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What Accounts for First Lady's Failing Popularity?

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Please review this and tell me where you find the "separation of church and state": "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The phrase "separation of church and state" is not in the First Amendment. The Establishment Clause only prohibits the establishment of a national church. Massachusetts had a state church and religion until 1833. While the phrase was contained in some of the letters of Madison and Jefferson (Letter to the Danbury Baptists) and in Treaty of Tripoli's Article 11 (it is not...

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What Accounts for First Lady's Failing Popularity?

After a widely admired start in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama's popularity is falling and, if the current downward trend in her approval ratings continues, could touch lows not seen since the scandal-tainted days of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 50 percent of those surveyed say they have a positive opinion of Mrs. Obama. That's down from 64 percent in April 2009 and 55 percent in January of this year. The first lady's positive rating is barely ahead of her husband's personal-approval figure, which stands at 46 percent in the new poll....

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