Gallup: Obama under 50% on Afghanistan, economy, health care, deficit

Hot Air ^ | Sept. 17, 2009 | Ed Morrissey

[Free ThinkerNY]

It’s safe to say that the magic of Barack Obama’s personal appearances have completely worn out with the American public. A week after his major address to Congress on health care, Gallup shows Obama’s polls sinking, not just overall, but on a range of policies. In fact, he scores his highest issue rating on Iraq, of all issues, and only at 56%. On the rest, Obama is heading for the deep end of the pool:

Of the seven specific issue approval ratings measured in a Sept. 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll, President Obama gets his highest rating (56%) on his handling of Iraq, and his lowest (38%) on the federal deficit. Obama’s approval ratings on handling the economy and healthcare, at 46% and 43%, respectively, are little changed over the past two months.

In the Sept. 11-13 survey, Obama’s overall job approval rating is 54%. Of the seven issues tested, only for Iraq is Obama’s approval rating higher than his overall approval rating. His ratings on five of the issues — energy policy, Afghanistan, the economy, healthcare policy, and the federal budget deficit — are below his overall approval rating, while his rating on handling the environment is identical to his overall rating.

Obama won the election mainly on the economy, with his populist schtick striking a chord during an economic crisis. He started off his presidency with a 59% approval rating on economics. It’s now at 46%, with 51% disapproving of his economic policies.

The White House hoped for a “game-changer” on health care with Obama’s speech to the joint session of Congress eight days ago. They got a huge shrug from their survey of adults, which should be the most sympathetic survey type for Obama.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[K-oneTexas]

Has anyone ever charted the President’s rating for the first year in office?

It would be nice to see Obama compared to other Presidents. Carter for sure and possibly those he compares himself too (FDR, Kennedy, Reagan).

[GnuHere]

Then it seems appearing on all the Sunday talk shows is brilliant - keep blabbing, Bambi, no one is listening!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Rassmussen has him at 47% today.

[kromike]

There is "Fail", there is "FAIL", there is "EPIC FAIL".

And then there's _resident jOker, in a league all by himself.

[RobinMasters]

[colorado tanker]

Well, he lied about who he is and what he’d do to get into office, forced through Porkulus, which has been an utter failure, and insists on “fixing” health care, which isn’t broken, but refuses to fix the economy, which is. Not exactly a recipe for success.

[colorado tanker]

Only one of these issues is “Bush's fault” - Iraq, where relative success has come from Bush's surge. And that's Zero's highest rating!

[LS]

LOL. Think about it: he gets his highest rating on Bush’s greatest success, Iraq!

[Maceman]

Obama under 50% on Afghanistan, economy, health care, deficit

Other than that he's doin' terrific. Well, except for Cap & Trade and the UN.