Presidency
Obama 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’…
Read MoreRadio Host Mike Gallagher Blames Failure to Sell His House on Obama and Congressional Democrats
Nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host Mike Gallagher lamented this morning that his failure to sell his own house, that he recently placed on the market, was due to the psychological effects burdening the wealthy resulting from the class…
Read MoreObama’s New Stem Cell Policy Likely to Have Strong Support in Minnesota
President Barack Obama’s decision on Monday to permit federal funds for a greater spectrum of embryonic stem cell research is likely to be met with overwhelming support in the Gopher State, as well as the Upper Midwest generally. Obama’s directive…
Read MoreMinnesotans’ Approval of Obama Holds Steady As Support Wanes Nationwide
Barack Obama began the first week of his presidency with nearly 70 percent of the American public approving of his early job performance. One month later, while Obama’s approval rating has dipped by double-digit margins in many states, Minnesotans are…
Read MoreObama’s Economic and Fiscal Crises Address: An End, Or a Means to an End?
Although President Barack Obama’s first Address before a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening was pitched by the White House as a “plan to confront our nation’s economic and fiscal crises,” more than 70 percent of his speech focused on…
Read MoreRepublicans In Minnesota Warming to Obama More Than In Other Upper Midwestern States
Barack Obama is officially in the ‘honeymoon phase’ of his presidency – the 44th president is just one week into his administration with approval ratings through the roof (67 percent in the latest Gallup survey, with just 14 percent disapproving)….
Read MoreSmart Politics On WCCO-TV’s “Good Question”: Obama and His Blackberry
Smart Politics’ Eric Ostermeier was interviewed by the always-affable Jason DeRusha for his “Good Question” segment on WCCO-TV Tuesday evening. The “Good Question” at issue was, “Why Can’t the President Use E-Mail” – in light of Barack Obama’s recent announcement…
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