Americans Expect Great Inauguration Speech
Posted Jan 19, 2009 at 9:47 AM by Maurice Berger
A Gallup/USA Today survey conducted January 9-11 2009 suggests that most Americans expect an extraordinary inauguration speech tomorrow from Barack Obama: "Americans have set a high bar for Obama on his inauguration speech. 56% expect it to be excellent and another 30% expect it to be good. 55% percent had expected George Bush's inaugural to be excellent or good when he took the oath for a second term in 2005." Even more extraodinary are Americans expectations for the Obama presidency: 62% believe Obama will be an outstanding or above-average President, 25% say he will be average and 11% say he will be below average or poor. Obama himself fares better than his cabinet-level appointees. 45% say they are outstanding or above average and 38% say they are average."
