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Fox News Poll: Most Blame Bush for Economy « The Washington Independent
Here’s a somewhat surprising result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is “more responsible for the current state of the economy,” only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. Republicans are the ...
Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox  News' ratings spike
Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox News' ratings spike
mediamatters.org — Fact: The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique... is bogus hype -- hype that Fox News and the Beltway press have relentlessly pushed. It's just not true. No matter how many times ... (more) Eric Boehlert: The myth of Fox News' ratings spike
Fox News and White House: "Truce"
mediabistro.com — A very reliable source tells FishbowlDC that Fox News VP Michael Clemente met with White House Press... Secretary Robert Gibbs this morning and reached what some are calling a "truce." Clemente then met with the FNC Washington bureau and ... (more) Fox News and White House: "Truce"
Most Still Blame Bush for the Economy
politicalwire.com — According to a new Fox News Poll , when asked which president is "more responsible for the... current state of the economy," only 18% say President Obama while 58% say former President Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. (more) Most Still Blame Bush for the Economy
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Most Still Blame Bush for the Economy
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — According to a new Fox News Poll, when asked which president is "more responsible for the current state of the economy," only 18% say President Obama while 58% say former President Bush. Nine percent blame both of them.

Fox News Poll Shows Bush Still Blamed For State Of Economy
Below The Beltway — Well, you can’t really call this a biased poll can you: Here’s a somewhat surprising result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is “more responsible for the current state of the economy,” only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. Republicans are the only subgroup of voters who blame Obama, and only by a six-point margin of 35 percent to 29 percent. What’s striking about this is that the numbers have only marginally gotten worse for ...

The Bush Recession
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — A Fox News poll finds that 58 percent believe that George W. Bush is more responsible for the current state of the economy than Barack Obama. Neither is fully responsible, of course. Presidents aren't that powerful. But the public fully understands that the roots of the crash go back a long way and it seems they are rightly patient in expecting Obama to work miracles. ...

FOX Poll: Most Still Blame Bush for the Economy
The Political Carnival — ... According to a new Fox News Poll, when asked which president is "more responsible for the current state of the economy," only 18% say President Obama while 58% say former President Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. ...

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... pool. Pew survey finds the obvious: The Fox News Channel is viewed by Americans in more ideological terms than other television news networks. And while the public is evenly divided in its view of hosts of cable news programs having strong political opinions, more Fox News viewers see this as a good thing than as a bad thing. Contra Fox News' best efforts, a Fox News poll finds that most Americans blame Bush for the economy. Asked which president is “more responsible ...

Poll: Obama blamed (almost) as much as Bush for econ.
News — ... The new Ramussen numbers, however, differ greatly from a Fox News poll last week in which 58% of respondents blamed Bush, compared to just 18% blaming Obama. ...

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Americans still blame Bush for economyMNpublius.com
Every few months, I check in on whether Obama “owns” the economy yet . I was certainly expecting that by now, voters would be starting to blame Obama for the state of the economy. But it doesn’t look like that’s happening. A recent Fox News poll found almost no change ...
Fox News Poll: Majority Blames Bush For Current State Of EconomyPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
Here's a somewhat surprising result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is "more responsible for the current state of the economy," only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. Republicans are the ...