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Knee padders unite. Defend this man. :D
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval sinks to new low
By Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor, NBC News
President Barack Obama’s approval rating has declined to an all-time low as public frustration with Washington and pessimism about the nation’s direction continue to grow, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Just 42 percent approve of the president’s job performance, which is down five points from earlier this month. By comparison, 51 percent disapprove of his job in office -- tied for his all-time high.
The NBC/WSJ pollsters argue that no single reason explains Obama’s lower poll standing. Rather, they attribute it to the accumulation of setbacks since the summer -- allegations of spying by the National Security Agency, the debate over Syria’s chemical weapons, the government shutdown and now intense scrutiny over the problems associated with the health care law’s federal website and its overall implementation.
Read the full poll here (.pdf)
Those events have combined to erase some of the advantage the president gained with polls showing most Americans blame congressional Republicans for the shutdown.
And for the first time in the survey, even Obama’s personal ratings are upside-down, with 41 percent viewing him a favorable light and 45 percent viewing him negatively.
“Personally and politically, the public’s assessment is two thumbs down,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff.
‘Mad as hell as we’re not going to take it anymore’
But that two-thumbs-down assessment also applies to almost every other politician measured in the poll. Consider:
The public’s view of the Republican Party has reached another all-time low in the survey, with 22 percent seeing the GOP in a positive light and 53 percent viewing it negatively;
House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell remain unpopular;
Sixty-three percent of voters want to replace their own member of Congress, which is the highest percentage ever recorded on this question that dates back to 1992;
Seventy-four percent believe Congress is contributing to problems in Washington rather than solving them;
Only 22 percent think the nation is headed in the right direction;
And half of respondents (50 percent) think it’s likely that there will be another government shutdown.
Peter King explains why the president needs to stand with the NSA.
GOP pollster McInturff says that if the previous NBC/WSJ poll -- conducted during the shutdown -- sent shock waves hitting the Republican Party, this new poll is sending shock waves hitting everyone else.
“It feels like we’re in a Howard Beale moment,” adds Hart, referring to an often-quoted line from the 1976 movie “Network.”
“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore,” Hart paraphrases from that movie.
Measuring the shutdown’s aftermath
And the American public is particularly mad -- at everyone -- after the government shutdown.
By a 41 percent-to-21 percent margin, respondents say they have a less favorable impression of President Obama after the shutdown rather than a more favorable one.
Ditto congressional Tea Party Republicans (45 percent to 12 percent) and congressional Republicans (53 percent to 9 percent).
Read the full poll here (.pdf)
Still, more Americans blame congressional Republicans for the shutdown (38 percent) than Obama (23 percent), while 36 percent say they blame both sides equally.
But the poll also shows that the political gains that Democrats made during the shutdown have eroded somewhat.
Democrats have a four-point advantage among voters, 45 percent to 41 percent, on which party should control Congress after next year’s midterm elections. Yet that’s down from the eight-point edge, 47 percent to 39 percent, they held in the last NBC/WSJ poll.
President Barack Obama addresses the issues facing healthcare.gov Wednesday during a speech at Boston's Faneuil Hall.
And measuring the health care rollout
In addition, the health care law is slightly less popular than it was earlier this month, according to the poll.
Thirty-seven percent see it as a good idea, versus 47 percent who see it as a bad idea. That’s down from the 38 percent good idea, 43 percent bad idea in the previous survey.
But the public is divided over whether the problems associated with the health-care law’s federal website are a short-term issue than can be solved, or a long-term issue that signals deeper troubles.
In the poll, 37 percent say that the website woes are a short-term technical problem that can be fixed, while 31 percent believe they point to a longer-term issue with the law’s design that can’t be corrected.
Another 30 percent think it’s too soon to say.
In a separate question, 40 percent say they are less confident about the health-care law from what they recently have seen, heard or read about it; 9 percent are more confident; and 50 percent say there has been no change.
As Hart puts it, “The sign-up problems have hurt the president personally rather than hurt the law.”
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Oct. 25-28 of 800 adults (including 240 cell phone-only respondents), and it has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/30/21252250-nbcwsj-poll-obama-approval-sinks-to-new-low?lite
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and this was before the lame, I didnt know the website didnt work and its the insurance companies who are cutting insurance plans bull shit
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I don't know why he even gives speeches anymore; the majority of Americans already know pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth is complete bullshit or some other form of deceptive politics.
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I don't know why he even gives speeches anymore; the majority of Americans already know pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth is complete bullshit or some other form of deceptive politics.
I don't know why people even vote. I'll sell my right to vote for a pack of gum.
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Down to 40 percent.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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He will catch bush's low, once he implements exec orders on amnesty, gun control, climate change, etc.
If only repubs had the nut sack to impeach. They dont.
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He will catch bush's low, once he implements exec orders on amnesty, gun control, climate change, etc.
If only repubs had the nut sack to impeach. They dont.
Yup more 240 impeachment bullshit.
acting like he is for it, so he has "credibility" to call reps pussies for not calling for it...
PS he already signed executive orders on gun control, if you were as pro gun as you say you would already know this.
it doesnt suprise me you dont though....
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Yup more 240 impeachment bullshit.
acting like he is for it, so he has "credibility" to call reps pussies for not calling for it...
PS he already signed executive orders on gun control, if you were as pro gun as you say you would already know this.
it doesnt suprise me you dont though....
Actually, the 2 exec orders you mentioned were GOOD things, tony.
The first order seeks to close a loophole, which allows felons and others who would be otherwise prohibited from owning firearms to bypass the law by registering their firearms with a trust or corporation.
The second order signed by Obama seeks to prohibit military-grade weapons from entering into America by keeping private entities from re-importing guns that the US previously sent to foreign allies.
See, personally, I'm okay if a felon can't buy guns by setting up a corporation and getting around the fact he's a felon that shouldn't have them.
And I'm personally okay with foreign nations not being allowed to export AKs we sent to other countries in years past to the USA.
So these examples are poor ones - they're good rules, actually. it'd be tough for you to argue, "Well, I'm thinking it's cool if a guy can murder someone, serve 20 years, then get out, set up some paperwork, and be allowed to buy 100 AKs we sent to Iraq 5 years ago."
I never said he's pro-gun, I actually said if repubs don't impeach, i'm certain in year 7 of his presidency, he will deliver a lot of dangerous exec orders.
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Actually, the 2 exec orders you mentioned were GOOD things, tony.
The first order seeks to close a loophole, which allows felons and others who would be otherwise prohibited from owning firearms to bypass the law by registering their firearms with a trust or corporation.
The second order signed by Obama seeks to prohibit military-grade weapons from entering into America by keeping private entities from re-importing guns that the US previously sent to foreign allies.
See, personally, I'm okay if a felon can't buy guns by setting up a corporation and getting around the fact he's a felon that shouldn't have them.
how many felons were doing this 240?
you know what else those trust did?
They allowed law abiding citizens to own class 3 articles, such as suppressers, short barrel rifles/shotguns, fully automatic weapons etc.
I know first hand as I have a NFA trust and I am a law abiding citizen whos rights are being pushed aside by this pos president and his supporters like yourself.
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how many felons were doing this 240?
If it is ONE, then it's enough to warrant the law. Felons shouldn't have guns. I don't care if it's 1, or 10, or ten thousand.
Now, i DO have a major problem if people can no longer get full auto stamps or the silencer thing because of this exec order. Do you have link to proof people can no longer get these 2 things because of this exec order? I haven' heard this.
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If it is ONE, then it's enough to warrant the law. Felons shouldn't have guns. I don't care if it's 1, or 10, or ten thousand.
Now, i DO have a major problem if people can no longer get full auto stamps or the silencer thing because of this exec order. Do you have link to proof people can no longer get these 2 things because of this exec order? I haven' heard this.
so one person exploiting a loophole is enough to trump millions of law abiding citizens rights?
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If it is ONE, then it's enough to warrant the law. Felons shouldn't have guns. I don't care if it's 1, or 10, or ten thousand.
Now, i DO have a major problem if people can no longer get full auto stamps or the silencer thing because of this exec order. Do you have link to proof people can no longer get these 2 things because of this exec order? I haven' heard this.
if you are no longer able to obtain these items under a NFA gun trust how else do you go about it?
you get the CLEO to sign off on your application, CLEO's have not been known for their fondness of this law and dont sign your application effectively banning these items.
Do some fucking research, your pro gun right? ::)
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if you are no longer able to obtain these items under a NFA gun trust how else do you go about it?
you get the CLEO to sign off on your application, CLEO's have not been known for their fondness of this law and dont sign your application effectively banning these items.
Do some fucking research, your pro gun right? ::)
LOL... you do it as an individual. The trust is only one of THREE ways a person can get a silencer--- trust (as you chose), corporation, or as an individual.
Details here:
http://www.silencershop.com/support/how-to-buy-a-silencer
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LOL... you do it as an individual. The trust is only one of THREE ways a person can get a silencer--- trust (as you chose), corporation, or as an individual.
Details here:
http://www.silencershop.com/support/how-to-buy-a-silencer
and AGAIN YOU MORONIC FUCKTARD!!!
"ii.Requires signature from chief law-enforcement officer where you live"
guess what CLEO stands for?
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN OFF?
Why do you think ppl used the NFA gun trusts?
Fuking uneducated, ignorant moronic fuck
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http://news.yahoo.com/obama-and-bush-poll-numbers-nearly-identical-five-years-into-presidency-214919924.html
LOL!!!!!!
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So I guess now all the Repubs on this board will never again object when Bush is brought up in comparison to Obama
Right?
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So I guess now all the Repubs on this board will never again object when Bush is brought up in comparison to Obama
Right?
Who has? W sucked!!! Jorge Arbusto El Segundo was a complete disaster for the GOP
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Who has? W sucked!!! Jorge Arbusto El Segundo was a complete disaster for the GOP
DISAGREE!
First off, Bush did something 200 years' of presidents couldn't do - make pre-emptive war acceptable... and repubs LOVE some war!
Bush gave the big middle finger to Kyoto and Al Gore.
Bush sent OBL on the run and ousted Sadaam.
Bush set up bases all over middle east to replace saudis kicking us out.
No child left behind - MAJOR win for repubs.
SCOTUS Roberts and Alito, both under 60 and likely to run that place for the next 25-30 years.
Bush made torture cool, acceptable, embraced.
If you're a republican, you look at 8 years of Bush and you CELEBRATE! Who cares what his exit polls were... they had a VERY fruitful 8 years for their goals - particularly when you realize he scraped into office by 1 state each time.
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and AGAIN YOU MORONIC FUCKTARD!!!
"ii.Requires signature from chief law-enforcement officer where you live"
guess what CLEO stands for?
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN OFF?
Why do you think ppl used the NFA gun trusts?
Fuking uneducated, ignorant moronic fuck
You just going to gloss over this mr. If it's true I'll be upset?
For you to call yourself progun or conservative is fucking laughable
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You just going to gloss over this mr. If it's true I'll be upset?
For you to call yourself progun or conservative is fucking laughable
I've never met a person using a phrase like "Fuking uneducated, ignorant moronic fuck" that I wanted to keep talking to.
I mean seriously, if you want to have a conversation, talk to people differently man.
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so one person exploiting a loophole is enough to trump millions of law abiding citizens rights?
It is in the minds of liberals.
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http://news.yahoo.com/obama-and-bush-poll-numbers-nearly-identical-five-years-into-presidency-214919924.html
LOL!!!!!!
Doh! lol That's hilarious. This president is a failure.
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Doh! lol That's hilarious. This president is a failure.
Anyone w a clue know in 2007 Obama was a lying sack of garbage.
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Anyone w a clue know in 2007 Obama was a lying sack of garbage.
There is no question he is dishonest, but Obamabots don't care.
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There is no question he is dishonest, but Obamabots don't care.
Liberals love their dishonest creeps they worship. Its a badge of success for the average liberal how much dishonesty they can get away with.
Obama is a radical communist muslim who practices Taquiya - none of his behaviors should be surprising.
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I've never met a person using a phrase like "Fuking uneducated, ignorant moronic fuck" that I wanted to keep talking to.
I mean seriously, if you want to have a conversation, talk to people differently man.
hahaha whatever fucktard, hopefully youve at least learned youre not progun or a conservative now.
tell us how pissed off you are they are calling for impeachment though, youre really pulling the wool over our eyes hoss
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hahaha whatever fucktard, hopefully youve at least learned youre not progun or a conservative now.
tell us how pissed off you are they are calling for impeachment though, youre really pulling the wool over our eyes hoss
Ok, I change my mind. Tony! Toni! Toné!, you are not just immature. You sorry-ass misfit, you are unhinged.
Hey freak, seriously, why are you here? Don't the judo boards have political sub-forums or what? Getbig is not primarily a political discussion board and since you seem to have little interest in bodybuilding or steroid use, why are you here? Is it because like the simpleton you are, you once saw the name "Getbig" and said to yourself, "D'oh, I want to get big so I'll go there?" Quit being dumb. The internet is a big place and surely you can either fight with others more or get along with others more somewhere else.
C'mon, tell us what brings you here. I'll even lead by example here tell you what brought me: I'm here because of a guy I worked with who ended up winning his weight class (and the overall, too, I think) at the Natural Mr. California -- the ONLY guy in my company who weight-trained at all, I think (including me cuz I was on a 5-year break from training to focus on my career -- and to deal with a horrible bitch I was living with, lol). We used to talk pro-bodybuilding when we worked together. I mentioned that I had once trained legs with Nasser* when I was stationed in Augsburg, Germany at this gym in town that was owned by a Mr. Olympia judge (Robert something-or-other) and thought he was a cool guy. Sometime later, my friend from work emailed me a link to a getbig forum post that had excerpts from a really long interview with Nasser -- I think it was the one where he talked about Kovacs and the shit towels. So, my interest in getbig was piqued because I loved the cynical, no-bullshit way guys were completely honest about the role that hormones played in bodybuilding (in stark contrast with sites like bodybuilding.com and even better than testosterone.net). Truth to be told, reading getbig got me interested in training again -- especially when I got clued into the whole internet mail-order "supplement" thang. (Like lots of guys who were into bodybuilding in the 80's and 90's, supplement procurement was a big freaking headache back then -- It was not uncommon to lose money and friends over the shenanigans of guys you shouldn't have ever trusted in the first place.) Anyway, I lurked here for a long time and only fairly recently have I been posting a lot. Truth is, my job is slow right now and I'm waiting for a transfer back to my home state of CA (finally!). After that happens, I won't have much time to come here, though. I'm sure you'll miss me, right?
