President Obama’s speech Tuesday night has won him back a significant amount of support according to the latest approval ratings poll from Gallup. Obama’s approval rating rose from a low of 59% to 67%.
Certainly the 2012 election is still far off in the distance but as of right now it’s hard to imagine the […]

In case you missed President Obama’s great speech last night you can see it in it’s entirety right here (thanks to CSPAN)

The reaction to President Obama’s speech has been overwhelmingly positive (92% positive according to a CNN poll.) The reaction to the Republican response from Bobby Jindal has conversely been overwhelmingly negative.
Many people have […]

I thought President Obama’s speech tonight was near perfect and from the polling I’ve seen, I’m not the only one who feels that way.
According to CNN 92% of Americans who watched it had a positive reaction to the speech:

On the other hand there was Bobby Jindal’s pathetic response. Is he really the best the […]

President Obama’s approval rating is holding strong according to the latest numbers from Gallup.
These high approval ratings are despite the huge economic problems facing the United States that are hurting so many people in this country. It’s clear that Americans realize Obama has inherited a mess from Bush, a mess which cannot be fixed […]

I just have to pass this DailyKos story along.
It’s a story on how according to national polling, the idea of legalizing marijuana is currently more popular than the Republican party and many Republican party ideas (including the War in Iraq & privatizing Social Security.)
It’s not all good news though, legalizing marijuana is still opposed […]

With today being President’s Day I think it’s a good time to look back on the history of the Presidency.
As of late I’ve been watching a series of DVDs from The History Channel on the first 43 Presidents (George Washington to George W. Bush) and while there is obviously only so much that can […]

President Obama held his first prime time press conference last night to address why his economic recovery plan must be passed.

According to Gallup, most Americans agree. 67% of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the economic stimulus package while only 31% approve of the Republicans in congress (who all voted against the stimulus package for […]

President Obama’s approval rating remains high according to Gallup, it’s currently at 67% approval with only 18% disapproval (and I guess the rest are somewhere in between?)
It’s important for Obama’s approval ratings to be high so that he has more “political capital” necessary to push the necessary changes through the House & the Senate.
It’s […]