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Poll: Rising economy boosts Obama’s standing on eve of the State of the Union
Washington comPost ^
| January 19, 2015
| Scott Clement and Dan Balz
Posted on 01/19/2015 8:38:52 AM PST by Zakeet
President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday enjoying rising approval ratings that have been strengthened by rapidly improving perceptions of the economy and increased optimism about the overall direction of the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Obamas overall approval rating now stands at 50 percent, the highest in a Post-ABC poll since the spring of 2013. His standing is nine points higher than in December and seven points higher than in October, just before Republicans captured control of the Senate, increased their House majority to its highest level in eight decades and recorded advances in the states.
The Post-ABC survey puts the presidents approval rating slightly higher than some other recent public polls. But most have shown improvement since the November elections as the president has moved aggressively and unilaterally on issues such as immigration and climate change.
The bigger factor helping to boost his standing is a series of economic indicators that have shown steadily improving conditions.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; obama; poll
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To be a successful MSM newser these days ... you have to make up stories out of whole cloth ... and to do that the way we do, you have to have almost no intelligence and absolutely no sense of shame!
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:38:52 AM PST
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
The economy coming back despite Obama's best efforts.
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:39:37 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Zakeet
Oil prices saved him, and he had NOTHING to do with it!
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:40:12 AM PST
by
celmak
(Long live the Christian conservative South!)
To: Zakeet
LOLOLOLOLOLOL! Standing? What standing? Only in Unicornia maybe. Or Rainbowville.
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:40:31 AM PST
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
To: Zakeet
retail sales were DOWN....in December.....
Christmas SHopping did not make a DENT!
Revrunt Sharpton...could have written that article....
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:41:58 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Zakeet
FIGURES DON'T LIE, BUT LIARS FIGURE
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:44:05 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Zakeet
Washington Post and ABC? Two of the most liberal media outlets. I long ago concluded that certain polls by liberal leaning media are skewed by their own liberal readers. This means nothing.
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posted on
01/19/2015 8:45:48 AM PST
by
A Navy Vet
(An Oath is Forever)
To: BenLurkin
Limbaugh warned us about that. Sooner or later the American economy WOULD start to recover due to it’s inherent strength and resiliency. And Obama would get the credit.
To: Zakeet
“Surveys” are used for driving trends towards the left. They are no longer used to measure anything.
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:12:10 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
To: Zakeet
The economy improving is not part of Obama’s plan.
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:14:00 AM PST
by
BlueStateRightist
(Government is best which governs least.)
To: Zakeet
Obamas overall approval rating now stands at 50 percent, the highest in a Post-ABC poll since the spring of 2013.Gruber was right.
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:21:16 AM PST
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: MeshugeMikey
There has certainly been no recovery here in the northeast; are they trying to tout this in states with Republican governments that Obama lost anyway?
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:34:47 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Zakeet
$18T in debt buys a lot of economy
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:37:36 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: kearnyirish2
I have no idea why they thought Obie could get away with one of his most massive lies yet..
I guess they figure if the American public doesnt demand blood after seeing Revrunt Sharpton hob knobing with Obie that he can do ANYTHING
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posted on
01/19/2015 9:48:34 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Zakeet
LOL. HE SUCKS, I DON’T CARE WHAT THE MEDIA SPEWS.
To: BenLurkin
This is fiction, pure and simple. The media is doing everything they can to save Obama's lying butt. Unless the millions of people that have been out of work have suddenly found decent jobs (not part-time), then the economy is not coming back. Banks are laying people off, and I would imagine that we'll start seeing layoffs in the energy industry at some point if that hasn't already started (and that was the one sector that was doing well in this country). Sorry, not buying it, because nothing is being done to allow the economy to flourish.
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posted on
01/19/2015 10:03:15 AM PST
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: Zakeet
Middle fifth of income earners goes from 53K to 47K on his watch.
Depleting the upper 1% of all their wealth would not dent the prospects for this large group of people.
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posted on
01/19/2015 10:35:52 AM PST
by
cicero2k
To: Major Matt Mason
You said....
“and I would imagine that we'll start seeing layoffs in the energy industry at some point if that hasn't already started”
The falling gas prices are having an effect on the consumer's mood. But, it will be fairly short term. Layoffs are starting in that industry. With the oil and gas jobs, the economy would be a lot worse as we are still mired in the worst recovery in decades and most of the jobs, save for those oil industry jobs, have been low pay, part time. I wouldn't be surprised if the Fed starts hinting at more Qe if current trends continue.
I haven't heard this on the mainstream news yet but Bloomberg’s had an article last week were 30 year Treasury yields fell to a record low. This is getting to be 2007ish when GWB also talked up the economy in his 2007 SOTU speech
Also, the employer mandate just went into effect this year.
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posted on
01/19/2015 11:20:07 AM PST
by
LMAO
(("Begging hands and Bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"...Anthem from Rush))
To: Zakeet
Except the economy is NOT bouncing back. We have a surly alliance between the MSNBC crowd/Wall Street and the Administration to push the agenda on how great the economy is. Wall Street always want the narrative to be positive so they can push their stocks on the the masses.
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posted on
01/19/2015 11:25:20 AM PST
by
Sam Gamgee
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
To: MeshugeMikey
Obama knows that the media has successfully silenced his critics from day 1 (of his initial campaign); the race card trumps all.
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posted on
01/19/2015 1:57:35 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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