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Polling Data

PollDateApprove Disapprove Spread
RCP Average5/28 - 6/1535.354.7 -19.4
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl6/12 - 6/152957 -28
Ipsos/McClatchy6/4 - 6/83952 -13
Associated Press/GfK5/28 - 6/13855 -17

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- Obama & American Exceptionalism - Monica Crowley, Washington Times

- Obama Aligns U.S. with World Community - Carl Cannon, Politics Daily

- The Elusive Green Economy - Joshua Green, The Atlantic

- The Utterly Misbegotten Climate Bill - John Steele Gordon, Commentary

- Can Democrats Win Public Health? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

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Polling Data

PollDateApprove Disapprove Spread
RCP Average5/28 - 6/1535.354.7 -19.4
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl6/12 - 6/152957 -28
Ipsos/McClatchy6/4 - 6/83952 -13
Associated Press/GfK5/28 - 6/13855 -17
FOX News5/12 - 5/134149 -8
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl4/23 - 4/262858 -30
Associated Press-GfK4/16 - 4/203857 -19
CNN4/3 - 4/53563 -28
CBS News/NY Times4/1 - 4/52664 -38
FOX News3/31 - 4/13852 -14
CBS News3/20 - 3/223056 -26
CBS News3/12 - 3/163056 -26
NPR - POS/GQR3/10 - 3/143658 -22
Gallup3/5 - 3/83954 -15
FOX News3/3 - 3/44148 -7
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl2/26 - 3/13154 -23
CBS News/NY Times2/18 - 2/222663 -37
FOX News2/17 - 2/183950 -11
Associated Press/GfK2/12 - 2/173159 -28
Gallup2/9 - 2/123161 -30
Ipsos/McClatchy2/6 - 2/93759 -22
CNN2/7 - 2/82971 -42
CBS News2/2 - 2/42662 -36
FOX News1/27 - 1/284046 -6
FOX News1/13 - 1/142368 -45
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl1/9 - 1/122368 -45
USA Today/Gallup1/9 - 1/111976 -57
FOX News12/9 - 12/102071 -51
Associated Press-GfK12/3 - 12/82467 -43
Gallup12/4 - 12/72074 -54
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl12/5 - 12/82169 -48
Gallup11/13 - 11/161974 -55
Associated Press-GfK11/6 - 11/102171 -50
FOX News11/1 - 11/21875 -57
FOX News10/28 - 10/291877 -59
CBS News/NY Times10/25 - 10/291575 -60
GWU/Battleground10/23 - 10/291972 -53
CBS News/NY Times10/19 - 10/221770 -53
GWU/Battleground10/16 - 10/221774 -57
FOX News10/20 - 10/211873 -55
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl10/17 - 10/201279 -67
GWU/Battleground10/9 - 10/151874 -56
CBS News/NY Times10/10 - 10/131274 -62
FOX News10/8 - 10/91377 -64
GWU/Battleground10/6 - 10/91578 -63
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl10/4 - 10/51378 -65
CNN10/3 - 10/52376 -53
CBS News10/3 - 10/51573 -58
CBS News9/27 - 9/301877 -59
GWU/Battleground9/21 - 9/251777 -60
FOX News9/22 - 9/231773 -56
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl9/19 - 9/221573 -58
CNN/OpinionResearch9/19 - 9/212278 -56
Battleground9/7 - 9/111972 -53
FOX News9/8 - 9/92368 -45
USA Today/Gallup9/5 - 9/72073 -53
Hotline/FD8/29 - 8/311875 -57
Hotline/FD8/18 - 8/241678 -62
FOX News8/19 - 8/202073 -53
LA Times/Bloomberg8/15 - 8/181773 -56
Quinnipiac8/12 - 8/171674 -58
AP-Ipsos7/31 - 8/41975 -56
CNN7/27 - 7/292277 -55
FOX News7/22 - 7/232168 -47
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl7/18 - 7/211575 -60
AP-Ipsos7/10 - 7/141877 -59
Gallup7/10 - 7/131475 -61
Quinnipiac7/8 - 7/131477 -63
ABC News/Wash Post7/10 - 7/132371 -48
FOX News6/17 - 6/181969 -50
AP-Ipsos6/12 - 6/162372 -49