TL,DR: I trained (and juiced) as a bodybuilder in the 80's and 90's and started training at least semi-seriously after finding this site in about 2007. That's why I'm here. How about you?
*RE: Nasser: I thought he was a really cool and smart guy. This was in about '85 or '86 and I think Nasser was only about 19 or 20. I know he was a university student and did not see him at the gym much. He introduced himself to me because he'd heard that I was a foreign language guy (at that time I was in the army as a 98G Russian Voice Interceptor) and he knew like 4 languages or something. By the way, I squatted more weight than him that one time we trained together. Even then he had that sort of soft way of talking. I can hear him saying, "<RRKore>, you ah like an an-i-mal!" LOL. He said that because at that time I'd always wear my army boots to squat and kind of bark like a dog before really heavy sets (I learned this ridiculous practice from "Mercury" Morris Claiborne -- who won the bantam or maybe lightweight class at the Mr. Universe/Mr. International a couple of years -- His theory was that thinking too much about what you were doing on a really heavy set of legs was wrong -- Instead you should act like an animal that's trying to, say, pull it's way out of a trap; The animal isn't thinking, "Ooooh, I might tear a muscle", it's just thinking PULL!!!!! while trying as hard as possible.)
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^^^^
HAHAHAHA holy fuck!!!
Someone should take a screen shot of this retards meltdown lmfao
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HAHAHAHA holy fuck!!!
Someone should take a screen shot of this retards meltdown lmfao
Is that really a "meltdown" to you? Get real, chump.
Was my post an example of bloviation?: Yeah, probably. This one will be long, too. But a meltdown?: No. -- Where do you see all-caps and excessive exclamation marks? In my admittedly long post or in your poorly-worded quote above?
Naw, apparently even slang words don't have defined meanings in your world, do they? Seek help, ya pissy pantywaist.
Now I realize that you've pretty much made a cottage industry out of not answering direct questions, but I'll try again anyway:
Why are you here? What brings you to getbig since it seems like you have little in common with most everyone here?
(Do you even train at all anymore?) Is it that you like to try to antagonize hormonized guys with different political views because you think you'll have some advantage when arguing because they'll be prone to emotional outbursts? If so, it must suck for you when it's regularly made clear that most of these guys, though hormonized, are able to calmly and logically articulate their views while demonstrating that they're just plain smarter than you, right?
BTW, why would anyone need to take a screenshot? I'm not going to edit or delete that post. Why should I? I'm kinda long-winded but no matter what opinion of me people might take, I don't lie about who I am. Being embarrassed about yourself and lying is your gig, Mr. National Judo champ who won't even answer any basic judo questions.
Your responses to questions from members here where you say (basically) "Do a search and look it up cuz I've answered that before" really just means "I can't remember all my lies I've told here and I'm afraid I'll contradict myself so go find the your answer in the original lie I posted a long time ago." Pretty pathetic, faux judo boy.
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51% of people are racist. Sad that in this day and age the percentage is that high
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Is that really a "meltdown" to you? Get real, chump.
Was my post an example of bloviation?: Yeah, probably. This one will be long, too. But a meltdown?: No. -- Where do you see all-caps and excessive exclamation marks? In my admittedly long post or in your poorly-worded quote above?
Naw, apparently even slang words don't have defined meanings in your world, do they? Seek help, ya pissy pantywaist.
Now I realize that you've pretty much made a cottage industry out of not answering direct questions, but I'll try again anyway:
Why are you here? What brings you to getbig since it seems like you have little in common with most everyone here?
(Do you even train at all anymore?) Is it that you like to try to antagonize hormonized guys with different political views because you think you'll have some advantage when arguing because they'll be prone to emotional outbursts? If so, it must suck for you when it's regularly made clear that most of these guys, though hormonized, are able to calmly and logically articulate their views while demonstrating that they're just plain smarter than you, right?
BTW, why would anyone need to take a screenshot? I'm not going to edit or delete that post. Why should I? I'm kinda long-winded but no matter what opinion of me people might take, I don't lie about who I am. Being embarrassed about yourself and lying is your gig, Mr. National Judo champ who won't even answer any basic judo questions.
Your responses to questions from members here where you say (basically) "Do a search and look it up cuz I've answered that before" really just means "I can't remember all my lies I've told here and I'm afraid I'll contradict myself so go find the your answer in the original lie I posted a long time ago." Pretty pathetic, faux judo boy.
Meltdown
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Meltdown
Seriously? Why? Too many words? Too much name-calling? Because we don't agree politically? Maybe I don't understand what "meltdown" means, then. I always thought it meant a post when someone shows they're very angry. And I'm sincerely not angry, just long-winded. (And I have a lot of time on my hands, obviously.)
This has nothing to do with his political beliefs but Tony acts like a dumb dick and a liar. Just because I'm not shy about saying that doesn't mean I'm angry. That would just be silly -- The internet world is, after all, full of fools.
BTW, I don't sling insults unless someone insults me first. And even then, it doesn't mean I'll insult them -- especially not if I think it's likely I'm being trolled, know what I mean? ;)
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Seriously? Why? Too many words? Too much name-calling? Because we don't agree politically? Maybe I don't understand what "meltdown" means, then. I always thought it meant a post when someone shows they're very angry. And I'm sincerely not angry, just long-winded. (And I have a lot of time on my hands, obviously.)
This has nothing to do with his political beliefs but Tony acts like a dumb dick and a liar. Just because I'm not shy about saying that doesn't mean I'm angry. That would just be silly -- The internet world is, after all, full of fools.
BTW, I don't sling insults unless someone insults me first. And even then, it doesn't mean I'll insult them -- especially not if I think it's likely I'm being trolled, know what I mean? ;)
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Meltdown
:D
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Meltdown
Aaaaaarrrggghhh!!!
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Down to 37 percent?
CBS News: 61 Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of Obamacare
November 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (CBS DC/AP) — A majority of Americans are not pleased with the job President Barack Obama has been doing.
A new CBS News poll finds that Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to 37 percent, a nine-point drop from his 46 percent rating in October. His disapproval rating is at the highest CBS News Polls have indicated, climbing to 57 percent.
The faulty Affordable Care Act rollout hasn’t helped matters as only 31 percent of Americans now approve of Obamacare, indicating a drop of 12 points since last month. It’s the lowest number recorded by CBS News Polls for the favorability of the law. A staggering 61 percent disapprove of the law.
Only 7 percent of Americans believe the law is working well and should be kept in place while one in 10 Americans believe the health care exchange sign-ups have been going well. Conversely, CBS News Polls found that two-thirds don’t believe enrolling for Obamacare is going well.
A majority of Americans also don’t believe the government will be able to fix the faulty HealthCare.gov website. Almost two-thirds believe the website will be fixed by the Dec. 1 deadline set by the administration, compared to 34 percent of people who believe it will be.
Last week, federal health officials revealed that just 26,794 people enrolled for health insurance through the federal website during the first, flawed month of operations, and a total of 106,000 nationwide — a small fraction of what they had projected.
Obama has apologized for the faulty rollout and for the millions of Americans who are losing their coverage due to the law. A CBS News analysis found that nearly 5 million Americans will lose their current health plan due to Obamacare.
In the wake of growing criticism over the cancellations, Obama tried to make good on a previous promise, saying those who like their insurance can keep it for one more year. However, the ultimate decision still lies with insurers and state insurance commissioners.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/11/20/cbs-news-61-percent-of-americans-disapprove-of-obamacare/
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Obama’s Average Approval Now Equals Nixon’s
by KEITH KOFFLER on NOVEMBER 22, 2013
At just under 50 percent, President Obama’s average approval rating for his presidency is exactly the same as Richard Nixon’s, according to Gallup.
Obama has seen his approval numbers plummet as the public discovers the falsehoods he used to sell Obamacare and witnesses the incompetence of the Obamacare rollout. His Gallup approval was at just 40 percent as of Thursday, while a CBS News poll this week gave him just 37 percent.
His Gallup average since Inauguration day is exactly 49 percent, the same as Nixon’s during a term that lasted from January 1969 until he resigned in August 1974.
NixonObama has not yet descended to the lows of Nixon’s final months in office, when the disgraced president was at 24 percent – Obama’s low is 38 percent – but his long record of below-50 percent approval has put him in Nixon’s overall class.
In fact, only three presidents in modern presidential history – Harry Truman, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter – have had average ratings below that of Obama.
Obama is just below the president he has often blamed for his problems, George W. Bush, whose average was 49.4 percent. The average for U.S. presidents since 1938 has been 54 percent.
The highest average approval rating belongs to John F. Kennedy, who was murdered 50 years ago today. His average for his nearly three years in office was 70.1 percent.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/11/22/obamas-average-approval-equals-nixons/
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At this point his approval ratings are meaningless. He could careless if his ratings are 65% or 25%. If he doesn't listen to what people want or what they disapprove of, why should he care? He's already a lame duck, you can make the argument he was a lame duck president long before the end of his second term.
His purpose of this presidency (and he was NEVER qualified to be president in the first place regardless if he were a citizen or not) was to destroy this country. He destroyed his section Chicago and you naive lefties voted for him for whatever he pretends to do now.
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If it were not for the minorities on welfare - he would be at 5% at best
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If it were not for the minorities on welfare - he would be at 5% at best
Probably still be at least 25% when you factor in the white hating white yuppie liberal types.
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At this point his approval ratings are meaningless. He could careless if his ratings are 65% or 25%. If he doesn't listen to what people want or what they disapprove of, why should he care? He's already a lame duck, you can make the argument he was a lame duck president long before the end of his second term.
His purpose of this presidency (and he was NEVER qualified to be president in the first place regardless if he were a citizen or not) was to destroy this country. He destroyed his section Chicago and you naive lefties voted for him for whatever he pretends to do now.
correct. People keep calling him a failure - and yes, if his goal was to "save america", then yes, he failed.
However, since his goal is to fulfill a crazy marxist liberal agenda, I'd say he's doing pretty well on it.
Congress can clip his balls all they want - as long as he's lame duck and not giving a shit about poll numbers, he'll unleash a ton of liberal exec orders on america, probably in 2015 once mid term elections are done, and before the prez race.
EVERY president has better numbers a few years after leaving office. Yes, even nixon, even carter. Obama could care less about "what people think". He wants liberal results, and as long as repubs are too wimpy to impeach, he will get them.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-2014-congressional-ballot-obamacare-gop-democrats-2013-11
2010 all over again.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-2014-congressional-ballot-obamacare-gop-democrats-2013-11
2010 all over again.
If he loses the Senate in 2014 then basically the democrats and republicans will be holding him by his little hand and telling him what to do.
He will have zero influence and power at that point.
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If he loses the Senate in 2014 then basically the democrats and republicans will be holding him by his little hand and telling him what to do.
He will have zero influence and power at that point.
I would love to see the GOP take back the Senate and pass a repeal of ObamaCare w 51 votes and then Obama forced to veto it and see that going into 2016.
Will be a complete wipeout of the communist left
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If he loses the Senate in 2014 then basically the democrats and republicans will be holding him by his little hand and telling him what to do.
He will have zero influence and power at that point.
One could only hope.
But it is an uphill battle when most of the population is made up of homos, of idiots who don't want to work and think it is their right to be supported by the state, of women who allow themselves to be manipulated emotionally, of illegal immigrants who demand amnesty while not earning it legally, of young people who have no real life experience, they have nothing but the musings of communist college professors, and of racist blacks.
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I would love to see the GOP take back the Senate and pass a repeal of ObamaCare w 51 votes and then Obama forced to veto it and see that going into 2016.
Will be a complete wipeout of the communist left
won't Obama have "collapsed" the country before that happens and then install himself as dictator for life?
isn't that the scenario you've spent hundreds if not thousands of hours of your life trying to convince everyone on this board would happen?
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won't Obama have "collapsed" the country before that happens and then install himself as dictator for life?
isn't that the scenario you've spent hundreds if not thousands of hours of your life trying to convince everyone on this board would happen?
What else do you call 80 million losing insurance due to CommieCare?
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What else do you call 80 million losing insurance due to CommieCare?
I don't call that collapsing the nation
btw - 80 million have not lost their medical insurance
I know the "right wing media" is saying that "might" happen but it actually hasn't happened
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I don't call that collapsing the nation
btw - 80 million have not lost their medical insurance
I know the "right wing media" is saying that "might" happen but it actually hasn't happened
Again you stupid FUCK - why else did that communist Kenyan maggot extend the employer mandate that they themselves estimated will cost 80-100 million their policies?
Look it up moron.
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Again you stupid FUCK - why else did that communist Kenyan maggot extend the employer mandate that they themselves estimated will cost 80-100 million their policies?
Look it up moron.
try paying attention
If it happens I don't consider that to be "collapsing the nation"
Collapsing the nation would look more like the last 6 months of 2008 when millions were losing their jobs, their home, their life savings
Having to get new health insurance is hardly comparable (except to idiots such as yourself who piss and moan about everything and anything)
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try paying attention
If it happens I don't consider that to be "collapsing the nation"
Collapsing the nation would look more like the last 6 months of 2008 when millions were losing their jobs, their home, their life savings
Having to get new health insurance is hardly comparable (except to idiots such as yourself who piss and moan about everything and anything)
LOL!!!!
And Bush is to fault for that WHY?
Obama / Sebellius wrote the regulations in 2010 cancelling peoples' policies. Big difference moron.
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LOL!!!!
And Bush is to fault for that WHY?
Obama / Sebellius wrote the regulations in 2010 cancelling peoples' policies. Big difference moron.
