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President Obama's overall approval rating has climbed to 50 percent, according to a new poll. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.
With the economy showing signs of life, so too are President Obama's re-election hopes, according to a poll released Tuesday
by the New York Times and CBS News.
The president's overall approval rating has climbed to 50 percent, up five points from the beginning of the year. Forty-three percent of Americans said they disapproved of his job performance. On his handling of the economy, 44 percent of poll respondents approved, compared to 50 percent who said they disapproved.
When respondents were asked if they thought the economy was getting better, getting worse or staying about the same, 34 percent said better, 22 percent said worse and 43 percent said about the same. That represents a turnaround from September, when only 12 percent said the economy was improving, compared to 43 percent who said it was getting worse.
Mr. Obama received lower marks for his approach to dealing with the federal budget deficit, with 59 percent of respondents saying they disapproved. Only a third said they approved of his handling of the issue.
Still, the improved economic outlook has Mr. Obama in good shape against the four remaining Republican presidential candidates seeking the opportunity to challenge him in the general election.
President Obama leads Mitt Romney by six percentage points (48/42 , Rick Santorum by seven (49/41 , Ron Paul by 11 (50/39 and Newt Gingrich by 18 (54/36 .
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg and Allison Kopicki
put February's snapshot into perspective:
Polls can capture only a specific moment in time. To the extent that Mr. Obama's improved standing is tied to the economy, it is tenuous. Grim economic news continues to trickle out of Europe. Iranian saber rattling is increasing the sense of instability in the Middle East. Even the White House warns that jobless numbers are as likely to rise in the coming months as they are to dip.
THE BATTLE FOR MICHIGAN
As polls show Romney trailing Santorum in the state where he was born, the former Massachusetts governor is stressing his Michigan roots in an ad that shows him driving a Chrysler through neighborhoods.
"Now when I grew up in Michigan it was exciting to be here. I remember going to the Detroit auto show with my dad. That was a big deal. How in the world did an industry and its leaders and its unions get in such a fix that they lost jobs, that they lost their future?" Romney says in the ad. "President Obama did all these things that liberals have wanted to do for years. The fact that you've got millions of Americans out of work, home values collapsing, people here in Detroit are distressed."
He ends with a pledge: "I want to make Michigan stronger and better. Michigan has been my home and this is personal."
Watch the ad
here or below:
The new TV spot and
his op-ed in Tuesday's Detroit Free Press are all part of Romney's strategy to shield himself from attacks for
his 2008 stance against the auto bailouts for Chrysler and General Motors, actions that remain popular in the state.
But Michigan Democrats are crying foul. In a Tuesday afternoon conference call, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm charged that Romney had "stabbed us in the back in our darkest hour" by calling for the car manufacturers to go through the bankruptcy process.
While acknowledging that all four GOP hopefuls opposed the auto bailouts, Granholm contended Romney's stance was "particularly acute" given his Michigan ties. "All of them are wrong," Granholm said. "But for Romney, in particular, it shows that the man has no principles, no core."
Santorum began airing a new television ad of his own in Michigan on Tuesday,
a sunny, 30-second spot that includes video of the former Pennsylvania senator on the campaign trail and with his wife and children.
"Who has the best chance to beat Obama?" the male narrator asks at the start. "Rick Santorum, a full-spectrum conservative."
The ad goes on to tout Santorum's "rock solid" positions on values issues, support for Tea Party principles and his foreign policy experience. The spot also highlights the his jobs plan that aims to bolster the manufacturing sector.
It closes with the line: "Rick Santorum, a trusted conservative who gives us the best chance to take back America."
Politico has
an early look at another Santorum campaign spot that takes direct aim at "Romney's negative attack machine." The humorous ad uses a hulking Romney doppelganger with a machine gun firing mud at a cardboard cut-out of Santorum, with all of the shots missing their intended target. The punch line comes when the mud splatters on the Romney stand-in's white dress shirt, with the narrator saying, "In the end, Mitt Romney's ugly attacks are going to backfire."
