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Stock markets plunge after Obama speech

By JOSH BOAK Deep skepticism about Congress passing President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs package and fears that Greece could slip into default sparked a severe stock market selloff on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 304 points, or 2.69 percent, a reminder of how dangerously fragile the situation is despite government initiatives [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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Stay On Vacation

NRO By: Michael Tanner As the economy continues to teeter on the precipice of a double-dip recession, there is a growing demand for the president and Congress to rush back from their vacations and do something. But why? What is it that we really think the president can do? While the president’s latest economic plan [...]

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Rasmussen Reports: Obama Approval Minus 26%

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -26 (see trends). This is the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured [...]

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Rasmussen: Obama Matches Low Point of -24, Moving Closer to Bush

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 20% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -24 . That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for [...]

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Harry S. Obama?

EXCERPT ONLY: Pundits lately have been comparing Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, suggesting he is a likely loser in 2012. But my American Enterprise Institute colleague Norman Ornstein, writing in The New Republic, compares Obama to Harry S. Truman, suggesting he may outperform the polls and win. It’s always helpful to be reminded that early polls [...]

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Political Cartoons: “Obama, Greyhound One and New Fuel Economy Standards for the Rest of Us

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Rasmussen: Obama Approval -23

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. At 19%, the number who Strongly Approve matches the lowest total yet recorded for this president. It has fallen that low only once before, on [...]

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Obama’s ‘Counteroffensive’? Please!

EXCERPT ONLY:  Seeing as President Obama cannot govern, he’s had to go back to campaigning — an activity with which he’s quite comfortable but decreasingly successful, as evidenced by his falling poll numbers and his endless, repetitive speeches. I don’t just throw out this governance charge lightly. The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama is [...]

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Rasmussen: Obama Approval Rating Minus 22 Pts.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 20% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]

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