Did I mention Bush
Obviously the near collapse of the global credit markets along with millions losing their jobs, homes, life savings ec.. was all Senator Obama's fault
He's a cunning bastard
again, TRY TO PAY ATTENTION
having your insurance cancelled (something that happened all the time before the ACA) is not the end of the world
you go out and get new insurance and sometimes it's even better
hardly the collapse of the nation but then if your mind has already collapsed then everything looks like a disaster
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No it didn't happen all the time - more lies from the communist left to justify THUGCARE
Did I mention Bush
Obviously the near collapse of the global credit markets along with millions losing their jobs, homes, life savings ec.. was all Senator Obama's fault
He's a cunning bastard
again, TRY TO PAY ATTENTION
having your insurance cancelled (something that happened all the time before the ACA) is not the end of the world
you go out and get new insurance and sometimes it's even better
hardly the collapse of the nation but then if your mind has already collapsed then everything looks like a disaster
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No it didn't happen all the time - more lies from the communist left to justify THUGCARE
of course it did
you also need to keep in mind that most people are not as much of a pussy crybaby as you are
most adults can roll with shit like this without pretending it's the end of the world
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of course it did
you also need to keep in mind that most people are not as much of a pussy crybaby as you are
most adults can roll with shit like this without pretending it's the end of the world
Bullshit - millions are getting massive price hikes due to this shit and the best you leftist tyrants can do is make excuses? Move to nk or cuba
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Bullshit - millions are getting massive price hikes due to this shit and the best you leftist tyrants can do is make excuses? Move to nk or cuba
some are and some aren't
again, I don't expect a perpetual crybaby like yourself to do anything else but cry all the time
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Poll: Obama Job Satisfaction Hits New Rock Bottom
Wednesday, 27 Nov 2013
By Courtney Coren
President Barack Obama's job-approval rating has hit a new rock bottom — in a state that is vital in national elections.
Quinnipiac University's poll in bellwether Ohio gives him the lowest rating the university's polling institute has ever found.
According to the survey released Wednesday, Obama is underwater by 27 points in Ohio, which has picked the president in every election since 1964 and has been within 2 percent of the national vote since 1996.
He has a negative job-performance rating of 34 percent to 61 percent among registered voters, 10 points worse than the last time Quinnipiac asked the same question in June. Then, his rating was 36 percent to 59 percent.
His previous-worst polling was last week in Colorado, with a negative 36 percent to 59 percent.
"Clearly much of the reason for the president's decline in Ohio is 'Obamacare,' said Peter Brown, assistant director of Quinnipiac's Polling Institute. "Ohio voters oppose the Affordable Care Act 59-35 percent. Perhaps more significantly, voters say 45-16 percent they expect their own healthcare to be worse rather than better a year from now."
This new low is telling, as Quinnipiac generally does not poll in dyed-in-the-wool red states. Instead it concentrates its surveys in nine blue and swing states — Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The figures look even worse for Obama when broken down.
Among Republican voters, just 3 percent say they are happy with his job performance, with 96 percent dissatisfied. Independents also give him a massive thumbs down, 30 percent to 64 percent. Democrats approve of Obama 69 percent to 25 percent.
When it comes to the president's honesty and trustworthiness, 57 percent to 39 percent of Ohioans do not believe or trust Obama.
"President Barack Obama's popularity is at a record low in Ohio, and the first time his approval rating has fallen below 40 percent in the state," said Brown. "This is a state considered to be a national bellwether, where he got 51 percent of the vote just 12 months ago."
And it is clearly Obamacare and its disastrous rollout that is to blame, says Brown. Ohio voters oppose the provisions of the Affordable Care Act by 59 percent to 35 percent.
"Perhaps more significantly, voters say 45-16 percent they expect their own healthcare to be worse rather than better a year from now," he said.
"If voters still feel that way about their own situation come November 2014, that is likely to create a political playing field beneficial for Republicans," Brown added.
The Quinnipiac poll also asked Ohio voters how they would vote if a presidential election were held today.
Likely Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton defeats all likely Republicans, although New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is within 1 percentage point at 42 percent for Clinton and 41 percent for Christie.
Among other possible candidates, Clinton beats Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 49 percent to38 percent; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, 50 percent to 37 percent; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, 48 percent to 39 percent; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, 50 percent to 40 percent; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, 49 percent to 41 percent; and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 50 percent to 35 percent.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Quinnipiac-Ohio-rock-bottom/2013/11/27/id/538954#ixzz2lrvE3P9C
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Poll: Obama Job Satisfaction Hits New Rock Bottom
Wednesday, 27 Nov 2013
By Courtney Coren
President Barack Obama's job-approval rating has hit a new rock bottom — in a state that is vital in national elections.
Quinnipiac University's poll in bellwether Ohio gives him the lowest rating the university's polling institute has ever found.
According to the survey released Wednesday, Obama is underwater by 27 points in Ohio, which has picked the president in every election since 1964 and has been within 2 percent of the national vote since 1996.
He has a negative job-performance rating of 34 percent to 61 percent among registered voters, 10 points worse than the last time Quinnipiac asked the same question in June. Then, his rating was 36 percent to 59 percent.
His previous-worst polling was last week in Colorado, with a negative 36 percent to 59 percent.
"Clearly much of the reason for the president's decline in Ohio is 'Obamacare,' said Peter Brown, assistant director of Quinnipiac's Polling Institute. "Ohio voters oppose the Affordable Care Act 59-35 percent. Perhaps more significantly, voters say 45-16 percent they expect their own healthcare to be worse rather than better a year from now."
This new low is telling, as Quinnipiac generally does not poll in dyed-in-the-wool red states. Instead it concentrates its surveys in nine blue and swing states — Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The figures look even worse for Obama when broken down.
Among Republican voters, just 3 percent say they are happy with his job performance, with 96 percent dissatisfied. Independents also give him a massive thumbs down, 30 percent to 64 percent. Democrats approve of Obama 69 percent to 25 percent.
When it comes to the president's honesty and trustworthiness, 57 percent to 39 percent of Ohioans do not believe or trust Obama.
"President Barack Obama's popularity is at a record low in Ohio, and the first time his approval rating has fallen below 40 percent in the state," said Brown. "This is a state considered to be a national bellwether, where he got 51 percent of the vote just 12 months ago."
And it is clearly Obamacare and its disastrous rollout that is to blame, says Brown. Ohio voters oppose the provisions of the Affordable Care Act by 59 percent to 35 percent.
"Perhaps more significantly, voters say 45-16 percent they expect their own healthcare to be worse rather than better a year from now," he said.
"If voters still feel that way about their own situation come November 2014, that is likely to create a political playing field beneficial for Republicans," Brown added.
The Quinnipiac poll also asked Ohio voters how they would vote if a presidential election were held today.
Likely Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton defeats all likely Republicans, although New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is within 1 percentage point at 42 percent for Clinton and 41 percent for Christie.
Among other possible candidates, Clinton beats Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 49 percent to38 percent; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, 50 percent to 37 percent; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, 48 percent to 39 percent; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, 50 percent to 40 percent; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, 49 percent to 41 percent; and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 50 percent to 35 percent.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Quinnipiac-Ohio-rock-bottom/2013/11/27/id/538954#ixzz2lrvE3P9C
Aren't Dems supposed to be afraid of Ted Cruz?
Isn't that one of the fairy tales that Repubs like to tell each other?
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If Obama and the left actually cared about people as opposed to power then their ratings wouldn't be in the tank due to them viciously tossing millions of Americans out of their insurance plans and into the cold.
Disgusting, wretched people who care about nothing more than consolidating power.
Really have to feel for the cancer patients and other sick individuals getting stepped on by the left.
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some are and some aren't
The jokeinchief and his party stated NO ONE would see an increase.
NO ONE was supposed to get an increase. There was supposed to be a 3000% decrease in premiums.
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The jokeinchief and his party stated NO ONE would see an increase.
NO ONE was supposed to get an increase. There was supposed to be a 3000% decrease in premiums.
$2500 reduction. That was the promise.
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$2500 reduction. That was the promise.
Want to laugh your ass off - watch this one
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Want to laugh your ass off - watch this one
That was so dishonest.
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Want to laugh your ass off - watch this one
About par for the course, everything that comes out of the man's mouth is a lie.
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Obama at 42% approval in new average of latest polls
Posted by
CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 42% in a new CNN Poll of Polls that averages four new national surveys, with 53% saying they disapprove of the job the President's doing in the White House.
The Poll of Polls averages the four non-partisan, live operator national surveys conducted over the past week that measure Obama's approval rating: Gallup daily tracking poll (Dec. 7-9); Quinnipiac University (Dec.3-9); Pew Research (Dec.3-8) and Marist/McClatchy (Dec. 3-5). Since it is an average of multiple surveys, the Poll of Polls does not have a sampling error.
The Quinnipiac survey, released Tuesday afternoon, indicated the President's approval rating at 38%, with 57% of Americans giving him a thumbs down. The Pew poll, which released one hour later, put Obama's approval rating at 45%, with 49% saying they disapprove of his performance in office. Gallup's daily tracking poll, released earlier Tuesday, had Obama at 40%-51% approval/disapproval, while the Marist-McClatchy survey, which was released Monday, put the President at 43%-53%.
The 38% approval in the Quinnipiac survey is a new low for the President in their polling, and down a point since last month. The 45% approval rating for Obama in the Pew survey is a rise of four percentage points from late October.
In November, the President's approval rating reached new lows or tied his all-time lows in six national polls, including CNN-ORC International.
The President's approval ratings ranged from the upper 40's to the low 50's from the beginning of the year through May in most national polling, but steadily declined in the following months, as Obama dealt with one controversy after another, from NSA surveillance and IRS targeting of conservative groups to the extremely flawed rollout of the new federal health care law.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/10/obama-at-42-approval-in-new-average-of-latest-polls/
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Obama should be Time's Person of the year.
Why?
Cause we've seen him go from being essentially the most popular/exciting man in the world in 2008, to a laughingstock worldwide, shady and neocon as they come, and crashing low popularity.
Still not nearly as low as when Bush left office, some had him as low as 22%. Obama's still a long way from that. But seeing his fall from grace, I think he could be person of the year.
I bet it'll go to snowden though. But obama's fall has been a big one.
Still, Bush at 22%, yikes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bushs-final-approval-rating-22-percent/
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so one person exploiting a loophole is enough to trump millions of law abiding citizens rights?
You are so full of shit, prove what you are saying.
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The clowninchief's job approval would be even lower if the liberal media stopped propping him.
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The clowninchief's job approval would be even lower if the liberal media stopped propping him.
Exactly. Bush was a fuck up, but he reached the 20's because the media grilled him relentlessly on all his bs. But with the media sugar coating all of obamas bs, it will be hard for him to drop under 40% regardless of how bad he really is
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Exactly. Bush was a fuck up, but he reached the 20's because the media grilled him relentlessly on all his bs. But with the media sugar coating all of obamas bs, it will be hard for him to drop under 40% regardless of how bad he really is
Then the libtards will point to the approval numbers and claim that he was a good president.
His approval ratings are just like the "official" unemployment rates. They are manipulated.
The unemployment rate is more like 13 to 15%.
His approval rate, if they got after him like they do with ANY republican president, should be in the 20's with no chance of getting to 30.
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Obamacare Backlash Pushes President's Disapproval to All-Time High
Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013
By Melanie Batley
A number of prominent national polls have found that more than half of Americans now disapprove of the job President Barack Obama is doing, hitting all-time highs as opposition mounts to the new healthcare law.
A Wall Street Journal/ NBC Poll conducted Dec. 4-8, found that 54 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed now disapprove of the job the president is doing, with 60 percent citing the Affordable Care Act as the main factor shaping their view of the president.
Forty-three percent still give him a positive approval rating.
Exactly half the public says they think Obamacare is a bad idea, according to the poll, compared to just 34 percent who think it's a good idea, also marking a record high.
A poll by CBS News/ New York Times released Tuesday put the figure even higher, with 54 percent saying they disapprove of the new healthcare law.
"The president is being weighed down by one issue, his healthcare law," said Democratic pollster Fred Yang, who helped direct the Journal/NBC poll. "It's probably fair to say that as goes healthcare, so goes the Obama presidency for the next year."
Other polls released Tuesday also show that the president's disapproval ratings have escalated to their worst levels.
A Quinnipiac University Poll conducted Dec. 3 - 9, found that 57 percent of the 2,692 registered voters surveyed disapprove of the president, compared to 38 percent who approve. The disapproval figures mark an all-time high for the poll, and a three point increase in just one month since November.
An Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday indicated almost identical findings, with 58 percent of those surveyed giving the president a negative job approval rating compared to 42 percent who approve.
In addition, the Marist College/ McClatchy newspapers, Pew Research Center/ USA Today, and Bloomberg polls show the president's disapproval ratings over 50 percent, as well.
But the president has plenty of company, apparently, when it comes to low job performance ratings. The newly-released polls found major disapproval with the job Congress is doing.
In the Journal/ NBC poll, 79 percent said the performance of 113th Congress is one of the worst ever. The AP poll put the figure even higher with 86 percent of adults saying they disapprove of Congress. The CBS/ Times poll, meanwhile found 83 percent disapprove of the job Congress is doing.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-disapproval-rating-polls/2013/12/11/id/541192#ixzz2nBZujM6I
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Forty-three percent still give him a positive approval rating.
He'd still win a presidential election if he could run in 2016. I think we all know this. What was his approval in 2012? He still won handily over romney.
Bush left office at 22% in CBS/NYT poll. Obama's got a long way to go. He's still at 42% after 6 years of straight liberal rule - that's outfckingstanding lol. he should be at 22%. being in low 40s is a miracle. I remember a poll a few years back, getbiggers were predicting low 30s, never happened.
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Forty-three percent still give him a positive approval rating.
He'd still win a presidential election if he could run in 2016. I think we all know this. What was his approval in 2012? He still won handily over romney.
Bush left office at 22% in CBS/NYT poll. Obama's got a long way to go. He's still at 42% after 6 years of straight liberal rule - that's outfckingstanding lol. he should be at 22%. being in low 40s is a miracle. I remember a poll a few years back, getbiggers were predicting low 30s, never happened.
It is difficult to have an approval rating lower that 40% when the media protects you and sugar coats all bad news as much as they possibly can.
Not to mention his approval rating is still 90% for a 'certain group' that makes up 13-15% of the population ::)
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It is difficult to have an approval rating lower that 40% when the media protects you and sugar coats all bad news as much as they possibly can.
Not to mention his approval rating is still 90% for a 'certain group' that makes up 13-15% of the population ::)
Correct. It's never going to drop much lower than 40 percent, because of his rabid fan base.
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It is difficult to have an approval rating lower that 40% when the media protects you and sugar coats all bad news as much as they possibly can.
Not to mention his approval rating is still 90% for a 'certain group' that makes up 13-15% of the population ::)
maybe it's the media... but all we hear is "Fox is #1" and "nobody watches msnbc". Social media is everywhere. Can't hide a benghazi anymore. And really, how many swing voters are watching cable news? They're watching The Voice or going out or raising families. I'd argue most watching cable news right now already know how thye'll vote in 2016, which party.
