Expecting a Lot from Obama? Get in Line - Roll Call

Expecting a Lot from Obama? Get in Line

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted January 24, 2009 at 1:00am

Ward Connerly
Abigail Thernstrom
Pre-inaugural polls
widespread disapproval
performance in office
Tracie Powell is associate editor at Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine.

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