Gallup6/9 - 6/121974 -55
NBC/WSJ6/6 - 6/91379 -66
Quinnipiac5/8 - 5/121676 -60
Gallup5/8 - 5/111876 -58
POS/GQR5/7 - 5/82273 -51
Hotline/FD4/30 - 5/31875 -57
FOX News4/28 - 4/292267 -45
CBS News/NY Times4/25 - 4/292168 -47
AP-Ipsos4/7 - 4/92371 -48
Hotline/FD3/28 - 3/312372 -49
FOX News3/18 - 3/192067 -47
NBC/WSJ3/7 - 3/101969 -50
Gallup3/6 - 3/92171 -50
AP-Ipsos3/3 - 3/52472 -48
FOX News2/19 - 2/202268 -46
Hotline/FD2/14 - 2/172863 -35
AP-Ipsos2/4 - 2/62274 -52
ABC News/Wash Post1/30 - 2/13359 -26
FOX News1/30 - 1/312266 -44
NPR1/29 - 1/312865 -37
NBC/WSJ1/20 - 1/221870 -52
Hotline/FD1/10 - 1/122370 -47
AP-Ipsos1/7 - 1/92669 -43
Gallup1/4 - 1/62371 -48
FOX News12/18 - 12/192560 -35
ABC News/Wash Post12/6 - 12/93260 -28
Gallup12/6 - 12/92270 -48
CBS News/NY Times12/5 - 12/92164 -43
AP-Ipsos12/3 - 12/52570 -45
FOX News11/13 - 11/142661 -35
Gallup11/11 - 11/142069 -49
AP-Ipsos11/5 - 11/72570 -45
NBC/WSJ11/1 - 11/51968 -49
ABC News/Wash Post10/29 - 11/12865 -37
Quinnipiac10/23 - 10/292170 -49
FOX News10/23 - 10/242554 -29
LA Times/Bloomberg10/19 - 10/222269 -47
CBS News10/12 - 10/162759 -32
FOX News10/9 - 10/102463 -39
Gallup10/4 - 10/72371 -48
NPR10/4 - 10/72569 -44
AP-Ipsos10/1 - 10/32273 -51
ABC News/Wash Post9/27 - 9/302965 -36
FOX News9/25 - 9/262463 -39
CBS News9/14 - 9/162765 -38
Gallup9/14 - 9/162471 -47
FOX News9/11 - 9/123256 -24
AP-Ipsos9/10 - 9/122671 -45
NBC/WSJ9/7 - 9/102365 -42
CBS News/NY Times9/4 - 9/82366 -43
FOX News8/21 - 8/222460 -36
Pew Research8/1 - 8/182165 -44
Gallup8/13 - 8/161876 -58
Quinnipiac8/7 - 8/132070 -50
CBS News8/8 - 8/122563 -38
AP-Ipsos8/6 - 8/82572 -47
NBC/WSJ7/27 - 7/302463 -39
CBS News/NY Times7/20 - 7/222661 -35
Hotline/FD7/19 - 7/222568 -43
ABC News/Wash Post7/18 - 7/213760 -23
CBS News/NY Times7/9 - 7/172959 -30
Gallup7/12 - 7/152766 -39
AP-Ipsos7/9 - 7/112470 -46
CBS News6/26 - 6/282760 -33
Newsweek6/18 - 6/192563 -38
Gallup6/11 - 6/142471 -47
NBC/WSJ6/8 - 6/112364 -41
Quinnipiac6/5 - 6/112366 -43
LA Times/Bloomberg6/7 - 6/102765 -38
FOX News6/5 - 6/62955 -26
ABC News/Wash Post5/29 - 6/13953 -14
CBS News/NY Times5/18 - 5/233652 -16
Hotline/FD5/16 - 5/203161 -30
FOX News5/15 - 5/163253 -21
Gallup5/10 - 5/132964 -35
AP-Ipsos5/7 - 5/93560 -25
Quinnipiac4/25 - 5/13952 -13
Hotline/FD4/26 - 4/303854 -16
FOX News4/17 - 4/183549 -14
ABC News/Wash Post4/12 - 4/154454 -10
CBS News4/9 - 4/123454 -20
LA Times/Bloomberg4/5 - 4/93458 -24
USA Today/Gallup4/2 - 4/53360 -27
AP-Ipsos4/2 - 4/44057 -17
Hotline/FD3/29 - 4/13752 -15
FOX News3/27 - 3/283054 -24
Gallup3/11 - 3/142864 -36
CBS News/NY Times3/7 - 3/113153 -22
AP-Ipsos3/5 - 3/73363 -30
NBC/WSJ3/2 - 3/53153 -22
FOX News2/27 - 2/283249 -17
CBS News/NY Times2/23 - 2/273350 -17
ABC News/Wash Post2/22 - 2/254154 -13
Hotline/FD2/21 - 2/243056 -26
CBS News2/8 - 2/113252 -20
AP-Ipsos2/5 - 2/73458 -24
Gallup2/1 - 2/43755 -18
FOX News1/30 - 1/313344 -11
CBS News1/18 - 1/213349 -16
ABC News/Wash Post1/16 - 1/194350 -7
AP-Ipsos1/16 - 1/183460 -26
FOX News1/16 - 1/173247 -15
LA Times/Bloomberg1/13 - 1/163644 -8
Hotline/FD1/11 - 1/143149 -18
AP-Ipsos1/8 - 1/103262 -30
ABC News/Wash Post12/7 - 12/113757 -20
AP-Ipsos12/4 - 12/62767 -40
Hotline/FD11/8 - 11/122763 -36
FOX News11/4 - 11/52957 -28
USA Today/Gallup11/2 - 11/52663 -37
ABC News/Wash Post11/1 - 11/43660 -24
CBS News/NY Times10/27 - 10/312956 -27
Hotline/FD10/19 - 10/232372 -49
USA Today/Gallup10/20 - 10/222667 -41