Campaigning Tuesday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, which holds its caucuses in March, Santorum asserted that Romney's efforts to pitch himself as a conservative are not authentic.
"Gov. Romney is now casting himself in this new role as a conservative and he has no track record of having ever been elected as one," Santorum said. "That raises a lot of questions for people as to whether, when the primary is over, whether he'll still be a conservative."
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found Santorum leading Romney in popularity. But it also showed Romney
regaining some of the traction he lost with independents.
Jon Cohen writes:
60 percent of Republicans view Romney favorably; it's 61 percent for Santorum. Romney also gets nearly double the number of unfavorable reviews as about one in four Republicans expressed no opinion about Santorum.
Among Republicans, Santorum has jumped from 48 to 61 percent since early January. The increase is entirely among Republicans without college diplomas, echoing some of the main intra-party cleavages between Santorum and Romney. Those with college degrees are unmoved over this period of time, with still largely favorable views of the former senator.
That might be one reason Romney boosters want to bring Santorum down a notch. The pro-Romney Restore our Future super PAC is taking aim at Santorum with a new spot airing in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona focusing on Santorum's votes to increase the debt ceiling. Watch it
here.
PAYROLL PUSH
As the NewsHour went on air Tuesday night, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was presenting a deal on extending the payroll tax cut, payments for doctors that serve Medicare beneficiaries and unemployment insurance benefits to his GOP conference.
The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich outlined the broad parameters of the still-in-the-works deal in a conversation with Judy Woodruff.
Watch.
A Republican aide familiar with the talks told the Morning Line what members are hearing behind closed doors.
"The plan provides temporary tax relief for American families and takes off the table a false political attack the President and congressional Democrats wanted to use all year long -- that somehow Republicans were standing in the way of a middle class tax cut. There are no job-killing tax hikes to pay for more government spending," the aide said.
Among the details the House GOP is still reviewing in a Wednesday morning meeting: Unemployment benefits will last a maximum of 63 weeks in most states, and people getting the money must be searching for a job. Anyone who lost a job because of a failed drug test would be subject to drug screening before getting benefits.
The "doc fix" payment to Medicare doctors would last through the end of the year.
The aide noted that government spending in the deal is "fully offset" with cuts and reforms and said the proposal includes cuts to the president's health care law. But in a signal that Republicans have given in to the political reality that they were losing on the issue, the aide noted that the "underlying policies are flawed."
Democrats still need to sign off on the details, but aides were feeling confident Tuesday night that a deal will indeed be forged. Should everyone at the table agree on Wednesday, members could still vote on Friday and head home for their planned President's Day recess.
However, as President Obama said Tuesday during an appearance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House, "[Y]ou can't take anything for granted here in Washington until my signature is actually on it."
2012 LINE ITEMS
Texas officials are acknowledging
the April presidential primary will have to move due to redistricting legal battles. Some are advocating May 22 as the new date.
Santorum mega donor Foster Friess told Politico's Ken Vogel that
he tried to convince Gingrich mega donor Sheldon Adelson to support Santorum and also planned to solicit donations from donors linked to the libertarian billionaire industrialist Koch brothers. Their most recent gathering of major donors, held late last month in Indian Wells, Calif., was attended by both Adelson and Friess. A source close to the Adelsons dismissed the Bloomberg report that Adelson intended to cut off the flow of cash to the pro-Gingrich super PAC, explaining Adelson has not made it known whether he intends to continue contributing to Winning Our Future and would not be influenced by pressure from other donors or candidates. Meanwhile, Gingrich's campaign is considering assisting the fundraising of a supportive super PAC.
A Quinnipiac University poll of released Wednesday
showed Santorum leading Romney 36 percent to 29 percent among Republican voters in Ohio, one of the big Super Tuesday prizes on March 6. The survey also found that President Obama leads all of his potential GOP opponents in the Buckeye State, with Romney posing the toughest challenge.
