Comments on: Obama Poll Watch -- May, 2011 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/05/26/opw1105/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/05/26/opw1105/#comment-14642 Michale Sat, 28 May 2011 08:14:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4047#comment-14642 <I>Obama pessimists, however, will insist that the OBL bounce is nothing more than a temporary "rally 'round the president" effect, and that such spikes historically almost never last -- in fact, they usually return right back down to where they started, within as short a time as one month.</I> According to reports, Obama's OBL bounce was about 4 points and lasted about 10 days... Compare that with Bush's Saddam bounce, which was 15 points and lasted 7 weeks... Obama definitely has his work cut out for him.. Michale..... Obama pessimists, however, will insist that the OBL bounce is nothing more than a temporary "rally 'round the president" effect, and that such spikes historically almost never last -- in fact, they usually return right back down to where they started, within as short a time as one month.

According to reports, Obama's OBL bounce was about 4 points and lasted about 10 days...

Compare that with Bush's Saddam bounce, which was 15 points and lasted 7 weeks...

Obama definitely has his work cut out for him..

Michale.....

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