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 Obama's Support  
 Slides Among Whites 

Prez's poll numbers drop among key demographics

Sep 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s support is eroding among those he fought hard to win over: whites, including independents and members of his own party, the Los Angeles Times reports. Since the close of his first 100 days in April, the president has seen his support among white Democrats plummet 11 points,... More »

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Democrats • poll • independents • approval ratings • poll numbers • white voters • President Obama

 Dems' Colo. Dream Win 
 Begins to Look Shaky 

Anxiety over recession, deficit quiets Obama supporters

Sep 5, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats won a huge symbolic victory by winning over conservative Colorado in last year's elections, but nervous state voters may be yearning for the GOP again, the Washington Post reports. Strategists are feeling it on the ground and incumbents in the halls of power: President Obama's supporters have grown quiet... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Colorado • Gov. Bill Ritter • Michael Bennet • Republicans

ANALYSIS

50% Approval Rating Just Another Number: Silver

Obama likely to win re-election, Dems to keep House majority with current numbers

Aug 31, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of President Obama’s 50% job-approval rating, but that number in and of itself is “not particularly newsworthy,” writes Nate Silver for FiveThirtyEight.com. Obama could probably win in 2012 even with approval below 50%: George W. Bush was re-elected with the approval of... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • House of Representatives • Harry Truman • approval ratings • George W. Bush • re-election • Nate Silver

interview

 Daschle: 
 Insurers 
 Can Talk to 
 Rush—Or Me 

Says Dems need to 'do better' at selling health care reform

Aug 30, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Tom Daschle taking money to advise an insurer that’s against the creation of a public health care option—a measure he supports? Pish-posh, the former Senate majority leader tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times. Who would doubters on the left “advise these insurance companies... More »

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Democrats • politics • Glenn Beck • health care reform • health secretary • Tom Daschle • Sarah Palin • interview • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Kennedy Legacy Testament to Power of Compromise

US political system 'rewards negotiators'

Aug 28, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The political agenda outlined in Ted Kennedy’s speech at the 1980 Democratic convention was radical: Kennedy called for a policy of full employment, government intervention to “reindustrialize” American cities, and universal health care. Having lost the Democratic nomination, “his liberalism was unbound," writes David Brooks for... More »

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Democrats • Ted Kennedy • centrist • liberal • David Brooks • founding fathers

OPINION

 Chill Out, 
 Liberals: 
 Remember 
 Last August? 

Left feared disaster then—but they won in November

Aug 21, 09 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angry opponents are spewing spittle at the Obama administration over health care and climate change, but progressives should chill out: After all, this has happened before, Ed Kilgore writes in the New Republic. Last August, liberals withered in despair when John McCain tied President Obama at the polls. Just... More »

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climate change • John McCain • Democrats • health care reform • liberal • Election 2008 • progressive • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Americans everywhere are storming town halls to heckle their congressmen over health care, and that shouldn't come as a surprise. “They hired a man to represent them in Washington,” explains Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal. “And all they ask in return is that he... More »

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health care • Democrats • protests • health care reform • Peggy Noonan • protesters

(Newser) - As unbelievable as this sounds, given the huge crowds Barack Obama was able to drum up not so long ago, the Democrats could be losing the enthusiasm wars, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. A new poll from Virginia shows that in its upcoming gubernatorial race, 52% of voters will... More »

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health care • Democrats • Virginia • poll numbers • party identification • Nate Silver • Republicans

Democrats Still Harping on Bush in Gov Races

State elections will test if Dubya-bashing
works in Obama age

Aug 3, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Bush is out of office, but it's hard to tell from watching current gubernatorial contests. In Virginia, Democratic candidate R. Creigh Deeds has slammed incumbent Robert McDonnell for praising the effect of Bush tax cuts on the economy. In New Jersey, John Corzine is hoping to quash a bid... More »

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Democrats • New Jersey • GOP • Virginia • governor • George W. Bush • gubernatorial races • election day November 2009

Minn. Dems Red-Faced Over Email Error

Blue language in
linked video derails
Pawlenty criticism

Jul 31, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is frantically apologizing after sending out a mass email that linked to a profane YouTube video, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The email, which blasted Gov. Tim Pawlenty over his economic record, was supposed to include a link to a development report. Instead, it linked to... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Democrats • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • mistake

