VIOLENCE AT TOWN HALLS PREDICTABLE AND DISTURBING
Obama's overall approval/disapproval percentages in the Rasmussen poll have been stable at roughly 50% and 50% since July 18.
http://tinyurl.com/5krqjz
Given that stability, I suspect that the sharp rise in the number strongly approving of Obama does not represent fence sitters moving to his side, but rather those who already somewhat supported him moving to a position of strong support as confrontation sharpens and tempers flare.
What Rasmussen is charting is polarization and radicalization in roughly equal and opposed populations.
Comment Posted By David L. On 7.08.2009 @ 17:28
INDEFENSIBLE: OBAMA FAILS HIS FIRST BIG TEST
Those who liked Obama's handshake with Chavez and his blase attitude toward Ortega's rant are going to be ecstatic at the fond farewell Obama gave Chavez at the conclusion of the "Summit of the Americas". Let me translate a short paragraph from "Noticias 24" about that last - for now - encounter between Obama and Chavez:
http://tinyurl.com/detp84
http://preview.tinyurl.com/detp84Spanish: El presidente Obama se le acercó al presidente Chávez y se despidió exclamando “Adiós, mi amigo”.
English: President Obama approached president Chavez and bid him farewell, exclaiming "Goodbye, my friend."
Comment Posted By David L. On 20.04.2009 @ 10:11