By GottaLaff
As his presidency approaches the half-year mark, Barack Obama is on pace to be the most successful Oval Office occupant in more than half a century when measured by his ability to get Congress to vote his way — even though he shows signs of carefully picking his fights on Capitol Hill. [...]
So far, Obama has taken clear positions on relatively few floor votes — 26 in the House and 37 in the Senate, including 20 votes to confirm his nominees. Still, his success score of 95.2 percent, if it continues for the rest of the year, would be the highest for any president since Congressional Quarterly began this measurement in 1953. That’s true not only for the first year of a presidency, but also for any year. [...]
Senate Republicans have so far supported Obama 56 percent of the time. That’s the second-highest Senate GOP support score for any Democratic president — just shy of the 60 percent they gave Clinton in 1997.
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Hi Paddy and Laffy,
Long time reader, first time commenter. Not on the topic of this post but on one of yesterday's where folks were randomly speculating on a possible Michelle pregnancy... have you seen the AP video of the first family getting off the plane in Russia? Holy cow! Another outfit with belt right under the bust and strategically placed pleats around the midsection. She still looks great, but she really looks pg to me!! Anyways, thanks for all the great work you two do on the blog, been following it pretty much daily since way back in the campaign.
Joan, thanks so much! : )
Well, sooner or later, we'll know for sure about Michelle.
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