ABC News/Wash Post10/19 - 10/223165 -34
NBC/WSJ10/13 - 10/161675 -59
Gallup10/9 - 10/122371 -48
FOX News10/10 - 10/113163 -32
Harris10/6 - 10/92274 -52
CNN10/6 - 10/82863 -35
USA Today/Gallup10/6 - 10/82468 -44
CBS News/NY Times10/5 - 10/82764 -37
ABC News/Wash Post10/5 - 10/83266 -34
Time10/3 - 10/43157 -26
AP-Ipsos10/2 - 10/42473 -49
Democracy Corps (D)10/1 - 10/33262 -30
Battleground9/24 - 9/273262 -30
Hotline/FD9/24 - 9/262570 -45
LA Times/Bloomberg9/16 - 9/193057 -27
CBS News/NY Times9/15 - 9/192561 -36
FOX News9/12 - 9/132953 -24
AP-Ipsos9/11 - 9/132968 -39
NBC/WSJ9/8 - 9/112065 -45
Gallup9/7 - 9/102963 -34
Morning Call9/5 - 9/74055 -15
FOX News8/29 - 8/302461 -37
Cook/RT Strategies8/25 - 8/273158 -27
Time8/22 - 8/223059 -29
CBS News/NY Times8/17 - 8/212960 -31
Hotline/FD8/17 - 8/202766 -39
FOX News8/8 - 8/92458 -34
AP-Ipsos8/7 - 8/92969 -40
ABC News/Wash Post8/3 - 8/63660 -24
Cook/RT Strategies7/28 - 7/302857 -29
CBS News/NY Times7/21 - 7/252858 -30
NBC/WSJ7/21 - 7/242560 -35
Hotline/FD7/20 - 7/233158 -27
FOX News7/11 - 7/122561 -36
AP-Ipsos7/10 - 7/122768 -41
Time6/27 - 6/293155 -24
Hotline/FD6/21 - 6/253062 -32
FOX News6/13 - 6/142959 -30
NBC/WSJ6/9 - 6/122364 -41
AP-Ipsos6/5 - 6/72473 -49
Cook/RT Strategies6/1 - 6/42756 -29
Hotline/FD5/18 - 5/212964 -35
FOX News5/16 - 5/182756 -29
ABC News/Wash Post5/11 - 5/153363 -30
CBS News/NY Times5/4 - 5/82364 -41
AP-Ipsos5/1 - 5/32571 -46
NBC/WSJ4/21 - 4/242265 -43
FOX News4/18 - 4/192552 -27
Gallup4/10 - 4/132370 -47
LA Times/Bloomberg4/8 - 4/112861 -33
ABC News/Wash Post4/6 - 4/93562 -27
CBS News4/6 - 4/92761 -34
AP-Ipsos4/3 - 4/53067 -37
Time3/22 - 3/233949 -10
Gallup3/13 - 3/162765 -38
FOX News3/14 - 3/152955 -26
NBC/WSJ3/10 - 3/133353 -20
AP-Ipsos3/6 - 3/83166 -35
ABC News/Wash Post3/2 - 3/53662 -26
CBS News2/22 - 2/262861 -33
Hotline/FD2/16 - 2/193061 -31
Battleground2/12 - 2/153756 -19
AP-Ipsos2/6 - 2/83561 -26
NBC/WSJ1/26 - 1/292956 -27
ABC News/Wash Post1/23 - 1/264353 -10
FOX News1/24 - 1/253451 -17
LA Times/Bloomberg1/22 - 1/253555 -20
CBS News1/20 - 1/252961 -32
Hotline/FD1/12 - 1/153159 -28
CNN/USA Today/Gallup1/9 - 1/122767 -40
Harris1/6 - 1/92572 -47
CBS News1/5 - 1/82757 -30
ABC News/Wash Post1/5 - 1/84155 -14
AP-Ipsos1/3 - 1/53463 -29
NPR12/15 - 12/184351 -8
ABC News/Wash Post12/15 - 12/184353 -10
FOX News12/13 - 12/143052 -22
Hotline/FD12/12 - 12/132664 -38
NBC/WSJ12/9 - 12/122560 -35
AP-Ipsos12/5 - 12/73165 -34
CBS News/NY Times12/2 - 12/63353 -20
Quinnipiac11/28 - 12/42761 -34
Time11/29 - 12/13355 -22
AP-Ipsos11/7 - 11/93264 -32
NBC/WSJ11/4 - 11/72857 -29
ABC News/Wash Post10/30 - 11/23759 -22
CBS News10/30 - 11/13453 -19
CNN/USA Today/Gallup10/13 - 10/162964 -35
Hotline/FD10/12 - 10/162962 -33
CBS News10/3 - 10/53157 -26
AP-Ipsos10/3 - 10/53561 -26
Newsweek9/29 - 9/303256 -24
FOX News9/13 - 9/143449 -15
CBS News/NY Times9/9 - 9/133454 -20
AP-Ipsos9/6 - 9/83265 -33
FOX News8/30 - 8/312853 -25
ABC News/Wash Post8/25 - 8/283759 -22
AP-Ipsos8/1 - 8/33362 -29
Quinnipiac7/21 - 7/253060 -30
CBS News7/13 - 7/143350 -17
NBC/WSJ7/8 - 7/112855 -27
Westhill Partners/Hotline7/7 - 7/103160 -29
CBS News/NY Times6/10 - 6/153353 -20
AP-Ipsos6/6 - 6/83164 -33
Gallup6/6 - 6/83459 -25
ABC News/Wash Post6/2 - 6/54154 -13
CBS News5/20 - 5/232955 -26
NBC/WSJ5/12 - 5/163351 -18
Gallup5/2 - 5/53557 -22
AP-Ipsos5/2 - 5/43561 -26
CBS News4/13 - 4/163551 -16
NBC/WSJ1/26 - 1/292956 -27

