Obama approval rating down to 59%
Via Rasmussen. It that bad? No, 59% is still pretty good. But just for fun, let's see where the Most Divisive and Worst President in American History was around this point in time:
ABC News/Wash Post Poll: 55% Fox News: 55% Gallup: 57% Hmm, not too dissimilar. Who knew. But what about disapproval numbers? Obama is at 39%, that's good, right? What about America's Most Hated President ever? After stealing the election of 2000, Americans must have been really ticked off, right? ABC News/Wash Post Poll: 23% Fox News: 16% Gallup: 25% Hmmm. http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob1.htm |
There you have it, folks. Obama is officially the worst president ever. If his approval ratings should soar to near-record highs in September or so, this will confirm it.
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Americans are coming down to earth, realizing that he is a slick-talking politician, just like the rest of them.
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PS. I believe approval/disapproval is different from favorability/unfavorability, so you can toss that Kos one for purposes of comparison. |
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Don't you see? "Obama" and "George" both have 5 letters. Obama's numbers will therefore exactly mimick Bush's. |
It's an amusing irony that Bush had similar numbers to Obama, considering the very different circumstances under which they took office.
Drawing a direct comparison between the completed presidency of Bush and the infant presidency of Obama is for the pea-brained. Not surprised Cali would go there, but I'm a little disappointed in AA. |
A lot of people in this country were disgusted with Clinton and pardons-gate when Bush took over, so that probably contributed to feeling good about the changeover.
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Honestly, I'm not sure who is more in charge of this country--Obama or Nancy Pelosi.
I think Pelosi is working quickly towards becoming the name and face that the GOP uses to rally the troops (the same role that Gingrich came to play for the democrats). |
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Making, as it were, a "direct comparison." |
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You treat the supplied pieces of evidence as though they suggest a self-evident thought: that Americans are becoming disillusioned now that they are seeing the Obama machine in action. Another person (myself among them) may look at those numbers and hear another message: that the numbers tell us absolutely nothing this early in the game. As long as evidence can have such diverse interpretations, you are not absolved of your responsibility of stating your thesis. Unless, of course, you don't really care if anybody follows your train of thought. If that happens to be the case, however, one must wonder why you're still talking. I doubt you believe you will win anybody over this late in the game; likely, you just like hearing the sound of your own voice. Either way, I'll not apologize for your insufficient command of written English. |
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In any case, I'm genuinely sorry to have gotten you all riled up, so I apologize to you for the pea-brained comment. (Cali still has a pea-brain though). You and I had no beef before, and I really don't need any new adversaries. Not that there are many left around anymore. Cheers. |
Inheriting the worst economic crisis in 70+ years from his predecessor, along with a sprinkle of cheap populist politics on the part of Rush Limbaugh & the GOP, have nothing to do with the President's ratings.
LOL As for narratives, Tex, can you give us your best guess that parallels Bush's rise to the peak of his presidency in 9 months, post 9-11, with nearly the whole world behind him & US, followed by the long slide based on an enormous catalog of idiotic statements and missteps? |
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Sure, the elections of Obama and Bush were quite different. Bush effectively won the election through the courts, Obama won a clear mandate. You then want to suggest that a parallel in their respective popularity so soon into Obama's respective presidency shows that Obama has really fallen. This is just silly. What you fail to note are the other circumstances the two men faced upon taking office. Obama was faced with the threat of economic collapse, war being fought in two nations concurrently, the largest loss of jobs in over two decades, etc. Perhaps the rosy circumstances you paint for Obama's entrance into the presidency are... overstated? That and the fact that almost all other opinion polls seem to indicate much higher support right now for Obama suggest that, once again, you don't have a point. |
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That said, it's no surprise he's more popular than his stimulus package, given that it's nothing of the kind. |
Gallup reports 59% today.
ABC News' pollster says Obama's poll average is strong (68%), but also almost exactly matches the average for the last nine newly-elected presidents (67%). He also notes the strong partisan undercurrents represented in these polls since Bill Clinton. Interesting read. |
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You amuse me, exie. Always good for a laugh. |
Rasmussen reports Obama has been holding at 56% for 4 days.
The difference between "strongly approve" and "strongly disapprove" has narrowed to +6 from +28, after inauguration. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/...ch_10_2009.jpg Also, in the wake of the "who's leading Republicans" nonsense, 68% of Republicans see their party as leaderless. Only 2% identify Rush Limbaugh as their leader. |
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At least you are coming around to the notion that it is preferrable that your party be leaderless as opposed to being run by Limbaugh. If only the 2% surveyed didn't include Michael Steele and the rest of the so-called "leadership" of your leaderless and rudderless party. |
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Regardless, the trend of significance isn't the strongly approves, it's the other end of the spectrum. Given the alarming levels of pseudo-religious fervor that accompanied Obama into office, I would fully expect the strongly approves would remain rock steady for a long period of time, regardless of actual performance. |
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Amusing. |
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