-win war. That it's a sinkhole for billions of tax dollars and a death trap for US troops.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Polls, Approval Ratings, Joe Scarborough, Twitter, Polling, Glenn Greenwald, Dick Cheney, Media News

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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The American People: Smarter Than They Look on TV

Eric Lotke | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Polls, Investments, Public Opinion, Deficit, Economy, Business News

If we ask the right questions or push in the right direction, the American people might come with us. Long range investments. It's work but we can get there.

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Brownback's Approval Rating Tanks (Again!) in September

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Kansas Democrats have an incredible opportunity to both retain the Governor's office and provide a clear, stable alternative to Senator Brownback's brand of extremism.

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Obama Poll Watch: Obama Halts His Slide

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Scott McInnis Denies Ties To Polls That Show Him Ahead In Gubernatorial Race

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

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A new group headed by Republican operative Sean Tonner released a poll Thursday that should make gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis happy. The pol...

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Colorado Policy Center Poll: More Than Half Of Coloradans Believe TABOR Should Be Repealed

Denver Business Journal | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

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Nearly half of Colorado voters think the state is off on the wrong track, although those in the Denver area are more positive, according to a new poll...

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Those Bobblehead Polls on Health Care

David Moore | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Health Care Reform, Media, President Obama, Health Care, Politics News

Most of the public is confused about the health care debate, and a substantial segment doesn't know much about specific proposals. When they answer the questions in the polls, they respond in an almost random fashion.

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