Sep 9 2010

Obama Gets Positive Marks on Afghanistan and as Commander-in-Chief

One of the ironies of Barack Obama’s presidency at this particular juncture is that the man whose credentials for handling foreign policy and foreign crises were openly questioned in the 2008 campaign is doing better in the polls on foreign policy and challenges like Afghanistan than he is on domestic issues. (Remember that Hillary Clinton [...]


Aug 30 2010

Louisianans Give Bush Higher Marks Than Obama for Crisis Response

As the five year anniversary again summons up memories of Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf Coast, Louisiana voters are giving higher marks to former President George Bush for handling of the storm’s aftermath and dealing with crisis than they do for President Obama’s handling of the BP oil spill, according to a Public Policy Polling [...]


Aug 5 2010

Richard Burr’s Negative Marks from Voters Hurt Him in N.C. Senate Poll

First-term GOP Sen. Richard Burr holds a statistically-insignificant lead over Democrat Elaine Marshall in North Carolina’s Senate race, an outcome that probably has more to do with Burr’s high negatives among voters than progress by Marshall, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 27-31. Burr is ahead of Marshall, the secretary of state, [...]


Jul 8 2010

Mitch McConnell Gets Negative Marks with Voters Back Home in Kentucky

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should take comfort in the fact that he is not up for a sixth term until 2014 because a plurality of Kentucky’s voters disapprove of the job he is doing in representing the state and his role as GOP leader, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted June 28-30. [...]