Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

Obama is Sub-50% in the latest Poll

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Ben Smith – Politico

President Obama’s job approval numbers will dip below 50% for the first time today in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, according to a Gallup official.

“Gallup Daily tracking results just in. Obama will be below 50% for the first time when we update our numbers at 1:00 p.m.,” wrote Gallup.com managing news editor Lymari Morales on Twitter.

His approval numbers have bounced down to the 50% mark several times, driven by weaker support from independents and Republicans, but hadn’t crossed it.

The slide is worrying for the White House (more…)

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The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

Friday, November 20th, 2009

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports:

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?

Here’s a case study.

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, (more…)

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Pastors Test Expanded Hate Crimes Law

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Lillian Kwon – Christian Post Reporter

WASHINGTON – Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law.

Calling the new law – which broadens (more…)

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Obama’s First Big Loss in Healthcare Battle

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Despite SEIU and OFA emails to millions of minions, the Senate said no.  Extreme fail!  They’re claiming 315,000 calls were made.  Hmmm, in Liberal numbers, that’s about 5,000, no? (more…)

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