I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Peter Robinson ·
May 5, 2011 at 5:22pm
...with which I completely agree:
The operation that killed Osama Bin Laden has improved President Obama's poll
numbers. in the CBS/New York Times poll released Wednesday morning, the president's approval rating jumped 11 points from the previous months. In the Washington Post/Pew poll released Tuesday and taken after Obama announced Bin Laden's death, his approval rating shot up nine points.
Now if the president could only order a commando strike to bring down gas prices.
What's notable in these polls is not so much that Obama's numbers have improved. It's that, on the all-important question of handling the economy, he saw no improvement at all.
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Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Not just three paragraphs, but three consecutive paragraphs.
Dec '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
We're so used to the Halo Effect for politicians that we're shocked when it doesn't show up. Chris Christie stands up the the teachers' union and brings his state's budget close to balance, and we figure he's just as capable and courageous in every other aspect of governance that a President -- never mind a Governor -- needs to master. But when Obama orders the killing strike on America's number one enemy and the public doesn't immediately see him as universally competent, we wonder why.
Jan '11
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
What were you doing reading Slate in the first place?
Dec '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Peter - I put a comment over on the podcast thread that relates to you...
May '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Paul Ryan. The time is now.
Jul '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
".... order a commando strike to bring down gas prices."
Gas.... unemployment... inflation....
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
It's hard not to picture a helicopter gunship swooping down on a Shell station.
Aug '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Squish.
Mar '11
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
If politicians can compartmentalize, why not voters?
Nov '10
Re: I Just Found Three Whole Paragraphs on "Slate"
Peter Robinson:
Um . . . like perhaps a directive to start drilling for oil?