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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Pew Poll: Race Evens Up, But Romney Holds Turnout Advantage | Essentials

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Pew Poll: Race Evens Up, But Romney Holds Turnout Advantage

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A poll launched Monday by the Pew Research Center shows that President Obama has actually failed to regain much of the support he lost in the days after the first governmental argument. The poll shows that among most likely voters, the race is now an analytical dead heat with both Obama and Mitt Romney receiving 47 percent support. Amongst registered voters there is exactly what Pew calls a "statistically insignificant two-point edge" of 47 percent to 45 percent for Obama. However Pew president Andrew Kohut informs All Things Considered host Robert Siegel that of specific relevance is the modification in perspective and interest of Romney advocates. "[ More ] Romney backers are now saying they are voting 'for' [ Romney ] as opposed to against Obama," Kohut states. Of the registered voters who support Romney, 57 percent now state their vote is "for" the applicant.

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Romney

Overall Sentiment: 0.0801324

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0Romney, 57 percent now say their vote is "for" ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.270999

Relevance: 0.865857

Andrew Kohut

Overall Sentiment: 0.0435903

Relevance: 0.646703

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-0.339302"[More] Romney backers are now saying they are voting 'for' [Romney] as opposed to against Obama," Kohut says. ...
0"These are attitudes that ... voters have had about the candidates for much of the campaign," Kohut says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.339302
  • Mean: -0.169651
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Robert Siegel

Overall Sentiment: 0.207916

Relevance: 0.177429

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Overall Sentiment: -0.607192

Relevance: 0.315657

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Prisoner Release Shifts Pakistan's Afghan Policy | Redux

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Prisoner Release Shifts Pakistan's Afghan Policy

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There has been a small but potentially important breakthrough in the faltering Afghan peace process. In what is considered a good faith gesture, Pakistan last week released at least nine Afghan Taliban prisoners. The move is seen as part of a emerging new strategy by Pakistan as it eyes the looming drawdown of U.S. and western troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan's decision to release Afghan Taliban prisoners has been met with equal doses of skepticism, surprise and relief. Pakistan is seen as key to bringing the Taliban and other Islamist militants to any peace negotiation. But for years, it has balked or outright refused to release Afghan militant leaders who may be willing to take part in a reconciliation process. The prisoner release came at the end of a three-day meeting in Islamabad between Pakistan officials and members of the Afghan High Peace Council.

People:

Mushahid Hussain Sayed

Overall Sentiment: 0.0244357

Relevance: 0.266421

SentimentQuote
0Senator Sayed says Pakistan's focus is clear, "a stable, a united peaceful Afghanistan is what we would like to essentially want at the end of the road. That this should not lead to a situation where there is a new civil conflict among warring factors."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Saleem Safi

Overall Sentiment: 0.0448915

Relevance: 0.200431

Salahuddin Rabbani

Overall Sentiment: 0.429613

Relevance: 0.160637

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0.143394"It seems that Pakistani officials have realized that a close cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan can be effective for the peace initiative," Rabbani says. ...
0.108729"It seems that Pakistani officials have realized that a close cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan can be effective for the peace initiative," Rabbani says. "Of course, this is a vision we have been insisting on for a long time."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.252123
  • Mean: 0.1260615
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: Taliban

Overall Sentiment: 0.145329

Relevance: 0.426082

Country: Pakistan

Overall Sentiment: 0.109402

Relevance: 0.873502

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Video: US election: The view from Russia | Essentials

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Video: US election: The view from Russia

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Russia will be at the top of the foreign policy plan for whoever is in the White House. Ordinary Russians provide their view of the election to NBC News in Moscow.