Mainstream media caused 1 in 5 voters to change position? (22% bush vs 42% obama)... I have to think their power is much less.
Correct. It's never going to drop much lower than 40 percent, because of his rabid fan base.
his fan base is poor people, and you're 100% right - the more poor ppl he creates, the more he solidifies his voting base. Romney was right about 47% of people that are going to vote obama no mattter what.
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maybe it's the media... but all we hear is "Fox is #1" and "nobody watches msnbc". Social media is everywhere. Can't hide a benghazi anymore. And really, how many swing voters are watching cable news? They're watching The Voice or going out or raising families. I'd argue most watching cable news right now already know how thye'll vote in 2016, which party.
Mainstream media caused 1 in 5 voters to change position? (22% bush vs 42% obama)... I have to think their power is much less.
his fan base is poor people, and you're 100% right - the more poor ppl he creates, the more he solidifies his voting base. Romney was right about 47% of people that are going to vote obama no mattter what.
No it isn't. ::)
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No it isn't. ::)
getbiggers, do you know ANYONE that watches cable news daily - that hasn't already chosen which party they'll vote in 2016?
Seriously, how many fox viewers say "hey, I still might give the dems a chance in 2016"? LOL
How many avid MSNBC viewers are telling their buddies on DU "I might give this Rand guy a chance in 2016"? LOL
Most who watch mainstream media news are informed and already know who they'll vote for.
The only real exposure the swing idiot voters get are the debates right before the election.
media, media, media... Maybe you can tell us why "the media" couldn't stop the 2010 tea party awesomeness, but somehow manage to keep obama so popular today (all while losing viewers each year).
If it wasn't for the fact the lib media coudln't stop the 2010 landslide, I'd believe you.
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getbiggers, do you know ANYONE that watches cable news daily - that hasn't already chosen which party they'll vote in 2016?
Seriously, how many fox viewers say "hey, I still might give the dems a chance in 2016"? LOL
How many avid MSNBC viewers are telling their buddies on DU "I might give this Rand guy a chance in 2016"? LOL
Most who watch mainstream media news are informed and already know who they'll vote for.
The only real exposure the swing idiot voters get are the debates right before the election.
media, media, media... Maybe you can tell us why "the media" couldn't stop the 2010 tea party awesomeness, but somehow manage to keep obama so popular today (all while losing viewers each year).
If it wasn't for the fact the lib media coudln't stop the 2010 landslide, I'd believe you.
Didn't read all of this, but his fan base is not just "poor people."
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Didn't read all of this, but his fan base is not just "poor people."
no, but the more people he can move into 'poverty', the more votes he gets.
yes, some people with good money support him. But the more people he puts on foods stamps, the more votes he is guaranteed in 2016.
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no, but the more people he can move into 'poverty', the more votes he gets.
yes, some people with good money support him. But the more people he puts on foods stamps, the more votes he is guaranteed in 2016.
Troll.
his fan base is poor people
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it would be really dumb to say "100% of obama voters are poor". I mean, if you take that literally, i'm sorry you read it that way. I'm aware of the fact some others support him too.
youre missing my bigger point - more poor people benefits obama. Most on food stamps & welfare aren't going to beg for president romney lol. once you get someone on that govt teet, the dems have them.
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Hey guys, anyone have a recent poll of tea party popularity, I think it's in the high 90's
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Tea party has low approval rating because it get the opposite of the obama treatment in the media. They get smeared non stop on virtually every outlet, and when they are right (virtually always) the media is silent. Their numbers and popularity are much better on the ground level than those numbers would indicate
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Tea party has low approval rating because it get the opposite of the obama treatment in the media. They get smeared non stop on virtually every outlet, and when they are right (virtually always) the media is silent. Their numbers and popularity are much better on the ground level than those numbers would indicate
if they get the opposite how do you explain both numbers declining?
Isn't fox news the most watched network by a nice margin, aren't they sympathetic to the tea party? the apologists if you will.
Also, to the last point, couldn't I use this argument for Obama, or for anyone for that matter, that the numbers are better on the ground level?
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Tea party has low approval rating because it get the opposite of the obama treatment in the media. They get smeared non stop on virtually every outlet, and when they are right (virtually always) the media is silent. Their numbers and popularity are much better on the ground level than those numbers would indicate
True. The media didn't really do squat about Grayson comparing the Tea Party to the KKK. The media provides the president with the same kind of cover.
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Tea party has low approval rating because it get the opposite of the obama treatment in the media. They get smeared non stop on virtually every outlet, and when they are right (virtually always) the media is silent. Their numbers and popularity are much better on the ground level than those numbers would indicate
Why was the liberal media unable to stop the tea party in 2010 when they were trying heir hardest, but the TP is at dismal lows today, despite the fact the liberal media barely mentions it?
MSNBC tried everything in 2010, and tea party smashed them in the mouth. How can we blame msnbc (rarely mentioning the tea party) when we have Boehnner on TV, TODAY, bashing the tea party and far-right elements of the party
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Why was the liberal media unable to stop the tea party in 2010 when they were trying heir hardest, but the TP is at dismal lows today, despite the fact the liberal media barely mentions it?
MSNBC tried everything in 2010, and tea party smashed them in the mouth. How can we blame msnbc (rarely mentioning the tea party) when we have Boehnner on TV, TODAY, bashing the tea party and far-right elements of the party
Tea party is stronger today than it was then. Back then it was opposed less than it is now by the msm, and it had the support of the establishment GOP. It wasnt taken as seriously back then by the libs and their media, and the GOP jumped on and supportedit, and it was a brand new thing, hence the higher 'approval'.
Today, the TP has been mercilessly torn into by the Left and their media, with ZERO positive coverage even when they have beenproven right, and the GOP has turned on them with as much hatred as the dems. The more they are vindicated, the more the established parties see them as a threat, the more they both turn their guns on them. Given the 100% negative non stop covrrage they get, its surprising that their 'approval rate' is still as high as 30%.
And once again, lets not pretend that just because Fox has the best ratings of the major news channels, that somehow outweighs ALL THE OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS COMBINED ::) and Fox doesn't just praise the TP anyway, they support the Vichy republicans at least as much.
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in that case, the GOP would have to be the stupidest possible party in history.
Boehnner is crapping all over the tea party and far-right ideals. It's like he's purposely trying to hand 2014 and 2016 to dems.
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Yea I don't get it, neither do the conservatives. Him and mcconnell are fighting their own party more than the dems.its suicidal
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ABC Poll: Obama Popularity Plummets to Lowest Level
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2013
By Melanie Batley
President Barack Obama's job approval rating has sunk to the lowest levels of his presidency in a dramatic reversal of his the commanding lead he held over Republicans in the wake of his reelection victory of just a year ago, a new poll has found.
According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted Dec. 12-15 , approval rates of both parties in Congress continue to be worse than the president's, but Obama's approval numbers have plummeted the most as the public pins more blame on him for the country's policy setbacks, including the botched roll-out of Obamacare.
Forty-three percent of the 1,005 adults surveyed approve of the job Obama is doing, while 55 percent disapprove. At this time last year, the numbers were virtually reversed with 54 percent giving the president a positive job approval rating compared to 42 percent who disapproved.
Obama's slump "is all the more striking when compared with his standing a year ago, as he was preparing for his second inauguration after a solid reelection victory," the Post said in reporting the poll.
"That high note proved fleeting as the president faced a series of setbacks, culminating in the botched rollout of his Affordable Care Act two months ago."
In similar polls, every other two-term president since World War Two had an approval rating of at least 50 percent in their fifth year, with the exception of Richard Nixon who was embroiled in the Watergate scandal, the Post said.
Obama's plummeting figures are already triggering alarm among Democrats who fear the party's fortunes could suffer in the 2014 midterm elections. They worry they could lose control of the Senate and fail to pick up seats in the House.
Obama and Republicans are now tied on who is seen as better able to handle the country's problems at 41 percent. One year ago, the president held a 15-point advantage on that question.
Obama's lead has also eroded on who Americans believe is more capable to handle the economy, with 45 percent saying it's congressional Republicans compared to 41 percent who believe it's the president.
"Preference for the GOP approach over Obama’s in handling budget cuts vs. maintaining needed programs has risen since the shutdown by 18 points among independents and also by 18 points among adults younger than age 30, customarily a strong Obama group but one in which he lost ground sharply last month," ABC said in its report of the poll.
On the question of who is better placed to protect the middle class, Obama's lead has dropped by 20 points, from 26 percent to just 6 percent.
The findings hold true across all the key groups who were instrumental in the president's electoral successes, including women, liberals and the under-30s.
Meanwhile, approval of the job congressional lawmakers are doing continues to remain at near historic lows at just 16 percent. Disapproval of Congressional Republicans is only marginally worse than a year ago with more than seven in 10 people saying they disapprove. Congressional Democrats get similar ratings with six in 10 saying they disapprove.
The poll also found that voters are evenly divided on which party they would support in the 2014 races for the House. The eight-point advantage Democrats held in the wake of October's government shutdown has eroded to just two points, standing at 47 percent, compared to 45 percent who say they would back the GOP.
By way of comparison, Democrats also had a two point lead just before the 2010 midterm elections which saw an influx of Republicans elected to the House.
The president has, however, managed to reverse his negative ratings on key personal attributes, in particular, whether he understands the problems of everyday Americans and whether he is honest and trustworthy.
At the height of problems with the roll-out of the Obamacare website, small majorities gave the president negative ratings on those subjects. In the current poll, Obama draws slim positive ratings.
And even five years into Obama's presidency more Americans — 50 percent compared to 38 percent — blame his predecessor George W. Bush for the country's economic woes than point the finger at him.
Nonetheless, disapproval of Obama's handling of the implementation of his signature healthcare law stands at 62 percent while disapproval of his handling of the economy is at 55 percent. Both figures are largely unchanged from a poll last month, though overall opposition to Obamacare has decreased from record levels of opposition.
The poll also found that almost half of all Americans think Obamacare will result in an overall worse standard of healthcare in the country, and six in 10 believe it will mean higher overall costs. Still, roughly six in 10 say they expect the quality and coverage of their own care will likely be about the same as before the new law.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ABC-Post-plummet-popularity/2013/12/17/id/542253#ixzz2nkiRx0a4
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Funny. :)
Fox News Poll: More voters like Bush than Obama (& even more like Clinton)
By Dana Blanton
Published December 19, 2013
FoxNews.com
More voters have a positive opinion of former President George W. Bush than President Barack Obama, according to the latest Fox News Poll. But former President Bill Clinton is liked best of the three.
The poll finds 50 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Bush, while 47 percent have an unfavorable view.
By contrast, Obama has a net negative rating: 46 percent have a favorable opinion of him, while 52 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
Views of Clinton are far more positive: 70 percent favorable vs. 26 percent unfavorable. That gives him a huge net positive rating (+ 44 points).
The two former presidents and President Obama attended the memorial service for South African leader Nelson Mandela on December 11, and Bush joined Obama on Air Force One for the flight to Johannesburg.
Obama’s favorable rating has been more positive than negative for almost his entire presidency. However, in the last few months, during the botched health care roll-out, opinion of Obama has reversed.
At the end of Bush’s second term he had a 34 percent favorable rating (December 2008), but that’s been increasing the last few years during his retirement.
There’s a large partisan gap in views of Obama and Bush; for example, there’s an 80-point difference in Obama’s favorable rating among Democrats and Republicans. And there’s a 60-point gap in Bush’s positive rating from the two parties.
Eighty-five percent of Democrats have a positive view of Obama, while just five percent of Republicans feel that way.
Likewise, 85 percent of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Bush, while just 25 percent of Democrats agree.
Fully 93 percent of Republicans rate Obama negatively. In contrast, Bush’s unfavorable drops to 74 percent among Democrats.
Presidential Job Performance Comparisons
President Obama ends his fifth year in office under water on his job rating by 12 percentage points: 41 percent of voters approve of the job he’s doing, while 53 percent disapprove.
President Bush ended his fifth year in office in negative territory too, by nine points: 42 percent approved of his job performance and 51 percent disapproved in the Fox News poll conducted mid-December 2005.
Obama’s average approval rating for 2013 is 44 percent, just slightly below the 2005 average approval of 46 percent for Bush.
The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,027 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from December 14-16, 2013. The full poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/19/fox-news-poll-more-voters-like-bush-than-obama-even-more-like-clinton/?intcmp=latestnews
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Thirty-nine percent.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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The problem for Obama is no one believes a word he says any more and the health care bills are starting to hit everyone. All of Obama's lies are finally coming to light - even though most of us knew he was a con man and a liar from Day 1.
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Holding steady at 39 percent.
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
Each result is based on a three-day rolling average
Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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Fox News poll: Obama's approval hits new low
By Dana Blanton
Published March 05, 2014
FoxNews.com
President Obama’s job approval rating hits a record low this week, as a majority of Americans say his administration has mostly failed at growing the economy, creating jobs, improving health care and the country’s image.
That’s according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.
For the first time in a Fox News poll, fewer than four voters in ten -- 38 percent -- approve of President Obama’s job performance. Fifty-four percent disapprove. Before now Obama’s worst job rating was 40-55 percent in November 2013. Last month 42 percent approved and 53 percent disapproved (February 2014).
CLICK HERE TO READ THE POLL RESULTS
Approval of Obama among Democrats stands at 71 percent, near its 69 percent record low (September 2013). For independents, 28 percent approve, which is also near the 25 percent all-time low among this group (July 2013). And approval of Obama among Republicans hits a new low of five percent.
Overall, a 59-percent majority thinks the White House has mostly failed at creating jobs, up from 52 percent who said the same in October 2012. Likewise, 56 percent feel it has failed on growing the economy. That’s also up from 52 percent.
The greatest erosion is on improving America’s image around the world -- something Obama vowed to do once in office. In 2012, by a four percentage-point margin, voters felt the administration had failed to improve the country’s image. In the new poll that’s now a 26-point margin: 33 percent say mostly succeeded and 59 percent mostly failed.
Obama also promised to have the most transparent administration in American history. Voters are again unconvinced: 59 percent believe Obama has mostly failed to run a transparent administration.
On health care, 36 percent say the administration has improved it, while 57 percent think it has failed to do so.
