President Obama Addresses Congress

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I thought the President delivered a great speech tonight, and a vast majority of Americans seemed to agree.

Poll: Positive Reception For Obama Address

CBS News and Knowledge Networks held a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 people who watched President Obama give his address to Congress to gauge their reaction in the minutes after the president’s speech.

Though the results are not yet final, here are the preliminary findings.

Seventy-nine percent of speech watchers approve of President Obama’s plans for dealing with the economic crisis. Before the speech, 62 percent approved.

Fifty-two of speech watchers think the president's economic plans will help them personally. Thirty-five thought so before the speech.

Seventy-five percent of speech watchers now say they were able to get a good understanding of Barack Obama’s economic plans, compared to 61 percent before the speech.

Seventy-three percent of speech watchers think President Obama’s plans will make the economy better. Twelve percent think they will make them worse, while 15 percent think they will make no difference.

Seventy-nine percent of speech watchers are optimistic about the next four years with Mr. Obama as president. Seventy-one percent said they were optimistic before the speech.

We will have a full report on the poll later on.

This is a scientifically representative poll of speech watchers. The margin of sampling error could be plus or minus 5 percentage points for results based on the entire sample.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal seemed to be running for president, using the same old tired Republican talking points. Rachel Maddow just reported that the Presidents approval rating is 68%, support for the stimulus plan is at 64%, and the Republican argument that the stimulus plan has too much spending and not enough tax cuts is supported by only 10% of the country. When will these guys get it!