Posts Tagged ‘advantage’

Obama to take advantage of advances in wireless

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of new advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Obama Maintains Approval Advantage

A new Pew Research survey finds President Obama “continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard. Obama’s job approval is back in positive territory at 51%… By comparison, just 22% approve of the job Republican leaders in Congress are doing, among the lowest approval rating for congressional leaders from either party [...]

The Republican Advantage

The “Incredible Shrinking Swing Seat” really does keep shrinking. In August 1997, The Cook Political Report introduced the Partisan Voter Index, an attempt to uniformly measure the competitiveness of all 435 congressional districts by comparing each district’s performance in the two most recent presidential elections with that of the nation as a whole. With the [...]

Obama Losing His Advantage on Budget Battle

Harry Enten: “More Americans trust Obama on the sequester than Republicans, but the margin between the two seems to be down. Obama held a 26pt lead over congressional Republicans in December per Pew Research, which dropped to 18pt in mid-February and 13pt by the end of the month. After the sequester took effect on 1 [...]

GOP opens 2013 with money advantage over Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee is starting 2013 with a financial advantage over its Democratic rivals. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Netflix gets unfair postal advantage: U.S. court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Netflix Inc got an unfair advantage from the U.S. Postal Service’s special handling of its DVDs, and ordered postal officials to remedy the discrimination or offer a good explanation. The unanimous decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [...]

Negative Ads Gave Obama His Advantage

Charlie Cook: “If Obama ekes out an electoral-vote win, look back to last spring and summer, to the Romney campaign’s decision not to define him in a personal and positive way and the Obama campaign’s decision to roll the dice by spending an enormous amount of money to discredit Romney in the swing states, as [...]

Poll Finds No Ground Game Advantage

A new Pew Research survey finds the presidential candidates are running about even when it comes to the ground game. Tweet This Post