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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: MCWAY on July 28, 2010, 11:50:21 AM
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UH-OH!!!
Obama's base quits blaming Bush
President's poll numbers slip as 'same problems' continue
The summer of the discontented voter steams onward and, unfortunately for President Obama, polls show voters are no longer blaming the bad times on the George W. Bush administration.
Add Hispanics to the growing list of Obama supporters disgruntled by aspects of the presidents performance, in what has become for the White House and Democrats a seemingly daily beat of gloomy polls.
Mr. Obama gets only lukewarm ratings on issues important to Hispanics in a Univision/AP poll released Tuesday, and, according to a separate Reuters-Ipsos survey, Americans overwhelmingly believe the president has failed to focus enough on job creation.
"A lot of these folks wouldn't like him no matter what, but I think the country has pretty much the same problems it did before Obama took office — at least that's how voters feel — and more and more that's becoming Obama's fault rather than Bush's fault," said Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling.
Support for Mr. Obama has eroded among whites, independents, men and now Hispanics, who were part of the coalition that powered him to the White House in 2008.
While the AP-Univision poll found that 57 percent of Hispanics still approve of Mr. Obama, it revealed deep skepticism among the key Democratic voting bloc. Only 43 percent of Hispanics said Mr. Obama is meeting their needs, according to the poll, while 32 percent were unsure and 21 percent said he has done a poor job....
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/27/obamas-base-quits-blaming-bush/?page=1 (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/27/obamas-base-quits-blaming-bush/?page=1)
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Go to HP or DU and its still bash bush 24/7.
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Go to HP or DU and its still bash bush 24/7.
Oh, I've been to HP. They're still in denial. They think Howard Dean took Chris Wallace to school on the Sunday show.
I've seen some screwball liberals before, but these folks take the whole darn bakery.