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rindar Wrote: Dec 02, 2012 12:42 AM

There are changes that very few people understand ! It's important to get how this is likely to change Pres-politics in a way you never dreamed was possible. In American history the 2-x we experienced real tyrannical Pres, w/revolutionary-liberal-progressive-socialist-policies, correlate directly with oil booms, 1903-T-R, 1933-FDR ! We know the combo of a popular, Socialist POTUS w/vast new oil riches leads to radical politics. That's what's very likely to happen over the next-4-yrs. Get ready, be prepared, before it's too late, "We Must Stop the "Fake-Phoney-Fraud-Obamination !" All Cons, Ind's, Mods, must read, Obama-expose ! pro.stansberryresearch.com/1210THIRDLIA/OPSINB01

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Not Too Much Clout

Generally, presidents enjoy a post-election approval rating bounce. Nate Silver notes that since Harry Truman left office in 1952, the median bounce in approval has been 6.25%; the average has been 7%. The bounce for Obama is the smallest since Truman (who actually lost a percentage point); he has enjoyed a bounce of only 2%.

As Silver points out, this may represent the hardened partisan divisions of the present day. But it also makes it hard to argue that President Obama is sweeping into a new term on a resurgence of public approval -- and his inability to make that claim...