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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!President Obama is suffering the lowest job approval rating since he was elected, with more disapproving of his performance than approving, while the public regard for Congress has also worsened, according to a Gallup poll conducted March 15-17. Forty-eight percent disapprove of the job Obama is doing while 46 percent approved. This is also the first time the percentage of those disapproving was higher than those who approved. Congress still fares far worse with 80 percent disapproving of its performance and 16 percent approving. The approval rate was barely above the 14 percent recorded in ...
The nation's office buildings and retail stores may be facing a mortgage crisis similar to the one that devastated the housing market in 2008, the Washington Post reports. A wave of foreclosures could hit particularly hard in Washington, impeding Obama administration efforts to spread its message that the economy is gradually improving. "There has been an enormous bubble in commercial real estate, and it has to come down," said Elizabeth Warren, chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel, which monitors federal bailout efforts. "There will be significant bankruptcies among developers ...
Former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, mounting a conservative challenge to Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP's Senate nomination, is leading Christ 49 percent to 37 percent among likely primary voters with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 11 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 27. The margin of error is 5 points. Crist, who started the race as a heavy favorite saw his support fall from 53 percent in August to 49 percent in October. In December, he was tied with Rubio at 43 percent each. Rasmussen says Rubio is carrying 52 percent of the ...
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