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  • Obama's Job Approval Slips in Gallup Poll

    Katie Connolly | Jun 19, 2009 03:57 PM

    Gallup just announced that the President's job approval has slipped to 58%, an all time low for him in Gallup's daily tracking poll. Obama's approval rating has averaged at 63% since he took office, peaking at 69% early in his presidency. He's only dipped below 60% on three other occasions this year. The drop seems to be attributable to respondents identifying as Republican or Independent. Around 92% of Democrats approve of how Obama is doing the job. 

    Although this latest number is slightly lower than Obama's average, it is still high by historical standards.


  • Official Portrait of First Dog Bo Released

    Katie Connolly | Jun 19, 2009 03:09 PM
    Official Portrait Courtesy of the White House

    The White House today released an official portrait of First dog Bo Obama. It's a cute picture of Bo, who is quite a fine specimen. But it strikes your Gagglers as a little odd because, as Holly pointed out to me, the girls don't have official portraits yet, nor is there an official first family portrait.

    The White House has also released an official Bo baseball card to answer all the burning questions about the world's most famous pup. We now have confirmation that Bo's favorite food is tomatoes (weird huh? Maybe he's vegetarian....) and that his goal as first dog is to "meet with foreign dognitaries."  We're impressed that he sat still for long enough to be snapped. But perhaps that just confirms Holly's sneaking suspicion that Bo is actually an anamatronic dog. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if we found out he's a muppet.

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  • Hello, President Obama Calling...

    Holly Bailey | Jun 19, 2009 09:19 AM
    The White House usually sends reporters “readouts” of President Obama’s phone calls to foreign leaders, summarizing what the Commander in Chief said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, etc. So this morning, your Gaggler was a bit surprised to see two emails detailing Obama’s phone calls with… professional sports coaches? According to the White House, Obama phoned Los Angeles Lakers’ Phil Jackson and Pittsburgh Penguins’ Dan Bylsma to congratulate them on their recent championship wins. While it doesn't say how long the phone calls lasted, it's pretty obvious Obama was way more interested in talking Jackson. According to the White House, the two discussed "the president's interest in the Lakes' innovative triangle offense." Ooh, someone getting some tips here? The summaries, courtesy the White House, after the jump. More