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Least popular president meets one of the most popular presidents-elect.
Least popular president meets one of the most popular presidents-elect.
Today, President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House. The New York Times notes that the visit will be both “historic” and “perhaps awkward,” since Obama consistently criticized Bush on the campaign trail. A new Gallup analysis ...
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President-Elect Obama
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President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget - February 4, 2008
President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget - February 4, 2008
whitehouse.gov — President Bush on Monday said, "I just met with my Cabinet, where we discussed a lot of... issues. And one issue we discussed is the budget. I submitted the budget today to Congress -- it's on a laptop notebook, an e-budget. It saves paper, saves trees, ... (more) President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget - ...
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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... Obama first visits the Oval Office, liberal bloggers take stock of the historically poor ratings for President Bush. The bloggers on the left lament the Democratic Party's loss of Howard Dean as its chairman and Obama's desire to have Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) back in the Democratic fold. With a new Gallup poll shwoing a 66 percent job disapproval rating for Bush and a 70 percent favorability rating for Obama, Monday's meeting was a remarkable contrast, writes Think Progress's Amanda Terkel . Bush's disapproval rating is even worse in a CNN poll — 76 percent — which is a ...

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