• 36% of those polled had high levels of confidence in Obama
• 11% could say the same about Congress (wonder why) source

• 48% disapprove of Obama’s job performance
• 45% approve of how the avant-garde artist is doing his job
• 7% were covered in oil and couldn’t respond source

• $500,000 amount she spends daily

The result all that money creates

• 51% the tally the former eBay chairman has going into the GOP primary
• 25% the tally her challenger, Steve Poizner, has in the poll
• 24%haven’t made up their minds or plan to go for a minor candidate source

• Poland is our great shared obligation. We are required to overcome our personal pain and to take on this mission despite the personal tragedy. That’s why I have taken the decision to run for the presidency of Poland.
• Jaroslaw Kaczynski • Regarding his decision to run for Polish president. Polls will open for the country in June, and Jaroslaw will run for the presidency that his brother Lech held until this month’s plane crash. He’s qualified for the job – along with Lech, he started up the far-right Law and Justice party. But he may not have a shot. Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski, a centrist, is currently polling far above Jaroslaw, despite sympathy for the Kaczynski family coming into play. source

• 53% of those polled think that Obama kicks butt at Afghanistan
• 35% think he totally sucks at this
  Afghan War thang
• 12% fell asleep while the pollster was asking them a question

• » How does it compare to everything else? He does so well with it that even Republicans can get behind him on it. 37 percent of self-identifying GOP members and 50 percent of indie kids (er, independents) back him on the issue. In the case of Republicans, who give him no better than 15 percent on many major domestic issues, that’s pretty good. So, yeah, this visit to Afghanistan is really good PR for him right now. source

• Using all negative statements, rather than a mix of negative and positive ones, reflects another non-standard approach, one that can further bias responses.
• ABC Director of Polling Gary Langer • Regarding the problems he found with a Harris Interactive survey on “wingnuts” who dislike President Obama. The survey, which suggests as many as 40 percent of people think Obama is a socialist (among other things), also uses the leading phrase “here are some things people have said about President Obama,” with Langer finds particularly troublesome. He calls it “a highly manipulative approach to questionnaire design,” the kind of thing that persuades many respondents into biases. Harris Interactive must be smartin’ about this. source

• 43% of Americans support this crazy health care plan source

• 70% of votes went to Ahmadinejad, Iran’s government sez source

• 63% His current approval rating; that’s good, but it’s early source