MARCH MADNESS!!

Wow, I had no idea so many Americans were as fixated on Duke University’s basketball team as I am, mesmerized by their resurgence (5-0) since the insertion of Freshman guard Elliot Williams into the starting line-up. I mean, how else can one explain the dramatic improvement in the “mood of the country” (right direction/wrong track […]

POS in the News, 3/9/09

Sheboygan Shenanigans runs a press release from the MacIver Institute regarding a poll conducted by Gene Ulm: By overwhelming numbers, Wisconsinites think state government should cut spending rather than raise taxes to close the state’s nearly six billion dollar budget deficit according to a new statewide survey conducted for the MacIver Institute for Public Policy. “Wisconsinites […]

And now for some actual good news (sort of). . .

There’s a lot of interesting data in the NBC/WSJ poll, although much of it is good news for the Dems and sobering news for the GOP (there’s been so much sobering news the last four years I feel like drinking). However, one positive nugget for the GOP in the data deals with the economic stimulus […]

Been There, Done That

There’s been much discussion recently about President Obama’s high job approval and popularity, with most folks (wrongly) assuming his job approval numbers are extraordinarily high. So, it’s time to set the record straight… It’s true, clearly people like Barack Obama, as the President enjoys very high personal ratings. In this month’s NBC/WSJ poll that we […]

POS in the News, 3/6/09

Yael T. Abouhalkah, of the Kansas City Star, writes about a red light camera survey mentioned in yesterday’s POS in the News: Still, the findings came from the office of respected pollster Neil Newhouse. And they back up the general feeling that the public wants lawbreakers to be caught with the cameras, as long as […]

POS in the News, 3/5/09

Below are today’s excerpts from the media mentioning Public Opinion Strategies and our Partners. MSNBC’s First Read includes a quote from Bill McInturff on the NBC/WSJ poll results: While we have covered all the new administration’s ups and downs, it is absolutely clear which party has suffered the most in public opinion these first six […]

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