All Commentary & News Stories

- Obama & American Exceptionalism - Monica Crowley, Washington Times

- Obama Aligns U.S. with World Community - Carl Cannon, Politics Daily

- The Elusive Green Economy - Joshua Green, The Atlantic

- The Utterly Misbegotten Climate Bill - John Steele Gordon, Commentary

- Can Democrats Win Public Health? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

- How ObamaCare Threatens Your Health Plan - Rich Lowry, NRO

- We're Being Force-fed a Liberal Agenda - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times

- When to Ration Health Care - Michael Kinsley, Washington Post

- Shields and Brooks Debate Health Care, Climate Bill - The NewsHour

- Analysts Debate Cap-and-Trade - The NewsHour

- We Don't Need Radical Health Care Reform - George Will, Washington Post

- One Nation Under Medicare - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- The Obama World Order - Michael Tomasky, New York Magazine

- Too Big to Fail, or Succeed - Peter Wallison, Wall Street Journal

- Understanding the Age of Obama - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics

- Health Care Costs Must Be Controlled - Peter Orszag, Financial Times

- Obama Plan Worse Than Status Quo - Douglas O'Brien, American Thinker

- Obama's Plan: Hypocritical and Dishonest - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- How Obama Needs to Sell Health Care - Stan Greenberg, The New Republic

- Concern Mounts About Obama's Spending - Scott Wilson, Washington Post

- Mr. President, Another Speech Please - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- After the Crisis, Capitalism Is Discredited - Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair

- Will America Follow California's Example? - Frank Donatelli, Politico

- GOP Ignores Changing Demographics at Its Peril - Mike Murphy, Time

- Obama's Coalition is Holding Up - Michael Tomasky, NY Review of Books

- Mike Murphy's Strange Math - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- Blaming the Guy Before Doesn't Work Long - Peter Baker, New York Times

- Five Things the Virginia Election Results Don't Mean - Mike Madden, Salon

- Obama's "Gift" May Have a Downside - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics

- How Republicans Got Cast as "Angry White Males" - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

- Obama Takes Health Care Arguments to Green Bay - Milwaukee JS

- A Czar Too Far: Govt Should Not Be Meddling in Pay - Detroit News

- Deficit Emerges As Major Political Issue - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

