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President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped more than 18 points since taking office to an all-time low of 44.7 percent, according to a new Gallup poll.
The results of the poll, released Thursday, average approval ratings from more than 90 thousand respondents during the third quarter of 2010, July 20 through October 19. Only three presidents since 1954—Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter—received lower marks in the seventh quarter of their presidencies.
More Americans also say they don't think Obama deserves a second term in office, 54 percent, to 39 percent who say the president should be reelected. Only 38 percent of respondents in a 1994 Gallup survey said they thought Clinton deserved a second term, but the president earned a decisive 49-point victory in the 1996 elections; former President George W. Bush enjoyed reelection support from 62 percent of respondents in a 2002 survey, before going on to his second term in 2004.
These numbers may tell more of a story than just the prospect of a second term. Seventh-quarter approval ratings in every president's term come just before critical midterm elections. Republicans made huge congressional gains on their "Contract With America" campaign in 1994, when Clinton's approval and reelect ratings were low. The GOP held steady under Bush in 2002's midterms.
Obama's low ratings are likely unwelcome news to Democrats, who are fighting to keep Republicans from winning the 39 House seats and 10 Senate seats needed to gain control of Congress.
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Is anyone really surprised?
1. Sued AZ
2. Failed Stim Bill
3. Obamacare
4. Cap & Trade
5. Summers/Geithner
6. 27 Communist Czars
7. Bailouts.
8. NYC Terrorist Trials
9. GZ Mosque
10. Arrogant as a MOFO
11. Kagan/Sotomayor
12. UE climbing steadily.
13. Fannie/Freddy
14. FINREG mess.
15. General Incompetence
16. BP Oil mess
and on and on and on.
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Don't worry. Next year when the recovery takes hold, with unemployment below 5 percent, and GDP rising at an 11 percent clip, his approval rating will be through the roof.
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Don't worry. Next year when the recovery takes hold, with unemployment below 5 percent, and GDP rising at an 11 percent clip, his approval rating will be through the roof.
You forgot the /s after your post.
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Is anyone really surprised?
1. Sued AZ
2. Failed Stim Bill
3. Obamacare
4. Cap & Trade
5. Summers/Geithner
6. 27 Communist Czars
7. Bailouts.
8. NYC Terrorist Trials
9. GZ Mosque
10. Arrogant as a MOFO
11. Kagan/Sotomayor
12. UE climbing steadily.
13. Fannie/Freddy
14. FINREG mess.
15. General Incompetence
16. BP Oil mess
and on and on and on.
So what did regan do in his first term to be at a lower approval rating at the same point in his presidency?
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So what did regan do in his first term to be at a lower approval rating at the same point in his presidency?
Reagan had to deal with massive inflation when he walked in to office as a result of the failed policies of Jimmuh.
To deal with it - he cut spending, regulations, and had Paul Volker sharply raise interest rates for a short period of time to ring out inflation from the system and start job growth.
Reagan did basically the opposite of Obama, in spite of the fact that he had a Dem run House and Senate.
Again - econ aint your thing.
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Posts Tagged ‘how did reagan fix the economy’
Reagan vs. Obama
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
http://conservativeamerican.org/tag/how-did-reagan-fix-the-economy/
You have to see the excellent piece Peter Ferrara has at Fox News comparing Reaganomics to Obamanomics. Ronald Reagan had Trickle Down economics and Barack Obama has Trickle Up Economics. The contrast is amazing. Ferrara points out Reagan had 4 basic principles he used to battle the Carter Economy (Note to Sarah Palin…check this out! You will need it if you have to bat clean-up after Obama):
“These were:
1. Reductions in tax rates to restore incentives for economic growth. This consisted of, first, a reduction in the top income tax rate of 70% down to 50%, and then a 25% across the board reduction in income tax rates for everyone. The 1986 tax reform then reduced tax rates further, leaving just two rates, 28% and 15%. Reagan also cut corporate income tax rates and capital gains tax rates
2. Spending Reductions. The reductions included a $31 billion cut in spending in 1981, close to 5% of the federal budget then, or the equivalent of about $150 billion in spending cuts for the year in 2008. In constant dollars, non-defense discretionary spending declined by 14.4% from 1981 to 1982, and by 16.8% from 1981 to 1983. Moreover, in constant dollars, this non-defense discretionary spending never returned to its 1981 level for the rest of Reagan’s two terms! By 1988, this spending was still down 14.4% from its 1981 level in constant dollars. Even with the Reagan defense buildup, total federal spending declined from a high of 23.5% of GDP in 1983 to 21.3% in 1988 and 21.2% in 1989. That’s a real reduction in the size of government relative to the economy of 10%
3. Anti-inflation monetary policy to restrain money supply growth.
4. Deregulation. Reagan’s deregulation plan has now saved consumers an estimated $100 billion per year in lower prices. Reagan’s first executive order, in fact, eliminated price controls on oil and natural gas. Production soared, and the price of oil declined by over 50%.”
Ferrara says the results gave us a 25-year economic boom creating more wealth than any other time in our nation’s history. He points out that the Obama plan is to do the exact opposite!
“–He is still promising tax rate increases, at least by letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
–He just passed the greatest increase in government spending in the history of the planet.
–He is promising massive increases in regulatory burdens, including global warming cap and trade regulation that would cost the economy another trillion dollars a year.
–The Fed is already furiously reinflating the money supply, sowing seeds of further havoc in the future.
Even the Obama tax cuts do not follow the Reagan economic recovery plan because they are not reductions in tax rates, which is what drives the incentives that govern the economy.”
Here’s another contrast: Ronald Reagan was interested in inspiring people to greatness. Barack Obama wants to scare people into socialism.
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Reagan had to deal with massive inflation when he walked in to office as a result of the failed policies of Jimmuh.
To deal with it - he cut spending, regulations, and had Paul Volker sharply raise interest rates for a short period of time to ring out inflation from the system and start job growth.
Reagan did basically the opposite of Obama, in spite of the fact that he had a Dem run House and Senate.
