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Seven years ago, in the gauzy afterglow of a stirring election night in Chicago, commentators dared ask whether the United States had finally begun to heal its divisions over race and atone for the original sin of slavery by electing its first black president. It has not. Not even close.A New York Times/CBS News poll conducted last week reveals that nearly six in 10 Americans, including heavy majorities of both whites and blacks, think race relations are generally bad, and that nearly four in 10 think the situation is getting worse. By comparison, two-thirds of Americans surveyed shortly after President...

A new poll from NYT/CBS has some horrible news for Obama. A few nuggets: Optimism about the state of the economy is at its lowest level in two years. In one month, the number of folks pessimistic about the economy has jumped 13%! 57% of voters disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy. Cutting spending is WAY more popular than raising taxes to pay for existing federal programs. The GOP is more trusted than Obama to handle the deficit (44% to 39%). 35% say Obama isn't compromising enough with the GOP. Just 20% say that about Republicans. 57% agree that...

News from the NYT/CBS Poll The polls are maddening. So many of them to see, and Kerry's numbers are artificially inflated because of weekend polling. However, the latest NYT/CBS poll showing the President up 3 is more encouraging than most. Why. Because if you look at the internals, the respondents are 35% Democrats, 30% GOP. There were 2 other polls by CBS/NYT in October, both of which had the same 5% party ID differnce. In both polls the candidates were tied. But get out and vote! Andrew McClure of Polipundit has a great analysis of the rest of it. Also...