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Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
A new poll shows that President-elect Barack Obama is viewed as a strong, confident leader.
I had greater success rates in high school
blog.robballen.com — This is a hoot . Brady background checks for 2006 - 8,209,900 Total number of convictions from... felons trying to buy guns - 73 That's a whopping 0.00009% I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don't normally buy their guns from a retail store? (more) I had greater success rates in high school
Mortgage rates are still too high
Mortgage rates are still too high
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Mortgage rates have dropped a lot in recent weeks, which is a good thing. But there's still... a huge spread between mortgage rates and rates on federal debt. Here's the spread between conventional 30-year mortgages and 10-year Treasuries (10-year ... (more) Mortgage rates are still too high
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Barack Obama: The new 'decider'
The Swamp — by Mark Silva As he heads to Washington this weekend, President-elect Barack Obama already has built an image as a strong and decisive leader - winning the highest marks on this score since Ronald Reagan. Seventy-six percent of Americans surveyed by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. call Obama a strong and decisive leader. "That's the best number an incoming president has gotten on that dimension since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland says.. "The public's ...

They Like Him, They Really Like Him
Eschaton — I really am quite fascinating by Obama's polling. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades. Seventy-six percent of Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday said Obama is a strong and decisive leader. "That's the best number an incoming president has gotten on that dimension since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981," ...

A 'strong and decisive leader'
Political Animal — A 'STRONG AND DECISIVE LEADER'.... It seems fair to say the president-elect is starting the new year on the right foot , at least as far as public support is concerned. A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades. Seventy-six percent of Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday said Obama is a strong and decisive leader. "That's the best number an incoming president has ...

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CNN Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11CNN Political Ticker
A new poll shows that President-elect Barack Obama is viewed as a strong, confident leader. WASHINGTON (CNN) — A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the ...
Poll: Obama viewed as a strong leaderCNN.com - Politics
A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades.