hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com - 1/29/2009
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In the latest Diageo/ Hotline poll , Dems in Congress remain popular among RVs while Congressional GOPers struggle for favorable ratings, even among members of their own party. Released this a.m., the second half of this month's survey shows a public feeling generally positive about the Dem ...
gallup.com - 1/23/2009
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- An average of 36% of
Americans identified themselves as Democrats and 28% as Republicans
in 2008. That eight-point advantage is the largest for the Democratic Party since Gallup began regularly conducting its polls by telephone in ...
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Democrats’ 2008 Advantage in Party ID Largest Since '83
powerlineblog.com - 1/28/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
This was the most laughable item in the
news today: On the eve of a key vote,
President Barack Obama privately promised Republican critics he stands ready to accept changes in $825 billion economic stimulus legislation, and urged lawmakers to ...
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All Politics, All the Time
powerlineblog.com - 2/6/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
As Paul notes below, neither Barack Obama nor
any other Democrat has even tried to explain why
the Dems' pork-fest, which appropriates hundreds of billions of dollars years in the future, needs to be rushed through the Senate in the dead of night as ...
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What's the Rush?
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Voters Favor Democrats in Congress
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The latest Diageo/Hotline poll finds that 49% of voters approve of Democrats in Congress while 38% disapprove. However, congressional Republicans do not fare quite as well with just 26% of voters approving of their job performance. ...
Hullabaloo —
... Now, running polls on factual statements by Paul Krugman isn't going to get the best result, especially because Krugman is a high-profile liberal and a small segment of the population will knee-jerk dismiss anything he says. The point is that conservative ideas live on despite the fall of conservatives nationally. Voters definitively favor Democrats over Republicans, but the ideas remain. ...
Cliff Schecter: Bipartisanship: Republicans Still Think It's "Date Rape"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... There is an oft-repeated truism that good policy makes good politics. Then it should be no surprise that kowtowing to a group of blowhards with whom 15-25% of the public identifies on any given issue makes absolutely no sense. Are there still sensible Republicans out there? Absolutely (recent evidence, notwithstanding). ...
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