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Independents
Obama's Approval Rating for Handling the Economy Reaches a Low
By Bruce DrakePresident Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest point since he took office with only 36 percent giving him positive marks on the issue, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb. 1-3. Sixty-one percent disapprove of his performance. In March, 59 percent ...
Voters, Especially Independents, Sour on Obama and Congress
By Bruce DrakeVoters are in a sour mood both about President Obama and Congress, with a plurality disapproving of Obama's job performance and a significant percentage saying that if the 2010 elections were held today they would vote for a new candidate rather than their current representative, according to a ...
Sarah Palin Serves Tea Party Delegates Red Meat and Certainty
By Mary C. Curtis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – She had them even before she said hello. And she had them before she prefaced her much-awaited speech by paying homage to conservative hero Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 99th birthday. By the time Sarah Palin took the stage on Saturday, the last night of the ...
Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook in Nashville
By Mary C. Curtis
The Birther Movement Lives Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, opened his speech at the Tea Party convention in Nashville with jokes and questions about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. To loud approval from the crowd, Farah said his dream is that if Obama seeks ...
Tea Party Is Seen by Majority of Voters As a Serious and Not a Fringe Group
By Bruce DrakeThe Tea Party movement, which right now is holding its first national convention in Nashville, is regarded as a serious and not a fringe group by a majority of Americans, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted Feb. 2-3. It is seen favorably by 35 percent of voters and unfavorably by ...
At Nashville Tea Party: Saving the Country, Waiting for Palin
By Mary C. Curtis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Is it a movement or a political party? When Opryland visitors with no clue they were sharing a hotel with the National Tea Party Convention call the gathering of grassroots groups "a step in the right direction," the label hardly matters. That endorsement from Paul Verderese ...
Republicans Ahead on 'Generic' Ballot for the Midterm Elections
By Bruce DrakeRepublicans are leading Democrats on a "generic" congressional ballot by 44 percent to 39 percent with 5 percent preferring another choices and 5 percent undecided, according to a National Public Radio poll released today. Eight-seven percent of core Republican voters disapprove of the job that ...
Secession Movement Grows in Vermont
By Christopher Weber
Nine candidates for office in Vermont will run on a platform of breaking with the United States. The pro-secession candidates are planning to run for governor, lieutenant governor, and seven seats in the state Senate, the Associated Press reported. They are aligning themselves under a slate called ...
Voters Split on Whether Obama's First Year Was a Success
By Bruce DrakeVoters are split down the middle in the job approval ratings they give President Obama and whether they consider his first year in office a success or failure, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 5-11. ...
Domestic Issues Drive Down Obama's Approval Ratings
By Bruce DrakeDriven by dissatisfaction over his handling of health care and the economy, President Obama's job approval rating hit a new low in polling by CBS News, with 46 percent approving of his performance while 41 percent did not. While other major polls have shown Obama's rating dropping below the 50 ...
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