Presidency
Half of Minnesotans Believe Pawlenty Will Be the 2012 GOP Presidential Nominee
Minnesotans are increasingly of the view that Governor Tim Pawlenty will win the Republican nomination for President in 2012
Read MoreObama Approval Rating Holds in Minnesota, Plummets in Iowa and Wisconsin
Although Barack Obama’s approval rating has taken an (expected) hit in Minnesota since the beginning of his term, a hit all presidents endure, a new SurveyUSA poll finds Gopher State residents much more patient with the new Democratic president than…
Read MoreIs Barack Obama the World’s President?
With Monday’s news conference in Guadalajara, Mexico with Mexican President Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, President Barack Obama continues to build on his record number of press conferences held outside of the United States….
Read MoreThe Honeymoon Is Over: Obama Approval Rating Drops to 51 Percent in Minnesota
After six consecutive months of notching approval ratings between 59 and 65 percent in the Gopher State, President Barack Obama’s job performance numbers haven taken a nose-dive in July, in not only Minnesota, but other key battleground states as measured…
Read MoreWhat Will Be the ‘Obama Effect’ on the 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Race?
The recent news of Barack Obama’s sliding approval ratings across key battleground states (e.g. Ohio, Virginia) as well as the nation (e.g. Gallup, Rasmussen) has raised the question as to what effect a potentially less popular (if not unpopular) President…
Read MoreObama Approval Rating Dips Below 60 Percent in Minnesota
It took nearly half a year, but President Barack Obama’s approval rating finally fell below the 60 percent mark in the Gopher State, according to the latest round of monthly polls conducted by SurveyUSA. Obama had previously notched an…
Read MoreObama Approval Rating Holding Steady in Minnesota and Blue States, Still Dropping in Red States
Barack Obama’s latest approval rating in Minnesota remains in the low 60s – holding essentially, and impressively, flat for the third consecutive month, according to the latest round of polling by SurveyUSA. For the month of April, in a survey…
Read MoreFormer Deputy AG James Comey Views Obama as “Credible” Leader in Counterterrorism Fight
James Comey, the 6 foot 8 inch former U.S. Deputy Attorney General who, in March 2004, stood figuratively and literally between President George W. Bush and the recertification of a NSA domestic intelligence program while Attorney General John Ashcroft was…
Read MoreObama Sustains Early Support in Minnesota; Falters in Wisconsin and Iowa
SurveyUSA’s latest round of approval ratings for President Barack Obama have been released for a dozen states across the country, in polling conducted March 20-22 of 600 adults in each state. Although the President has had a consistently higher job…
Read MorePracticing What He Preaches: Obama’s (Safe) Post-Partisan NCAA Picks
President Barack Obama has been bluntly criticized by some pundits and politicians for taking time out of his White House schedule to fill out his NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament picks on ESPN last week. While some Americans enjoyed Obama’s ‘man-of-the-people’…
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