Archive for March 16, 2009

How long will Americans look in the rear-view mirror? Not that Long.

Everyone knows President Bush left office with record disapproval rating of 67% (from January 2009 NBC/WSJ survey). And it’s been part and parcel of the Democratic strategy to continue running against the former president. The Democrats who run campaigns aren’t idiots; they did it because it worked.
So, how long will the Bush Hangover last?
Combining the [...] Read more

A More Political Look at Economic Mobility

Ron Brownstein, one of the sharpest political analysts in the media today, took an in-depth look at the recently released survey project on economic mobility conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.
Ron focused on the Americans views on this country as a meritocracy, and how that may impacts Obama’s goal of significantly growing [...] Read more

POS in the News, 3/16/09

Mark Blumenthal of Pollster.com discusses last week’s posts here at TQIA:
The highly respected Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies has started a new company blog. In a busy first week: Read more

Bill [McInturff] looks at how long it takes consumer confidence to return, Read more

Glen Bolger reviews the Pew Economic Mobility study they conducted with Democratic firm Greenberg [Quinlan] [...] Read more