The (New York) Daily News reported (“Tax break means big bounce for Bam in poll,” 12/27/11) that a Gallup poll found that 160 million Americans, or 47 percent, up from 45 percent in July, approved of the job President Barack Obama was doing. The increase is attributed to the way he handled the payroll tax cut extension controversy.
The survey showed that Obama avoided blowback from the fight by standing his ground with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and improved his standing with the public.
Congress approved a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut for workers and will negotiate a full-year extension in the near future.
I think the Obama administration should milk this news for all it is worth. The president needs to build up as much momentum as possible going into the November elections. It is also refreshing to see him standing up to Republicans, and hopefully he continues to stand up to them.
In other News:
- The New York Review of Books, “Do the classics have a future?,” 1/12/12
- The New Yorker, “Drug test,” 1/2/12
- The New Yorker, “The talk of the town: The financial page—Delayed gratification,” 1/2/12
- The New Yorker, “The talk of the town: Teamwork dept.—Zuccotti 101,” 1/2/12
- Daily News, “Republican loons take the stage,” 1/2/12
- Daily News, “She’s Barkin on Twitter about cops after 68 Occupy protesters busted,” 1/2/12
- Daily News, “White-bread Iowa doesn’t begin to represent America’s diversity,” 1/2/12
- Daily News, “Now it’s the politics of the stupid,” 1/1/12
- Daily News, “What exactly is the Iowa caucus?,” 1/1/12
- Daily News, “How to say it? 20-12 or 2,012?,” 1/1/12
- Daily News, “Verizon fee flops,” 12/31/11
- Daily News, “Red, white, & plain untrue. It’s time to stop calling Cowboys ‘America’s Team,’” 12/30/11
- Daily News, “On the money: BP in hot water—criminal charges expected,” 12/30/11
- Daily News, “Snub Mike over NYPD ‘spying,’” 12/29/11
- Daily News, “On the money: Electronics makers to pay up in settlement,” 12/28/11
- Daily News, “Boost on horizon,” 12/28/11
- Daily News, “The charter school delusion,” 12/26/11
- Daily News, “Museums on hunt for OWS artifacts,” 12/26/11
- Tenant, “Tenants tit for tat with Cuomo over rents, millionaire’s tax on million-dollar staircase,” December 2011-January 2012
- Tenant, “Atlantic Yards may reduce affordable units,” December 2011-January 2012
- Tenant, “Tenant-blacklist lawsuit dropped; lawyers plan to refile it in federal court,” December 2011-January 2012
- Tenant, “Make the Road finds chaos and disrespect in Brooklyn Housing Court,” December 2011-January 2012
- Tenant, “Property v. Democracy,” December 2011-January 2012
