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December 11, 2008

Marylanders have high expectations for Obama

Two of three Marylanders think Barack Obama will be a "good" or "great" president, compared with fewer than one in five who say he will be "so-so" or "bad," according to survey results provided today by Annapolis-based OpinionWorks.

"The president-elect has inspired great confidence," said Steve Raabe, president of OpinionWorks.

The company, which has polled for The Baltimore Sun but compiled the most recent figures independently, gave 1,015 randomly selected Marylanders reached by telephone a choice of four categories to describe their expectations for the Obama administration.

Thirty-two percent said Obama will be a "great" president, and 34 percent picked "good," for a total positive score of 66 percent. Twelve percent think Obama will be "so-so" and 6 percent think he will be a "bad" president. Seventeen percent of respondents provided no answer, or said the were not sure.

Marylander's opinions of Obama are slightly higher than those found nationally in a survey by Quinnipiac University, which asked the same question.

The survey was conducted Nov. 20-30, and has a 3.1 percent error margin.

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Laura Smitherman has been ensconced in the State House basement, writing about the governor, General Assembly and vagaries of Maryland politics for several years. An erstwhile business reporter, her interest in politics dates to her days in Washington when she covered Congress and national campaigns for another media outlet. She now follows a range of policy debates from slot-machine gambling to universal health care and energy regulation, while keeping an eye on the next election.

Paul West covers Washington for The Baltimore Sun, continuing a tradition that began the month the paper was born, in 1837. He hasn't been in the DC bureau that long--only since Ronald Reagan was president. He's covered Congress, the White House and presidential campaigns as the paper's national political correspondent and Washington bureau chief. He's on the lookout for news of significance to Sun readers at the other end of the B/W Parkway. That includes the activities of the state's congressional delegation and anything else that might shed some light on the inner workings of the nation's capital.

Julie Bykowicz's first days as a political reporter, in January 2009, coincided with Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's indictment and the start of the Maryland General Assembly's 426th legislative session. She focuses on coverage of state agencies, such as social services, juvenile justice and prisons. During the session, she wrote about the death penalty, slots parlors and speed cameras, among other hot topics. Julie began political reporting after more than seven years on The Baltimore Sun's crime desk. She lives in Baltimore and works primarily in Annapolis.

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