Nov 19, 2009 -
Your Stimulus Money at Work?
http://stimuluswatch.org/2.0/awards/view/2798/explaining-the-african-vote
LA JOLLA, CA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Grant: $233,825 - National Science Foundation - Jul. 19, 2009 -
Award Description:
Despite pouring millions of dollars into programs to further the democratization of Africa, donors remain uninformed about one of the most important facets of politics on the continent: Why do Africans vote they way they do?
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Nov 19, 2009 -
Sept. 20, 2009
Stein: Democrats Are Elitists and Fat Cats
Says Party's Contempt for Tea Party Protesters is Un-American, and Not Helpful at Polling Booths
Just who are the Democrats now? Ben Stein says they're the party of fat cat elitists who mock elderly, non-minorities with homes in the sticks.
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Nov 20, 2008 -
Hmmm...
By: Mike Allen/Politico
November 20, 2008 04:03 PM EST
Pollster John Zogby has rejected a conservative commentator’s offer to sponsor a poll to test the knowledge of people who voted for John McCain.
The commentator was proposing to mirror a poll of Obama voters that caused a political uproar when it suggested that Obama supporters didn’t know what they were voting for.
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Nov 16, 2009 -
A nice sentiment?
Maybe not.
The psalm reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”
Presidential criticism through witty slogans is nothing new.
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Nov 15, 2009 -
Written by: Davie Van Biema
It used to be, says David Kinnaman, that Christianity was both big and beloved in the U.S. — even among its non-adherents. Back in 1996, a poll taken by Kinnaman's organization, the Barna Group, found that 83% of Americans identified themselves as Christians, and that fewer than 20% of non-Christians held an unfavorable view of Christianity.
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Nov 15, 2009 -
Re: Graham Crumbles for Nothing
Jennifer Rubin - 11.15.2009 - 1:34 PM
When Lindsay Graham decided to support cap-and-trade — a position not even some moderate Democrats can stomach — I observed that this was not only bad policy but also bad politics. And sure enough, moves like that and his support for now Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor have spelled trouble for him. This report explains:
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Nov 14, 2009 -
Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates
In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.
Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep.
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Nov 14, 2009 -
Republican's exit could clear the way for Tea Party vs. GOP incumbent Bennett
By Aaron Blake
Conservatives have turned to Florida as the central front in their battle with the GOP establishment, but the battle for the Republican Senate nomination in Utah could emerge as the real Tea Party contest.
State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s exit from the race last week paved the way for other candidates to emerge.
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Aug 18, 2009 -
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll
Monday, August 17, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years
In 2009, 40% percent of respondents in Gallup surveys that have interviewed more than 160,000 Americans have said that they are either “conservative” (31%) or “very conservative” (9%).
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Jun 20, 2009 -
http://www.gallup.com/poll/121028/Obama-Job-Approval-Slips-58-First-Time.aspx
Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time Lowest reading for Obama thus far in Gallup Poll Daily tracking by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama's job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 -- a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking, although not dissimilar to the 59% he has received on four other occasions.
Thirty-three percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, just one point shy of his record-high 34% disapproval score from early June.
Since Obama took office in January, his approval rating in Gallup tracking has averaged 63%, and most of his three-day ratings have registered above 60%.
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