Poll: Obama hits new lows on economy

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Hel, is anyone surprised by this? I was expecting the Washington Post to lead with something like:

"President Obama's approval numbers took an unexpected drop over his handling of the economy"




The public opinion boost President Obama received after the killing of Osama bin Laden has dissipated, and Americans’ disapproval of how he is handling the nation’s economy and the deficit has reached new highs, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The survey portrays a broadly pessimistic mood in the country this spring as higher gasoline prices, sliding home values and a disappointing employment picture have raised fresh concerns about the pace of the economic recovery.

By 2 to 1, Americans say the country is pretty seriously on the wrong track, and nine in 10 continue to rate the economy in negative terms. Nearly six in 10 say the economy has not started to recover, regardless of what official statistics may say, and most of those who say it has improved rate the recovery as weak.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-loses-bin-laden-bounce-romney-on-the-move-among-gop-contenders/2011/06/06/AGT5wiKH_story.html

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and another Obama staffer is tossed overboard while the Washington Post calls what we are in a "recovery"




Austan Goolsbee, one of President Obama’s most trusted economic advisers, said Monday night that he would resign, marking the latest departure from the president’s economic team at a time when the nation’s jobs recovery is slowing.

Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers since September, is leaving to preserve his tenured professorship at the University of Chicago. Goolsbee stopped teaching at the university in 2007, when he began to advise Obama’s presidential campaign. The school rarely allows professors to take more than two years of leave.

His departure comes as Obama confronts an increasingly tepid economic recovery. Goolsbee, who is regarded as one of the administration’s most effective speakers on economic policy given his background as a star lecturer, spent Friday answering questions about the unexpected news that the economy added only 54,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate inched back up to 9.1 percent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obamas-head-of-economic-council-austan-goolsbee-to-leave-plans-return-to-academia/2011/06/06/AGt9GdKH_story.html

[Gaffer]

Hel, is anyone surprised by this? I was expecting the Washington Post to lead with something like:

"President Obama's approval numbers took an unexpected drop over his handling of the economy"

Always note the words used. His disapproval rating reached new highs. All writing mention him must contain positive words and statements. If the writer doesn't include the right words his editor will.

[fj1200]

Always note the words used.

Right, his incompetence is superlative. :laugh:

[jimnyc]

I wonder where all the fake fat preachers are when it comes to polls like this? Funny how they want to debate for pages on end with RSR one day, then disappear the next. Must be feeding time at the zoo! :coffee:

[fj1200]

... polls like this?

Maybe this is why.
2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42% (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/2012_match_ups_obama_romney_tied_at_45_obama_48_pa lin_42)

The other day he was spouting how BO was ahead against all challengers and now he doesn't even get a plurality against Palin.

[jimnyc]

Maybe this is why.
2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42% (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/2012_match_ups_obama_romney_tied_at_45_obama_48_pa lin_42)

The other day he was spouting how BO was ahead against all challengers and now he doesn't even get a plurality against Palin.

There's another poll linked from Drudge that actually has Romney ahead.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-loses-bin-laden-bounce-romney-on-the-move-among-gop-contenders/2011/06/06/AGT5wiKH_print.html

Poor virgil must be out kicking his dog again!

[red states rule]

I wonder where all the fake fat preachers are when it comes to polls like this? Funny how they want to debate for pages on end with RSR one day, then disappear the next. Must be feeding time at the zoo! :coffee:

He is becoming more like Gabby every day. He is turning into a drive by poster :laugh2:

[red states rule]

and now the voters are too damn stupid ti understand the economy and have the gall to blame - gasp - Obama

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[fj1200]

and now the voters are too damn stupid ti understand the economy and have the gall to blame - gasp - Obama

Well, that would put them on the same footing as the POTUS. :laugh:

[red states rule]

Well, that would put them on the same footing as the POTUS. :laugh:

Obama's 2012 slogan "It's about everything but the economy, stupid."

[red states rule]

I wonder where all the fake fat preachers are when it comes to polls like this? Funny how they want to debate for pages on end with RSR one day, then disappear the next. Must be feeding time at the zoo! :coffee:

He probably saw this and fainted in disbelief Jim

Along with the "reporters" at CNN

I am surprised Obama still has as high an approval number as he does. CNN must have oversampled Dems to get the number slightly higher





CNN Poll: Obama approval rating drops as fears of depression rise


(CNN) – President Barack Obama's overall approval rating has dropped below 50 percent as a growing number of Americans worry that the U.S. is likely to slip into another Great Depression within the next 12 months, according to a new national poll.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday also indicate that the economy overall remains issue number one to voters, with other economic issues - unemployment, gas prices and the federal deficit - taking three of the remaining four spots in the top five.

Forty-eight percent of people questioned say they approve of how the president is handling his duties in the White House, down six points from late May. An equal 48 percent say they disapprove of how Obama's performing, up three points from late last month.

The poll indicates a slight deterioration among Democrats and independent voters, with the president's approval rating among Democrats down three points to 82 percent and down five points among independents to 42 percent.

"But far and away his biggest drop has come among Republicans. In May, over a quarter approved of President Obama's handling of his job, but that is down to 14 percent now, a clear indication that any advantage he gained from taking out Osama bin Laden has faded with time," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

According to the survey Obama's strength remains his personal appeal: Three-quarters of all Americans say they approve of him personally, including a plurality of Republicans. But positive views of the president's personality may be trumped by economic jitters.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/cnn-poll-obama-approval-rating-drops-as-fears-of-depression-rise/

[red states rule]

Always note the words used. His disapproval rating reached new highs. All writing mention him must contain positive words and statements. If the writer doesn't include the right words his editor will.

Obama said he was going to transform America and this could be the end result

Life in Obamaville


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