Comeback kids? Clintons surge in polls, Obama falls to new low

Fox News ^ | August 18, 2009 | Kimberly Schwandt

[Zakeet]

Today President Obama has separate meetings at the White House with his former rivals, Bill and Hillary Clinton; and while the topics of discussion may be about diplomacy, one issue not likely to come up is that recent polls show the Clintons are surging in job approval polls, and the president’s are hitting new lows.

The numbers represent a striking reversal of fortune for the Clintons, whose were supposed to have been eclipsed by Obama’s historic presidency. Instead, their stature has grown as Obama’s has shrunk

Just 53 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance, compared with 66 percent who approve of Mrs. Clinton’s, according to a recent survey of registered voters by Fox News and Opinion Dynamics. That’s a new low and a 12-point drop for Obama from January and a 10-point jump for Mrs. Clinton since April. Mrs. Clinton has even seen movement in Republican approval, increasing 11 points to 39 percent.

Meanwhile, a Rasmussen poll shows former President Bill Clinton’s favorability increasing by 26 percent since he left office in 2001.

President Obama’s slide in the polls can be blamed in part on his increasingly unpopular health care reform plan.

By contrast, Mrs. Clinton has been helped by flying around the globe talking tough to North Korea and declaring “The United States is back!” And her husband’s reputation improved after he negotiated the release of two American journalists from North Korea.

The new numbers beg the question, could the Clintons could be having the best year ever? And an even bigger question, what would this mean for a potential 2012 Clinton/Obama rematch?

[Zakeet]

The Great Secretary of State in Action

You put your right cankle in
You put your left cankle out
You put your right cankle in
And you fall on your ass and break the other elbow

The most unqualified and under achieving SoS in history and the Liberal MSM are already puffing her for a run against Obozo because ... well ... who do the Rats have that's any better?

[America2012]

Today President Obama has separate meetings at the White House with his former rivals, Bill and Hillary Clinton

Separate meetings? Sounds like Hillary's still mad at Bill for that little trip to North Korea.

[MestaMachine]

The rise of the clintons. They are finished with obama. Now they will chew him up and spit him out.

[freekitty]

The Clintons are every bit as bad as Obama. Soros is betting on one or the other. Soros supports the party of stupid.

[NurdlyPeon]

Wow! Wouldn't it be nice if the DEMs nominated Clinton to run in 2012. Then we could put up Jeb Bush, and the American people would win either way.

[blueyon]

Billy bob will offer to save America and Obama from the evil right attackers because he still remembers waking Hillary up and saying “you will never believe what they are saying about me today” to Hillary (before the Monica story hit and the new definition of “is”). Billy will “Help” Obama out.......but Clinton never do anything with out a price

[Hardastarboard]

Soros supports the party of stupid.

The Democrats are the party of EVIL. The Republicans are the party of stupid.

[politicalmerc]

Today President Obama has separate meetings at the White House with his former rivals, Bill and Hillary Clinton Separate meetings? Sounds like Hillary's still mad at Bill for that little trip to North Korea.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I think Bill got those women out because, well, they were cute little Asian chicks that had been in prison. . . . He was no doubt hoping they would be "grateful."

[uncbob]

And an even bigger question, what would this mean for a potential 2012 Clinton/Obama rematch?

Obama pulled the black support base out from under the Clintons and they ain't gettin it back

Without it they have ZERO chance at anything

[uncbob]

Meanwhile, a Rasmussen poll shows former President Bill Clinton’s favorability increasing by 26 percent since he left office in 2001.

And posters here thought the American voters woke up because of Obama's popularity dropping

The average voter is still stuck on stupid with the attention span of aflea

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Hillary would have been a better choice than the one we’re now stuck with.

[TomGuy]

The Democrats are the party of EVIL. The Republicans are the party of stupid.

What is sad is this:

If Obama did screw up enough that the Dems dump him in 2012, the Pubbies would nominate another tired old white-haired Dole/McCain type and lose again anyway.

[newfreep]

Considering HELLry was personally educated by Saul Alinsky, she is just as marxist and dangerous as obozo.

[elizabethgrace]

Never underestimate the Clintons. On the downside, they are their own worst enemies. At leat we can take some joy knowing Obama is LIVID knowing their polling numbers are rising while his are sinking....lol.

Next trip for Hillary: Siberia.

[IamConservative]

Next trip for Hillary: Siberia.

Ron Brown express?

[elizabethgrace]

ROFL!

I wish I had thought of that!

[McGruff]

Cackle...cackle...cackle.

[Hattie]

Just wait till Bush’s poll numbers outdo Obama’s.

[Pearls Before Swine]

“You put your right cankle in
You put your left cankle out”

*** Splutt *** sound of coffee hitting desk — Good one!

[elizabethgrace]

LOL!

Is that COC? = Cackling Out Loud?

[freebird5850]

I get great satisfaction seeing Barry fail. And I really like saying so.

[Caipirabob]

Wow! Wouldn't it be nice if the DEMs nominated Clinton to run in 2012. Then we could put up Jeb Bush, and the American people would win either way.

I couldn't vote for Jeb Bush. I just don't believe in American "royalty".Regardless, after the last part of GW's term, I wouldn't chance it.

[andy58-in-nh]

Hillary would have been a better choice than the one we’re now stuck with.

At least Hillary pretends to respect her country.

[Terry Mross]

Sounds to me like Hillary is thinking, “Damn! Even I underestimated Bill! He’s about to knock Obama off the thrown and I can’t do a damn thing about it. I shouldn’t have hitched my wagon to the O horse.”

[oldm60grunt]

“Cankle”

Thank you for my best belly laugh of the week!

[Jmouse007]

Hillary has been relegated to the dust bin of history. Obamessiah has totally made her irrelevant and she has let him do this to her! She should have resigned when she saw the hand writing on the wall but she appears to love the power of position too much even though he has disgraced her.

Next week Obama will probably send her off to the Antarctic on a "fact finding mission" to gauge the pulse of the penguin population. Or maybe to Zambia to broker a "peace deal" over a game of dominos with the natives.

How far the so-called "mighty" have fallen.

[Stentor]

Obamessiah has totally made her irrelevant and she has let him do this to her!

Is she still looking for Dr. Livingstone or have they sent her on a snipe hunt somewhere else?

[A'elian' nation]

All this proves is that Pinocchio is more popular than Howdy Doody.