Again - econ aint your thing.
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Posts Tagged ‘how did reagan fix the economy’
Reagan vs. Obama
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
http://conservativeamerican.org/tag/how-did-reagan-fix-the-economy/
You have to see the excellent piece Peter Ferrara has at Fox News comparing Reaganomics to Obamanomics. Ronald Reagan had Trickle Down economics and Barack Obama has Trickle Up Economics. The contrast is amazing. Ferrara points out Reagan had 4 basic principles he used to battle the Carter Economy (Note to Sarah Palin…check this out! You will need it if you have to bat clean-up after Obama):
“These were:
1. Reductions in tax rates to restore incentives for economic growth. This consisted of, first, a reduction in the top income tax rate of 70% down to 50%, and then a 25% across the board reduction in income tax rates for everyone. The 1986 tax reform then reduced tax rates further, leaving just two rates, 28% and 15%. Reagan also cut corporate income tax rates and capital gains tax rates
2. Spending Reductions. The reductions included a $31 billion cut in spending in 1981, close to 5% of the federal budget then, or the equivalent of about $150 billion in spending cuts for the year in 2008. In constant dollars, non-defense discretionary spending declined by 14.4% from 1981 to 1982, and by 16.8% from 1981 to 1983. Moreover, in constant dollars, this non-defense discretionary spending never returned to its 1981 level for the rest of Reagan’s two terms! By 1988, this spending was still down 14.4% from its 1981 level in constant dollars. Even with the Reagan defense buildup, total federal spending declined from a high of 23.5% of GDP in 1983 to 21.3% in 1988 and 21.2% in 1989. That’s a real reduction in the size of government relative to the economy of 10%
3. Anti-inflation monetary policy to restrain money supply growth.
4. Deregulation. Reagan’s deregulation plan has now saved consumers an estimated $100 billion per year in lower prices. Reagan’s first executive order, in fact, eliminated price controls on oil and natural gas. Production soared, and the price of oil declined by over 50%.”
Ferrara says the results gave us a 25-year economic boom creating more wealth than any other time in our nation’s history. He points out that the Obama plan is to do the exact opposite!
“–He is still promising tax rate increases, at least by letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
–He just passed the greatest increase in government spending in the history of the planet.
–He is promising massive increases in regulatory burdens, including global warming cap and trade regulation that would cost the economy another trillion dollars a year.
–The Fed is already furiously reinflating the money supply, sowing seeds of further havoc in the future.
Even the Obama tax cuts do not follow the Reagan economic recovery plan because they are not reductions in tax rates, which is what drives the incentives that govern the economy.”
Here’s another contrast: Ronald Reagan was interested in inspiring people to greatness. Barack Obama wants to scare people into socialism.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!hahahaha i just asked...how did i know it would come to this..hahahahahahahahaha hahayoure Drowning over here...
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Because its the damn truth, and no amount of stupid ignorant bullshit from this disgusting Admn or the MSM changes that.
In fact - Obama has refused to even listen to Volker and instead listened to Summers and Geithner instead, all to a predictable result.
Many of us said from day 1 exactly what would happen in the economy with regard to employment, debt, stim bill, health care proces, etc etc and we have been proven right.
Those who supported the Obama agenda have nothing to point to as working. Nothing at all.
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Because its the damn truth, and no amount of stupid ignorant bullshit from this disgusting Admn or the MSM changes that.
In fact - Obama has refused to even listen to Volker and instead listened to Summers and Geithner instead, all to a predictable result.
Many of us said from day 1 exactly what would happen in the economy with regard to employment, debt, stim bill, health care proces, etc etc and we have been proven right.
Those who supported the Obama agenda have nothing to point to as working. Nothing at all.
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Check this out:
Even the people at the LA Times are sick of this Admn.
Is LAT a right wing tea bagger site too?
http://discussions.latimes.com/20/lanews/la-na-obama-campaign-20101022/10
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omama did it all...2 years...fucked up the world...it was all good before him...
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!hahahaha i just asked...how did i know it would come to this..hahahahahahahahaha hahayoure Drowning over here...
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It's ok. We know you are not ready yet to admit you were wrong in believing Obama. Obama would be a great used car salesman.
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omama did it all...2 years...fucked up the world...it was all good before him...
Again - that is a straw man argument.
People are not blaming him for what he inherited. He was elected based on his promise to fix the economy - not try to push a radical transformation that 75% of the people are horrified by.
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Again - that is a straw man argument.
People are not blaming him for what he inherited. He was elected based on his promise to fix the economy - not try to push a radical transformation that 75% of the people are horrified by.
if he let gm fail then thats another 1mil jobs
he couldnt cut social security
couldnt cut unemployment
couldnt cut defense...
tarp was 151 bil...thats paid back
so........goin off the numbers
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omama did it all...2 years...fucked up the world...it was all good before him...
I think this might be a breakthrough.
Not everything was "all good", but most of it was not as "fucked up" as it is now.
It's ok. Don't worry boricua. When you are ready to admit that Obama in his first 2 years has proven to be the WORST president of all time we won't make fun of you.
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if he let gm fail then thats another 1mil jobs
he couldnt cut social security
couldnt cut unemployment
couldnt cut defense...
tarp was 151 bil...thats paid back
so........goin off the numbers
Again - you ignore reality -
Stim Bill - Trillion down the toilet.
Cap & Trade - Disaster
ObamaCare - Disaster
Card Check - looming disaster
FINREG - Who the hell knows what crap is in there.
and on and on and . And BTW - TARP was Bush, not Obama.
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Again - you ignore reality -
Stim Bill - Trillion down the toilet.
again...you ignore reality
What would you have cut from stim bill
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How about the 885k for 5 people to teach Africans how to wash their nuts after sex?
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How about the 885k for 5 people to teach Africans how to wash their nuts after sex?
OK...AND THEN?
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ok that went over your head...moving on...what was the UE in 1983....who was the president..
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ok that went over your head...moving on...what was the UE in 1983....who was the president..
