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The end of the Obama honeymoon?

Posted by Chris Cillizza We’ve grappled in this space with how long President Obama’s second political honeymoon will last – and what he might be able to accomplish in that time. In the immediate aftermath of his victory last November, President Obama’s popularity surged and Republicans in Congress capitulated to him on the fiscal cliff [...]

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Obama’s approval drops as Americans take a dimmer view of his economic policies

By Jon Cohen and Karen Tumulty, The afterglow of President Obama’s reelection and inauguration appears to have vanished as increasingly negative views among Americans about his stewardship of the economy have forced his public approval rating back down to the 50 percent mark, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. In December, just after [...]

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President Obama Job Approval

Poll Date Sample Approve Disapprove Spread RCP Average 2/21 – 3/5 — 48.5 45.5 +3.0 Quinnipiac 2/27 – 3/4 1944 RV 45 46 -1 Gallup 3/3 – 3/5 1500 A 48 44 +4 Rasmussen Reports 3/3 – 3/5 1500 LV 51 48 +3 FOX News 2/25 – 2/27 1010 RV 46 47 -1 Reason-Rupe/PSRAI 2/21 [...]

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President Obama’s reelection: 12 takeaways

By MAGGIE HABERMAN  It’s over.   And the 2012 presidential race pretty much played out as predicted by public pollsters and observers. Except it was a better night for President Barack Obama in certain significant respects than was anticipated.   He defeated Mitt Romney in nearly all of the battleground states, including Virginia and Ohio, [...]

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Barack Obama the not-so-happy warrior

  Obama officials say their boss had no choice but to run the campaign he did. | AP Photo By GLENN THRUSH   Barack Obama’s enthusiasm gap began at home.   There is a surprisingly simple explanation for Obama’s up-and-down performance as a candidate during his reelection grind in 2012, for those lackluster TV appearances, [...]

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Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll: I-4 voters back Romney 51-45

By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor   It has been a fundamental rule of Florida politics for decades: Statewide campaigns are won and lost on the I-4 corridor.   Today that celebrated swing-voter swath stretching from Tampa Bay to Daytona Beach is poised to deliver Florida’s 29 electoral votes to Mitt Romney.   An [...]

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Democrats face ‘fight of our lives’ to win Florida

By JONATHAN MARTIN and JAMES HOHMANN | 10/22/12 4:24 AM EDT BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida Republicans are feeling increasingly optimistic that Mitt Romney will carry the biggest of swing-state prizes, and for good reason — he’s narrowly leading in most every poll here and President Barack Obama is under 50 percent in the same [...]

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Obama spinning toward a loss

By A.B. Stoddard   President Obama is losing. So says the latest Gallup poll, and so do those swelling numbers in key states like Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia and Ohio.   Democrats say wait, he won the second debate. They are holding their breath, hoping polls next week will show that this week’s debate brought the [...]

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Is Romney a Safer Choice for Women?

Why Mitt is gaining support among women. By:  Michael Barone An interesting story from last winter: An e-mail friend, a staunch Republican who lives in an affluent suburb far from Washington, was watching one of the Republican debates with his wife, a staunch Democrat. He was surprised by her response to Mitt Romney. “He’s a [...]

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Romney/Obama By State….Map Courtesy of KarlRove&Co.

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