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Presidency

Face the Nation: Obama Lags Behind Modern Presidents in Delivering Addresses to the American People

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 22, 2010 | 2

Obama waited longer than any president since Truman before delivering first address from the White House

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Pawlenty Still Shedding Support for Presidential Candidacy in Home State

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 27, 2010 | 1

Statewide support for ‘President Pawlenty’ in Minnesota reaches all-time low of 35 percent while his gubernatorial approval rating remains solid

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Can Pawlenty Launch a Sam’s Club Presidential Campaign from a Target State?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 4, 2010 | 2

Minnesota ranks #33 in the nation in Sam’s Club & Wal-Mart stores per capita, and ranks #1 for Target

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Barack Obama Sightings in D.C.: The Where and the When

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 2, 2010 | 0

Obama delivers most remarks while in D.C. from the White House’s East Room; the plurality of the President’s statements begin at the 11 o’clock hour

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Is Barack Obama Ignoring Red State Americans?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 29, 2010 | 2

President has delivered 8 times the number of remarks outside Washington, D.C. in states he carried in 2008 than states won by John McCain

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The Vanishing President? Obama Public Appearances Down 30 Percent in 2010

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 25, 2010 | 2

Study of more than 600 verbal statements finds the President’s appearances have dropped from 45 per month in 2009 to 32 in 2010

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Presidents Day Special: The Astrological Signs of the Presidents

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 15, 2010 | 31

Elected presidents most frequently born under the sign of Aquarius (1 in 5); Sarah Palin only leading contender of 2012 GOP rumored candidates to be born under this sign

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Is Barack Obama Avoiding the Press?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 1, 2010 | 5

Obama press conferences front-loaded during ‘honeymoon period’ of 1st term; President has held fourth fewest solo press conferences during 1st year of office since Herbert Hoover

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‘Professor’ Obama? President’s State of the Union Address Notches 4th Lowest Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Score Since FDR

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 29, 2010 | 61

Text of Obama’s Address has a readability score for an average 8th grader – two grades lower than George W. Bush’s Addresses and the historical average for modern presidents

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A Content Analysis of President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 28, 2010 | 3

Emphasis on domestic policy and insertion of non-policy rhetoric stands in sharp contrast to George W. Bush’s final State of the Union Address in 2008

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