Mal - what you again are simply failing to grasp - and I have no reason why - is that its not only the state of affairs we are in now - but its the majority disagreement as to where Obama wants to take this nation.
Why are you so dense as to not see most people with a clue are horrified by this admns' policies and agenda and where it wants us to go?
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Only three presidents since 1954—Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter—received lower marks in the seventh quarter of their presidencies.
so there's only a 66.67% chance he'll be re-elected.
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Mal - what you again are simply failing to grasp - and I have no reason why - is that its not only the state of affairs we are in now - but its the majority disagreement as to where Obama wants to take this nation.
Why are you so dense as to not see most people with a clue are horrified by this admns' policies and agenda and where it wants us to go?
so what was the UE in 1983 an who was the president again?
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so there's only a 66.67% chance he'll be re-elected.
Bill Clinton barely won re-election and was only saved by a horrible Dole candidacy.
Regan was a giant and loved this nation at its core.
Carter - well - what else needs to be said.
Obama has a choice - and i am 100% certain he will again screw it up.
If he wants to be a far left freak, fine - anyone will beat him in 2012 if he does that.
If he moderates, triangulates, and actually listens for once as opposed to pushing his ANTI-AMERICAN agenda, he will have a chance.
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so what was the UE in 1983 an who was the president again?
Things were getting better in 1983 as the recovery took hold and the nation felt better about itself as taxes were lowered, regulations less, jobs came back, etc. The steps he took worked like a charm and everyone knew it.
In case you have not read, UE is still going up, taxes going UP, regulation going up, obamacare going up, grandma going down, all not to mention that we have a marxist anti-american in 1600 PA Ave. Obama hates the nation and has said so so many times i really don't know why you cant get a clue yet.
As for Reagan - talk to anyone who lived through the 80's. Reagan was a GIANT. He loved the country, inspired the nation, helped restore pride among the people and to the nation, and helped bring about the end of the USSR.
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Things were getting better in 1983 as the recovery took hold and the nation felt better about itself as taxes were lowered, regulations less, jobs came back, etc. The steps he took worked like a charm and everyone knew it.
In case you have not read, UE is still going up, taxes going UP, regulation going up, obamacare going up, grandma going down, all not to mention that we have a marxist anti-american in 1600 PA Ave. Obama hates the nation and has said so so many times i really don't know why you cant get a clue yet.
As for Reagan - talk to anyone who lived through the 80's. Reagan was a GIANT. He loved the country, inspired the nation, helped restore pride among the people and to the nation, and helped bring about the end of the USSR.
i thought that response should have been a name and a number...i didnt read this bullshit you posted...i thought it should be president=____________ and UE was ________________
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So what did regan do in his first term to be at a lower approval rating at the same point in his presidency?
Weren't you just making fun of 33 when the thread was about Palin and he started pointing to someone else. Why yes, yes you were. Now to protect your Messiah, I guess it's ok?
Obama made promises to get elected as they all do. There's nothing wrong with holding his feet to the fire on unemployment or any other issue he campaigned on. He knew full well when he campaigned that he was not solely at fault, but he chose to tackle the issue and guaranteed certain results. If he comes up short, he can and should be held accountable.
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Where's 240 to tell us how impressive it is that his approval rating is still at 44% while ignoring the monumental drop it's taken over the last 1.5 years?
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Where's 240 to tell us how impressive it is that his approval rating is still at 44% while ignoring the monumental drop it's taken over the last 1.5 years?
I don't get the Reagan comparisons.
I remember the 80's. The 1980's were a time of national pride, growth, expansion, and projection.
To compare that to crappola we have now seems to me simply by people who were not born or remember that era.
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I don't get the Reagan comparisons.
I remember the 80's. The 1980's were a time of national pride, growth, expansion, and projection.
To compare that to crappola we have now seems to me simply by people who were not born or remember that era.
I'm surprised they didn't go with the usual tactic of "polls don't mean shit" - unless they agree with the poll, of course.
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i thought that response should have been a name and a number...i didnt read this bullshit you posted...i thought it should be president=____________ and UE was ________________
bump
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I'm surprised they didn't go with the usual tactic of "polls don't mean shit" - unless they agree with the poll, of course.
What the idiots supporting obama simply cant grasp is that Reagan loved the nation and represented and communicated what most americans feel deep down inside.
Obama is the exact opposite of that. He lied his way in to office, appeals to the worst elements of society, and hates this nation. He went on a world apology tour, always talks down business, always talks down the history of this country, abuses his authority, pushes an agenda most people are disgusted with, and just is not one of us.
He stepped foot for the first time in the "Lower 48" at 17 y/o and shows no kinship whatsoever with the average joe.
The dupes who voted for him and still support him do solely as a result of racial kinship, racial white guilt, or simply blind partisan nonsense.
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i thought that response should have been a name and a number...i didnt read this bullshit you posted...i thought it should be president=____________ and UE was ________________
double bump
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What the idiots supporting obama simply cant grasp is that Reagan loved the nation and represented and communicated what most americans feel deep down inside.
Obama is the exact opposite of that. He lied his way in to office, appeals to the worst elements of society, and hates this nation. He went on a world apology tour, always talks down business, always talks down the history of this country, abuses his authority, pushes an agenda most people are disgusted with, and just is not one of us.
He stepped foot for the first time in the "Lower 48" at 17 y/o and shows no kinship whatsoever with the average joe.
The dupes who voted for him and still support him do solely as a result of racial kinship, racial white guilt, or simply blind partisan nonsense.
Well how are they going to get to that point when everything is:
But, but, but Bush...
But, but, but Reagan...
And, then the sheer hypocrisy of calling you out for it is just icing on the cake. haha...maybe they're just getting nervous over the upcoming election? I think Chadstallion had a little quiver in his writing today...
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Well how are they going to get to that point when everything is:
But, but, but Bush...
But, but, but Reagan...
And, then the sheer hypocrisy of calling you out for it is just icing on the cake. haha...maybe they're just getting nervous over the upcoming election? I think Chadstallion had a little quiver in his writing today...
