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California: President Bush

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 23:54

PPIC poll finds Obama up big in state, Props. 4 and 11 narrowly leading

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican nominee John McCain by a large margin in California, and two of the most high-profile ballot measures are on the tipping point between passing and failing, according to a new survey released late Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The ticket of Obama and Joe Biden leads McCain and Sarah Palin by a margin of 56-33 among likely voters, a 13-point gain for the Democratic ticket in the last month.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 12:57

Bush approval rating still at 25 percent in California

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

With just months to go in his presidency, George W. Bush isn't getting any increase in good vibes from the beleaguered Golden State.

According to a new Field Poll, Bush's approval rating in California is 25 percent, virtually unchanged from poll readings going back all the way to March 2007.

More than two-thirds, or 68 percent, of registered voters surveyed disapprove of the job the president is doing. That, too, is consistent with Field Poll findings over the last two years.

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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 12:36

Bush to visit fire damaged areas

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

President Bush will take an aerial tour of fire-plagued areas in Northern California Thursday afternoon with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, weeks before wildfire season really begins.

According to the governor's press conference, Schwarzenegger will impress upon Bush the need for swift federal help during wildfire season, given dry conditions across the state.

It was not clear whether the president would declare federal disaster areas in the counties most affected by fires.

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Fri, 06/27/2008 - 17:14

Schwarzenegger, Feinstein and Boxer join to ask Bush for help with firestorms

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

In the wake of the continuing firestorms ravaging the state, California's big political guns, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-CA), joined with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Friday to urge President Bush to declare a state of emergency as well as issue a Federal Disaster Assistance Declaration for the state.

Representing the entire California Congressional Delegation, Feinstein and Boxer wrote:

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