Obama Has Done a Good Job So Far
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 20th, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Obama Has Done a Good Job So Far
Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
On Wednesday one year will have passed since President Obama's inauguration. Much of the tidal wave of assessments has been negative: Falling poll numbers. Unfulfilled promises. Disappointed supporters, disillusioned independents, angry opponents. He's been too cool or too egotistical, too left-wing or not left-wing enough. And if voters repudiate his policies in a special Massachusetts Senate election on Tuesday, as is quite possible, the tidal wave will become a tsunami.So before that happens, I'd like to interrupt the anniversary-bash-Obama-fest with a simple proposition:…
Public’s View of Obama at Year One, in Context
David Paul Kuhn, RCP
Barack Obama's first year anniversary is this week. Obama will cross that threshold with his public standing ranking in the lower third of the eleven presidents since World War II. The most striking fact, looking back at Obama's first year approval rating, is the rate of his decline. In the post-war era, only Gerald Ford's public standing plummeted more than Obama's. Below is Obama's approval rating in historical context, as well as a sense of what his persona evokes in the American mind today. Receive news alerts  David Paul Kuhn is the Chief Political…
Scott Brown Wins Mass. Senate Seat in Epic Upset
Johnson & Sidoti, AP
GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset By GLEN JOHNSON and LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writers AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Watch Related Video Raw Video: Coakley Confident As She VotesRaw Video: GOP's Brown Votes in MassachusettsGOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset Voters show independence in Mass. Senate race Mass. secretary of state dismissed vote problems Analysis: Mass. race exposes public's anger, fears Mass. voters brave snow, rain in Senate race Obama aide says Brown ran good race for Senate …
