us.cnn.com - 1/1/2009
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A new poll shows that President-elect Barack Obama is viewed as a strong, confident leader.
blog.robballen.com - 12/28/2008
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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?
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I had greater success rates in high school
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/27/2008
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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 ...
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Mortgage rates are still too high
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Poll: Obama Leadership Rates High as Bush's After 9/11
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a President-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades.
Six in 10 felt that Bush was a strong leader when he took office in 2001. After the attacks of September 11, that number rose to three in four. 67% thought Bill Clinton was a strong leader when he took office.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey was conducted December 19-21. Margin of error: +/- 4.5 percentage ...
Obama Gets High Leadership Marks
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new CNN poll finds that three-quarters of the American public thinks President-elect Obama is a strong and decisive leader, "the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades." ...
Poll: Obama Leadership Rates as High as Bush's After 9/11
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... CNN/Opinion Research Corp national poll finds three-quarters of the public thinks Obama is a strong and decisive leader.
It's the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades.
Dates conducted: December 19-21. Error margin: 4.5 points.
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Remainders: Leadership
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama's leadership numbers are sky high.
Kuhn argues that his election wasn't actually a realignment.
End of an era: the great Sunny Mindel moves on.
Fox rings in the new year with 'Magic Negro.'
Josh Levy argues that progressives need to organize outside the Obama rubric.
Caroline is a diner person.
And Chait wants to put the Marxists in charge of naming bowl games.
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