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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:20 AM
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Poll: Obama earning high marks
Source: USA Today

By SUSAN PAGE • USA TODAY • December 3, 2008

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama gets soaring marks for his handling of the transition and his choices for the Cabinet, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, even at a time the public is downbeat over the economy.


More than three of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, approve of the job Obama has done so far -- broad-based support he'll need as he faces tough decisions ahead.

By 69 percent-25 percent, those surveyed approve of his pick of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his former Democratic primary rival, as secretary of State.

By an even wider margin, 80 percent-14 percent, they favor his decision to ask President Bush's Pentagon chief, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to stay on the job.

Americans are "projecting their hopes" for the new president, says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies polling, though they will expect concrete results to follow.



Read more: http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20081203/UPDATES01/812030425
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:24 AM
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1. I think the entire minority in these polls post at DU
LOL
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:28 AM
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3. ^^^ this ^^^
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:13 AM
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8. HA!
So true, so true!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:24 AM
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10. ROFL.
So true...
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:28 AM
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2. Well, if we're gonna be rating the performance of an unemployed guy...
I suppose it's nice that he's rated WELL.

:rofl:
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:01 AM
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6. Obama's still a Senator

Last I checked, that was considered a job.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:03 AM
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7. Actually, he's no longer a Senator
He resigned back in November.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:45 AM
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13. He probably cannot even collect unemployment!
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 12:10 PM
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15. You're right

It was Biden who is keeping his seat for now.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:33 AM
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11. Your post has every virtue, except for being true.
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WriteDown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:44 AM
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4. How can we trust the #'s from Gallup though? nt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 10:59 AM
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5. 67% of all statistics are made up on the spot ;}
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wellst0nev0ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:19 AM
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9. Forty Percent of All People Know That! (n/t)
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:42 AM
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12. Interesting. Would you elaborate please?
I'm of the opinion that polls are mostly skewed bullshit, but have nothing to back that other than suspicion.
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Phred42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 11:55 AM
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14. After the last year especially - why would anyone still believe these Polls?
Edited on Wed Dec-03-08 11:56 AM by Phred42
Oh yea - they tell you what you want to hear


Sleeeep.....sleeeeeep
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