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"These are great numbers for Obama, but they are no better or worse than Bill Clinton or George W. Bush got after their first speeches to Congress," said Keating Holland, CNN polling director.

In a separate poll conducted before the speech, Gallup found that 59 percent of Americans thought Obama was moving at about the right pace in addressing the problems facing the country while 27 percent said he was moving too fast and 10 percent said not fast enough. At the end of January, 63 percent had called the pace right and 22 percent said it was too fast. This survey was done Feb. 20-22.

In terms of the amount of spending Obama is proposing, 40 percent said the levels in the stimulus bill were about right, 41 percent said it would be better to spend less, and 14 percent said it would be better to spend more.

Fifty-four percent are worried about the amount of money being adding to the federal debt, 46 percent are concerned that the proposed steps might not work and the economy will get worse, 43 percent said they worry increased government borrowing could fuel inflation and 34 percent are worried about the increasing role of the government in the economy. The debt worry is most sharply felt by Republicans (71 percent to the Democrats' 36 percent). Republicans also register the biggest numbers when it comes to the other concerns.