When regan had a low rating and UE was high...it was "blame carter"..hahahahahahahahaha
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The best part is that Reagan was a GIANT and did literally everything almost the opposite as to what obama is doing and now the left is trying to use approval rating to compasre to obama not acknowledging the fact that the nation approved where Reagan wanted to go whereas the nation is in utter revolt as to where obama wants to go.
And who the fuck is obama? Seriously - he is nothing more than a hack politician who won an election by 6 points in an election year tailor made for a Dem.
No one annointed this commie traitor King and people realize his horrific policies are a recipe for utter disaster and bankruptcy.
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Did Ragan bail out chrysler?
hahahahaahahahaha you=totally suck
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Again - economics aint your thing Mal. sorry bro - it just is not your strong suit. i'm sure you can dissect a frog or baby pig like no other - but when it comes to economics issues - bro - your just a few cards short of a full deck.
The GM bailout - is bust a small measure of the TRILLIONS in spending Obama has done with zero impact.
i can wait till 2012 when UE is stil 10% and the excuses you clowns make.
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Again - economics aint your thing Mal. sorry bro - it just is not your strong suit. i'm sure you can dissect a frog or baby pig like no other - but when it comes to economics issues - bro - your just a few cards short of a full deck.
The GM bailout - is bust a small measure of the TRILLIONS in spending Obama has done with zero impact.
i can wait till 2012 when UE is stil 10% and the excuses you clowns make.
OMG-What trillions...and what MAJOR things would you cut
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Ronald
Bailed out the Savings & Loan institutions to the tune of $150 billion during the 1987 crisis. (Almost $300 billion in today’s dollars.)
Moved Social Security off-budget in order to help hide the US deficit in government accounting.
Quadrupled the US debt from $700B to $3T. Yes, Mr. Conservative is responsible for a big chunk of the debt, and only the Bushes did more to increase it (Clinton, of course, created the first government surplus since Carter).
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Ronald
Bailed out the Savings & Loan institutions to the tune of $150 billion during the 1987 crisis. (Almost $300 billion in today’s dollars.)
Moved Social Security off-budget in order to help hide the US deficit in government accounting.
Quadrupled the US debt from $700B to $3T. Yes, Mr. Conservative is responsible for a big chunk of the debt, and only the Bushes did more to increase it (Clinton, of course, created the first government surplus since Carter).
You forgot to mention that Reagan single handily defeated the Soviet Union,turned an economy that was worse then the one Obama inherrited around,cut the income tax rate from 70% to 28% and dragged America out the malaise of the Carter years.
By the way,it was Clinton that had the surplus?I could have sworn that was the republicans in the congress that did that and CLINTON WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
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You forgot to mention that Reagan single handily defeated the Soviet Union,turned an economy that was worse then the one Obama inherrited around,cut the income tax rate from 70% to 28% and dragged America out the malaise of the Carter years.
By the way,it was Clinton that had the surplus?I could have sworn that was the republicans in the congress that did that and CLINTON WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
LMAO so by YOUR definition the Democrat led Congress accounted for the economic policies of Reagan Era and he went along for the ride
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LMAO so by YOUR definition the Democrat led Congress accounted for the economic policies of Reagan Era and he went along for the ride
Books are your friend Mal. Don't fight it.
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mal do you just say shit to piss off 3333?
or do you really believe the shit you say?
ive shown you time and time again how obama has put his agenda infront of the welfare of the US economy and its citizens...
do you agree or disagree with what ive shown you?
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mal do you just say shit to piss off 3333?
or do you really believe the shit you say?
ive shown you time and time again how obama has put his agenda infront of the welfare of the US economy and its citizens...
do you agree or disagree with what ive shown you?
My mission is by 2012 - to make Mal a right wing tea bagger.
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ok that went over your head...moving on...what was the UE in 1983....who was the president..
Why go so far?
Why don't you compare the current UE to the UE at anytime during the Bush presidency? Let me know if you are still laughing then.
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My mission is by 2012 - to make Mal a right wing tea bagger.
lol he went off and listed some thing he thinks obama has done right but then ignores the shit he intentionally did that hurt the economy?
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mal do you just say shit to piss off 3333?
or do you really believe the shit you say?
ive shown you time and time again how obama has put his agenda infront of the welfare of the US economy and its citizens...
do you agree or disagree with what ive shown you?
Na,,,its like this...3333 throws out these numbers with out telling the real story...3trillion dollrs to create 15 jobs..., I just cant stand by and let bullshit like that pass
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Na,,,its like this...3333 throws out these numbers with out telling the real story...3trillion dollrs to create 15 jobs..., I just cant stand by and let bullshit like that pass
Actually its 3 Trillion and we lost MILLIONS of jobs.
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Why go so far?
Why don't you compare the current UE to the UE at anytime during the Bush presidency? Let me know if you are still laughing then.
Bush got a surplus...i was comparing similar economic climates...bro...the big boys are talkin....go play in the sand box
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As for Reagan - talk to anyone who lived through the 80's. Reagan was a GIANT.
Sometimes. he did bottom out at a sad 35% approval rating in jan 1983. But his overall 8 years is why you define him as a giant. Obama probably won't be at 35% 2 years in, as Reagan was.... will history view Obama as a bigger giant than reagan?
Ronald Reagan
January 1983
35
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx
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Bush got a surplus...i was comparing similar economic climates...bro...the big boys are talkin....go play in the sand box
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More lies. Kazan has debunked that nosense so many times its not even funny.
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Bush got a surplus...i was comparing similar economic climates...bro...the big boys are talkin....go play in the sand box
You said UE. UE. You spend half your time blaming Bush for the CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE. So why not compare them?
Big boys? LOL. The only thing big on you are your bembas/lips. Like 333 says, stick to carving up dead people.
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Sometimes. he did bottom out at a sad 35% approval rating in jan 1983. But his overall 8 years is why you define him as a giant. Obama probably won't be at 35% 2 years in, as Reagan was.... will history view Obama as a bigger giant than reagan?