Analysis

Why the Public Isn't Buying Obama's Health Care Plan

Because there really isn't a plan yet

Jul 29, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans still want health care reform, polls show, but they're losing confidence in the Democrats' plan, and who can blame them, writes writes Nate Silver on FiveThirtyEight.com, because Democrats don’t actually have a plan yet. It probably would've been better if Obama had given them a plan, instead... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Democrats • health care reform • poll numbers

ANALYSIS


 Dems' 2010 
 Prospects 
 Start to Dim 

Economy plagues party whose future looked brighter months ago

Jul 29, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things looked rosy for the Democrats in January—but amid economic concerns and trouble for party governors, 2010 could be tougher than expected, Politico reports. Midterm elections typically favor the opposition, and “we don’t have the burden of Iraq as we did in 2006 and don’t have... More »

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Democrats • governor • economy • polls • Election 2010 • Republicans • midterm elections

(Newser) - President Obama “is currently just flinging stuff against the wall, in trillion-dollar chunks, to see what sticks,” and his plans for health care are no different, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal writes on Politico. Thanks to failed bailouts and a “trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated,” America... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Democrats • Bobby Jindal • health care reform • economic stimulus package • President Obama

(Newser) - Democrats plan to investigate the CIA program Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly ordered be kept secret from Congress, reports the Washington Post. The 8-year-old covert operation only came to light June 24 after CIA officials briefed spy-chief Leon Panetta, who then canceled the program. A day later, Panetta notified Congress,... More »

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Congress • Dick Cheney • CIA • Democrats • Leon Panetta

OPINION

Dems Put Pragmatism Before Policy

Desperate to pass
bills, Congress quick to forgo ideals: Brooks

Jun 30, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats learned lasting lessons from the Clinton health care battle: Let Congress, not the White House, write the bills; don’t try to fight the corporations; and avoid failure at all costs. As a consequence, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. the party has taken a “... More »

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health care • Congress • Democrats • cap and trade • White House • health care reform • Vince Lombardi • David Brooks • bill • Obama administration

Rush: Blame Obama for AWOL Sanford

Gov bolted because country's 'going to hell in a handbasket'

Jun 26, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn!... More »

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entertainment • Democrats • Republican • talk radio • South Carolina • Rush Limbaugh • affair • infidelity • governor • political scandal • political criticism • Mark Sanford • President Obama • blame • Republican governor

OPINION

Obama Needs to Toughen Up on Health Care: Krugman

President is dooming reform effort with 'giveaways': Krugman

Jun 26, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama loves to talk about his post-partisan approach to politics, finding common ground on domestic policy and bringing Republicans into his fold. But on many issues Obama "searches for common ground where none exists," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes, and the resulting bills are far... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Democrats • health insurance • health care reform • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • post-partisan • public insurance

Obama Clashes With Rural Democrats

Environmental rules,
car dealerships among sticking points

Jun 17, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats from rural areas aren’t pleased with President Obama, and they’re threatening to show it by revolting against key parts of his domestic agenda, Politico reports. The tension boiled to the surface last week when rural and moderate Democrats decried plans to close 3,400 General Motors and... More »

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Barack Obama • agriculture • Democrats • Environmental Protection Agency • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • rural America • Obama administration • President Obama • Dennis Cardoza

(Newser) - The country lawyer has trumped his better-known foes in Virginia's Democratic primary for governor, reports the Washington Post. State Sen. Creigh Deeds easily defeated former Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe and former legislative colleague Brian Moran. Deeds will now face Republican Robert F. McDonnell, a conservative with ties to Pat Robertson,... More »

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Democrats • primary • Virginia • Terry McAuliffe • governor • Creigh Deeds • Brian Moran

ANALYSIS

The GOP 
Needs More Sarah Palins

Lack of high-profile women hampers credibility on Sotomayor

Jun 5, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, something has been missing from the ranks of her GOP detractors: women. The departure of Sarah Palin and President Bush’s estrogen-packed Cabinet from the national spotlight has exposed the dearth of Republican women, David Bernstein writes for the Boston Phoenix.... More »

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Bush administration • Democrats • women • GOP • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Republicans

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