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One Year After Election Day 2008: Still A Center
Today's CNN poll , assessing President Obama one year after election day, confirms that America remains a center-left nation . Yet don't expect pundits to tell you that. For example, poll analysis from the Wall Street Journal's John McKinnon implies that declining approval for Obama's handling ...
CNN Poll: Public wants Congress to keep working on health care
CNN Poll: Public wants Congress to keep working on health care
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Nearly six in ten Americans want Congress to continue working on health care reform bills that have... been passed through various committees, according to a new CNN poll. Washington (CNN) - Nearly six in ten Americans want Congress ... (more) CNN Poll: Public wants Congress to keep working on ...
CNN Poll: Majority Of Southerners Says Obama Has Done Better Job Than Bush
theplumline.whorunsgov.com — This finding from the new CNN poll is buried deep in CNN’s article, but it’s striking. According... to the network’s polling director, Keating Holland, the internals show that a majority of southerners thinks Obama has done a better job ... (more) CNN Poll: Majority Of Southerners Says Obama Has Done ...
CNN Poll: One year later, 54 percent approve of Obama
CNN Poll: One year later, 54 percent approve of Obama
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - One year after he won an historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans... approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House. Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research ... (more) CNN Poll: One year later, 54 percent approve of Obama
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Bill Scher: One Year After Election Day 2008: Still A Center-Left Nation
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Obama isn't moving far enough or fast enough to turn his progressive mandate into legislative reality. I would argue that the president is taking the brunt of the failures of Congress to move the President agenda strongly and swiftly, thanks to the continuing delaying and weakening tactics of the right-leaning minority of the Democratic caucus. So Congress should not interpret these numbers as cause to delay further, but to get moving. Originally posted at OurFuture.org

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... Medicare, according to his office. At long last, someone in the traditional media names the NY-23 race for what it was: In a Solidly Republican District, Disaster for the National Party. The White House this morning released a statement announcing that the President and First Lady will be traveling to Fort Hood for a memorial service this coming Tuesday. Will you read this post? Face it, says Bill Scher, we are a center-left nation. Lori at Feminsting has a ...

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