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TelevisionStation: NBC News

Overall Sentiment: 0.0205123

Relevance: 0.919847

Facility: White House

Overall Sentiment: 0.0324947

Relevance: 0.966903

Country: Russia

Overall Sentiment: 0.069313

Relevance: 0.79589

City: Moscow

Overall Sentiment: 0.0125184

Relevance: 0.717646

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Friday, December 14, 2012

For Obama, Vindication, But Not A Mandate | Synopsis

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For Obama, Vindication, But Not A Mandate

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Obama has become only the third U.S. president to win re-election by a narrower margin than his first victory. Having won a second term, Obama will seek to set the nation's agenda on issues ranging from taxes to immigration, but he may continue to struggle in selling his ideas to Congress. Obama has become only the third U.S. president to win re-election by a narrower margin than his first victory. Having won a second term, Obama will seek to set the nation's agenda on issues ranging from taxes to immigration, but he may continue to struggle in selling his ideas to Congress. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Winning matters. Having earned a second term, President Obama will attempt to build on and expand the agenda from his first, launching new initiatives on tax policy, education and immigration.

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Barack Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.126346

Relevance: 0.850397

SentimentQuote
0"Tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual," he said. ...
0"That won't change after tonight," he said, ...
0"That won't change after tonight," he said, "and it shouldn't."
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  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Jared Bernstein

Overall Sentiment: 0.0309101

Relevance: 0.15771

SentimentQuote
0.0687843"I'm confident that he and the Senate Democrats will continue to insist that part of a deal is the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent [of earners]," says Jared Bernstein, ...
0.102519"I'm confident that he and the Senate Democrats will continue to insist that part of a deal is the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent [of earners]," says Jared Bernstein, who has been an economic adviser in the Obama White House. "Everyone agrees on the other 98 percent."
0"A lot of the time, newly elected and re-elected presidents get more than you think they could," Bernstein says.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1713033
  • Mean: 0.0571011
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Rick Perlstein

Overall Sentiment: -0.182609

Relevance: 0.147814

SentimentQuote
-0.015714"Ultimately, it [ends] Barack Obama's grand dream of elevating the discourse and the lion laying down with the lamb," Perlstein says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.015714
  • Mean: -0.015714
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Robert Dallek

Overall Sentiment: 0.203542

Relevance: 0.145463

SentimentQuote
0"You have a second-term president who doesn't have control of Congress," Dallek says. ...
-0.0150168"You have a second-term president who doesn't have control of Congress," Dallek says. "He's probably going to do a lot more foreign policy, because that's where they have running room."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0150168
  • Mean: -0.0075084
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Henry Olsen

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.14155

SentimentQuote
0"He's going to say, 'They threw the kitchen sink at me and they couldn't take me out and they couldn't take the Senate,' " Olsen says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Andrew Jackson

Overall Sentiment: -0.210544

Relevance: 0.123145

Bush

Overall Sentiment: -0.0189131

Relevance: 0.122375

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Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: 0.304647

Relevance: 0.120775

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Stephen Hess

Overall Sentiment: 0.0488605

Relevance: 0.119747

Sara Schapiro

Overall Sentiment: 0.129593

Relevance: 0.118575

SentimentQuote
0.126017"I hope he not only wins in the Electoral College but wins a popular vote mandate," said Sara Schapiro, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.126017
  • Mean: 0.126017
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Jack Pitney

Overall Sentiment: 0.0632278

Relevance: 0.117081

SentimentQuote
0"Obama will have a hard time making his case where it counts, on Capitol Hill," says Jack Pitney, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Alan Cobb

Overall Sentiment: 0.291781

Relevance: 0.113028

SentimentQuote
0"You have to ask the question why it would be any different than the last two years," says Alan Cobb, ...
-0.0413305"You have to ask the question why it would be any different than the last two years," says Alan Cobb, vice president of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group. "It's stalemate for another four years, isn't it?"
0Alan Cobb, vice president of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group. "It's stalemate for another four years, isn't it?" Stephen Hess, an expert on the presidency at the Brookings Institution, a center-left think tank, agreed that was possible. "There really are some basic splits between the two parties that each represent half the country."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0413305
  • Mean: -0.013776833333333
  • Standard Deviation: 1

John F. Kennedy

Overall Sentiment: 0.0529298

Relevance: 0.102393

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Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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