WSJ世論調査によると、オバマ大統領の就任100日目の支持率は61％です。クリントン、ブッシュ前大統領の支持率を上回ります。また共和党のベテラン上院議員が民主党転向を発表。オバマ大統領に良い風がふいているようです。
米スペクター上院議員、民主党に鞍替え 民主党が安定多数をほぼ確保、オバマ大統領の政権運営が容易に
Senator Defects to Democrats (WSJ.com)
WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday he is switching parties, almost certainly giving President Barack Obama and the Democrats the ability to build a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
The Specter announcement, coming on the eve of the president's 100th day in office, secured the Democrats a 59th seat in the Senate, counting two independents who caucus with the party. If, as expected, Democrat Al Franken prevails in the contested Minnesota senatorial election, the president will have a majority large enough to break Republican efforts to impede his agenda without the legislative gamesmanship required to end filibusters.
That advantage could give the White House enough votes to move ahead on a national health-care program, a proposal to cap carbon emissions and an array of other issues. Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) called Mr. Specter's defection a "game changing" moment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124093451028864031.html
米マイクロソフトとベライゾン、新型携帯デバイス販売で提携交渉中 来年早々、iPhoneに対抗
Microsoft and Verizon Plot an iPhone Rival (WSJ.com)
Microsoft Corp. and Verizon Wireless are in talks to launch a touch-screen multimedia cellphone on the carrier's network early next year, in an ambitious effort to challenge Apple Inc.'s iPhone, according to people familiar with the matter.
The discussions are a gambit by Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to energize a mobile business that has lost buzz among consumers and software developers to Apple's iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android.
Microsoft is a major player in software for cellphones, but it is working hard to develop a new device that will rival Apple's.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124093915558664239.html
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