But you can be sure that they will be specific, they will be measurable, they will be paid for, and they will be, by any objective standard, the kinds of measures that have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past.

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To be sure, Obama has been battered by a series of struggles, starting with the economy, but including a series of events that were at least initially beyond his control -- from the Gulf oil disaster to a Republican minority that by any objective standard has tried to block him at every single turn -- and dragged down his approval ratings.

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It will be a collection of proposals that, again, should have bipartisan support, have had a similar -- at similar times have had bipartisan support, that will be, by any objective standard, pro-growth, pro-job creation, and that can be acted on right away if members of Congress come back from their recess ready to do things to help the American people.

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Over time, the proportion of the population living in poverty, as measured by some objective and absolute standard, should be declining.

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The new Dual-Mode Standard is in line with this objective by enabling the support of the latest HDMI standard, HDMI 1.4.

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The standard for determining when impartiality might "reasonably" be questioned has been held to be an objective one.

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