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Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« on: March 16, 2009, 06:32:41 AM »
I heard this a few days ago ,but I couldn't find it today just Reading more on how NO Good was this stymie-less
that we will pay for forever

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.html

By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN and SCOTT RASMUSSEN
It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama's high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true. The American people are coming to express increasingly significant doubts about his initiatives, and most likely support a different agenda and different policies from those that the Obama administration has advanced.

Polling data show that Mr. Obama's approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001. Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama's net presidential approval rating -- which is calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve -- is just six, his lowest rating to date.

 M.E. Cohen
Overall, Rasmussen Reports shows a 56%-43% approval, with a third strongly disapproving of the president's performance. This is a substantial degree of polarization so early in the administration. Mr. Obama has lost virtually all of his Republican support and a good part of his Independent support, and the trend is decidedly negative.

A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely has to do with doubts about the administration's policies and their impact on peoples' lives.

There is also a clear sense in the polling that taxes will increase for all Americans because of the stimulus, notwithstanding what the president has said about taxes going down for 95% of Americans. Close to three-quarters expect that government spending will grow under this administration.

Recent Gallup data echo these concerns. That polling shows that there are deep-seated, underlying economic concerns. Eighty-three percent say they are worried that the steps Mr. Obama is taking to fix the economy may not work and the economy will get worse. Eighty-two percent say they are worried about the amount of money being added to the deficit. Seventy-eight percent are worried about inflation growing, and 69% say they are worried about the increasing role of the government in the U.S. economy.

When Gallup asked whether we should be spending more or less in the economic stimulus, by close to 3-to-1 margin voters said it is better to have spent less than to have spent more. When asked whether we are adding too much to the deficit or spending too little to improve the economy, by close to a 3-to-2 margin voters said that we are adding too much to the deficit.

Support for the stimulus package is dropping from narrow majority support to below that. There is no sense that the stimulus package itself will work quickly, and according to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, close to 60% said it would make only a marginal difference in the next two to four years. Rasmussen data shows that people now actually oppose Mr. Obama's budget, 46% to 41%. Three-quarters take this position because it will lead to too much spending. And by 2-to-1, voters reject House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call for a second stimulus package.

While over two-thirds support the plan to help homeowners refinance their mortgage, a 48%-36% plurality said that it will unfairly benefit those who have been irresponsible, echoing Rick Santelli's call to arms on CNBC.

And although a narrow majority remains confident in Mr. Obama's goals and overall direction, 45% say they do not have confidence, a number that has been growing since the inauguration less than two months ago. With three-quarters saying that they expect the economy to get worse, it is hard to see these numbers improving substantially.

There is no real appetite for increasing taxes to pay for an expanded health-insurance program. Less than half would support such an idea, which is 17% less than the percentage that supported government health insurance when Bill Clinton first considered it in March of 1993.

While voters blame Republicans for the lack of bipartisanship in Washington, the fact is that they do not believe Mr. Obama has made any progress in improving the impulse towards cooperation between the two parties. Further, nearly half of voters say that politics in Washington will be more partisan over the next year.

Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose giving bankers any additional government money or any guarantees backed by the government. Two-thirds say Wall Street will benefit more than the average taxpayer from the new bank bailout plan. This represents a jump in opposition to the first plan passed last October. At that time, 45% opposed the bailout and 30% supported it. Now a solid majority opposes the bank bailout, and 20% think it was a good idea. A majority believes that Mr. Obama will not be able to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term.

Only less than a quarter of Americans believe that the federal government truly reflects the will of the people. Almost half disagree with the idea that no one can earn a living or live "an American life" without protection and empowerment by the government, while only one-third agree.

Despite the economic stimulus that Congress just passed and the budget and financial and mortgage bailouts that Congress is now debating, just 19% of voters believe that Congress has passed any significant legislation to improve their lives. While Congress's approval has increased, it still stands at only 18%. Over two-thirds of voters believe members of Congress are more interested in helping their own careers than in helping the American people. When it comes to the nation's economic issues, two-thirds of voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.

Finally, what probably accounts for a good measure of the confidence and support the Obama administration has enjoyed is the fact that they are not Republicans. Virtually all Americans, more than eight in 10, blame Republicans for the current economic woes, and the only two leaders with lower approval ratings than Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner.

All of this is not just a subject for pollsters and analysts to debate. It shows fundamentally that public confidence in government remains low and is slipping. We face the possibility of substantial gridlock along with an absolute absence of public confidence that could come to mirror the lack of confidence in the American economy that the Dow and the S&P are currently showing.