- Why Obama Should Keep the Heat on Israel - Peter Beinart, Time

- Why Israelis Are Cool on the Obama Speech - Judea Pearl, Wall St. Journal

- Time to Change the Tone of 'Politics' Coverage - Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call

- Why Is the Right Doing So Well in Europe? - Anne Applebaum, Slate

- The Importance of Being Obama - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

- Obama, The Anti-Reagan - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- Pittsburgh's Rebirth vs. Detroit's Bailout - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

- Obama's America: Too Fat to Fail - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

- A New Beginning With Muslims - President Barack Obama

- White House Undermines Its Case for Sotomayor - John Dickerson, Slate

- It's All Reagan's Fault - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Is $50 Billion the Limit for GM? Don't Bet On It - Mickey Kaus, Slate

- The Media's Infatuation with Obama - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- Exacting Change - Robert Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

- Obama, Incorporated - Rich Lowry, New York Post

- President Obama Must Not Stifle America's Dynamism - The Economist

- D.C. to Look Into Accepting Gitmo Inmates - Martin Austermuhle, DCist

- Health Bill Would Fix What's Broken - Sen. Edward Kennedy, Boston Globe

- Obama, Sotomayor, Ricci & White Male Privilege - David Paul Kuhn, RCP

- Sotomayor is No Leftist - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

- On North Korea, First, Take a Deep Breath - Fred Kaplan, Slate

- Obama's Pick Is a Winner, Already - Joe Conason, New York Observer

- Judge Sotomayor's Identity Problem - Ronald Cass, RealClearPolitics

- What's a Liberal Justice Now? - Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times Magazine

- Questions for Sotomayor - Neomi Rao, Wall Street Journal

- Interview with Senator John McCain - Hannity

- Obama Has Few Options With North Korea - David Sanger, New York Times

- A Little Mockery From the Axis of Evil - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

- Inside the Moderately Liberal Mind of Sotomayor - Richard Lacayo, Time

- Why Didn't She Explain Herself in the Race Case? - Emily Bazelon, Slate

- Why is Obama Getting Creamed in Budget Debate? - Jonathan Chait, TNR

- Liberals Frustrated on Guns and Guantanamo - Associated Press

- Obama Redefines 'Transparency' - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- The Bankruptcies We Need - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- Obama Cededs Ground on Torture to Cheney - Gary Younge, The Guardian

- Earl Warren, a Justice With Empathy - Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times

- Obama's Speechifying Lost Out to Cheney's Facts - Michael Goodwin, NYDN

- When Nuance Becomes a Flip-flop - Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times

- Have We Already Lost Iran? - Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett, NY Times

- Obama Not Rising to Meet Challenge of Gay Marriage - Frank Rich, NYT

- Debate Between Sen. Durbin and Newt Gingrich - Meet the Press

- Hard Fixes for Medicare and Social Security - Associated Press

- Some Obama Enemies Made Totally of Straw - Helene Cooper, NY Times

- Senate GOP: Not So Fast on Court Pick - Mike Allen, Politico

- A Worthy Debate - David Broder, Washington Post

- Obama's Speech Exposed Shallow Rhetoric - Byron York, DC Examiner

- Netanyahu in the Ring with Obama - David Horovitz, Jerusalem Post

- Two Approaches, No Middle Ground - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

- Send Cheney Back to the Bunker! - Fred Kaplan, Slate

- Identity Politics And Sotomayor - Stuart Taylor, National Journal

- Shields and Brooks on the Week in Politics - The NewsHour

- How Biden Wrecked the Judicial Confirmation Process - Collin Levy, WSJ

- The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard - Arthur Herman, Commentary

- Our President Isn't Quite as Advertised - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- The Ground Shifts Under The Auto Industry - Francis Cianfrocca, RCP

- Obama's Extreme Makeover of Our Culture - Arianna Huffington, HuffPo

- Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat - Peter Orszag, Wall Street Journal

- The Indecipherable Language of Government - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

- Obama Practices Dishonest Politics He Ran Against - Mike Murphy, Time

- Obama's Moment on Health Care Reform - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- Call Obama's Political Favoritism What It Is - George Will, Washington Post

- Harry, Louise and Barack - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Moderate Democrats Become Decisive Factor - Matthew Dallek, Politico

- Ominous Parallels Between Obama & Bush - Bill Frezza, RealClearMarkets

- Something Bad is Happening in Obama's America - David Frum, Nat'l Post

- Obama, Congress Go AWOL on Fiscal Responsibility - USA Today

- Catholic Political Divide Over Obama at Notre Dame - Associated Press