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Poll: Record High for Wrong-Track Rating
A new survey of voters shows that an extremely high number of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
NYT/CBS Poll: Obama Has Record High Favorability Rating
huffingtonpost.com — Barack Obama's favorability " is the highest for a presidential candidate running for a first term in... the last 28 years" of New York Times/CBS polls. Meanwhile, the Times reports, Sarah Palin's "negative rating is the highest for a ... (more) NYT/CBS Poll: Obama Has Record High Favorability Rating
Record 90 percent of voters say country is seriously off track.
thinkprogress.org — According to a new ABC poll, 90 percent of registered voters say the country is going in... the wrong direction. Only 23 percent approve of President Bush: Given the global economic crisis, a record 90 percent of registered voters say the country is ... (more) Record 90 percent of voters say country is seriously off ...
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NYT/CBS Poll: Record Number See America Off Track
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "In the face of economic upheaval in the United States, a record 89% of Americans now say the country has pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track while just 7% of Americans say the country is going in the right direction," according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. ...

Obama-McCain: 53 - 39?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... That's what I hear the NYT/CBS poll will record tomorrow. A national fourteen point lead. They've already reported an 89 percent "wrong track" number. ...

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