Eric Russell of the Bangor Daily News writes about the pressure building on the Maine Republican Party
to reconsider its declaration that Romney won Saturday's caucuses. The state GOP had called the race despite Washington County having postponed its caucuses because of a forecast of snow. A review of town-by-town results suggests that other communities might not have had their votes counted.
Given the difficulties experienced by Iowa, Nevada and Maine, the Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez asks the question,
"Should parties say farewell to caucuses?"
Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz writes that redistricting shenanigans in Pennsylvania
could muck up the presidential primary calendar.
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Barbarak and John Hoeffel report that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
has been selected chairman of the Democratic National Convention to be held in Charlotte, N.C., this September.
Gingrich took a break from campaigning Tuesday in California
to visit the San Diego Zoo. As Morning Line readers know, the former House speaker is a
well-known lover of zoos and
zoo animals.
Emma Fitzsimmons of the New York Times
reports on the "Dogs Against Romney" rally outside the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Tuesday. The protest was organized to draw attention to the story of how 25 years ago Romney drove from Boston to Ontario, Canada, with the family's Irish Setter, Seamus, in a carrier strapped to the roof of the car.
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OUTSIDE THE LINES
Roll Call's Emma Dumain writes that some of the Tea Party freshmen on Capitol Hill are finding
"It's not easy to get the government to stop giving you money -- or to give money back the way you want to." She notes, "In the 13 months since they entered office, these Members have found themselves running up against institutional barriers that have kept them from making gestures as seemingly simple as returning cash from their office budgets to the Treasury Department or opting out of the Congressional retirement system."
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola wrote an op-ed in the National Review Tuesday
announcing the PAC's endorsement of Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock in his GOP primary bid to unseat Sen. Richard Lugar.
In the editorial, Chocola cited earmarks as the "final straw" for the the group's decision to endorse the six-term incumbent's rival. (It's a theme Mourdock is using himself in
a new TV ad called "Earmarks."
But even with the Club for Growth endorsement, Murdock faces a stiff headwind. A National Research poll commissioned by Lugar's campaign
showed him leading his challenger 55 percent to 30 percent. Not to mention his $4 million war chest compared with Mourdock's paltry $362,000 in the bank as of Dec. 31.
A WBUR poll released Tuesday
showed a close race for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, with Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren leading Republican Sen. Scott Brown 46 percent to 43 percent. The three-point advantage for Warren is within the poll's margin of error.
The Newseum has an exhibit opening Friday called
"Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press." It explores how the media's coverage of elections has evolved from William McKinley's 1896 front-porch campaign to Barack Obama's web-driven model in 2008. Among the items on display: the "Florida, Florida, Florida" white board used by NBC's Tim Russert on election night 2000 and the suit, flag lapel pin and eyeglasses worn by Tina Fey as Sarah Palin for a "Saturday Night Live" sketch during the 2008 campaign.
The NewsHour tackles Linsanity.
Watch.
NewsHour politics desk assistant Alex Bruns contributed to this report.
ON THE TRAIL
All events are listed in Eastern Time.
Rick Santorum campaigns in North Dakota, touring Hess Oil in Tioga at 11 a.m., hosting a Tioga town hall at 1:30 p.m. and holding a rally in Fargo at 8 p.m.
Mitt Romney visits office furniture manufacturer Compatico in Grand Rapids, Mich., for a roundtable on jobs at 5:50 p.m. and a rally at 6:15 p.m.
Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have no public events scheduled.
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Iowa has reported five cases, Missouri three, Kansas two, while Arkansas and Wisconsin have each reported one person infected with the outbreak strain, the CDC said in an
investigation report Wednesday.
Those sickened range in age from 9 to 49 years old. Median age is 25. All the victims are female. Two of the 12 have been hospitalized.
