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AP-GfK Poll: Great hopes for Obama fade to reality
AP/YahooNews ^ | 7/21/09 | NANCY BENAC and TREVOR TOMPSON

Posted on 07/21/2009 12:37:22 PM PDT by Kartographer

The hope and optimism that washed over the country in the opening months of Barack Obama's presidency are giving way to harsh realities.

An Associated Press-GfK Poll shows that a majority of Americans are back to thinking that the country is headed in the wrong direction after a fleeting period in which more thought it was on the right track.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; bho44; hopeychangemas; hopeychangey; obama; obamapollnumbers
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Looks like all that hope and change ain't working for a lot of people!
1 posted on 07/21/2009 12:37:23 PM PDT by Kartographer
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The number of people who think Obama can improve the economy is down a sobering 19 percentage points from the euphoric days just before his inauguration. Ditto for expectations about creating jobs. Also down significantly: the share of people who think he can reduce the deficit, remove troops from Iraq and improve respect for the U.S. around the world, all slipping 15 points.

HEY LIBS: "IN MACY"S WINDOW!"

2 posted on 07/21/2009 12:39:23 PM PDT by frogjerk (It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible - George Washington)
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"The hope and optimism that washed over the country in the opening months of Barack Obama's presidency are giving way to harsh realities."

Hey libbies!!! Back to reality!!! LOL!!!

3 posted on 07/21/2009 12:41:29 PM PDT by avacado
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To: frogjerk

But I wonder what the his poll numbers are for the people who think he can riase the dead, cure cancer and arrange for the Cubs to win the world series are? :-)


4 posted on 07/21/2009 12:42:53 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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As The One sees it, he has one job: turn America into Western Europe...so we can all be equal.

This guy is a Marxist who is looking for a way to manage-down our standard of living.


5 posted on 07/21/2009 12:45:24 PM PDT by kjo
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No free pony?

No gumdrop forest?

No free unicorn rides?

The evil ogre Bush has been vanquished but the earth isn’t permeated with attar of roses?

Well, sheeeeeeyit.


6 posted on 07/21/2009 12:47:35 PM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (This tagline temporarily closed until I finish building my deck.)
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To: Kartographer

Amazing that AP admitted it, and didn’t try to hide it.
The current pres’s policies are a failure.


7 posted on 07/21/2009 12:49:03 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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Obama still has a solid 55 percent approval rating — better than Bill Clinton and about even with George W. Bush six months into their presidencies.

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8 posted on 07/21/2009 12:49:13 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin is our Iron Lady from the North)
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“harsh realities” - yeah the harsh reality is he and the lib Democrat marxists SUCK.


9 posted on 07/21/2009 12:49:46 PM PDT by Frantzie (Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
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"The hope and optimism that washed over the country in the opening months of Barack Obama's presidency are giving way to harsh realities."

In the runup to the election, I tried to get some Obamatrons I know to clearly explain what they thought he was going to accomplish. Other than some vague references to "bringing the country together," "giving us hope," "bringing change," etc., they couldn't verbalize what their expectations were. This is what happens when too many people vote for an image or style, rather than a package of real ideas and solutions. These people are in for an emotional crash landing.

10 posted on 07/21/2009 12:50:16 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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Don’t forget the seas will rise.


11 posted on 07/21/2009 12:51:37 PM PDT by Semperfiwife (Health "care" - by the same folks who run Amtrak and the post office)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

An Kenyan KGB agent working for the destruction of America could not do a better job as president


12 posted on 07/21/2009 12:53:51 PM PDT by clamper1797 (An Kenyan KGB agent could not do a better job as president)
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“The hope and optimism that washed over the country....

“The hope and optimism that washed over the left and it’s band of useful idiots....

All fixed.


13 posted on 07/21/2009 12:56:55 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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The harsh reality is that Obama has been a depression and an embarrassment on this country. There have been no “good days” since this person set foot on the stage.

He has created untold misery in this country. He is asking people to vote for putting their parents and grandparents down like animals, he has taken our savings, he has made us unsafe ETC, I could go on and on. He is absolutely a disgrace.

If we are to ever have any peace like we used to have, Obama and his communists need to be kicked to the curb.

They have already ruined America. I am sickened by it.

How many of us long for days gone by?

14 posted on 07/21/2009 12:57:22 PM PDT by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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I’m still waiting for him to pay for my rent, utilities, grocery bills, fuel, entertainment, dining out, clothing, etc.. When does that start? Oh, and I need a massage.


15 posted on 07/21/2009 1:00:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I am Jim Thompson!!)
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To: kjo

You wish he was turning America into Europe - more like Zimbabwe and Pakistan.


16 posted on 07/21/2009 1:04:58 PM PDT by Frantzie (Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
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New Obama bumper stickers:

“If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

“Didn’t our ancestors leave Europe to get away from this crap?”

“Barack Obama: A new chapter in American history, Chapter 13.”

“I hope I have some change left in four years.”

“How’s that hopey, changey thing working out for you?”

“Honk if I’m paying your mortgage.”

“The big three couldn’t sell me a car, so they stole my taxes instead.”

“Are you better off than you were $4 trillion dollars ago?”

“Hey, Barack, we’re baroke!”

“No we can’t … afford any of this.”

17 posted on 07/21/2009 1:09:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I am Jim Thompson!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where’s my skittle-crapping flying unicorn?


18 posted on 07/21/2009 1:11:27 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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Michelle and the girls got the last one. Yours is on back order. Perhaps you'd be interested in this brown rat, instead? Or we have some very nice cockroaches, imported from Tony Rezko's slums palatial apartment homes in Chicago.
19 posted on 07/21/2009 1:18:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I am Jim Thompson!!)
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Is there ANY way we can convince more than HALF the American electorate, that we should START with reality,
and slowly , very slowly,IF AT ALL, and only “for fun”, build to these ethereal concepts like “hope” and “change”.
All of US knew what to expect with Obama, and we found out an alarming number of dumbed-down Americans were looking for a Messiah, in this “secular” society.


20 posted on 07/21/2009 1:19:10 PM PDT by supremedoctrine (I think we have seen the future, and should start acting on it today.)
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