Archive for January 13, 2010

Getting Realistic About The Economy

Posted on January 13, 2010, 5:48 pm, by Alex Bratty, under Alex Bratty, Analysis, Blog.

This weekend on CNN’s State of the Union with John King, Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said she expects the economy to get better by the spring and that she thought this was a “realistic estimate.”
I sure hope she’s right about that, but unfortunately with the unemployment rate stuck [...] Read more

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Obama Opens 2010 Near Historic Low for Sophomore Presidents

Posted on January 13, 2010, 9:02 am, by Neil Newhouse, under Analysis, Blog.

This post was written by Neil Newhouse and Jeremy Ruch
President Obama’s job approval in the January 2-4 Gallup Daily tracking was the second lowest in the modern era for Presidents starting their second year in office.  Obama opened the new year with a 50%-44% job approval rating which was marginally higher than President Reagan’s 49%-40% [...] Read more

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