I’m telling you, it’s going to happen one way or another, and now it seems to be tipping away from civil unions and towards full marriage rights.
In fact, a new NYTimes/CBS poll reveals that…

In March, 35% thought same sex couples should have no legal recognition. That numbers has dropped 7% since then.

69% of liberals support [...]

It’s taken 5 years to get back to this point (pdf), and it took Obama less than 6 months to do it.
The exact numbers: 48% think we’re headed the right way, while 44% think the opposite.
Also, Obama’s approval is 64%. That number jives with a recent Pew poll and Gallup’s daily tracking.
So, again, note to [...]

(NOTE: I misread the poll results. The poll is among ALL voters. I’ll strike what isn’t relevant anymore, but most of my comments weren’t about the Republican nature of this poll anyway. Sorry for the confusion and thanks to Simon for pointing this out.)
This was a bit of a surprise, especially considering that only Republican [...]

Those are the numbers for now…

So how does this compare historically?
Obama’s 63% first-quarter average matches the historical average of 63% for elected presidents’ first quarters since 1953. However, it is the fourth highest for a newly elected president since that time, and the highest since Jimmy Carter’s 69% in 1977. The historical first-quarter average includes [...]

Usually you can read numbers a couple different ways, but not when the margins are this wide…

And here’s how the party IDs break out…

What does it say about the GOP when they can’t even get 2/3rds of their own party to trust them on the economy?
To me, this points to one thing and one thing [...]

When I read the headline of this poll(”Partisan Gap in Obama Job Approval Widest in Modern Era”) I thought it seemed a bit weird.
And then I looked at the numbers…

The faulty logic is glaring.
Note it’s apparent that Clinton enjoyed less Republican support than Obama did, but since Obama has more support from Dems his [...]

Of course this is populist rage, but it goes to show you how angry folks are about how out of whack the pay is right now; especially when it come to corporations that receive bailout money.
The numbers…
American voters say 81 – 16 percent that the government should limit executive compensation at companies receiving federal help, [...]

And 40% disapprove.
That leaves 18% who have no opinion. So, theoretically, if he split the undecideds he’d have 51% approval. Not bad for all the shots he’s been taking.
And, as expected, the Independent voter provides the balance between Dems and Repubs…

Here’s the thing…it seems like we saw numerous government officials get rock bottom [...]

A netizen of reddit saw this recently…

There are no words.
(credit: noseeme)

And maybe that’s a good thing for the GOP.
After all, it keeps the Democrats constantly guessing as to who they should target next.
From Rasmussen:
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Republican voters say their party has no clear leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Another 17% are undecided.
Just five percent (5%) view either John [...]

Barack Obama is now turning Wednesdays into his own upscale version of Chamber of Commerce/Rotary Club mixers, serving up cocktails, Maryland crab, Wagyu beef, Nantucket scallops and citrus salad — according to a recent Associated Press review of 2009 White House parties.
I confess to not knowing what Wagyu beef is, but I do know the [...]

Chuck Todd does that voodoo that he does so well…
To paraphrase Dickens, the last six weeks have been the best of times for Obama and the Democrats, and the worst of times for the Republicans.
Just consider the latest findings from our NBC/WSJ poll: Obama’s favorability rating is at 68% (an all-time high in our [...]

Gallup had Obama’s numbers dipping below 60% on Tuesday, the first time that happened since his inauguration.
Today his approval rating is 67%. Not only that, his disapproval has dipped too.

So before the speech he was looking at a +34 approval spread. Now it’s +46.
But that’s the not the most shocking stat.
Apparently, his approval jumped [...]

I mean, I know most of us realize that things are getting bad fast, but who are these people who think the economy is excellent?
Are they just not paying attention?
Or are they just kidding?

(h/t: Pajama Pundit)

A few days ago it was at 52%.
What was the difference? Well, it looks like it was Obama’s press conference.
From Gallup…

Ultimately it looks like Dem support has increased significantly, but do note that Independent support still represents a pretty good gauge of what the overall number is. And Republican support actually went up more than [...]

And there is strong disapproval for the way Republicans are handling this situation.

Not only that, confidence in Obama’s ability to move this country in a positive direction seems to have risen over the past couple weeks…

As I’ve said earlier today, Republicans are playing a dangerous electoral game by going all in on the stimulus opposition. [...]

Since Gallup has been tracking these numbers in January, this is the highest support they’ve seen. In fact, as the next graph will show, as Dem support has actually decreased, independent has increased.

You couple this with recent polling and you get a bit of a mixed bag. Rasmussen recent poll revealed that opposition was higher [...]

The ever-growing stimulus package may have finally gotten too large for most Americans to stomach. A new Rasmussen poll indicates only 37% support the plan with 43% opposing and another 20% on the fence. The numbers are trending towards the negative.
This is why some Democrats wanted to get this bill passed as quickly as possible. [...]

Yes, GOPers are getting economic advice from a guy who lied about buying a business on the campaign trail and agreed that voting for Obama would result in the death of Israel. And I’m not even going to get into his little jaunt over to Gaza.
From Politico:
Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in [...]

The usual caveats apply here (just one poll, etc.), but Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg is seeing some pretty disturbing trends for Republicans come 2010 if they don’t get behind this stimulus package.
From CQ:
A survey of 1,200 voters in 40 traditionally Republican congressional districts now held by Democrats Greenberg’s firm conducted between Jan. 14 to 19 [...]