blogs.wsj.com - 11/3/2009
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John D. McKinnon reports on presidential popularity.
President Barack Obama 's overall approval rating has stabilized in the latest CNN/Opinion Research poll at 54%, it's still roughly where it's been since late summer.
But the underlying trends appear worrisome for the White House. In ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/3/2009
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - One year after he won
an historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans...
approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House. Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research ...
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CNN Poll: One year later, 54 percent approve of Obama
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/31/2009
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Washington (CNN) – Vice President Biden on Friday
fired back at criticism from his predecessor, former Vice...
President Cheney, that President Obama is "dithering" over his decision about whether to send up to 40,000 more U.S. troops to ...
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'I don't care what Dick Cheney thinks,' Biden says
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/4/2009
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