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Poll: Most Approve of Transition So Far
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... USA Today/Gallup poll says 78 percent approve of Obama's handling of the presidential transition and Cabinet picks.
Also shows partisan divide on a potential economic stimulus. ...
Obama Keeps a Low Profile In Georgia And Louisiana Races-- Possibly Dooming Both Democratic Candidates
DownWithTyranny! —
... By wide margins, Americans approve of President-elect Obama and his cabinet choices. Almost 70% approve of his choice of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State and 80% approve of his decision to keep Robert Gates on at the Pentagon. ...
Obama Gets High Marks for Transition
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
President-elect Obama "is riding a wave
of good feeling toward him and his key Cabinet appointments, a USA Today/Gallup Poll finds -- positive attitudes that may give him some
breathing room for tough decisions ahead." ...
A Head Of Steam
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Obama is basking in very high approval ratings as the countdown to reality continues - more than Bush or Clinton in the transition period. 80 percent like the Gates pick. 69 percent like the Clinton selection. ...
Obama Is Earning High Marks
The Democratic Daily —
... Even with the bleak outlook over the economy and the news that we are officially in a recession, the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows that “[M]ore than three of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, approve of the job Obama has done so far — broad-based support he’ll need as he faces tough decisions ahead.” ...
It's never too early
the talking dog —
... With only 47 months to go until the November 2012 election, Barack Obama is kicking ass in the polls . Having not elected to waste his precious bodily fluids political capital to help Jim Martin in his quixotic quest to defeat the all powerful Saxby Chambliss in the Georgia Senate race, he instead is scouring an old rolodex he found while touring the White House recently to find members of the Clinton Administration that he hasn't already appointed. Let me make this clear, folks: Barack is a conventional politician who happens to have had a Black father (a rather kickass ...
Obama By the Numbers
Weekly Standard Blog —
... So far, so good. According to the USA Today / Gallup poll, more than three quarters of the country express approval for Obama's conduct during the presidential transition. Sixty-nine percent approve of his selection of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State. More - 80 percent - support his decision to retain Bob Gates at the Defense Department. ...
Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Barack Obama has been the president-elect for about a month now, and as far as voters are concerned, he looks good so far . A new USA Today/Gallup Poll finds, "More than three of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, approve of the job Obama has done so far -- broad-based support he'll need as he faces tough decisions ahead." * The congressional races aren't quite over yet, and there's ...
Obama Cabinet Meets With Approval
The Moderate Voice —
Recent polls have shown that voters seem happy with President-Elect Obama’s choices for the Cabinet. A survey by Gallup and USA Today show 3 out of 4 voters, including a majority of Republicans, approve of his picks to date. Indeed the biggest objections seem to come from the far left who seem to have expected Obama to select nobody but hard-core liberals for his administration. There has been some speculation as to why he has managed ratings like these, which are about 10-20 points higher than those obtained by President Bush in 2000 (in those polls a majority of Democrats ...