The best of the issues tested for the White House is homeland security: 41 percent think the administration has mostly succeeded at making the country safer. That’s down from 52 percent who felt that way in 2012. More -- 48 percent -- think the Obama administration has mostly failed in this respect.
Sixty percent or more of Democrats feel the Obama administration has mostly succeeded in each of these areas except transparency -- on that issue it falls to 47 percent.
Majorities of independents say the White House has mostly failed in every area tested, including 68 percent who feel that way on improving America’s image.
As the crisis in Ukraine escalated, the poll finds by a 33-56 percent margin, most voters disapprove of the president’s handling of foreign policy -- a new low for Obama on this issue. In December, 39 percent approved and 52 percent disapproved.
On health care, 36 percent of voters approve of the job Obama is doing, while 59 percent disapprove. He receives an almost identical 36-58 percent rating on the economy.
Meanwhile, just over half of voters continue to say it feels like the economy is getting worse: 51 percent feel that way, down from 55 percent who said the same in February 2013.
For 34 percent it feels like the economy is getting better, up from 31 percent last year.
Finally, the poll asks if things are better since Obama became president. Just 34 percent of voters think the country is better off compared to five years ago, while most -- 60 percent -- disagree. In September 2012, some 45 percent thought the country was better off compared to before Obama took office.
Fifty-seven percent of Democrats say the country is better off today, down from 81 percent who felt that way in 2012.
The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,002 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from March 2 to March 4, 2014. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for the total sample.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/05/fox-news-poll-obama-approval-hits-new-low-falls-in-key-areas/
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And if the media werent whitewashing everything for him , he would be in the 20's probably
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How much worse would it really be...good point.
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Poll: Obama’s disapproval rating hits a new high
BY AARON BLAKE
March 26
Negative views of President Obama have hit a new high, according to a poll.
The AP-GfK poll shows 59 percent of Americans now disapprove of Obama -- a point higher than the previous high set in December.
Obama's approval rating stands at 41 percent. That's the second-lowest figure the poll has ever found.
Part of Obama's problems appear to be related to foreign policy: The poll shows Americans disapprove of his handling of the situation in Ukraine 57-40 and disapprove of how he handles relationships with other countries 58-40.
In January, Americans were evenly split on Obama's diplomacy skills.
The poll was conducted Thursday through Sunday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/03/26/poll-obamas-disapproval-rating-hits-a-new-high/
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Poll: Two-Thirds of Veteran's Disapprove of Obama's Job Performance
April 18, 2014
By Craig Bannister
Two-thirds of veterans (66%) disapprove of the job Pres. Obama is doing, according to a new survey by Concerned Veterans for America (CVA). Likewise, 68% say the country is "on the wrong track."
"Dysfunction in Washington" is the top issue facing Congress, 23% of veterans and current military members together said, followed by government spending/debt (19%) and economy/jobs (17%).
About three-fourths (73%) of those polled agree with former Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen that the national debt is "the greatest threat to our national security." Mullen has repeatedly issued this warming since his days with the Joint Chiefs.
http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/craig-bannister/poll-two-thirds-veterans-disapprove-obamas-job-performance?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Marketing&utm_term=Facebook&utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=b-veterans
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But, but, but he forced 8 million to sign up for crapcare. Everything should be good.
Why isn't his favorability any better and why do most people continue to disagree with the crapcare law? WHY o WHY????
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But, but, but he forced 8 million to sign up for crapcare. Everything should be good.
Why isn't his favorability any better and why do most people continue to disagree with the crapcare law? WHY o WHY????
Yeah cancel 10 million plans, threaten fines and taxes if you don't re-sign up for Kenyathugcare and then sign up millions on welfare and spike the football. What a country
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Obama’s Job Approval Numbers are In, and it Doesn’t Look Good
April 29, 2014 By Jennifer Burke
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll has been released and it doesn’t look good for Barack Obama. He is not only experiencing the lowest approval ratings on job performance since the beginning of his presidency, but even more Americans also believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction under his leadership.
According to the poll, 52% of Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job as president. An even higher percentage, 54%, disapproves of how he is handling the economy. In regards to the implementation of his signature legislation, Obamacare, 57% disapprove of how he is handling it.
Even more disconcerting for Obama is that fewer Americans trust him in finding the right balance between cutting government spending that is not needed versus continuing the spending that is. Among the respondents, 38% trusted Obama in this area whereas 45% trusted Republicans in Congress.
Americans also have a negative view of the economy under Obama with 71% describing economic conditions as ‘not so good’ or ‘poor.’ When asked if they believed the country was headed in the right or wrong direction, 66% said they believe the country is seriously headed down the wrong track.
While Obama has strongly encouraged Democrats campaigning for this year’s mid-term elections to embrace Obamacare and campaign on it, poll results show that such a move could spell disaster. With 48% opposing the changes that Obamacare has made to the health care system, such campaigning may be detrimental.
The poll took place by random sampling with 1,000 adults called April 24-27, 2014. The results have a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. Although there was a random sampling taken, 32% of all respondents were Democrats compared to 21% Republican.
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/04/29/obamas-job-approval-numbers-are-in-and-it-doesnt-look-good/
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You know what's funny? Obama is at a pathetic 43% approval rating today.
At this point in 2004, he was at a pathetic 44%.
Ya gotta be honest here... He probably would win another term as POTUS if he could run in 2016. After all the bitching, all the protesting, all the 7 years of dissing him on talk radio leading back to when he started campaigning, the horrible job he's done, the monthly "tax" known as obamacare...
After all that, he'd still probably win again. Face it, the majority of americans WANT a lib socialist prez.
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You know what's funny? Obama is at a pathetic 43% approval rating today.
At this point in 2004, he was at a pathetic 44%.
No. He would not win again. Even his base now is moving away from him. Even within his party, some are realizing how stupid he really is and on top of that people would rather replace him with another socialist pig.
But even if you happened to be right, which would be a miracle, he would still get nothing done. He hasn't achieved anything that benefited the country or that is memorable.
The only thing he got done was crapcare and that was with a democrat dominated Congress and that legislation has shown to be a failure. Sign ups don't mean jack. The evidence of that is in the approval numbers. If the law was so great, WHY HAVEN'T THE APPROVAL NUMBERS FOR THE JOKEINTHEWHITEHOUSE IMPROVED?
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No. He would not win again. Even his base now is moving away from him. Even within his party, some are realizing how stupid he really is and on top of that people would rather replace him with another socialist pig.
But even if you happened to be right, which would be a miracle, he would still get nothing done. He hasn't achieved anything that benefited the country or that is memorable.
The only thing he got done was crapcare and that was with a democrat dominated Congress and that legislation has shown to be a failure. Sign ups don't mean jack. The evidence of that is in the approval numbers. If the law was so great, WHY HAVEN'T THE APPROVAL NUMBERS FOR THE JOKEINTHEWHITEHOUSE IMPROVED?
180 is still deeply in love w Obama
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I don't think alot of people really realize just how much damage Obama has done to the Democratic party.
Okay granted the guy did win the 2008 and 2012 Presidency. And that means a ton, sure. He was able to get out people to vote twice for 2 highly publicized elections.
But look at the ripple effects. He took a Democratic Senate, I think 57, 58 seats and one point and likely turned it into 51, 52 Republican this November with a House that will likely either maintain its advantage or go even more right.
BUT BEYOND THAT, Democrats are getting TROUNCED, and will be getting trounced on the State, local level all over the country for at least a few more years to come. Real positions of power, with influence in peoples everyday life... Governors, State Senators, District Attorneys, Commissioners, Judges. As we've seen these States can make life very difficult for a President if they wield the power to do so.
And I cant think of one reason for this drubbing more than Barrack Obama.
So basically the U.S. elected a guy who had power for 2 years. Still somewhat relevant for a couple more then post 2012 is nothing more than a joke, the world over with almost zero power.
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In 4 years, he's gone down ONE point in the approval ratings.
I'm not saying he's awesome, i'm asking who would beat him in 2016? Hilary will be 71? No way she could do it. Especially because she's essentially the same on every position now.
Which repub would be able to stand up and say "I have more experience and skill than you, Obama!"
Rand? Christie?
Seriously, it sucks to face it, but Bill Clinton probably could have won a 3rd term easily too. Reagan sure would have. And in 4 years of constant hammering, Obama is just about where he was 4 years ago. Crazy to realize that.
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O-fuck is where he is because of the 95ers, lezbos, guilt ridden white twinks, gays, college ages morons, etc. WO that Demo he is in the 20's.
In 4 years, he's gone down ONE point in the approval ratings.
I'm not saying he's awesome, i'm asking who would beat him in 2016? Hilary will be 71? No way she could do it. Especially because she's essentially the same on every position now.
Which repub would be able to stand up and say "I have more experience and skill than you, Obama!"
Rand? Christie?
Seriously, it sucks to face it, but Bill Clinton probably could have won a 3rd term easily too. Reagan sure would have. And in 4 years of constant hammering, Obama is just about where he was 4 years ago. Crazy to realize that.
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O-fuck is where he is because of the 95ers, lezbos, guilt ridden white twinks, gays, college ages morons, etc. WO that Demo he is in the 20's.
Correct. But my point is, his approval is about where it was 4 years ago, when he was about to get his clock cleaned in mid-terms... and all we could talk about was how bad he was going to lose in 2012.
All the BS he did in the past 4 years... and barely 1 in 100 people shifted negative on him. 44% to 43%. Unreal.
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Correct. But my point is, his approval is about where it was 4 years ago, when he was about to get his clock cleaned in mid-terms... and all we could talk about was how bad he was going to lose in 2012.
All the BS he did in the past 4 years... and barely 1 in 100 people shifted negative on him. 44% to 43%. Unreal.
Because the group I mentioned are worthless and part of the problem. They are demented and sick in the head and will never ever abandon the Dear Leader
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O-fuck is where he is because of the 95ers, lezbos, guilt ridden white twinks, gays, college ages morons, etc.
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And all those folks are Americans. Sucks, right? lol
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And all those folks are Americans. Sucks, right? lol
politically - yes - they are mostly emotion driven single issue voters
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180 is still deeply in love w Obama
Truth.
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CNN Poll: Public upset over VA scandal; Obama remains at 43%
Posted by
CNN Political Unit
Washington (CNN) - Nearly six in ten Americans give President Barack Obama a thumbs-down on how he is handling the Veterans Affairs controversy, according to a new national poll.
But a CNN/ORC International survey released Tuesday indicates that the scandal at VA hospitals doesn't seem to be affecting the President's overall approval rating, which remains at 43%, identical to the last CNN poll conducted a month ago. The survey also indicates that Obama scores some of his highest numbers on the environment and terrorism, two other issues in the spotlight this week.
Read the full CNN/ORC International poll results
According to the poll, 58% say they disapprove of how the President's handling the VA scandal, with 37% saying they approve of Obama's actions.
The Veterans Affairs controversy has mushroomed since CNN first reported last November on allegations of alarming shortcomings within the VA medical care system that potentially have had deadly consequences in dozens of cases.
The most disturbing and striking problems emerged in Arizona last month, with sources revealing to CNN details of a secret waiting list for treatment. According to the sources, at least 40 veterans died while waiting for care at the Phoenix, Arizona, VA medical center.
Key races to watch in 2014
Republican calls for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign grew over the past month, and after the release last week of a damaging preliminary report from the VA's inspector general's office, a bunch of congressional Democrats also said it was time for Shinseki to step down. On Friday, the President announced that the secretary had handed in his resignation.
Nearly seven in ten agreed with Shinseki's move to resign, with 22% saying the embattled secretary shouldn't have stepped down. And nearly half questioned said the scandal made them angry, with another fifth saying it made them upset.
Obama's overall approval rating stands at 43%, with 55% saying they disapprove of the job he is doing in the White House.
Related: New low for Obama in key midterm indicator
"Obama's approval rating has not budged since March, when it hit 43%. That's par for the course for the President, whose job approval numbers have been stuck in the mid-to-low 40s for nearly a year," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"The President doesn't get a majority approving of his track record on any of the 12 issues tested in our poll, but his highest scores come on terrorism and environmental policy, with 49% approving of how he is handling both of those issues," Holland added.
It should be noted that most interviews in the poll were conducted before any news broke of the controversial transfer of five terror prisoners from the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in exchange for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive in Afghanistan by the Taliban for five years. And the survey was conducted mostly before news of Monday's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency to dramatically limit carbon pollution.
"Given the administration's emphasis on environmental policy this week, it's worth noting that the number of Americans who say that the environment is the top issue has quadrupled since last year," added Holland. "But only 8% today name the environment as their top concern."
That puts the issue a distant fourth behind economic matters (40%), health care (19%), and the deficit (15%). According to the poll, more than six in ten disapprove of how the President's handling those three issues.
The poll was conducted for CNN by ORC International from May 29 to June 1, with 1,003 adults nationwide questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/03/cnn-poll-public-upset-over-va-scandal-obama-remains-at-43/
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-10/obama-popularity-hits-low-in-poll-after-prisoner-exchange.html
Obama sinks to new lows
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Poll: Obama worst president since WWII
The Hill ^ | July 2, 2014 | Justin Sink with Peter Sullivan
Posted on 7/2/2014 8:23:22 AM by Cincinatus' Wife
President Obama is the worst president since World War II, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.
The poll finds that 33 percent of voters say Obama is the worst since the war, with George W. Bush trailing in second place at 28 percent. The only other president in double digits, at 13 percent, is Richard Nixon, who resigned from office after the Watergate scandal.
The results raise the possibility that voters are choosing the presidents who are freshest in their memory. Or they could just think that this century has produced historically bad presidents.
Obama ran in 2008 as a change from the deeply unpopular Bush, but the poll finds that in a head-to-head matchup, more voters now think Obama is a worse president than Bush. Forty percent say Obama is worse than Bush, while 39 percent say he is better.
Obama won his 2012 reelection with a healthy 4-percentage-point margin over Mitt Romney in the national popular vote, but voters are now feeling some regret on that choice. Forty-five percent say the country would be better off if Romney had won, compared to 38 percent who say it would be worse.
That includes 10 percent of Democrats and 47 percent of independents who say they now wish the Republican nominee had won.
"Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.
"Would Mitt have been a better fit? More voters in hindsight say yes."
Following the healthcare.gov rollout, failures at Veterans Affairs and other problems, voters say the Obama administration is not competent to run the government, 54 to 44 percent.
