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President Barack Obama and main Republican opponent Mitt Romney. 17 Feb 2012 17:29 Africa/Lagos President Obama Leads Mitt Romney by 9 points and Rick Santorum by 12 points Ron Paul does best against the President NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With about ten days to go before the next primaries in the Republican race for the nomination, all four remaining Republicans are losing to President Obama by between 8 and 17 points. As the race narrows down to the final candidate, just half of Americans (51%) say they are satisfied with the choices available to them for President while more than two in five (44%) are not satisfied. Independents are the most dissatisfied with over half (55%) saying they are not satisfied with the choices while two-thirds of Democrats (68%) are satisfied. Republicans are more split as half are satisfied (52%) and 44% are not satisfied. But the Republican satisfaction is soft with just 13% very satisfied and 39% saying they are only somewhat satisfied. ...

President Barack Obama and American voters . Over Half of Americans Still Not Likely to Vote for President Obama This Fall People thinking the country is moving in the right direction continues to inch up HARRIS POLL LOGO Harris Poll Logo. (PRNewsFoto/Harris Interactive) NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the calendar moved into a new year, it also moved into an election year and President Obama is starting this year exactly as he ended the last one in terms of his approval ratings. This month, just like in December, just over one-third of Americans (36%) give the President positive ratings for the overall job he is doing and slightly less than two-thirds (64%) give him negative marks. Looking at the possible swing states for the general election (Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia) two-thirds of Americans in these nine states (65%) give the President negative ratings while one-third ...

Post Bin Laden Death, President Obama's Job Rating Rises 8 Points Highest rating for President Obama since September, 2009 PR Newswire NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the news that the most wanted man in America had been killed by Navy Seals, President Obama had one reason to breathe a sigh of relief last week. Now, he has another as Americans seemed to rally around not only him but also feel better about the state of the country. Currently, just under half (46%) of U.S. adults give President Obama positive ratings on the overall job he is doing, a rise of eight points from last month when only 38% gave him positive marks. Just over half (54%) give the President negative ratings, down from 62% who did so last month. This is also the highest rating for the President since September of 2009 when almost half (49%) of Americans gave him positive ratings. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO ) These are some of the results of Th...

Before Noon EST (17:00 UTC ) Tuesday , January 20 , 2009 A fictional account of factual people, places and occurrences on the American presidential election in 2008. The titanic contest between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain in the November 4 presidential election is making headlines all over the world. The majority of Americans have had enough of the Republicans madness in the eight years of the nightmarish maladministration of Dubya . How did the American son of an African from Kenya become the most sensational Democrat in the history of America? His picturesque contrast to Senator Hillary Clinton made all the difference. I believe that if Barack Obama contested the Democratic nomination with another American woman and not Hilllary Clinton, the story would have had a different ending today. He is what I call a political smart Alec or politically correct American politician from Chicago. He fished in the troubled waters of the Clintons and turned the sharks against the...

ENPR: Racial Divide Guarantees Obama Nomination by Robert Novak and Timothy P. Carney (more by this author) Posted 05/07/2008 ETUpdated 05/07/2008 ET Outlook In the wake of Sen. Hillary Clinton's dismal performance Tuesday, pressure will mount on her to get out of the Democratic presidential race against Sen. Barack Obama. She and her inner circle are determined to stay in, but since there is no way she can be nominated, don't be surprised if she gets out before the primaries end in June. Clinton needed a strong showing Tuesday in order to make a convincing pitch to super-delegates. Now her arguments to the super-delegates will go down two paths: a) The national polls that have shown Clinton running better than Obama against Sen. John McCain (though those surveys are sure to look different soon); or b) Clinton operative Harold Ickes is repeating his campaign's familiar refrain: We don't know enough about Obama, and Republicans will take dead aim against him in the gen...

6 May 2008 17:52 Africa/Lagos Young Voters to Have Unprecedented Impact on Presidential Election Reader's Digest Poll: Millennials are First Generation With Unique Political Identity; Will Match Seniors in Turnout Obama Beats McCain by Whopping 22 Points Among 18-29 Year-Olds PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An exclusive new poll commissioned by Reader's Digest, the most widely-read magazine in the world, finds that voters under 30, or Millennials, are changing the landscape of American politics this year, and are likely to do so for years to come. "They are the first generation of young voters that could determine the next president, and they are using technology to do it in this Facebook Election," said Reader's Digest Washington Bureau Chief Carl M. Cannon. Millennials in unprecedented numbers are in search of an aspirational candidate who matches their commitment to giving back and they break heavily toward Barack Obama, says Cannon. But while...

5 May 2008 07:57 Africa/Lagos Poll: Clinton Leads Obama in Hoosier State Suffolk University Survey Shows 38 percent Will Cast McCain Vote if their Preferred Candidate Loses Nomination BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hillary Clinton (49 percent) leads Barack Obama (43 percent) among likely Indiana Democratic voters, according to a poll released today by Suffolk University. Six percent of Democratic voters were undecided, and 2 percent refused a response. However, 38 percent of these likely Democratic voters -- which include registered Democrats, Republicans, members of other political parties and independents -- said they would vote for John McCain in November if their Democratic choice does not win the party's nomination. It's no slam-dunk, but Hillary Clinton is poised to win the Hoosier state, provided there aren't some critical turnovers late," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center. "Although the mar...