Ronald Reagan
January 1983
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx
3333s reply
Blacks vote obama
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Bush got a surplus...i was comparing similar economic climates...bro...the big boys are talkin....go play in the sand box
Not only that. A surplus has nothing to do with UE. That was supposedly regarding the government budget at the end of Clinton's administration. Not the national economy.
Maybe you can explain to us, genius, how the surplus affected the UE during Bush's presidency. I mean, seeing you are an MD or future MD and you believe that somehow that makes you an economic expert. Go ahead, charlatan. Habla con inteligencia, mamao.
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its obvious many dems will lose this time.
but 2 years from now, things really aren't looking that bad for obama. He's still at 46% approval. Reagan was 11 points lower, 2 years into his term. And in 1984, well...
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its obvious many dems will lose this time.
but 2 years for now, things really aren't looking that bad for obama. He's still at 46% approval. Reagan was 11 points lower, 2 years into his term. And in 1984, well...
Ha,ha,ha thats because Reagan cut taxes and once it worked the economy boomed.He got government out of the way.Obama puts up as many road blocks as he can in front of buisiness.The economy will still be in shit shape in two years.
Dont humiliate yourself and try to compare the little community organiser with a giant like Reagan,the man who dfeated the Soviet Union.
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it makes sense tho.
If the TV headline was "Obama's poll numbers haven't moved down in a year, and he's ten points ahead of reagan at this point", it wouldn't be big news.
But a headline like "Obama... lowest... rating... ever..." will certainly have conservatives reading with glee, and dems reading with fear. So it elicits the emotional response that media desires from its audience. More $, ratings.
And of course, drama queens will get all excited cause that's just what drama queens do. But this isn't a huge deal TBH.
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Ha,ha,ha thats because Reagan cut taxes and once it worked the economy boomed.He got government out of the way.Obama puts up as many road blocks as he can in front of buisiness.The economy will still be in shit shape in two years.
Your predictive powers don't exactly wow me. You held a funeral for healthcare bill, didn't you? Did ya strain your arm patting the repubs on the back for that 'victory'?
I think Obama will move centrist in years 3 and 4. So does rudy.
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I think Obama will move centrist in years 3 and 4. So does rudy.
He needs to or he will not see a second term. He needs to imitate the same man he despises. Bill Clinton. But, I don't know if he is as intelligent as Bill.
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Na,,,its like this...3333 throws out these numbers with out telling the real story...3trillion dollrs to create 15 jobs..., I just cant stand by and let bullshit like that pass
lol so you throw out bullshit of your own?
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lol so you throw out bullshit of your own?
What bull shit am i throwing out...the numbers cant be disputed...
Im just asking out of the 3 trillion...of which the largest chunk is Defense (which obama cant cut during war time) and then Social security (which you cant take away during those economic times because its not like their gonna get up and go back to work). The third one is Unemployment which is a result of the economic times.......dude that accounts for a huge chunk of the deficit and no one told me what theyll cut...oh 333 said he'll cut defense spending...yeah fuckin right
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What bull shit am i throwing out...the numbers cant be disputed...
Im just asking out of the 3 trillion...of which the largest chunk is Defense (which obama cant cut during war time) and then Social security (which you cant take away during those economic times because its not like their gonna get up and go back to work). The third one is Unemployment which is a result of the economic times.......dude that accounts for a huge chunk of the deficit and no one told me what theyll cut...oh 333 said he'll cut defense spending...yeah fuckin right
so he does one or two things that could have helped over all but got negated by the enormous amount of things that he has done to hurt the economy and thats a good thing?
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so he does one or two things that could have helped over all but got negated by the enormous amount of things that he has done to hurt the economy and thats a good thing?
I think he did things to stop the bleeding...thats it..im not under some thinking that what he did will make a utopic (sp?) society but had he done nothing it would have been worse...
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I think he did things to stop the bleeding...thats it..im not under some thinking that what he did will make a utopic (sp?) society but had he done nothing it would have been worse...
LOL he also stabbed us a number of times mal, do you not understand that?
you think that health care helped the economy, toying with letting tax cuts expire, finereg, cap/trade etc...?
you think those helped the economy?
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LOL he also stabbed us a number of times mal, do you not understand that?
you think that health care helped the economy, toying with letting tax cuts expire, finereg, cap/trade etc...?
you think those helped the economy?
But healthcare and tax cuts resctucturing is what he ran on
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But healthcare and tax cuts resctucturing is what he ran on
he also ran on getting the economy back in order...
you think its ok for him to do things that are detrimental the will create more uncertainty to analready unstable US economy simply b/c he ran on that?
again so you agree he put his agenda before the welfare of the US economy and its citizens and you dont have a problem with that?
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President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped more than 18 points since taking office to an all-time low of 44.7 percent, according to a new Gallup poll.
The results of the poll, released Thursday, average approval ratings from more than 90 thousand respondents during the third quarter of 2010, July 20 through October 19. Only three presidents since 1954—Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter—received lower marks in the seventh quarter of their presidencies.
More Americans also say they don't think Obama deserves a second term in office, 54 percent, to 39 percent who say the president should be reelected. Only 38 percent of respondents in a 1994 Gallup survey said they thought Clinton deserved a second term, but the president earned a decisive 49-point victory in the 1996 elections; former President George W. Bush enjoyed reelection support from 62 percent of respondents in a 2002 survey, before going on to his second term in 2004.
These numbers may tell more of a story than just the prospect of a second term. Seventh-quarter approval ratings in every president's term come just before critical midterm elections. Republicans made huge congressional gains on their "Contract With America" campaign in 1994, when Clinton's approval and reelect ratings were low. The GOP held steady under Bush in 2002's midterms.
Obama's low ratings are likely unwelcome news to Democrats, who are fighting to keep Republicans from winning the 39 House seats and 10 Senate seats needed to gain control of Congress.
