cnn.com - 11/10/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama walks along the White House Colonnade with President Bush on Monday.
cnn.com - 11/11/2008
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cnn.com —
On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is
visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests...
that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ...
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Belief that country off track at all time high
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Don’t Let The Door Hit You
Oliver Willis —
In our euphoria, we shouldn’t forget the injustice that has been done to America.
On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago.
Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how President Bush is handling his job.
That’s an all-time high in CNN polling and ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... . Bush's disapproval rating is even worse in a CNN poll — 76 percent — which is a number that's higher than President Richard Nixon's when he resigned amid scandal, writes The Campaign Silo's Lisa Derrick . But one thing Obama should learn from Bush is the willingness to go beyond the political conventional wisdom in pressing for his goals, writes The Plank's ...
Post-election Polls
Daily Kos —
... many — 65% — said they think the country will be better off four years from now. "The reception he's getting is unlike anything we've seen in decades," says Andrew Kohut, director of the non-partisan Pew Research Center. "It's a very high set of expectations to live up to. On the upside, it means people are going to be pulling for him." Makes people sorta sorry they didn't vote for him. OTOH, passing Obama in the other direction is one George W. Bush (my bold.) The all-time low on the public's mood may have ...
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