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Sandhusker

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Thought I would beat OT to posting the latest Gallup Poll;

One month down, 47 to go.

And Barack Obama's poll numbers have slid almost 10% already. According to the latest Gallup Poll, the new president's approval rating of 68% in January has slipped now to 63%, about average for recent new presidents one month in.

What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating -- 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.

And it's twice the 12% disapproval rate that Obama had last month.

While liberal and independent support has held fairly steady, the rookie chief executive's approval among Republicans has plunged from 41% to 30%, presumably tied at least somewhat to growing awareness of the spending program. The drop has been especially steep among conservatives, from 36% at inauguration to 22% now.

Additionally, Obama's support has weakened among middle-class Americans, those touted during the campaign as benefiting from his promised tax cuts. Among that working crowd, Obama's approval fell from 69% to 58%.
 
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Anonymous

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What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating -- 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.

Not surprising- if this site is any example- there are enough racists and rightwingernut extremists that wouldn't approve of anything he did just for general principles- even if it was right...
 

Sandhusker

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Us racists and rightwingnuts were already on the disapproval side of the ledger. The messiah is losing people. They're starting to figure out what we aleady knew; that Obama is a socialist and a amateur and he's only going to cause harm to the country.
 

badaxemoo

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Sandhusker said:
Us racists and rightwingnuts were already on the disapproval side of the ledger. The messiah is losing people. They're starting to figure out what we aleady knew; that Obama is a socialist and a amateur and he's only going to cause harm to the country.

You should be comforted, then.

Wouldn't you be more concerned with an experienced sociliast at the helm?
 

Broke Cowboy

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating -- 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.

Not surprising- if this site is any example- there are enough racists and rightwingernut extremists that wouldn't approve of anything he did just for general principles- even if it was right...

Careful OT - I would be willing to bet there are also a lot of people who have taken the time to sit down and ponder a sober second thought - and found they did not like who they elected.

Do not rant about Bush and racists - this is about citizens of your country - the whole country.

I believe this is happening / will happen for two reasons:

1. Misuse and abuse of power by the newly powerful.

2. Resentment of those who have always paid their way - seeing their tax dollars go to bail out those who lived beyond their means.

The responsinble citizen is still in the MAJORITY of your country. Despite the bad news media - the financially careful people of your country still out number the plain stupid.

Please - no Bush bashing - that is not the point here.

Fact is the debt has risen to unbelieveable heights within a few short weeks because a political party decided to GIVE tax payers hard earned money away.

It is fact.

And in many cases it will bail out the stupid people - those who have 10's of thousands of dollars of credit card debt and mortgages that are out of reach and would have been at the best of times.

All on the backs of those who continue to support the fed with their tax dollars. And they rightfully resent that. I certainly would.

There are a great many people who see this and understand it is not fancy, down home talk from the pres that will solve this - it is the hard working taxpayer who will have to go out and find and create new jobs.

All the while seeing his deadbeat neighbour being bailed out from the heavy mortgage by a government that is planning to turn up the printing press speed a couple of notches.

You are going to see some serious unrest in your country in the near future and it will surprize a lot of fed supporters - because it is going to come from the taxpaying citizen - the back bone of your country.

They cannot and will not tolerate free federal bail out money to stupid people much longer. Your national economy will not stand it.

All because of one thing - in the end - the vast majority of those who got into trouble forgot one - the one thing you as a man should recognize:

They did not exercise personal responsibility.

BC
 
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Anonymous

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Broke Cowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating -- 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.

Not surprising- if this site is any example- there are enough racists and rightwingernut extremists that wouldn't approve of anything he did just for general principles- even if it was right...

Careful OT - I would be willing to bet there are also a lot of people who have taken the time to sit down and ponder a sober second thought - and found they did not like who they elected.

Do not rant about Bush and racists - this is about citizens of your country - the whole country.

I believe this is happening / will happen for two reasons:

1. Misuse and abuse of power by the newly powerful.

2. Resentment of those who have always paid their way - seeing their tax dollars go to bail out those who lived beyond their means.

The responsinble citizen is still in the MAJORITY of your country. Despite the bad news media - the financially careful people of your country still out number the plain stupid.

Please - no Bush bashing - that is not the point here.

Fact is the debt has risen to unbelieveable heights within a few short weeks because a political party decided to GIVE tax payers hard earned money away.

It is fact.

And in many cases it will bail out the stupid people - those who have 10's of thousands of dollars of credit card debt and mortgages that are out of reach and would have been at the best of times.

All on the backs of those who continue to support the fed with their tax dollars. And they rightfully resent that. I certainly would.

There are a great many people who see this and understand it is not fancy, down home talk from the pres that will solve this - it is the hard working taxpayer who will have to go out and find and create new jobs.