The president is in negative territory on a slew of key issues, from the economy (40 percent approve) to foreign policy (37 percent) and healthcare (40 percent) to terrorism (44 percent).
The one issue area where Obama gets positive marks is the environment, where voters approve of Obama’s handling, 50 to 40 percent.
In another sliver of good news in an otherwise brutal poll for Obama, his approval rating ticked up from a low of 38 percent in December, to 40 percent.
More than half of all Americans, 51 percent, say Obama cares about their needs and problems, and voters are evenly split at 48 percent - on whether Obama is honest and trustworthy.
The survey carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
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Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible
Yahoo ^ | July 2, 2014 | Abby Ohlheiser
Posted on 7/2/2014 11:26:51 AM by BradtotheBone
When asked a question often discussed with dread at family Thanksgiving dinners, a plurality of voters — 33 percent — believe President Obama (or "Nobummer," amirite?) is the worst president since World War II. In second place on the same question was George W. Bush with 28 percent. These are the numbers you will read in several headlines today. The thing is, the "worst president since World War Two" results aren't really the worst numbers for the president in the Quinnipiac poll from which they're drawn.
Let's address the headlines first. In the Quinnipiac poll, Obama finds himself among a handful of post-war presidents who garner polarizing reactions from voters. Those presidents, roughly, are Kennedy, Reagan, and the three most recent: Obama, Clinton, and George W. Bush. When asked to choose the best post-war president, for instance, Ronald Reagan snagged 35 percent of voters. But 18 percent thought it was Kennedy. Clinton took 18 percent of voters, and 8 percent think it's Obama, putting him in fourth place. (George W. Bush, for what it's worth, had just 1 percent of voters on this question).
If you look at the political breakdown by party of who is saying Obama is the worst, it falls strongly along party lines, with a little bit of help from independents: 63 percent of Republicans chose Obama, while 54 percent of Democrats said George W. Bush. Independents voted "for" both: 23 percent said George W. Bush was the worst, while 36 percent chose Obama. On a similar question directly comparing Bush and Obama, the expected partisan divide is even stronger:
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Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
39 percent
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
39 percent
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
240, are you too busy to remind us of the failure's approval numbers?
You were awfully busy posting the clown's numbers when they were in the 50s.
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240, are you too busy to remind us of the failure's approval numbers?
You were awfully busy posting the clown's numbers when they were in the 50s.
After 6 years of him shoveling horse shit on us... while getbiggers declared years ago "It'll be at 30% by the end of the month!"
He FINALLY drops to 39%, with gas prices high and russia about to war, in the summer heat, with economy shitty - this nice summer perfect storm of events, and he FINALLY dips to 39%, and repubs are throwing a ticker tape parade like they just won 330 electoral votes lol.
Seriously, after the ball of crap we've had from him, 4 out of 10 of the people you see today still APPROVE of him. And more than that would still vote for him.
He was at 40% in 2012 and won by quite a few states over Romney. Shit, I challenge anyone here to say "Yes, obama would LOSE the election in 2016 if he was allowed to run again!"
Does anyone believe that? It's what americans do. We already know how 94% of americans will vote in 2016. Isn't that crazy? So yea, let's all high five... it took 6 years of wiping ass on constitution and repub inaction, but by golly, he hit 39%! Victory!
Oh, and he was at 43% just a few days ago. :(
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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Always as silver lining for you Obamabots.
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Always as silver lining for you Obamabots.
not sure what you mean. I've called for his impeachment and you have not. WHO is the obamabot here? lol.
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not sure what you mean. I've called for his impeachment and you have not. WHO is the obamabot here? lol.
I mean Obamabots (that includes you) always try and put a positive spin on the flood of negative news surrounding your Messiah.
I have not called for his impeachment. You're not calling for squat. You're just tapping nonsense on a message board. I doubt you even know what an impeachable offense is.
And you voted for the man. Plus you are one of the biggest Obama kneepadders on this board. You liberals are funny.
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I mean Obamabots (that includes you) always try and put a positive spin on the flood of negative news surrounding your Messiah.
I have not called for his impeachment. You're not calling for squat. You're just tapping nonsense on a message board. I doubt you even know what an impeachable offense is.
And you voted for the man. Plus you are one of the biggest Obama kneepadders on this board. You liberals are funny.
I don't think he was born in the USA. I feel he should be impeached for F&F.
You buy into that phony birth certificate and you think he shouldn't be impeached for benghazi, F&F, etc.
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I don't think he was born in the USA. I feel he should be impeached for F&F.
You buy into that phony birth certificate and you think he shouldn't be impeached for benghazi, F&F, etc.
LOL! Why am I not surprised? Anyone who believes we faked the moon landing, that Timothy McVeigh was not really executed, that the government carried the 911 terror attacks, etc., etc. would absolutely be gullible and naive enough to believe a mass conspiracy surrounding Obama's birth.
You have no idea what the president specifically did that constitutes a "high crime or misdemeanor" regarding "Benghazi, F&F, etc."
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You have no idea what the president specifically did that constitutes a "high crime or misdemeanor" regarding "Benghazi, F&F, etc."
sounds like liberal gibberish to me.
beach, at some point, you gotta quit defending obama and really look at the crimes he's committed. He could have stopped benghazi and didn't.
The only thing worse than a lib saying impeachment is off the table... is someone claiming not to be a liberal, saying it.
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Obama needs to be tried for treason and other high crimes, impeached, and sent BACK to Kenya where is from. He is an African and a muslim pos and his policies and values system reflects that
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sounds like liberal gibberish to me.
beach, at some point, you gotta quit defending obama and really look at the crimes he's committed. He could have stopped benghazi and didn't.
The only thing worse than a lib saying impeachment is off the table... is someone claiming not to be a liberal, saying it.
Don't be so hard on yourself. Being liberal isn't all that bad. It often makes you less informed and less tolerant, but you liberals are people too. :)
But I understand what you're doing. You probably feel guilty for voting for Obama and kneepadding for him for so long. This impeachment talk is a way to try and make up for it. It's not working.
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WSJ/NBC Poll: Obama Approval Hits All-Time Low
Tuesday, 05 Aug 2014
By Todd Beamon
President Barack Obama's approval rating has plunged to an all-time low, as 79 percent of respondents to an Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll said they were dissatisfied with him and the American political system.
"The American public is telling its elected representatives that the economic distress that a significant proportion of them are feeling is directly their fault," Democratic pollster Fred Yang of Hart Research told the Journal. He conducted the poll with Republican Bill McInturff.
"The public seems to have moved beyond the plaintive cry of 'feel our pain' to the more angry pronouncement of 'you are causing our pain,' " Yang added.
That pain has translated into strong feelings among the 1,000 adults polled that their children will not have a better life that they do, that the country is on the wrong track, that America is in a state of decline, that the country is still in recession — and that the nation's economy is not stronger because of unprecedented partisan gridlock in Washington.
"We’re in the summer of our discontent," Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster, told NBC News. "Americans are cranky, unhappy… It is with everything going on the world."
Only 40 percent of those polled between Wednesday and Sunday approve of Obama's performance in the White House — an all-time low, the survey reports. That is down from 41 percent in a June survey.
But President Obama's disapproval rating, 54 percent, matched a previous high — and he got his worst ratings on his handling of foreign policy, 60 percent disapproval to 36 percent approval.
The postings were just as bad for Congress, with only 14 percent supporting what legislators are doing on Capitol Hill. The rating marked the seventh-straight time it has been under 15 percent in an NBC-WSJ poll since 2011.
Republicans are viewed less favorably, 19-54 percent, than Democrats, 31-46 percent.
"I don't think they're working for the middle class," one respondent, Evan Coley, 22, of Albermarle, N.C., told the Journal. He works in an auto-repair shop. "They're trying to help themselves more than anyone else."
Al McCauley, 51, of Greenboro, N.C., who is unemployed, said: "Both sides need to get their act together. They're not working with each other."
Despite these frustrations, however, Americans may not be heading to the polls in record numbers for this fall's congressional elections, the pollsters said.
The dissatisfaction varies with political affiliations — Republicans, Democrats, independents — Hart told NBC.
"We’re unhappy, but we aren’t coalescing around an issue," he said.
Even 57 percent of the survey respondents said that they were so bothered by an issue that they'd easily carry a protest sign for at least one day.
Here are some of the signs:
"Impeach Obama," a female Republican from Ohio said.
"Republicans and Congress, do your job," said a male Democrat from Kentucky.
"Close the borders," added a GOP-leaning female from Massachusetts.
"Stop bombing people in Ukraine and Gaza and Israel," said a male Democrat from Texas.
"Our government needs an overhaul," a female independent from Florida said.
Still, slightly more respondents said that they'd rather have Republicans controlling Congress than Democrats — adding to the general sense among pollsters that the GOP is expected to retain the House and could possibly re-take the Senate this fall.
Republicans need six seats to win back the upper chamber.
"What we're seeing is a good Republican cycle, but not yet like the wave elections we saw in 2006 and 2010," McInturff told the Journal.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-poll-hits-all/2014/08/05/id/587088#ixzz39djAqlE2
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and yet his approval rating is much higher than Congress.
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and yet his approval rating is much higher than Congress.
Oh brotha - fail
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Oh brotha - fail
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President Obama Golfs On Day 1 Of Martha’s Vineyard Vacation
CBS Boston ^ | 8/9/2014 | Michael Rosenfield
Posted on August 10, 2014 at 2:41:32 PM EDT by mojito
...Shortly after arriving, the President turned up at the Farm Neck Golf Club.
Wearing a baseball cap, white shirt and grey pants, Mr. Obama could be seen at one of the early holes and some onlookers tried to snap a photo on the street.
“It’s so exciting to see him play golf,” said Trayce Hillman of Brockton.
The presidential visit brings excitement to the island and businesses hope for a visit from the famous family.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/11/235995/obamas-standing-among-voters-is.html
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40 percent of voters approve of the way he’s doing his job.
Seriously, that means 2 in 5 people you pass on the street today - They're COMPLETELY satisfied with Barry. They think he's kicking ass. 40% of the people in this country... in a country where you gain insane power with only 50.1% of the vote.... a full 40% of people are happy with obama.
I can't fathom it.
Even more freaking baffling - Obama's low point has been 38%. it's the lowest he's ever reached.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/barack-obama-presidential-job-approval.aspx
Bush's low point? He reached 25% approval rating three times.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx
That shocked me.
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40 percent of voters approve of the way he’s doing his job.
Seriously, that means 2 in 5 people you pass on the street today - They're COMPLETELY satisfied with Barry. They think he's kicking ass. 40% of the people in this country... in a country where you gain insane power with only 50.1% of the vote.... a full 40% of people are happy with obama.
I can't fathom it.
Even more freaking baffling - Obama's low point has been 38%. it's the lowest he's ever reached.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/barack-obama-presidential-job-approval.aspx
Bush's low point? He reached 25% approval rating three times.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx
That shocked me.
Why does that shock you
Do you remember anything about the Bush Administration, especially the last 12-18 months
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Why does that shock you
Do you remember anything about the Bush Administration, especially the last 12-18 months
I'm pretty sure Putin used to deliver breakfast to Dubya and Gold was $27 an ounce under Bush.
Obama ruined everything. Even Michael Jackson died on Obama's watch.
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I'm pretty sure Putin used to deliver breakfast to Dubya and Gold was $27 an ounce under Bush.
Obama ruined everything. Even Michael Jackson died on Obama's watch.
Blacks make up 13% of the population.
What, in your opinion, would it take for Obama to lose their overwhelming support?
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Blacks make up 13% of the population.
What, in your opinion, would it take for Obama to lose their overwhelming support?
So 100% of black people approve of Obama? Every single african-american in the USA supports obama, right?
I don't mean voted for, I mean gives him an APPROVE in the polls. Would love to see link to this.
Also I'd like to think President Hermann Cain would never dip below 38% also, correct?
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So 100% of black people approve of Obama? Every single african-american in the USA supports obama, right?
I don't mean voted for, I mean gives him an APPROVE in the polls. Would love to see link to this.
Also I'd like to think President Hermann Cain would never dip below 38% also, correct?
Did I say 100% of Blacks approved of Obama?
No, but a sizable portion of the population will give him overwhelmingly high approval until he leaves office regardless of any policies he chooses to pursue.
It's just basic math, 240.
40% approval rating while the vast majority of 13% of the population would follow him to the end of the Earth is TERRIBLE poll numbers.
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Did I say 100% of Blacks approved of Obama?
No, but a sizable portion of the population will give him overwhelmingly high approval until he leaves office regardless of any policies he chooses to pursue.
It's just basic math, 240.
40% approval rating while the vast majority of 13% of the population would follow him to the end of the Earth is TERRIBLE poll numbers.
See, I think it's because poor people are up 13% under obama. At least. And poor people love a dem president that hands out food stamps, etc.
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Always a silver lining for Obamabots.
How are "poor people up" under Obama?
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See, I think it's because poor people are up 13% under obama. At least. And poor people love a dem president that hands out food stamps, etc.
Ah so it's a "poor people" issue, rather than a Black issue?
If that's the case care to tell me how Blacks voted in the 2008 Democratic primary with Obama vs. Hillary?
If it's simply because they are "poor"?
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Always a silver lining for Obamabots.
How are "poor people up" under Obama?
WT? Dude, the number of poor people in the USA has increased under obama.
A record 47 million Americans receive food stamps, about 13 million more than when he took office.
That’s rich: Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/7/obamas-rhetoric-on-fighting-poverty-doesnt-match-h/#ixzz3ADlSKMO1
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I'm the obamabot, but YOU are the one refusing to admit the number of poor americans has skyrocketed under obama?
Come on, man!
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Ah so it's a "poor people" issue, rather than a Black issue?
If that's the case care to tell me how Blacks voted in the 2008 Democratic primary with Obama vs. Hillary?
If it's simply because they are "poor"?
You cannot shift this from how they voted in 2008, to how they respond to approval polls years later.
I've said it for years - poor people vote dem. rich people vote repub. There are exceptions, of course, buffet and whatnot...
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WT? Dude, the number of poor people in the USA has increased under obama.
A record 47 million Americans receive food stamps, about 13 million more than when he took office.
That’s rich: Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/7/obamas-rhetoric-on-fighting-poverty-doesnt-match-h/#ixzz3ADlSKMO1
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I'm the obamabot, but YOU are the one refusing to admit the number of poor americans has skyrocketed under obama?
