Obama - 1 year later - this says it all!!

[sharder8]

Quote:

President Obama: One Year After Winning it All

rasmussenreports.com – Wed Nov 4, 10:02 am ET

One year ago today, Senator Barack Obama became President-elect Obama. He and his team had run nearly a flawless campaign and were about to embark on what turned out to be a nearly flawless transition effort. By Inauguration Day, the man who had won 53% of the vote saw his overall job approval rating soar to 65%.

As expected, once the campaigning was over and the governing began, those numbers began to slip.

As president, Obama lost the support of Republicans in February during the debate over the stimulus package. Over the summer, economic concerns and the health care debate cost the president support among unaffiliated voters. By October, a month-by-month review showed that Obama's overall job approval had slipped to 48% among Likely Voters.

This morning, on the anniversary of his election, the president's Approval Index rating is at -13, just one point above the lowest level yet recorded and down 41 points since the Inauguration.

Economic conditions have played a role in dimming Obama's support. For much of the past year, voters continued to blame George W. Bush for the economy, but the blame is more evenly divided now between Bush and Obama.

The core promise made down the stretch to voters by candidate Obama was a pledge to cut taxes for 95% of all Americans. Now, more than 40% expect a tax hike and hardly anybody expects their taxes to go down. Not surprisingly, 74% of voters now view the president as politically liberal.

Just 33% believe the stimulus package has helped, and most opposed other economic initiatives including the takeover of General Motors and the cash-for-clunkers program. Among the priorities established by the president, voters consistently see deficit reduction as the most important but least likely to be achieved.

The health care plan proposed by the president is struggling and is supported by just 42% of voters nationwide. Confidence in the War on Terror spiked during the first weeks of the Obama administration but has now fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years. On a related topic, one of the president's earliest initiatives, his promise to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, initially received mixed reviews but is now opposed by most Americans.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters now expect politics in Washington to become more partisan over the coming year. That's up 25 points since Inauguration Day when a plurality believed politics might become more cooperative.

Despite the struggles and challenges, however, Obama's overall ratings remain mixed. He retains very strong support from Democrats and endures very strong opposition from Republicans. Among those not affiliated with either major party, there is some dissatisfaction, but it can clearly be turned around if the economy improves.

The president himself remains more popular than his policies. That gives him some good will to draw upon. However, as was shown in yesterday's election results, the president's ability to help other Democratic politicians may be limited.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

As of this morning . . . Obama's approval rating is just about the opposite of what it was 1 year ago. That has got to be a new record in loss of approval of any President in recent history. Even Bush JR., who never really had high approval ratings never reversed that fast.

The scary thing is that the number of reported Democrats has continued to inch up . . . yet Obama's ratings are continuing to go down. Anyone want to take a guess where Obama will be one year from now??? Will the Democrats, Obama, and the country survive till the end of Obama's reign in 3 more years???

Will the big poll quoters (MTA, Pex, Theo) blow off the numbers??? Or will they come to the realization that their beloved President not only doesn't have the experience or leadership qualities to be in office. Heck, the scariest part is that more and more Democrats disapprove of Obama.


Harder

[pickel]

I believe the ratings were inflated by Media Frenzy and were always going to be on the downhill slide. I didn't think much of him from his announcement to run. But, hell, it's got to be better than John Lieberman and Miss Piggy ( maybe not LOL )

[Black*Dragon]

As he keeps his military waiting for a decision because of petty politics, he has lost all support and respect of flag officers.

Personally leaving our people hanging for more than 2 months makes him a petty scum bag.

[Pexster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharder8

Will the big poll quoters (MTA, Pex, Theo) blow off the numbers???

I may be wrong, but I don't believe I have ever quoted poll numbers as the basis of any argument.

One thing that the lazy-ass media almost always fails to mention is that support may be slipping due to fading support from progressives; NOT because of any repudiation of the ideas and ideals Obama ran on.

As for the article itself, I laughed out loud somewhere in the beginning when the author(s) stated that Obama lost Republican support in February! Are the authors on drugs??? Obama never had Republican support!

[Toadman]

Sorry you feel that Obama opposition is incapable of giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. But when you watch what elected officials say vs. what they do what would you expect of any constituency?

[Chuckiechan]

It was reported that Obama was watching a biography on election night - his!

[cunokyle]

Unemployment is at its highest since 1982...yay Obama!

[The Real Bingo]

The Big Eg-O

[osprey4]

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

Quote:

An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.

(Hint, this was not written by Fox News)

[MTAtech]

I would suspect that whatever Obama's actions, the right-field would find fault with it. If he was visibly saddened, they would say he was over-emotional.