A Great Big Howdy – it’s truly Friday! (Some weeks it just seems never to get here. This time … well I almost missed the deadline.)
Ordinarily, the polls go by the board here without much notice. The reason is mostly because every paper and TV station generally gives it at least passing notice. But the situation with the major news outlets in
A new wave of writers and reporters are now at work in increasingly troubled newsrooms. The Washington Post for instance, has shrunk its newsroom staff by a third… and the reduction at the New York Times is even greater according to reports of people who actually visit the place. She’s called the ‘gray lady’ because of the majesty and respect so long her claimed territory.
But the information age is shifting. Forbes magazine this month cites the battle between iPod and Blackberry. Quite frankly I don’t have either and don’t expect to enter that race. I try to be aware of what’s happening technologically – but in today’s world I’m easily left behind. I used tobe up to date on microphones and recall when we first put a top of the line condenser mike in use back in the AM days of WMUU. It indeed had a different sound… much accentuated high frequencies – and we had to have a power supply nearby because there was a small electron tube mounted right in the mike case to supply power to that circuit.
Well… all that’s by the board now. I have to get my grandchildren to explain to me what’s going on in the constantly and rapidly updating computer world. An article I read yesterday complained – and I think quite rightly – that we are being overcharged for the rivers of information that can be routed into our homes and even into those microcomputers now that are carried in a shirt pocket… PDA’s they are called… I *think* that stands for Personal Data Assistant… but I thought for a long time that would have been a flesh and blood person… instead it’s a collection of plastic IC’s and small screen TV’s. I’m way behind.
Anyway… get the latest numbers – run ‘em through *your* PDA and tell me what’s going to happen on the political front a year from this November… about 13 months from now. It just seems the campaigning never ends.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack.
PS – Oh yes… Don’t forget Hebrews 13:8 – one of my favorite verses in the entire Bible. ”Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” With that assurance I don’t fall behind at all!
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OBAMA’S POLLING DRAGS BOTTOM
Just A Minute – In a poll coming out today -- President Obama’s polling numbers hit a new low. The margin of error from the Zogby International poll released this Friday shows his numbers to be dragging bottom, the lowest so far. The most significant aspect is the plunge among swing voters – that’s where the pundits look for the real story.
Just 45.3 percent of voters now approve his performance, – that’s a new record low. And 50.5 percent of likely voters say they dis-approve.
The consensus is the contentious national debate over healthcare reform has taken a major toll. It also indicates he is in serious political trouble, dropping below the 52 percent approval mark -- according to author Dick Morris, whose books rank high on the New York Times best seller list. Morris described it as “leaking real voters who had backed him last November…”
Ordinarily I don’t cite polls – but since the main stream media is still giving the President a pass – it’s a good idea to take a hard look at where his popularity is headed.
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