WASHINGTON -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi mobilized House Democrats on Friday for a final effort to pass an overhaul of health care, predicting approval in the next 10 days with help from President Obama, who delayed a trip abroad to try to win over wavering Democrats.
And although he opposes it on privacy grounds, Prof. Frank Askin, founder of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers University, also predicted its approval.
That said, the most reliable benchmark of when presidential election results deviate from those predicted by approval ratings is when one of the candidates has a relatively "extreme" ideology, like Barry M. Goldwater or George S. McGovern.
That said, the most reliable benchmark in the past of when presidential results deviate from those predicted by approval ratings is when one of the candidates has a relatively "extreme" ideology, like Barry M. Goldwater or George S. McGovern.
Open image in new window Fig. 6 Mean observed and predicted type approval CO2 exhaust emission rates of new Norwegian registered automobiles 1996 2011.
Aides predicted bipartisan approval in both houses in the next several days, despite grumbling from liberals over the omission of the unemployment extension and pressure from tea party-aligned groups that are pushing Republican conservatives to oppose the deal.
Fabrizio Viola, chief executive of Monte dei Paschi, said the bank was seeking European Commission approval for a restructuring plan, but said he could not predict when approval might come.
Last month, a group of politicians wrote to Mr Howard urging him not to let Australia become a "branch-office economy", and predicting that approval of the Shell bid would spark an anti-government backlash.Much as Mr Costello denied that politics had anything to do with his decision, it is hard to conclude otherwise.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is predicting congressional approval of the tax-cutting compromise he has reached with Republican leaders, but he's not ruling out that unhappy Democrats will make some changes in the mammoth legislation.
In an earlier post, I noted that President Obama's approval rating was higher than a model of presidential approval predicted — something that seemed to set him apart from previous presidents.