All the while seeing his deadbeat neighbour being bailed out from the heavy mortgage by a government that is planning to turn up the printing press speed a couple of notches.

You are going to see some serious unrest in your country in the near future and it will surprize a lot of fed supporters - because it is going to come from the taxpaying citizen - the back bone of your country.

They cannot and will not tolerate free federal bail out money to stupid people much longer. Your national economy will not stand it.

All because of one thing - in the end - the vast majority of those who got into trouble forgot one - the one thing you as a man should recognize:

They did not exercise personal responsibility.

BC

Apparently the majority of the folks don't agree with you...They would rather see their taxdollars going to help out the common folks, then going to keep the crooked FatCats fat.....


Poll: Politicians trusted more than business leaders on economy
30 percent express confidence Wall Street will make right decisions to end recession

75 percent say President Obama will make the right moves regarding recession

Poll: Obama has more Republicans trusting him than Wall Street has



By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Call it a sign of the times. A new national poll indicates that when it comes to dealing with the economy, Americans have more confidence in the White House and Congress than Wall Street, the banks or auto executives.


Two out of three expressed confidence that Democrats in Congress will make the right economic moves.

And that may be one reason why a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday suggests the public opposes plans to provide more taxpayer dollars to banks and major domestic automakers.

Thirty percent of those questioned said they're confident Wall Street will make the right decisions to help the country overcome the current recession. Slightly fewer -- 28 percent -- said they had such confidence in bankers and financial executives. And 26 percent said they're confident that auto executives will make the right economic decisions.

But 53 percent of those questioned said they have confidence in Republicans in Congress making the right calls regarding the economy. About 66 percent said they have confidence Democrats, who control Congress, will make the right economic decisions. And 75 percent said they think President Barack Obama will make the right moves when it comes dealing with the recession.

"You know times are tough when Republicans have more confidence in a Democratic president than they do in bankers or Wall Street investors, but that's what the poll is showing now," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Among Republicans, 37 percent say they are confident in Obama's ability to make the right economic decisions, but only 31 percent of Republicans feel that way about Wall Street."

"Labor union leaders don't fare badly either," said Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst. "Nearly half the public has confidence in them. But Wall Street investors? Bankers and financial executives? Auto company executives? No more than 30 percent have confidence in them.

"Right now, Americans trust political leaders more than business leaders. That's new and it has consequences."

The poll suggests those consequences. Only 37 percent of those questioned in the survey favored more government aid for the ailing domestic automakers. Two of the major U.S. auto companies have asked the federal government for several billion dollars in assistance -- money the companies say they may need to stay out of bankruptcy.

When it comes to taxpayer dollars to help the banks and other financial institutions, just 36 percent favored providing the remaining $350 billion of the $700 billion that Congress allocated to assist them, with 62 percent opposed.

"Business scandals [are] everywhere," Schneider said. "Alleged multibillion-dollar swindlers Bernie Madoff and Robert Allen Stanford; ... Swiss banks helping Americans hide their money; ... huge bonuses for Wall Street executives: Does the public expect those people to bail the country out? Well, no."

But what about homeowners who can't pay their mortgages?

"Government programs to help ordinary Americans are much more popular," Holland said. "Six in 10 favor federal assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure."

Schneider added: "They're generally seen as ordinary people who made bad financial decisions. The majority says they deserve government help."

The poll also asked about a program that would increase the federal government's influence over the country's health-care system in hopes of lowering costs and proving health-care coverage to more Americans.

"The last time the government tried that, back in 1994, it didn't work. The health-care business put up fierce resistance," Schneider said.

But, Holland noted, "more than 7 in 10 [in the current poll] say that they would favor a proposal that would increase the government's influence over the health-care system in an attempt to reduce costs and expand coverage."

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted Wednesday and Thursday, after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law, with 1,046 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
 

TexasBred

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating -- 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.

Not surprising- if this site is any example- there are enough racists and rightwingernut extremists that wouldn't approve of anything he did just for general principles- even if it was right...

OT now look what you just said. The man posts statistics that noone can argue with and you come out with a comment like that. You could have cut it off right after you said "Not surprising". But then you had to show you pompous ass again. Who's the hate filled old fart now???
 

Sandhusker

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badaxemoo said:
Sandhusker said:
Us racists and rightwingnuts were already on the disapproval side of the ledger. The messiah is losing people. They're starting to figure out what we aleady knew; that Obama is a socialist and a amateur and he's only going to cause harm to the country.

You should be comforted, then.

Wouldn't you be more concerned with an experienced sociliast at the helm?

I'm not comforted with any socialist, why would one be considering it's a proven failure?
 
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