Come on, man!
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I thought you were trying to say poor people improved under Obama.
And yes, you are an Obamabot.
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WT? Dude, the number of poor people in the USA has increased under obama.
A record 47 million Americans receive food stamps, about 13 million more than when he took office.
That’s rich: Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/7/obamas-rhetoric-on-fighting-poverty-doesnt-match-h/#ixzz3ADlSKMO1
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
I'm the obamabot, but YOU are the one refusing to admit the number of poor americans has skyrocketed under obama?
Come on, man!
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240, just answer me 2 questions.
Obama left Hillary IN THE DUST during the 2008 Democratic Primaries among Blacks.
Why?
Obama has a 85% rating among Blacks and a recent poll cited a 45% approval rating from people making less than 40k a year.
Why?
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240, just answer me 2 questions.
Obama left Hillary IN THE DUST during the 2008 Democratic Primaries among Blacks.
Why?
Obama has a 85% rating among Blacks and a recent poll cited a 45% approval rating from people making less than 40k a year.
Why?
Obama won by ONE state, right? If Hilary takes one more state, she wins the nomination. Closest race in a while, correct?
Yes, obama owned the black vote. But Hilary owned the "I ain't voting for him cause of the color of his skin" vote. Many people in applacian range, tenn, etc were all too happy to go on CNN and shout about how they're voting for hilary because the other candidate is black. Toss in the fact that 56% of Americans hold some sort of "anti-black" feelings according to AP - http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/27/poll-black-prejudice-america/1662067/ -
And I have to wonder if his skin color helped, or hurt him more. Remember, Hilary was evil and polarizing and she was polling at a DISMAL 37% back in 2008 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/26/hillarys-approval-rating-_n_93614.html
If you ask me how a candidate polling at only 37% can push a candidate like obama (with an approval of 78% in 2008) to the brink of defeat by one state..... Should have been a BLOWOUT with obama DESTROYING hilary. But seeing as 56% of the USA holds some sort of anti-black view, I really think skin color HURT obama. If he looked like JFK 1960, and spoke like barrack obama 2008.... does he still get pushed to the ropes in a close finish with polarizing hilary and her 37% approval? lol no way dude.
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Obama won by ONE state, right? If Hilary takes one more state, she wins the nomination. Closest race in a while, correct?
Yes, obama owned the black vote. But Hilary owned the "I ain't voting for him cause of the color of his skin" vote. Many people in applacian range, tenn, etc were all too happy to go on CNN and shout about how they're voting for hilary because the other candidate is black. Toss in the fact that 56% of Americans hold some sort of "anti-black" feelings according to AP - http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/27/poll-black-prejudice-america/1662067/ -
And I have to wonder if his skin color helped, or hurt him more. Remember, Hilary was evil and polarizing and she was polling at a DISMAL 37% back in 2008 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/26/hillarys-approval-rating-_n_93614.html
If you ask me how a candidate polling at only 37% can push a candidate like obama (with an approval of 78% in 2008) to the brink of defeat by one state..... Should have been a BLOWOUT with obama DESTROYING hilary. But seeing as 56% of the USA holds some sort of anti-black view, I really think skin color HURT obama. If he looked like JFK 1960, and spoke like barrack obama 2008.... does he still get pushed to the ropes in a close finish with polarizing hilary and her 37% approval? lol no way dude.
Why do 85% of Blacks approve of the job Obama is doing right now?
It's a simple question.
85% of poor people don't approve of his job performance. Not even close.
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Why does that shock you
Do you remember anything about the Bush Administration, especially the last 12-18 months
what do you think the last 12-18 months of this one will be like?
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what do you think the last 12-18 months of this one will be like?
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what do you think the last 12-18 months of this one will be like?
I haven't speculated about it ?
Maybe a global banking crisis, free falling stock market, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs each month.
That would be pretty bad but I don't really know
what do you think
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I haven't speculated about it ?
Maybe a global banking crisis, free falling stock market, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs each month.
That would be pretty bad but I don't really know
what do you think
if the reps win the senate then alot of vetos and more executive power abuse. If not then just more executive power abuse.
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38 percent
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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Mr Obama’s foreign policy approval ratings are at a historic low, with almost 60 per cent of American disapproving of his handling of foreign policy – a number that has not improved since the president began implementing his strategy to “degrade and destroy” Isil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/11129473/Fury-as-Obama-blames-intelligence-agencies-for-Isil-surprise.html
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Mr Obama’s foreign policy approval ratings are at a historic low, with almost 60 per cent of American disapproving of his handling of foreign policy – a number that has not improved since the president began implementing his strategy to “degrade and destroy” Isil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/11129473/Fury-as-Obama-blames-intelligence-agencies-for-Isil-surprise.html
wow... i'm shocked that over 40% of americans still approve of the way he's handling things.
I thought it'd be lower. he seems to have that "floor". He flirted with 38 and 39% a few times on overall approval.
Obama at 42% approval rating today. Getbiggers predicted it'd be 30% by now.
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wow... i'm shocked that over 40% of americans still approve of the way he's handling things.
I thought it'd be lower. he seems to have that "floor". He flirted with 38 and 39% a few times on overall approval.
Obama at 42% approval rating today. Getbiggers predicted it'd be 30% by now.
Obama's No. 1 internet fan to the rescue again. Are you on his payroll?
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Gallup: Voter opposition to Obama at 16-year high, worse than Bush, Clinton
BY PAUL BEDARD | OCTOBER 5, 2014
Angry and frustrated voters are planning to use the midterm elections in one month to tell President Obama they oppose his agenda, the highest “no vote” percentage in the last 16 years measured by Gallup.
The polling outfit found that 32 percent of voters want to send a message of opposition with their vote, compared to just 20 percent who are sending a signal of support.
That is 13 points higher than in 1998 when former President Clinton was headed to impeachment for lying about his sex affair with a former White House intern and even a smidge higher — 2 points — than in 2008, when Americans were tired of President Bush’s military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The unusual question was first asked by Gallup in 1998. It reads: “Will your vote for a candidate be made in order to send a message that you SUPPORT [Barack Obama], be made in order to send a message that you OPPOSE [Barack Obama], or will you NOT be sending a message about [Barack Obama] with your vote?”
Not surprisingly, Republicans want to use their vote as a megaphone of opposition. Said Gallup:
“A majority of Republican registered voters, 58 percent, say they will be sending a message of opposition to Obama with their vote this fall. In contrast, 38 percent of Democratic voters say they will support the president. Rather than supporting Obama, most Democrats, 53 percent, say they will not be sending a message with their vote.
“Democrats are a bit less likely now (38 percent) than in 2010 (45 percent) to say they will be sending a message of support to Obama, while Republican opposition to the president is the same.”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/gallup-voter-opposition-to-obama-at-16-year-high-worse-than-bush-clinton/article/2554404
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Record Disapproval for Obama in Gallup Poll (Updated)
By Steven Dennis
Posted at 8:57 p.m. on Oct. 11
Obama hasn’t had a Gallup approval rating over 50 percent since before his State of the Union address in 2013. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Updated 10:15 p.m. | President Barack Obama lodged his worst-ever disapproval Saturday in the Gallup tracking poll — another ominous sign for Democrats scrambling on defense ahead of the midterm elections, which are less than a month away.
While the Gallup tracking poll is notoriously noisy, the 57 percent who disapproved of the president’s performance marked a new high, while his approval rating, at 39 percent, was just a tick above his all-time low.
Obama hit 56 percent disapproval a couple of times in the Gallup tracker during his presidency.
But he’s less popular in the Gallup poll than he was than during either of his elections or the 2010 midterms, when the Democratic House was wiped out.
Obama’s numbers improved Sunday.
His party is now expected to lose seats in both chambers, with the president working daily to raise money to stem the losses and try and save the Senate for the Democrats.
Obama recently hit another record in Gallup: A solid year with more people disapproving than approving or his performance.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/record-disapproval-for-obama-in-gallup-poll-approval-rating/
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Poll: Obama hits lowest approval
By JONATHAN TOPAZ
10/15/14 8:01 AM EDT Updated: 10/15/14
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is at the lowest level of his presidency, a new poll says.
According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday, 40 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance, the lowest score the poll has recorded since he took office. His rating is down 1 point from September.
The survey comes less than a month out from the November midterm elections. A large number of Democratic congressional and gubernatorial candidates on the campaign trail have been distancing themselves from the White House.
Among independent voters, Obama’s approval rating stands at 33 percent.
Forty-four percent of Americans approve of the president’s handling of economic issues, compared with 51 percent who disapprove, his lowest disapproval level in more than a year.
But the president’s approval rating on his handling of the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has plunged in less than a month. Thirty-five percent of Americans approve of his handling of the threat from ISIL, the terrorist group that the U.S. has conducted airstrikes against in Iraq and Syria. His net negative 16-point rating on ISIL is down 22 points from the end of September, when 50 percent of Americans approved of his handling of ISIL.
The survey was conducted Oct. 9-12 with 1,006 adults on landlines and cellphones. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 points.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/poll-obama-approval-rating-111902.html#ixzz3GEpjeDws
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/20/obama-approval-rating-sinks-37-percent/
wow
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/20/obama-approval-rating-sinks-37-percent/
wow
Wait until Friday. lol.
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Wait until Friday. lol.
He needs to be jailed - he is a terrorist president
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He needs to be jailed - he is a terrorist president
Meanwhile, the Republicans just won in a landslide and yet they still seem hesitant to do what they were elected to do. Boehner and Mcconnell need to go. Get someone in the leadership positions that have brains and balls. The old guard is part of the problem in my opinion.
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Meanwhile, the Republicans just won in a landslide and yet they still seem hesitant to do what they were elected to do. Boehner and Mcconnell need to go. Get someone in the leadership positions that have brains and balls. The old guard is part of the problem in my opinion.
Yup - we need a war time consigliere :D
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Yup - we need a war time consigliere :D
ted cruz, baby.
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ted cruz, baby.
Trolling for dollars.
I have already said this is purely a political with hunt.
I have already said he did give the left an opening by taking a very risky move.
I have already said this may just WIN him the nomination because he shows balls here.
Please stop lumping me in with "lefties and dems" when I have said this is a courageous move by Perry and will certainly separate him from the rest of the pack in 2016. He wants integrity in his govt team so much that he is willing to bounce people who get wasted and use their car as a weapon. I love it. I hate drunk drivers. I think the woman deserved a year in prison for it. And I think it could win Perry the presidency.
So Not only have I "Accepted" it, but I have also said this coudl be his path to the Presidency.
perry is still going to new hampsire to campaign for prez lol.
Suck it, haters!
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I have already said this is purely a political with hunt.
I have already said he did give the left an opening by taking a very risky move.
I have already said this may just WIN him the nomination because he shows balls here.
Please stop lumping me in with "lefties and dems" when I have said this is a courageous move by Perry and will certainly separate him from the rest of the pack in 2016. He wants integrity in his govt team so much that he is willing to bounce people who get wasted and use their car as a weapon. I love it. I hate drunk drivers. I think the woman deserved a year in prison for it. And I think it could win Perry the presidency.
So Not only have I "Accepted" it, but I have also said this coudl be his path to the Presidency.
perry is still going to new hampsire to campaign for prez lol.
Suck it, haters!
Also, those bastards are taking his gun permits since he's facing a felony. He shot a coyote a year or two back. He carries while jogging. cruel to take a person's weapon when they're facing a non-violent crime felony beef.
Dos Equis I'll see you and raise you:
My whole family - all Republicans - are voting Obama. i'm driving them to the station later - buying everyone dinner - making it a real family event.
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Dos Equis I'll see you and raise you:
lol :D
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If Perry is up against Cruz, I think Perry would win the nomination. More seasoned, much longer political connections. He's been thru the ringer and just looks more presidential to the eye.
I much prefer the policies of Cruz. I HOPE Cruz wins, but if I had to predict, I'd say Perry would beat him if both are in the race. I would vote for EITHER of them over Hilary.
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ember 25, 2014 - American Voters Split On Obama's Immigration Move, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; President's Approval Near All-Time Low
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American voters are divided on whether President Barack Obama should take action to address the immigration issue if Congress fails to act, as 45 percent say the president should issue an executive order while 48 percent say he should not, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today.
At the same time, support for immigrants is at its lowest level ever measured by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll. Offered three choices on what to do about illegal immigrants:
48 percent of American voters say they should be allowed to stay, with a path to citizenship, down from 57 percent November 13, 2013, and the lowest this number ever has been;
11 percent say immigrants should be allowed to stay, but not be allowed to apply for citizenship, consistent with previous surveys;
35 percent say illegal immigrants should be required to leave the U.S., up from 26 percent 12 months ago and higher than this number ever has been.
There is a wide gender gap on Obama's action, as women support it 50 - 39 percent, while men oppose it 57 - 39 percent. Support is 59 - 33 percent among voters 18 to 29 years old, but drops among older voters, with voters over 65 years old opposed 53 - 36 percent.
Democrats support Obama's immigration move 74 - 18 percent, with opposition at 75 - 20 percent among Republicans and 51 - 40 percent among independent voters.
"While President Barack Obama's popularity wallows, support for immigrants wanes as Americans look at immigration reform with ambivalence," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
American voters oppose 68 - 25 percent Congress shutting down "major activities of the federal government" as a way to block Obama's immigration move.
Only 44 percent of Republicans support a shutdown, with 47 percent opposed.
"Americans seem divided on immigration, but they agree on one thing: They don't want a government shutdown over President Obama's action on immigration," Malloy added.
President's Approval Rating
American voters give Obama a negative 39 - 54 percent approval rating, close to his lowest-ever 38 - 57 percent score in a December 10, 2013, Quinnipiac University poll.
Democrats and voters under 30 years old are the only party, gender or age groups who approve of the president.
Only 42 percent of American voters trust Obama more than Republicans in Congress to do what is best for the nation, while 47 percent trust Republicans more.
It's good for the country that Republicans have taken over control of the U.S. Senate, voters say 51 - 37 percent, but 67 percent of voters expect more gridlock in the next two years. Gridlock will be Obama's fault, 44 percent of voters say, as 42 percent would blame Republicans.
"American voters are happy the Republicans have the ball, but don't feel confident there will be a lot of scoring on the deal-making front," Malloy said.
"If that's the case, the numbers say blame will fall on Obama as much as Republicans.