The CDC says the onset of their illnesses ranged from Dec. 25, 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012.
"Preliminary results of the epidemiologic and traceback investigations indicate eating raw clover sprouts at Jimmy John's restaurants is the likely cause of this outbreak," the CDC concluded in its report.
Raw sprouts served on sandwiches at Jimmy John's restaurants have been associated with multiple foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years.
In 2008, at least 19 E. coli O157:H7 cases were linked to alfalfa sprouts sold at Colorado Jimmy John's restaurants. In 2009, 228 people became ill in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas after eating Salmonella-contaminated sprouts at several restaurants, including Jimmy John's outlets.
In late 2010, a 16-state Salmonella outbreak that struck 94 people was linked, in part, to alfalfa and spicy sprouts served at Jimmy John's restaurants, while a separate outbreak of Salmonella a month later, which sickened seven people in Oregon and Washington, was also tied to Jimmy John's sandwiches.
Following those outbreaks, the company announced it was switching from alfalfa sprouts to clover sprouts nationwide.
In this latest outbreak, there's strong epidemiologic evidence tying the illnesses to the Jimmy John's chain.
Among 11 of the ill people who gave information to investigators, 10 -- or 91 percent -- reported eating at a Jimmy John's restaurant in the week before they became sick. Among those 10, eight said they ate a sandwich containing sprouts and 9 reported eating a sandwich containing lettuce.
The ill people ate at nine different Jimmy John's locations in four states, the CDC reported.
A traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA continues, but the CDC said preliminary evidence points to a common lot of clover seeds used to germinate the sprouts served at the Jimmy John's outlets where the sick people ate.
"FDA and states conducted a traceback that identified two separate sprouting facilities; both used the same lot of seed to grow clover sprouts served at these Jimmy John's restaurant locations," the report stated. "On February 10, 2012, the seed supplier initiated notification of sprouting facilities that received this lot of clover seed to stop using it. Investigations are ongoing to identify other locations that may have sold clover sprouts grown from this seed lot."
At this time, the CDC said no other restaurants or grocery stores are associated with the outbreak.
PulseNet, the national surveillance system of foodborne illnesses, is being used to identify additional cases that might be part of the outbreak.
But the E. coli serotype in this latest outbreak is rare, and the genetic fingerprint pattern has never been seen before in PulseNet, the CDC said. The 026 serotype is among the so-called "Big Six" E. coli strains soon to be regulated in ground beef.
The CDC notes that because non-O157 E. coli strains are more difficult to identify than E. coli O157:H7, many clinical laboratories do not test stool specimens for them and therefore O26 infections may go undiagnosed and unreported.
When Jimmy John's began serving raw clover sprouts a year ago, it did so saying it hoped to decrease the chances of contamination. Clover seeds are smoother than alfalfa seeds, and presumably easier to sanitize.
Sprouts, which have been the cause of many foodborne epidemics, are considered a high-risk food because they have the potential to carry large amounts of pathogens. If the seeds used to germinate sprouts become contaminated with feces from domestic or wild animals - perhaps through contaminated water or improperly composted manure fertilizer - the sprouts will also be contaminated. The warm, moist conditions used to grow sprouts permit harmful bacteria to rapidly multiply.
Citing food safety concerns, Walmart stopped carrying sprouts in its stores in October 2010. Last month, the national restaurant chain Jason's Deli announced it would not serve sprouts for the remainder of 2012 and possibly 2013. Since 2000, sprouts have been linked to 30 foodborne illness outbreaks in North America, Europe and Australia, including last spring's outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 centered in Germany, which sickened 4,321 people and killed more than 50. That outbreak has been linked to sprouts grown from contaminated fenugreek seeds.
The continued use of raw sprouts in the face of multiple outbreaks has many baffled, including food safety attorney Bill Marler, publisher of Food Safety News. "As a business man I am left wondering why a company would continue to take this kind of financial and public relations risk," Marler said in a news release. "As a food safety advocate I am concerned that customer safety is not being taken seriously."