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NEWSWEEK Poll: Obama Approval Rating Jumps, Democrats Close ‘Enthusiasm Gap’
As the president’s numbers climb sharply, results suggest that Democrats may be succeeding in firing up their base.
by David A. GrahamOctober 22, 2010
Jim Watson / AFP-Getty Images
(http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2010/10/22/poll-obama-approval-jumps-dems-more-fired-up/_jcr_content/body/image.img.jpg/1287794128874.jpg)
Obama feels the love at a Seattle rally for Sen. Patty Murray.
Despite doom-saying about Democrats’ chances in the midterms, the latest NEWSWEEK Poll (full results) shows that they remain in a close race with Republicans 12 days before Election Day, while the president’s approval ratings have climbed sharply. The poll finds that 48 percent of registered voters would be more likely to vote for Democrats, compared with 42 percent who lean Republican (those numbers are similar to those in the last NEWSWEEK Poll, which found Democrats favored 48 percent to 43 percent). President Obama’s approval ratings have jumped substantially, crossing the magic halfway threshold to 54 percent, up from 48 percent in late September, while the portion of respondents who disapprove of the president dropped to 40 percent, the lowest disapproval rating in a NEWSWEEK Poll since February 2010. However, his approval rating, which is notably higher than many recent polls of the president’s popularity, may be evidence of a closing “enthusiasm gap” more than a sea change in voter attitudes, and may not substantially affect Democrats’ fortunes come Election Day. In 1994, NEWSWEEK Polls showed a similar steep climb in President Clinton’s approval between late September and late October, but Democrats still suffered a rout in the midterms.
While two thirds (69 percent) of self-identified Republican voters say they’ve given a lot or some thought to the election, 62 percent of Democrats say they have. This result indicates that the difference in enthusiasm between Democratic and Republican voters may be less stark than some other polls have suggested. A small plurality of registered voters—48 to 43 percent—would prefer that Democrats keep control of Congress. (The poll’s margin of error is 4.3 percent.) The new survey also offers a morsel of evidence that Democrats’ strategy of gaining an edge among early voters might be succeeding. They hold a 10-point lead among those who have already voted, 52 points to 42, but because the sample only represents 92 voters out of the 1,005 polled, Hugick says more polling is necessary for a conclusive picture. Early voting—which has steadily gained popularity in recent years—is expected to have an impact on the election, with three in 10 voters expected to cast ballots before Nov. 2.
Pollster Larry Hugick says that while Republicans are still likely to come out on top on Nov. 2, the results of the new poll show it might not be the runaway domination some commenters have suggested. “The idea that the Democrats are just going to sit this one out doesn’t seem very likely,” he says. “While there’s no question that Republicans are going to pick up seats, the question is how many.”
One factor feeding excitement for the GOP: the Tea Party. A quarter of likely voters, 24 percent, say they support the movement, with 27 percent of likely voters opposing it. Among Tea Party supporters, two thirds identify as Republicans, but nine in 10 intend to vote for Republican candidates for Congress. Eighty-one percent of Tea Party backers oppose the bank bailouts, 90 percent oppose health-care reform, and 85 percent think the economic stimulus was bad for the country. Among the entire sample of voters, two thirds look unfavorably on the bailouts, but support and opposition for the stimulus and health-care reform are roughly equal and within the margin of error.
What You Missed: Midterm Elections in 7 Minutes Haven't been paying attention this election season? Here's everything you need to know in brief (Video: Jon Groat)
As in NEWSWEEK’s September poll, voters give Democrats higher marks for their handling of a range of issues, including the war in Afghanistan, health care, taxes, and unemployment. Republicans are favored on immigration and federal spending. Unsurprisingly, most voters remain focused on the economy, with 62 percent saying it’s the most important issue in deciding who they’ll vote for. Health care runs a distant second, with about one in four voters saying it’s a central concern. On economic issues, 41 percent say they are concerned about the economy as a whole, while unemployment and the federal deficit loom large for a quarter of voters each, and one voter in 10 says taxes are most important to them. In good news for Republicans, the GOP has pulled even on the question of which party is handling the economy better, after having lagged behind Democrats on that question in earlier polls: 43 percent of registered voters favor Democrats’ handling of economic issues, while 42 percent favor the GOP, well within the margin of error.
The current poll also measured voters’ attitudes on California’s Proposition 19 and marijuana legalization more generally, finding that a majority of respondents were opposed to the legalization of marijuana in their state (52 percent to 45 percent) and nationwide (52 percent to 44 percent). More than three quarters of those polled supported the legalization of marijuana for medical use for certain conditions, however, and 55 percent supported California’s recent move to downgrade the penalty for possession of an ounce of marijuana to a fine and no arrest record.
This poll was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on October 20–21, 2010. Telephone interviews were conducted with a nationally representative sample of 1,005 adults, age 18 years and over, including 672 adults reached on a landline telephone and 333 adults reached on a cell phone. The overall margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for results based on 1,005 adults. Results based on smaller subgroups are subject to larger margins of sampling error. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points for results based on 848 registered voters and plus or minus 4.3 percentage points for results based on 773 likely voters. In addition to sampling error, the practical difficulties of conducting surveys can also introduce error or bias to poll results.
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repubs will claim victory no matter what.
They win 5 seats, or they win 50, they'll claim it's a win.
They probably peaked 2 months ago, let's be honest. maybe longer. It's hard to time the peak on Nov 2nd.
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repubs will claim victory no matter what.
They win 5 seats, or they win 50, they'll claim it's a win.
They probably peaked 2 months ago, let's be honest. maybe longer. It's hard to time the peak on Nov 2nd.
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www.realclearpolitics.co m
Things are getting worse for the dems in house races by the day.
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Not surprised. I've talked to a lot of people about Obama and the overwhelming majority of them think he is doing a lousy job. Many of these people voted for him.
I don't think a comparison to Reagan or Clinton means much. Both were far better leaders. It is interesting to compare Obama's numbers with past presidents, but he simply has too many leadership flaws and a warped view on policy to recover the way Reagan and Clinton did IMO. He's Jimmy Carter, but worse.
