Who Likes Obama and Who Doesn’t?
The new Quinnipiac poll has many interesting nuggets of information. We learn: President Barack Obama’s job approval, which bounced slightly to a 45 – 46 percent split March 25 in the wake of his...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Doesn’t sound kosher: “Decoy Jews.” Doesn’t sound like a problem easily fixed: Noemie Emery on the oil spill writes, “Initially, the diagnosis was that Mr. Cool perhaps had an emotional deficit — the...
View ArticleThey Don’t Have George W. Bush to Kick Around Anymore
To a greater extent than any administration that preceded it, the Obama team has obsessively blamed its predecessor for everything and anything. The public, however, has not been distracted. Americans...
View ArticleThe New Republic’s Keith Olbermann
In a story in the Washington Examiner, Stephen Hess, an expert on the presidency at the Brookings Institution, said Robert Gibbs’ remarks attacking the “professional left” shows how “unprepared” many...
View ArticleNeeded: Better Dem Salesmen
The latest Quinnipiac poll shows the precarious situation in which Obama now finds himself. His approval is at 44 percent. The poll’s director explains the extent of Obama’s problem: “President Barack...
View ArticleThe Health-Care Bill: A Millstone Around the President’s Neck
While President Obama’s overall standing with the public is increasing, his standing on health care is not. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, by a margin of 48-43 percent, the public wants...
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