"When people think of sprouts, they think of a health food. They aren't thinking about serious illness, hospitalization, or worse," he said. "However, the track record for sprouts suggests that consumers ought to know the dangers. And, of course the onus for providing this information falls on those who are selling sprouts."
Marler has suggested that sprout growers include a warning label on their product that alerts consumers to the risks associated with consuming raw sprouts.
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James Andrews contributed to this report.
The origins of Valentine's Day are
"shrouded in mystery." In the early Roman days, men used to hit on women by
actually hitting them. So forgive me if I don't consider the day such a big deal. As someone who was single for most of her life, I often forget Feb. 14 even exists, since it's never served a purpose beyond parties in elementary school. Meanwhile, it makes messes of men who are in relationships. Between those with high-maintenance girlfriends who want the world, and the girls who say the day doesn't matter to them (but it really does , it's a wonder anyone celebrates it at all.
In this special edition of our daily events roundup, we've included two Valentine's Day stories from contributors that are sure to melt your heart. (No, not really.
THE DAY I REALIZED I'M AN ASSHOLE
I was in high school at the time and probably hadn’t even noticed that the “holiday” (if you can call it that had arrived. By lunchtime, after seeing the obvious signs of flowers, candy, and balloons being passed around, it occurred to me that I should probably do something for my girlfriend at the time. As we walked through the lunch line together my best effort was something like “Hey, babe, let’s go out to dinner somewhere tonight. Do you wanna do that? It might be tough to get reservations at this point, but we could…” She replied, “no, that’s ok, you don’t have to.”
To me, this meant, “No, I don’t want to go out tonight, I’m busy or something.” This was the green light for me to head over to my buddy’s for poker with the boys as soon as I could. It didn’t take long for her to show up at the door all dolled up, with that look in her eyes — the bad news look. Even the guys recognized the danger before I did as they scattered like roaches in the light, leaving me in the room with her. “Heeey babe, what’s…” And then it happened; the only time I’ve ever been slapped in my life (surprisingly, I’ve been real lucky . I have to give her props. Her timing and speed were perfect, catching me completely off guard. She used just the right amount of force to whip my neck to the opposite shoulder. She aimed for the most hand coverage and got me right on the cheekbone which made my eyes water. “I can’t believe you,” were the only words that I remember. Her friend outside probably gave her a “You go girl!” as she left. But get this, I went back to playing poker, like a true asshole.
She eventually forgave me for that day, as well as many of my subsequent fuckups throughout the years. How she put up with me for that long is beyond me, bless her soul, but, like an asshole, I still never learned. Unfortunately for me, her patience was limited and, today, hates my bloody guts.
The moral of this story is pretty obvious, but for all the sentimentally challenged douchebags out there, begin by showing her that you give a shit this Valentine’s Day, and maybe you won’t lose the love of your life. -
Christopher Chen, Virginia
VAGINA DAY
Valentines Day SUCKS. It sucked when I was shy, and it still sucks now. Sure, I’ve had my fair share of kisses since high school and even some dates now and then. But to this day, the best VDay I’ve ever had was spent with two of my best girlfriends in college. We watched
The Bachelor,
gorged ourselves on oreos, and then, for some reason (which I can only assume was the direct result of a choco-sucrose high raced each other up and down the dorm hall – on piggy back – which obviously led to an impromptu psycho dance party.
Seriously, forget Valentines Day, we might as well call it Vagina Day. In my world, most men are after it, in some way or another, and retail giants are way too eager to help them out. The “holiday” isn’t even really about romantic love anymore. I’ll admit I buy Valentines cards, but I buy them for my mom, aunts, cousins, and friends. To most of the women I know, Valentines Day is “our day.” We’re the ones who care what you get us, not what we get you. Because men, even in long-term relationships when the surprises and excitement have faded, we still get you probably at least 52 times a year, if you know what I mean. On our day, we just want to be relaxed and enjoy ourselves – be gluttonous on drug store chocolate, dance in our PJ's and drink wine until we pass out. Most often, it’s with a small group of besties that we can really get away with that and move on the next day like it ain’t no thang.
