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Quinnipiac: Obama Approval at 59%
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — A new Quinnipiac survey finds 59% of Americans approving of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president, with 25% disapproving (Feb. 25-March 2, 2573 RV, MoE +/- 1.9%). Democrats in Congress got a 45%/45% approval rating, while Americans disapproved of Republicans in Congress, with 30% approving and 58% disapproving. Obama has a 59.8% ...

Congressional Report Cards: Dems Lead Republicans In All Polls
Daily Kos — A new Q-poll out (MoE +/- 1.9, 2/25-3/2) Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?                     Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind   Approve              45%    16%    74%    37%   Disapprove           45     78     17     50   DK/NA             ...

Obama mixes grim reality, hope in weekly address
Daily Kos — ... In a message that outlined in near-wonkish detail the efforts and programs of the Treasury in renegotiating mortgages and the creation of the Consumer and Business Lending Initiative that will be tasked with unfreezing credit markets, the President veered between grim and realistic appraisal, pleas for patience (which, according to the latest polls, the public seems more than willing to grant him) and steadfast statement after restatement that our best times as a country are ahead of us and that "the United States of America will emerge stronger and more prosperous than it was ...

Cramdown is Dead, Long Live the Tea Baggers, and Why We Won’t be Doing Anything to Save Social Security
Firedoglake — ... that the administration would make sure it got pushed through in the housing bill, the administration isn't going to lift a finger to move it. Here's why: ...