Obama Approval

• Obama is accusing Republicans of obstructionism, playing off record-low congressional approval ratings. The question is whether other Republicans will join Lee or hold back and let him promote himself as a champion to the party's right wing.
(Businessweek)
• You can afford to have this attention in February on reproductive issues. An AP-GfK poll conducted Feb.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• A win there would be a reach, however. A recent NBC/Marist poll put Obamas approval rating in the state below 40%, and it showed him trailing most of the Republican presidential candidates there.
(MSNBC Firstread)
• According to a new Politico/George Washington University Battleground poll, Obamas approval rating has increased to 53 percent from 44 percent in just four months.
(Yahoo Finance)
• The 485-mile (780-kilometer) pipeline is expected to cost about $2.3 billion and be completed next year, pending approval by federal, state and local governments.
(msnbc.com)
• The three-year average for shallow-water drilling permits had been 14.7 per month; the Obama administration now has that down to 2.3 per month. The average approval time has increased from an average of 60.6 days in the preceding five years to 109 days in 2011.
(Article.nationalreview.com)
• WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the countrys brighter economic mood.
(Huffington Post)
• The continued poor state of the economy has been a big weight holding down President Obamas prospects. But how much? Polling expert Charles H.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Obviously, Israel would not have found itself seriously deliberating to undertake a preventive military strike against Irans nuclear facilities without U.S.
(Huffington Post)
• his approval ratings on handling the economy and unemployment have jumped by 10 percentage points to 53 percent since December. Women make up a majority of voters in presidential elections, and a bit more of them identify with Democrats.
(Abc Local Web)