I had not prepared for my name to become obsolete.
So what's your new name going to be? Shall we start a competition? You didn't deem to like the Manta Ray appellation, so what is it that best captures your new poetic dialectical bipolar fascination with Obamaputin? notes from no w here
And I don't think it's bipolar to like both Putin and Obama. I've clearly made the case that any differences between them are negligible. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Not very sorry, mind. Just a little. Once in a while.
Take a good look, Mr. Biden. This is your future. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
55% are of positive opinion about him, 9% of negative, 33% don't know him good enough to have an opinion;
For opinion of his actions as a president: 58% support them, 7% do not, 29% do not know enough to have an opinion;
37% think he is having a strong impact on what is happening in Russia, 41% for moderate impact and 13% for weak.
In another poll
59% support Putin's government actions, and 35% do not (similar figures to the last months of the Zubkov's government). Kasyanov's government had the maximum balance of -1 % between those suporting and those do not, Fradkov's had 4% at the start of the tenure and went lower from there.
54% think that country is moving in the right direction, 27% do not.
83% are supporting Putin's actions as head of government, 76% of polled support Medvedev's actions as a president (including 98% of those supporting Putin's actions).
Multi-choice question about politicians having the most trust yielded:
Putin - 56% Medvedev - 43% Zuganov (Communists) - 8.9% .. Kasyanov - 1.6% .. Berezovsky - 0.5% Kasparov - 0.5%
