“After the most unpopular second term of the post-World War II era, ” pollster Gary Langer reports, former President George W. Bush “has gained in public esteem as time since his presidency has passed – not that the public’s ready...
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Delegates watch a video about former President George W. Bush at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida.
Bush Revisited: Regaining Lost Ground
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Pedestrians carry shopping bags on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Americans Critical of Economic Stewardship — Though Less So
The grades are still low, but they’re better than last year. While Washington policy makers are being blamed for sequestration and the budget impasse, Americans this year are registering improving confidence in their leaders’ ability to “do or to recommend...
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President Barack Obama walks to the White House, with just three days until the $85 billion in reductions for this year are scheduled to start.
Polls Backing Obama on Sequestration
Two surveys out today show Americans siding with President Barack Obama over congressional Republicans on how best to address the automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken Feb. 20-24 showed 67 percent disapproving...
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 13%
That’s the approval rating for the U.S. Congress less than two months before the Nov. 6 election, according to a Gallup survey conducted Sept. 6-9. It’s the lowest rating that Gallup has measured this late in an election year, and...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Gregory Giroux
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Julie Bykowicz
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Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
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John McCormick
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Hans Nichols
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Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