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NEWSWEEK Poll: Obama Approval Rating Jumps, Democrats Close ‘Enthusiasm Gap’
As the president’s numbers climb sharply, results suggest that Democrats may be succeeding in firing up their base.
by David A. GrahamOctober 22, 2010
Jim Watson / AFP-Getty Images
(http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2010/10/22/poll-obama-approval-jumps-dems-more-fired-up/_jcr_content/body/image.img.jpg/1287794128874.jpg)
Obama feels the love at a Seattle rally for Sen. Patty Murray.
Despite doom-saying about Democrats’ chances in the midterms, the latest NEWSWEEK Poll (full results) shows that they remain in a close race with Republicans 12 days before Election Day, while the president’s approval ratings have climbed sharply. The poll finds that 48 percent of registered voters would be more likely to vote for Democrats, compared with 42 percent who lean Republican (those numbers are similar to those in the last NEWSWEEK Poll, which found Democrats favored 48 percent to 43 percent). President Obama’s approval ratings have jumped substantially, crossing the magic halfway threshold to 54 percent, up from 48 percent in late September, while the portion of respondents who disapprove of the president dropped to 40 percent, the lowest disapproval rating in a NEWSWEEK Poll since February 2010. However, his approval rating, which is notably higher than many recent polls of the president’s popularity, may be evidence of a closing “enthusiasm gap” more than a sea change in voter attitudes, and may not substantially affect Democrats’ fortunes come Election Day. In 1994, NEWSWEEK Polls showed a similar steep climb in President Clinton’s approval between late September and late October, but Democrats still suffered a rout in the midterms.
While two thirds (69 percent) of self-identified Republican voters say they’ve given a lot or some thought to the election, 62 percent of Democrats say they have. This result indicates that the difference in enthusiasm between Democratic and Republican voters may be less stark than some other polls have suggested. A small plurality of registered voters—48 to 43 percent—would prefer that Democrats keep control of Congress. (The poll’s margin of error is 4.3 percent.) The new survey also offers a morsel of evidence that Democrats’ strategy of gaining an edge among early voters might be succeeding. They hold a 10-point lead among those who have already voted, 52 points to 42, but because the sample only represents 92 voters out of the 1,005 polled, Hugick says more polling is necessary for a conclusive picture. Early voting—which has steadily gained popularity in recent years—is expected to have an impact on the election, with three in 10 voters expected to cast ballots before Nov. 2.
Pollster Larry Hugick says that while Republicans are still likely to come out on top on Nov. 2, the results of the new poll show it might not be the runaway domination some commenters have suggested. “The idea that the Democrats are just going to sit this one out doesn’t seem very likely,” he says. “While there’s no question that Republicans are going to pick up seats, the question is how many.”
One factor feeding excitement for the GOP: the Tea Party. A quarter of likely voters, 24 percent, say they support the movement, with 27 percent of likely voters opposing it. Among Tea Party supporters, two thirds identify as Republicans, but nine in 10 intend to vote for Republican candidates for Congress. Eighty-one percent of Tea Party backers oppose the bank bailouts, 90 percent oppose health-care reform, and 85 percent think the economic stimulus was bad for the country. Among the entire sample of voters, two thirds look unfavorably on the bailouts, but support and opposition for the stimulus and health-care reform are roughly equal and within the margin of error.
What You Missed: Midterm Elections in 7 Minutes Haven't been paying attention this election season? Here's everything you need to know in brief (Video: Jon Groat)
As in NEWSWEEK’s September poll, voters give Democrats higher marks for their handling of a range of issues, including the war in Afghanistan, health care, taxes, and unemployment. Republicans are favored on immigration and federal spending. Unsurprisingly, most voters remain focused on the economy, with 62 percent saying it’s the most important issue in deciding who they’ll vote for. Health care runs a distant second, with about one in four voters saying it’s a central concern. On economic issues, 41 percent say they are concerned about the economy as a whole, while unemployment and the federal deficit loom large for a quarter of voters each, and one voter in 10 says taxes are most important to them. In good news for Republicans, the GOP has pulled even on the question of which party is handling the economy better, after having lagged behind Democrats on that question in earlier polls: 43 percent of registered voters favor Democrats’ handling of economic issues, while 42 percent favor the GOP, well within the margin of error.
The current poll also measured voters’ attitudes on California’s Proposition 19 and marijuana legalization more generally, finding that a majority of respondents were opposed to the legalization of marijuana in their state (52 percent to 45 percent) and nationwide (52 percent to 44 percent). More than three quarters of those polled supported the legalization of marijuana for medical use for certain conditions, however, and 55 percent supported California’s recent move to downgrade the penalty for possession of an ounce of marijuana to a fine and no arrest record.
This poll was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on October 20–21, 2010. Telephone interviews were conducted with a nationally representative sample of 1,005 adults, age 18 years and over, including 672 adults reached on a landline telephone and 333 adults reached on a cell phone. The overall margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for results based on 1,005 adults. Results based on smaller subgroups are subject to larger margins of sampling error. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points for results based on 848 registered voters and plus or minus 4.3 percentage points for results based on 773 likely voters. In addition to sampling error, the practical difficulties of conducting surveys can also introduce error or bias to poll results.
So, one magazine (which recently got sold for a BUCK) has Obama jumping to 54% approval, when he's been at the low-to-mid 40s for MONTHS?
No, this isn't a slanted poll at all. ::)
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President Obama Heads into Midterms at Lowest Approval Rating of Presidency (UNDER 40: 37%)
Harris Interactive ^ | Monday, Ocotber 25, 2010
President Obama is spending the next week crisscrossing the country in support of Democratic candidates before this year's midterm elections. While the president may do a great job of energizing the base, he may not be able to convert any Independents who have yet to decide for whom they will vote. Currently, two-thirds of Americans (67%) have a negative opinion of the job President Obama is doing while just over one-third (37%) have a positive opinion. This continues the president's downward trend and he is now at the lowest job approval rating of his presidency.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 3,084 adults surveyed online between October 11 and 18, 2010 by Harris Interactive.
