"Obama Lauded on Response to Tucson; More See Chance of Political Conciliation"

[Clio the Leo]

(with the disclaimer that it bothers me a little bit to discuss how the President's "performance" at a memorial service affects his polling, but, it's a factor)

Obama Lauded on Response to Tucson; More See Chance of Political Conciliation
ANALYSIS by GARY LANGER
Jan. 17, 2011

Americans divide on the risks posed by the tone of the country's political discourse but approve overwhelmingly of President Obama's attempt to redirect it. Most also hold some hopes of political conciliation in the aftermath of the Tucson shootings.

Seventy-eight percent in a new ABC News-Washington Post poll approve of the way Obama has responded to the shootings, which he addressed in a speech in Tucson last week; that includes 71 percent of Republicans and conservatives alike. Far fewer, 30 percent overall, approve of the response by his political rival, Sarah Palin.

Moreover, there has been a shift -- small but significant -- in a sense that Obama and the Republicans in Congress may find a way to work together on important issues in the year ahead. Fifty-five percent are optimistic that this may happen, up from 48 percent in an ABC News-Yahoo News poll earlier this month, before the attack occurred.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/giffords-tucson-shooting-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=12633097

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1. Your first instinct was correct.

This is distasteful.

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