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Brian Frederick’s debunking of Andrew Malcolm’s claim that “the approval gap between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin is shrinking” is well done, although Malcolm’s much-linked argument has probably gotten too far around the Web to be really demolished. Frederick’s main point, however, is solid. Public figures have “favorable” ratings; they also have “approval” ratings. The [...]

Global warming skeptics hope “SuperFreakonomics” will continue to shift attitudes toward their cause.

‘We may at last be getting our Michael Moore. A virtuous Michael Moore!’

Just out from the White House:
Good morning, everybody.  I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, are safely back with their families.  We are obviously extraordinarily relieved.  I had an opportunity to speak with the families yesterday once we knew that they [...]

Via ThinkProgress, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton observed the safe return of Euna Lee and Laura Ling from North Korea by saying, “I worry that the outcome is a lot better for North Korea than for the United States. I mean this is a classic case of rewarding bad behavior.”
Let’s see: the United States got [...]

For all his talk about how he doesn’t care about opinion polls, former Vice President Dick Cheney is narcissistically incapable of criticizing President Obama constructively, as Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote the other day. It evidently runs in the family. Here’s daughter Liz on MSNBC, accusing Eugene Robinson of hypocrisy:
“I haven’t seen similar columns from you or, [...]

Despite the administration’s focus on environmental issues, polls show that fewer Americans are worried about global warming than in recent years. Experts say the struggling economy is responsible.

Here’s a fairly disturbing trend. A Gallup poll released yesterday shows a significant jump in the number of Americans who doubt the seriousness of the global warming threat and who think that the press is over-hyping the issue.
Despite the increased political and rhetorical emphasis on climate change under the new administration, the survey found only [...]

Unlike previous Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has taken a cue from the state’s governor and freshman senator and launched an all-inclusive 88-county strategy with an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Ohioans have never seen anything like it.

The Alliance for Climate Protection, the environmental advocacy organization founded by Al Gore, says that ABC refused to run its TV spot promoting alternative energy.
ABC spokeswoman Julie Hoover told the Guardian that the ad was too “controversial” to run during network-sponsored programs.