Plus, there’s the cost factor. Celebrating love is well and good and all, but if the object of your affection needs things and stuff from you to feel loved, then you’re better off being spontaneous with your gifts and spreading the “love” throughout the year. She’ll never know that you got that spa coupon for 75 percent off on Groupon because you want to add up your points for the inevitable day you piss her off and can’t for the life of you figure out why. All she knows is, you got it “just because.” Now that’s winning. Valentine’s Day? Not so much. -
Tamara Braunstein, International Communications Associate at Red Cross, Washington
……
ON THE TOWN
For all the former lovers turned haters and haters turned believers,
Washington Improv Theater presents
Love Bites
at Source.
8 p.m. $15.
Purchase two or more
tickets online at $12.50 each.
Love and basketball at the Patriot Center as conference leaders Virginia Commonwealth University vs. George Mason University battle it out.
GMU/Patriot Center. 9 p.m.
Tickets online.
Sweet potato fries and open mic featuring an array of spoken word, musicians, and stories at
Busboys and Poets/14th&V.
$5.
Do you remember when we did the twist? A night with Chubby Checker at
The Hamilton.
7:30 p.m.
$50 - $60.
"Matters of the Heart" R&B showcase featuring poets, singers, comedians and a live band, all in the spirit of love at
Busboys and Poets/5th&K.
8 p.m.
$10.
SWEET TALK with the Sweater Set brings back the nostalgia of grade school Valentine's Days. Featuring mime Emma Jaster, contemporary painter Rodger Schultz and cupcakes.
The Dunes. 7:30 p.m. $10. 21+.
Doo-wop, soul-inspired-rock Slow Rock performs with Air Waves and Young Rapids at
DC9.
8 p.m.
$10.
From
Last Comic Standing and the Montreal "Just for Laughs Festival," comedian and Baltimore-native Jason Weems performs at
DC Improv.
$15 .
R&B legend, Jerry "The Iceman" Butler performs at Blues Alley.
10 p.m.
shows not sold out yet.
Miss Representation
,
Jennifer Siebel Newsom's documentary exploring the mainstream media's gender oppression of women, screens at
BloomBars.
7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
RSVP.
Open Mic Showcase: Lonely Hearts Edition at Riot Act Comedy Theater.
8:30 p.m.
$10.
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Happy Valentimes! Or not. This one goes out to all the lonely hearts out there who are spending tonight by themselves, or at least snuggled up with their furry friends. Enjoy this cathartic video of a single pooch ripping the stuffing out of a cheap, drug-store Valentine's gift.
Fruit fly larvae and wasp
What’s the News: Fruit fly larvae have unusually high alcohol tolerance, which scientists used to think was because they happen to feed on yeast in rotting fruit. Turns out they’re in it for the alcohol, too—as medication. According to a
new study*, alcohol protects them from the wasp parasites that lay eggs in fruit fly larvae.
How the Heck
Drosophila melanogaster
(fruit fly larvae were fed food either with or without ethanol. Researchers observed that wasps are less likely to lay their eggs into larvae that have eaten alcoholic food. When the wasps did lay their eggs in the alcohol-fed fruit fly larvae, they were less likely to survive. Dissections revealed that wasp larvae developing in the alcoholic environmental had abnormalities like inverted body parts. Fruit fly larvae usually have a natural immune response to the parasite, but alcohol seems to be somehow suppressing that response while also killing the wasp parasite. When the fruit fly larvae get infected, they actually crawl over to the side of the petri dish with alcoholic food. It’s like going to the drug store when you get sick. There’s another neat twist to the experiment ...
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