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Off the Cliff

G.M.’s unhappy news today is countered by two hard-nosed results in our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll – the single most popular and the single least popular policy options we tested. Together they suggest the public is not in a...

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February 26, 2009 in Economy | Permalink | User Comments (24)

The Recession's Toll

In two strong signs of the recession’s toll, 57 percent of Americans say they’re under personal stress as a result of the country's economic crisis – and nearly half are worried about keeping up with their rent or mortgage payments....

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February 25, 2009 in Economy | Permalink | User Comments (36)

Saying and Doing

If you're at all into the news you're spending this morning wading through various piles of punditry - plus a few polls - tackling the thorny issue of how average Americans did or will react to the president's speech last...

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February 25, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Strong. But Average. And Way Divided.

There are a couple of data points worth keeping in mind as we await President Obama’s address to the nation tonight - and as we digest an aide's claim today, as Jake Tapper reports, that his strong approval rating is...

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February 24, 2009 in Partisanship/Party ID, President Obama | Permalink | User Comments (385)

Latest on The Lancet Imbroglio

Citing an error in confidentiality protocols, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said today it has suspended some research privileges for the author of a widely debated study on casualties in post-invasion Iraq. The inquiry by Hopkins into...

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February 23, 2009 in Problem Polls | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Obama Wins Economic Approval, Despite Deficit Woes

(Updated with additional material at 3:30 p.m. - check here for our full poll at 5 p.m.) A month into his presidency six in 10 Americans approve of Barack Obama’s handling of the dominant issue of the day – the...

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February 23, 2009 in Economy, President Obama | Permalink | User Comments (154)

Hero Hokum

You can read it online at some brand-name news websites: “Obama beats out Jesus as America’s hero,” per the Chicago Sun-Times. “Bigger than Jesus?” ponders a blog item on the WashingtonPost.com. It’s even gone as far as the Times of...

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February 20, 2009 in Problem Polls | Permalink | User Comments (19)

What Holbrooke Should Hear

Richard Holbrooke is in Kabul today for his first round of talks with Afghan officials since his appointment as U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. We can expect – even hope – he’s getting an earful. Two days before his...

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February 13, 2009 in International Polls | Permalink | User Comments (0)

The News from Wardak... Badghis... Zabul... Parwan...

In Wardak, “Security is getting worse day by day.” On the outskirts of Kandahar, “There is no control of government.” And in Parwan, “The last explosion had a bad effect on people.” So reported some of the field teams in...

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February 9, 2009 in International Polls | Permalink | User Comments (1)