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POLL NUMBERS

Afghan Surge Gains Favor; Public Sours on DC

Support for public option also grows; GOP isn't more popular, though

Oct 27, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - New poll numbers out today hold good news and bad for the Obama administration. Support is rising for a troop surge in Afghanistan, the NBC/Wall Street Journal survey finds, and nearly half now favor a public option in the health-care reform measures now under consideration. The bad news: 58% said... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • Republican Party • health care reform • Afghanistan war • opinion polls • Obama administration • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • financial crisis • President Obama • public option

 Obama Slips in New Polls 


Jul 29, 09 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two big polls are out with the same general conclusion: President Obama is losing support for his health care overhaul among the public, and his approval rating is settling in to mere mortal levels. A Wall Street Journal/NBC survey puts his approval rating at 53%, down 3 points in a... More »

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health care • approval ratings • New York Times/CBS News poll • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • President Obama

 Obama's Approval 
 Rating Softens 

Economy pulls down numbers

Jun 23, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Concerns over the economy are weighing down President Obama’s poll numbers, which have fallen to their lowest point since his inauguration, Politico reports. Obama’s 57% approval rating in a Gallup tracking poll this weekend remains high, but a series of recent polls find his support falling among Republicans... More »

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Pew • Pew Research Center • approval ratings • economy • NBC/WSJ Poll • poll numbers • Gallup poll • Gallup • New York Times/CBS News poll • Obama administration • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • President Obama

GLOSSIES

Sorry, Guys, No Rivalry Between CNBC Babes

Rumors of feuding CNBC anchors greatly exaggerated

Oct 4, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “Money Honey” versus the “Street Sweetie” makes for great headlines, but reports of catfighting between CNBC anchors Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett are way overstated, Suzanna Andrews writes in Vanity Fair. “There is not a rivalry,” says Bartiromo, who suggests that the rumors may stem... More »

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Wall Street • CNBC • Fox Business Network • Erin Burnett • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • Maria Bartiromo

 'Palin Factor' Levels Race

McCain tied with Obama in latest poll

Sep 10, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has erased Barack Obama's lead, transforming the presidential race to a statistical dead heat, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama's lead among women dropped from 10 to 4 points since August, which is largely attributed to Sarah Palin's popularity, reports MSNBC. More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Geraldine Ferraro • Walter Mondale • Sarah Palin • favorability rating • opinion polls • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • pollsters

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