One of my favorite segments in Arianna Huffington's new book, "Right is Wrong" , is timed perfectly to the latest polling news: That George W. Bush has officially been crowned the most unpopular president in modern history, with a disapproval rating over 70%. So let's return to her take on the now-infamous Bill Kristol op-ed in The Washington Post last July in which he promised that Bush would end up a "winner." Arianna calls it "the single most deceptive story of the entire war." One wonders if it was actually written by Billy Crystal, not Bill Kristol. ~ Greg Mitchell in Arianna's New Book Cuts Kristol! President George W. Bush may be the most unpopular president in the modern history of America, but not in the world. The most unpopular president in the world today is President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, with a disapproval rating of over 80%. The former president of Nigeria, Chief "the thief" Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasan...

27 Apr 2008 17:46 Africa/Lagos Obama's Sunday Waffles Why Can't Obama Keep His Story Straight On His Plans To Raise Taxes And Ignore Commanders On The Ground? WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- OBAMA IS WAFFLING ON IRAQ AND GEN. PETRAEUS Today, Obama Said That It Would Be "Stupid" Of Him To Ignore Gen. Petraeus' Recommendations On Iraq: Obama: "I will listen to General Petraeus given the experience that he's accumulated over the last several years. It would be stupid of me to ignore what he has to say." (Fox News' "Fox News Sunday," 4/27/08) But Obama Previously Said The U.S. Should Begin To Withdraw From Iraq Immediately, Just One Day After Gen. Petraeus Warned Against A Premature Withdrawal: Gen. Petraeus Testified Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Of Which Obama Is A Member, That A Premature Withdrawal From Iraq Would Have "Devastating Consequences." Gen. Petraeus: "In describing the recommendati...

The May 5, 2008 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, April 28), "Obama's Bubba Gap," examines how Barack Obama's opponents are tapping into Americans' fear of the "other" and painting him as an out-of-touch elitist. The cover package also includes essays on how race and class are playing out on the campaign trail. Plus: Bill Clinton's gaffes; a Texas town's fight against the proposed border fence; how climate change may wreak havoc on agriculture and the Mother's Day gift guide. (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK) NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES 04/27/2008 27 Apr 2008 16:25 Africa/Lagos NEWSWEEK: Cover: Obama's Bubba Gap Deep Rooted Race and Class Issues are Changing the 'Hope' Election to a 'Fear' Election Wary of His Wide Appeal, Opponents are Painting Obama as an Out-of-Touch 'Elitist' NEW YORK, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- There was a time, not so long ago, when the advisers to John McCain worried about running against...

Photo: Yahoo News "The road to 1600 Pennsylvania Road runs right through the heart of Pennsylvania." ~ Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton after winning the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary on April 22, 2008. Thank God, Senator Hillary Clinton has done it again, with another big state win in n Pennsylvania! It is an outstanding victory for Hillary Clinton who beat Barack Obama by 10 points. She won 55% of the votes, while Barack Obama won 45%. Barack Obama spent over $11 million on TV adverts and other strategies in his desperation to win the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary and lost to Hillary Clinton who spent only about $5 million. Hillary has the artillery to secure victory for the Democratic Party in the Presidential Election in November 2008. The Democratic Party will lose the Presidential Election without Hillary Clinton. Only the dream team of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton or Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can beat John McCain and the political machine of the GOP in the...

19 Apr 2008 00:52 Africa/Lagos Pennsylvania Voter Registration Total Hits Historic High for a Primary Election PA Department of State Releases Final Registration Statistics HARRISBURG, Pa., April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A record number of Pennsylvanians have registered to vote in the commonwealth's April 22 primary, according to the Department of State. The state agency today announced a final tally of 8,328,123 registered voters. While that is a record for a primary election, the record for any election remains the 2004 general election, when 8,366,663 -- or 38,540 more -- Pennsylvanians were registered to vote. "It is unprecedented for a primary election in Pennsylvania, and it is very exciting to see so many people want to participate in the electoral process," Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes said. Since January, 218,923 new voters have registered. Of those, 152,775 registered Democratic and 40,195 registered Republican. Also since January, 1...

Senator Hillary Clinton BILL CLINTON: I believe those are the three reasons you ought to be for her: She'd be the best for the veterans, she'd be the best commander in chief, and she would certainly be the best at managing this economy. And finally, according to the evidence today, she's also the most electable. She's running ahead of Senator McCain in Ohio; her opponent's running behind. She is ahead in Florida and Arkansas, a state that voted for me twice, 'cause I was the governor -- they sort of had to, I guess -- and voted for President Carter once. They haven't voted for another Democrat in 44 years. This week's survey in Arkansas: Senator McCain is leading Hillary's opponent by 16 points; Hillary's leading him by 15 points. So she can win this election. And, and, we need to change the direction of this country. But it won't be an easy race. John McCain is an...