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 ...