Mr. Schoen, formerly a pollster for President Bill Clinton, is the author of "Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two Party System" (Random House, 2008). Mr. Rasmussen is president of Rasmussen Reports, an independent national polling company.

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 07:00:04 AM »
If the American people would wake up, this demons pole numbers could be in the 40% range over the course of the next few months. Roughly 40% of the people normally vote republican and 40% vote democrat. 20% are in the middle uncommitted and don't affiliate with a particular party. If only 1/2 of these 20% get frustrated with obamanation, and the few of the 40% that normally vote republican that did not in this last election sway back to the republican side, obamanation will be near 40% approval rating.

Let’s hope. The goal should be to set this up for the next congressional elections in 2010. As bad as the republican party is, it’s less evil than the socialist Marxist democrats. Win back a majority in both houses so we have a better chance at putting a stop to obamanation, his posse and the socialist democrats desire to take our money and control us.
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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2009, 07:25:31 AM »
I saw talk here and there about him doing 8 years
I don't think he'll make 8
 I say by the end of 4 he'll be out the door
with a good riddance salute

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2009, 07:33:58 AM »
Yea remember Jimma Catau, a one eyed coon dawg coulda beat him, after he ran up inflation, and pretty well screwed everything up he touched.

The only big difference is Ossama Obamma is building supporters as we speak with 4 billion for acorn and promising everything including the kitchen sink to his constituants!
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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2009, 10:14:27 AM »
Yea remember Jimma Catau, a one eyed coon dawg coulda beat him, after he ran up inflation, and pretty well screwed everything up he touched.

The only big difference is Ossama Obamma is building supporters as we speak with 4 billion for acorn and promising everything including the kitchen sink to his constituants!

How can we forget him...he's always in the news in one way or another. He's old, more stupid then ever and getting more radical in his old age. The peanut farmer is proof that the good die young.
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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2009, 03:22:23 PM »
As a friend of mine said of Obama: JIMMY CARTER, NOW AVAILABLE IN BLACK

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2009, 05:29:32 PM »
My wild eyed opinion, worth what you all will pay, is.  He will be the next great god of recovery and wealth. He will win by a landslide in the next election.
My guess, a large number on here will vote for him.
He is just paying off his debts. When he gets all of them taken care of through the tax payers azz the elite will allow things to nomalize.
We can only go up. Get your finances ready it will be a wild ride for many, you will be able to light your cigars with 20 dollar bills.
And then you will be hit between the eyes with a sledge hammer.  The end.

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2009, 05:37:07 PM »
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My guess, a large number on here will vote for him.

You had my interest right up til that.
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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2009, 06:05:07 PM »
His poll numbers are going down thats for sure. Now we are starting to see even some Democrats openly showing their disapproval. If this economy does not turn around within 3 to 4 months (personaly believe it will get a lot worse) the so called supporters will begin to abandon him in droves.

I have listened to the finacial gurus and economist on every channel on cable TV and the majority by far say that the stimulus aas continued bailouts are the worst things that can be done. Most say that if we let the banks and finacial houses go down, which they all agree will be the end result, we can get on the road to recovery.

The only thing the Obama Administration is going to accomplish is to prolong the recovery with a real serious change of sending the whole world into financial collapse. His efforts to "Buy Love" will not work and the American people are not going to support this waste of money nor the drastic move to Socialist Policy. His dumping billions upon billions into the empty hole of AIG for example shows his ignorance. They will fail regardless of what he does and he needs to recognize that fact.

I do not want to say the pain will not be great as it will be, no matter what is done. So buck up to it and get it over with.

I believe the present administartion is begining to see the error of their ways but just do not know how to get out of the stupid promises made to all their left wing party members. Obama has shown he does not have the guts to stand up to Pelosi or Reid nor the powerful extreme left.

One day it is going to be one way another way the next. He nor his cronies have the slightest idea of what they are doing and they show just how ill prepared they are. No matter if it is the Economy, or Foreign Policy they are in above their heads.

The Moslems laugh each day watching this fool with no clear vision of just how to deal with them add the North Koreans and Iran to that.

He is going to fall and fall hard.

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2009, 04:26:42 PM »
oldshooter that was less than halfway. You must have a short intrest span.  ;D

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Re: Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2009, 05:14:26 PM »
I don't think a large # on here will vote for him.
I know I sure as HE%& won't!!!


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