That’s the percentage of Americans who want to delay automatic spending cuts set to take effect beginning this week, according to a Bloomberg National Poll. That majority said Congress should “delay steep cuts to give the economy a chance to...
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Pedestrians walk in front of the Capitol building.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 54
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President Barack Obama speaks about gun violence as well as the economy in Chicago on Feb. 15, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 55%
That was President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Feb. 15-18. It is the president’s strongest level of support since September 2009, Bloomberg’s Mike Dorning reports. Forty percent disapprove of the job Obama is doing...
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, on Feb. 19, 2013.
Washington Daybook: Sequestration
While President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans trade blame over who’s responsible for the budget stalemate gripping Washington, a new poll shows the president may have the upper hand in the eyes of most Americans. A Bloomberg national poll released...
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President Barack Obama greets an audience member after speaking to workers about the economy during a visit to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich., on Dec. 10, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 55
That’s the percentage of Americans who said President Barack Obama is “making a serious effort” to work with Republican leaders in Congress to reach a budget agreement, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People &...
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Business leaders from Dow Chemical Co., Chevron Corp. and IBM Corp. depart from the White House after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Nov. 14, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 54
That’s the percentage of Americans who said President Barack Obama is genuinely interested in working with business leaders to reach a budget deal, according to a Bloomberg National Poll. Forty-one percent said Obama instead is meeting with CEOs to “score...
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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, observes a moment of silence during a wreath-laying ceremony ahead of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Perth, Australia.
Hillary Clinton: `Don’t Believe… That’s Something I Will Do Again’
Read my lips — Hillary Clinton’s response to the idea of running for president again. “I’ve said I really don’t believe that that’s something I will do again,” she says in an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters. “I am so...
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President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at the Daimler Detroit Diesel engine plant on Dec. 10, 2012 in Redford, Michigan.
Obama’s Mandate for Taxes: Poll
President Barack Obama holds a re-election mandate for his plan to raise taxes on the rich, a Bloomberg National Poll shows, with the president’s job-approval at its highest since this season three years ago. And while most Americans still worry...
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Representative Paul Ryan during a town hall meeting outside the Clinton County Courthouse in Iowa on Oct. 2, 2012.
Biden’s `Middle-Class’ Burial: Romney’s Awaited Opening
“We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.” That’s the Romney campaign’s quick take on Vice President Joe Biden’s remark yesterday about the middle class being “buried” the last four years — the years that President Barack Obama and Biden have...
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Mitt Romney during a campaign rally at SeaGate Convention Centre on Sept. 26, 2012 in Toledo, Ohio.
Romney’s Talking Point: 6-pct Lag
Any good campaign needs to dust off its talking points from time to time. In an interview aired over the weekend, Republican Mitt Romney was asked when he, known as “a turnaround artist” in business, is planning to put his...
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Romney’s `Paycheck-to-Paycheck’ — Uphill Struggle, Poll Shows
Mitt Romney attempts to accomplish two things in his new, minute-long, open-shirt collared TV ad in which he speaks directly to the camera: Connecting with voters living “paycheck to paycheck” and arguing that “we can’t afford another four years like...
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