Public support for Obama's stimulus bill slips to 42%

Rasmussen Reports ^ | January 29, 2009 | Scott Rasmussen

[St. Louis Conservative]

Public support for the economic recovery plan crafted by President Obama and congressional Democrats has slipped a bit over the past week. At the same time, expectations that the plan will quickly become law have increased.

Forty-two percent (42%) of the nation’s likely voters now support the president’s plan, roughly one-third of which is tax cuts with the rest new government spending. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 39% are opposed to it and 19% are undecided. Liberal voters overwhelmingly support the plan while conservatives are strongly opposed.

Last week, support for the President’s plan was at 45% and opposition at 34%.

As they consider the size and scope of the $800-billion-plus economic recovery plan, 46% are worried that the government will end up doing too much while 42% worry that it will do too little (see trends).

[Fitzy_888]

Well less than 36 percent of the eligible voters elected Obama, all the media’s palm-palm cheers won’t change that stat.

Real change can only come with the end of polling, in addition to Rush, Fox,…., etc.

[FreeReign]

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 39% are opposed to it...

39% against is an embarrassingly puny number. The people of this country need to wake up.

[JrsyJack]

How exactly is rebuilding bridges and roads or changing light bulbs in government buildings and school houses going to employ those folks? Spending = short term jobs roughly 3 million people can get 277,000 apiece but after its used up its gone... and we still have to pay for it and no long term job is created....

Lets look at the list...bridge builders=union, road workers=union, government light bulb changers=union, school maintenance workers=union...You don't need Fibonacci to see a pattern here.

[wombtotomb]

its only recently the jobs that have been lost are white collar. Blue collar took a collassial hit in the 07 and early 08 when construction stopped dead in 06. Our company was one casualty. Many have given up looking for work, changed careers or went back to mexico.

[Perdogg]

My guess if you look at people who actually know what’s in it, the support is probably around 35%.

[TexasNative2000]

Obama as President: 3% drop = "slip"

Bush as President: 3% drop = "plunge!"

[Eric Blair 2084]

"There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40% of our national income."

---Milton Friedman

[ElkGroveDan]

Time to “bailout” the polling firms whether they like it or not. Then demand 51% stock shares as collateral. Then....

[Thrownatbirth]

STIMULUS BILL FAILS!


"What bill?"

[txhurl]

LOL

[plain talk]

thanks for posting that.

[ponygirl]

Don’t forget the initial 15 point plunge that was referred to by the MSM as a “normalization.”

[yongin]

Yes. People opposed the first bailout because Bush endorsed it. The public is more receptive to Obama’s economic stimulus package simply because Obama deemed it necessary.

According to Rasmussen, Obama still has a 62% approval rating. With 42% of Americans worshipping him and 20% hate him.

[anniegetyourgun]

Right. The first bailout passed against the will of the people. Hence, what the people think will matter even less with this one.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Thank Uncle Milton, the Grandfather of Reaganomics.

[Red Steel]

“stimulus” LOL!

Obama's Public Opinion

[laxcoach]

“How exactly is rebuilding bridges and roads or changing light bulbs in government buildings and school houses going to employ those folks? “

Here is the funnier part. Imagine a former cubicle jockey doing those jobs. Change!

[FDNYRHEROES]

Before you know it, Zerobama will stimulating his own package...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Melt the lines!
Toll free capital switchboard numbers are:

800-965-4701
800-828-0498

Congress critter ping!

**********
BUMP!

[Cheerio]

You honestly think that McConnell can reach a filibuster? Even without Coleman, it looks iffy.

While it looked like Senator Saxby Chambliss’ decisive win to hold his Senate seat a few weeks appeared to have thwart Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid’s goal to win a filibuster proof 60 vote majority, the RINO twins from Maine, Senator’s Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins, may still give Reid what he wants:

WASHINGTON - For years, Maine senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have been treated as conjoined political twins: a pair of moderate Republican women, often ideologically indistinguishable, ready to move as a unit whenever deals are being cut in the Senate’s center.