"With the exception of voters born after 1985, Obama's approval is deep under water."
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/11/26/Gallup-Obama-Approval-Plunges-with-Working-Class-Whites-to-27-Percent
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The Corner
Obama Support among Military Plummets to 15 Percent
By John Fund
December 22, 2014 9:28 AM
For the last nine years, the Military Times newspaper has surveyed an average of 2,300 active-duty service members. Their latest poll has just been released and concludes that “Obama’s popularity — never high to begin with — has crumbled, falling from 35 percent in 2009 to just 15 percent this year, while his disapproval ratings have increased to 55 percent from 40 percent over that time.”
Much of the opposition to Obama has come from military members who believe he has been an inconsistent and flawed leader in foreign policy — for example, his 2011 removal of all troops in Iraq helped lead to the rise of the Islamic State, which then required a new U.S. intervention in the region. But some of the resistance comes from those who see his moves to change the military’s culture as “heavy-handed social engineering that erode deep-seated traditions and potentially undermine good order and discipline.”
That said, the Military Times poll shows “quiet acceptance” of some changes in the armed forces. For example, in 2009, the poll “found that 49 percent of troops felt gays, lesbians, and bisexuals should not be allowed to serve. In 2014, such disapproval fell to just 19 percent.”
When it comes to support for the Obama policy of ending the ban in on women serving in combat units by 2016, the results were more mixed. A quarter of all military members surveyed support opening all jobs in combat arms units to women, a number that hasn’t increased in recent years. The number of troops who feel some combat-arms jobs should be opened up to women has increased from 34 percent to 41 percent since 2011, “while the percentage of respondents who felt the military should not change its policies excluding women from combat arms units fell from 43 percent in 2011 to 28 percent in 2014.”
One trend the Military Times poll has picked up in the last nine years is an increasing disillusionment with both political parties. Those service members who consider themselves Republicans have slowly dropped from nearly half of those surveyed to just 32 percent this year. The Times poll notes that “increasingly, readers are more likely to describe themselves as libertarian (7 percent) or independent (28 percent).” Democrats and liberals make up some 8 percent of the poll respondents.
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A CNN poll released Wednesday shows that George W. Bush is not only more popular than President Obama, a majority of Americans now view the former president in a positive light. A full 52% see Bush favorably, compared to just 43% who do not. Only 49% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Obama. The same number, 49%, do not.
Obama’s job approval numbers also took a serious dive in the CNN poll. Just last month, the president sat at a 48% approval rating, with just 47% disapproving. Not great, but he was at least above water. Today Obama is upside down a full 7 points, with just 45% approving of his job and a clear majority of 52% disapproving.
That’s an 8 point drop.
On the specifics of his job, other than race relations, Obama is upside down, sometimes by huge margins, in every category: economy 46-53; ISIS 32-63; race relations 50-47; Climate Change 41-49; illegal immigration 36-60; government surveillance 29-67; health care 44-54; foreign affairs 43-55; terrorism 45-51.
Since last month, Obama’s numbers have worsened considerably on the specific issues of ISIS, immigration, and surveillance.
Bush’s favorability increase — his first in positive territory since leaving office — is likely due to two things. First, Bush has been nothing but a class act as a former president. He has stayed out of the public eye, except to further the causes like those of America’s wounded warriors. He’s removed himself completely from politics. People appreciate a class act, and Bush has been nothing but.
Secondly, Bush’s approval numbers were primarily dragged down by the Iraq War. In hindsight, though, the American people are now seeing that conflict now through a contextual prism they did not have before.
As in all wars, major mistakes were made in Iraq. It is only in the television era, especially the 24/7 cable era, that this historical fact of conflict has been turned into something unique and a disqualifier. Nevertheless, Bush won the war in Iraq. The surge won the war in Iraq.
“It’s harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -– all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the building, and the training and the partnering -– all of it has led to this moment of success. Now, Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead. But we’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We’re building a new partnership between our nations.
“This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.”
That is not Bush announcing the Iraq War a success, that is President Obama … just before he lost the war in an election year gambit by removing all of our troops, including the kind of stabilizing forces we still have in other countries like Korea and Japan.
Compared to Obama’s handling of foreign affairs, specifically in the Middle East, the Bush-era is getting a second look outside of the unceasing partisan politics and venomous media frenzies that defined his presidency. It was a long tough road to get there, but by the time Bush left office, things were better in the Middle East. The region had stabilized, or was at least stabilizing. Egypt, Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan were all quiet or at least quieting. Our years-long engagement, sometimes at a terrible price, had made a positive difference.
Obama’s cynical political disengagement overseas has come at an even more terrible price. The region is on fire. Iraq is nearly lost. Libya is a terrorist haven. ISIS is on the march everywhere, especially in Obama’s Iraq vacuum.
War is tough and bloody and difficult and fraught with mistakes. That was true before the television age. It is true now. How would CNN cover an audacious, costly, and largely symbolic Doolittle Raid on Tokyo today? Imagine Lincoln dealing with a Washington Post, New York Times, and Wolf Blitzer in the first few years of the Civil War. It’s only after you remove all the political and media smoke that one can gain a perspective.
That smoke is mostly dissipated, and the American people can now see that things were better under Bush. It was hell to get there but in the end he won his war. Obama is losing everywhere and showing none of the grit to win Bush did at this time in his own presidency.
Obama was supposed to be the cure for all the Bush-era ills. Democrats and the media promised us that.
The American people are now realizing that the so-called cure is much worse than the problem, a problem that, as we can see now, did not need fixing.
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Lol.
That Obama picture is just horrible. Wtf is he doing? Doing stairs while curling?
Bush looks good though. Keeping it simple.
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All political stuff aside, Bush is just a really likeable guy.
Even going back to when he owned the Rangers he seemed to be that way.
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Lol.
That Obama picture is just horrible. Wtf is he doing? Doing stairs while curling?
Bush looks good though. Keeping it simple.
Obama should not have let those pictures out. Looks like a sissy.
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All political stuff aside, Bush is just a really likeable guy.
Even going back to when he owned the Rangers he seemed to be that way.
I agree.
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What is the comparison between Obama now, and Bush at this exact point in his 8 year terms?
Crickets?
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Who the heck cares? Is that going to make Obama's approval ratings better? You Obamabots are still obsessed with Bush.
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Obama should not have let those pictures out. Looks like a sissy.
Maybe its meant to appeal to gay voters.
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LOL @ Jimmy Carter being 4 points higher than W. Bush in that poll.
Yeah...
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He must be one of the happiest men in America. All of the focus has been taken off his failure of a presidency and incredibly poor leadership. Still below 50 percent.
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/barack-obama-presidential-job-approval.aspx
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He must be one of the happiest men in America. All of the focus has been taken off his failure of a presidency and incredibly poor leadership. Still below 50 percent.
(http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/-cs09sfq4ugm6ktn6tu7jg.png)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/barack-obama-presidential-job-approval.aspx
yawn
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after nearly 7 years of beating down america with his liberal agenda, nearly 50% still support him. yes, we are a country of libs, let's admit it. The USA is at least 51% liberal, that has to change, but cannot, until people admit it.
this moronic mindset that "the USA is 51% conservative, but 4/6 of the last 6 elections have been dem landslides and I can't tell why" is pathetic.
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NBC/WSJ Poll: Terror Fears Reshape 2016 Landscape
by MARK MURRAY
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., have vaulted terrorism and national security to become the American public's top concern, and they've helped drive President Barack Obama's job rating to 43 percent — its lowest level in more than a year, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
What's more, seven-in-10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction — the highest percentage here since Aug. 2014.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/nbc-wsj-poll-terror-fears-reshape-2016-landscape-n479831
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Bill Clinton calls Obamacare 'the craziest thing in the world'
By Naomi Lim, CNN
Tue October 4, 2016
Washington (CNN)Bill Clinton criticized President Barack Obama's signature policy reform while on the stump for his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, calling Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world."
Speaking Monday at a Democratic rally in Flint, Michigan, the former president ripped into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for flooding the health care insurance market and causing premiums to rise for middle-class Americans who do not qualify for subsidies.
"So you've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It's the craziest thing in the world," Clinton said.
Clinton, whose efforts with his wife to overhaul health care in the 1990s were stymied by a recalcitrant Congress and the insurance lobby, told the crowd the insurance model "doesn't make sense" and "doesn't work here."
Touting his wife's proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid, he also acknowledged that market-based solutions would not solve the country's problems with insurance costs and coverage.
"On the other hand, the current system works fine if you're eligible for Medicaid, if you're a lower-income working person; if you're already on Medicare, or if you get enough subsidies on a modest income that you can afford your health care," Clinton said. "But the people that are getting killed in this deal are small business people and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies."
Angel Urena, Clinton's press secretary, defended the former president's stance on Obamacare on Tuesday, saying he had consistently supported the legislation since it was enacted in 2010.
"President Clinton spoke about the importance of the ACA and the good it has done to expand coverage for millions of Americans. And while he was slightly short-handed, it's clear to everyone, including President Obama, that improvements are needed," Urena said in a statement.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment but not yet received a response.
Since it's become law, the Obama administration and the President himself have publicly signaled they're open to changing the ACA, but have cited Republicans in Congress as unwilling partners who want to repeal the legislation.
"What I would also say is that since the very first day the President signed this bill into law, he acknowledged an openness to working with Democrats or Republicans in Congress to further strengthen it," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a briefing Monday. "And we have seen a sustained commitment on the part of Republicans to trying to tear down that law."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/politics/bill-clinton-obamacare-craziest-thing/index.html
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Said so from day 1
Bill Clinton calls Obamacare 'the craziest thing in the world'
By Naomi Lim, CNN
Tue October 4, 2016
Washington (CNN)Bill Clinton criticized President Barack Obama's signature policy reform while on the stump for his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, calling Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world."
Speaking Monday at a Democratic rally in Flint, Michigan, the former president ripped into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for flooding the health care insurance market and causing premiums to rise for middle-class Americans who do not qualify for subsidies.
"So you've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It's the craziest thing in the world," Clinton said.
Clinton, whose efforts with his wife to overhaul health care in the 1990s were stymied by a recalcitrant Congress and the insurance lobby, told the crowd the insurance model "doesn't make sense" and "doesn't work here."
Touting his wife's proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid, he also acknowledged that market-based solutions would not solve the country's problems with insurance costs and coverage.
"On the other hand, the current system works fine if you're eligible for Medicaid, if you're a lower-income working person; if you're already on Medicare, or if you get enough subsidies on a modest income that you can afford your health care," Clinton said. "But the people that are getting killed in this deal are small business people and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies."
Angel Urena, Clinton's press secretary, defended the former president's stance on Obamacare on Tuesday, saying he had consistently supported the legislation since it was enacted in 2010.
"President Clinton spoke about the importance of the ACA and the good it has done to expand coverage for millions of Americans. And while he was slightly short-handed, it's clear to everyone, including President Obama, that improvements are needed," Urena said in a statement.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment but not yet received a response.
Since it's become law, the Obama administration and the President himself have publicly signaled they're open to changing the ACA, but have cited Republicans in Congress as unwilling partners who want to repeal the legislation.
"What I would also say is that since the very first day the President signed this bill into law, he acknowledged an openness to working with Democrats or Republicans in Congress to further strengthen it," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a briefing Monday. "And we have seen a sustained commitment on the part of Republicans to trying to tear down that law."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/politics/bill-clinton-obamacare-craziest-thing/index.html
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Yeah, Bush is a likable guy who was dangerously stupid as the person in charge. But I'd say that's why he was picked.
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Bill Clinton calls Obamacare 'the craziest thing in the world'
By Naomi Lim, CNN
Why would the liberal CNN leak this story? ;)
I think Bill did this INTENTIONALLY.
leftist dems are already voting Hillary no matter what.
MODERATES who hate obamacare - like most of us hate it - suddenly see hillay as more viable - trump is a basketcase that might start WW3 on a dare... but he did promise to end obamacare.
Now undecideds get a wink from team clinton that there's hope....
coordinated move. Repubs that repeat this story are useful idiots.
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Why would the liberal CNN leak this story? ;)
I think Bill did this INTENTIONALLY.
leftist dems are already voting Hillary no matter what.
MODERATES who hate obamacare - like most of us hate it - suddenly see hillay as more viable - trump is a basketcase that might start WW3 on a dare... but he did promise to end obamacare.
Now undecideds get a wink from team clinton that there's hope....
coordinated move. Repubs that repeat this story are useful idiots.
Why did he walk it back? Why does Hillary harp on building upon it?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/bill-clinton-obamacare-229128 (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/bill-clinton-obamacare-229128)
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Why did he walk it back? Why does Hillary harp on building upon it?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/bill-clinton-obamacare-229128 (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/bill-clinton-obamacare-229128)
Cause they need dnc money and they need Obama and Michele campaigning.
And the headline gets waaaay more play than the rebuttal.
Bill planned this. Cnn timed it perfectly. They don't call it Clinton news network for nothing ;-)
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Just 42 percent approve of the president’s job performance
**BREAKING** CNN/ORC: Obama approval rating hits 7-year high
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/obama-approval-rating-new-high/index.html
President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 55% in a new CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his best at any time since his first year in office.
The new rating outpaces his previous second-term high -- reached just after a Democratic convention that extolled the successes of his presidency -- by one point, and hits a level he's reached just twice since the end of his first year in office: In January 2013 just before his second inauguration and in January 2011.
The new poll continues a streak in which Obama's approval rating has been at 50% or higher in CNN/ORC polls since February, a seven month run that is his longest since 2009. And taken together, Obama's approval ratings in 2016 average 51% so far in CNN/ORC polls, his best mark since that first year in office.
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**BREAKING** CNN/ORC: Obama approval rating hits 7-year high
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/obama-approval-rating-new-high/index.html
President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 55% in a new CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his best at any time since his first year in office.
The new rating outpaces his previous second-term high -- reached just after a Democratic convention that extolled the successes of his presidency -- by one point, and hits a level he's reached just twice since the end of his first year in office: In January 2013 just before his second inauguration and in January 2011.
The new poll continues a streak in which Obama's approval rating has been at 50% or higher in CNN/ORC polls since February, a seven month run that is his longest since 2009. And taken together, Obama's approval ratings in 2016 average 51% so far in CNN/ORC polls, his best mark since that first year in office.
Why the heck are you responding to a post I made three years ago?? ::)
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