It's perhaps not surprising that nine in ten Republicans (90%) and Conservatives (89%) give the job the president is doing negative ratings. What may be surprising is that one-third of Democrats (34%) and Liberals (33%) also give him negative ratings, as do seven in ten Independents (70%) and six in ten Moderates (60%).
Americans who give the president the highest positive ratings are those with a post-graduate education (48%), a college education (47%), and those living in the West (42%). On the other end of the spectrum, almost three-quarters of those with a high school education or less (72%) and two thirds of Midwesterners (66%) and Southerners (66%) give the President negative marks on his overall job.
While the president is at a low point, there is a political body with ratings much lower than his. Just one in ten Americans (11%) give Congress positive ratings on the job they are doing while nine in ten (89%) give them negative marks. While Congress may be under Democratic control, even four in five Democrats (81%) give them negative ratings.
Part of this negativity may have to do with the way Americans believe the country as a whole is going. Just one-third of U.S. adults (34%) say the country is going in the right direction while two-thirds (66%) say it is going off on the wrong track. While not close to the low it was before the 2008 election (11% said things were going in the right direction), this is one of the lower points of this year.
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Ha,ha,ha thats because Reagan cut taxes and once it worked the economy boomed.He got government out of the way.Obama puts up as many road blocks as he can in front of buisiness.The economy will still be in shit shape in two years.
Dont humiliate yourself and try to compare the little community organiser with a giant like Reagan,the man who dfeated the Soviet Union.
Reagan defeated the Soviets with deficit spending. He spent so much on US defense, the Soviets couldn't keep up. Bush, the Senior, was left with a recession and huge budget deficit, so bad that he had to take back his "read my lips, 'No, new taxes," quote, and increased taxes, losing him the election to Bill Clinton. Clinton was able to balance the budget and started to chip away at the deficit until Bush, the Junior, came along and screwed it up. (Whether Bill was forced to do it by Republican controlled congress or something else, is debatable.) If GWBush had kept with the deficit reduction plan, the US government would have been in much better shape when the current recession hit. The government would have been able to more easily use deficit spending to pull back the economy without putting us in the state we are now.
I don't disagree that Obama needs to do more to get us back on the deficit reduction trail. Don't know that reducing taxes across the board is the way to do it. Has to be a plan to reduce government expenses (including defense spending) with equitable taxation. (Can't pay down the deficit just with expense reductions. You got to have tax income coming it too.)
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Reagan defeated the Soviets with deficit spending. He spent so much on US defense, the Soviets couldn't keep up. Bush, the Senior, was left with a recession and huge budget deficit, so bad that he had to take back his "read my lips, 'No, new taxes," quote, and increased taxes, losing him the election to Bill Clinton. Clinton was able to balance the budget and started to chip away at the deficit until Bush, the Junior, came along and screwed it up. (Whether Bill was forced to do it by Republican controlled congress or something else, is debatable.) If GWBush had kept with the deficit reduction plan, the US government would have been in much better shape when the current recession hit. The government would have been able to more easily use deficit spending to pull back the economy without putting us in the state we are now.
I don't disagree that Obama needs to do more to get us back on the deficit reduction trail. Don't know that reducing taxes across the board is the way to do it. Has to be a plan to reduce government expenses (including defense spending) with equitable taxation. (Can't pay down the deficit just with expense reductions. You got to have tax income coming it too.)
9/11 happend remember?
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NEWSWEEK Poll: Obama Approval Rating Jumps, Democrats Close ‘Enthusiasm Gap’
Hey, loser. The poll that liberal idiots always point to is the Gallup poll. Who gives a rat's ass about Newsweek?
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Hey, loser. The poll that liberal idiots always point to is the Gallup poll. Who gives a rat's ass about Newsweek?
Go to RCP - things are getting worse for the Dems as the election nears.
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Go to RCP - things are getting worse for the Dems as the election nears.
Eversince you posted the URL for RCP, I have been going into that site almost everyday.
I posted the Gallup poll because earlier in the year the left wing nutjobs on this site kept mentioning it when citing Obama's high approval rate. NOW, that even the Gallup shows low approval for Obama, none of them mention it anymore.
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Eversince you posted the URL for RCP, I have been going into that site almost everyday.
I posted the Gallup poll because earlier in the year the left wing nutjobs on this site kept mentioning it when citing Obama's high approval rate. NOW, that even the Gallup shows low approval for Obama, none of them mention it anymore.
RCP is my favorite site by far.
I used to like politico and drudge, but RCP, RCM, and the sattelite sites are the best bar none. seriously - RCP is the first site I check in the morning. The poll data, the links to good articles, the updated info on key races, etc are awesome.
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9/11 happend remember?
Yeah, and then we spent billions taking on Hussein in Iraq, when objective should have been Osama in Afghanistan. Could have reduced defense dollars spent on overseas wars by at least half. Also, dept. of homeland security is a bloated mess. Why couldn't we have just created a smaller oversight group to coordinate homeland security between the CIA, FBI, Coast Guard, Border Patrol, local police, etc. instead of creating a whole new expensive administrative department?
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WOW
Gallup is saying we may see a multi generational shift in this election.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/144125/Republicans-Appear-Poised-Win-Big-Tuesday.aspx
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John Batchelor on WABC just said in NYC on 770 - along with a bunch of other pollsters that if gallups numbers are correct - the GOP will gain well over 70 seats in the house and 11 plus in the senate.
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:'(
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If the Republicans do win the House and gain enough seats in the Senate to have more parity, hopefully they won't squander this opportunity to turn the economy around. They need to stop Obama's stupidity.
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If the Republicans do win the House and gain enough seats in the Senate to have more parity, hopefully they won't squander this opportunity to turn the economy around. They need to stop Obama's stupidity.
Obama is going on americal Idol for an interview with seacrest - Ha ha ha ha ha has ! ! ! ! ! !
HOPE & CHANGE - BITCHES! ! !
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The man is not a president. He is a cartoon. A clown. Who is advising him?
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The man is not a president. He is a cartoon. A clown. Who is advising him?
The dolts who voted for him. He is a reflection of them.