Posted on 01/11/2010 5:10:45 PM PST by kristinn
President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 46 percent, according to a new CBS News poll.
That rating is Mr. Obama's lowest yet in CBS News polling, and the poll marks the first time his approval rating has fallen below the 50 percent mark. Forty-one percent now say they disapprove of Mr. Obama's performance as president.
In last month's CBS News poll, 50 percent of Americans approved of how the president was handling his job, while thirty-nine percent disapproved.
Mr. Obama still receives strong support from Democrats (eight in ten approve of his performance), but his approval rating among Republicans is only 13 percent. More importantly, Mr. Obama's approval rating among independents has declined 10 points in recent months – and it now stands at just 42 percent.
Domestic issues – and not his response to terrorist threats - appear to be driving the president's approval rating downward.
Just 41 percent now approve of his handling of the economy, which Americans say is the nation's most pressing issue. Forty-seven percent disapprove. The president's marks on handling health care, with reforms still under debate in Congress, are even lower – just 36 percent approve, while 54 percent disapprove. Both of these approval ratings are the lowest of Mr. Obama's presidency.
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Excellent summary.
You rock. Man, the anti-Palinites just come right of the woodwork here if they see anything that could in their view hurt her chances. Witness yesterday’s news. I know I’m supposed to be tolerant but what the hell more do they want in a conservative (unofficial) candidate?
Cute, I love W.
Oh how I miss Tony Snow! What a sweet and Godly man!
(Reminder to pray for his family......thanks, SkyPilot).
“I’m beginning to think that as much as 35-40% of the country would be all in for a one-party socialist state, and have no use for the Constitution.”
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I would say you made an astute observation. I know one individual who is nearing ninety and is a retired minister. This man told me point blank, “I don’t care about the constitution”. He supports abortion rights, he supports gay marriage. He says he voted for Obama and has not said yet that it was a mistake. He claims to be an “independent”. He thinks Fox News is the biased news outlet and the others are even handed and fair in their coverage.
Maybe your estimate of percentage is a little low?
“he passes heath care.”
Uh huh...so the Dummies are getting ready for the “It’s OBAMAs fault”
RipSawyer wrote:
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I would say you made an astute observation. I know one individual who is nearing ninety and is a retired minister. This man told me point blank, “I don’t care about the constitution”. He supports abortion rights, he supports gay marriage. He says he voted for Obama and has not said yet that it was a mistake. He claims to be an “independent”. He thinks Fox News is the biased news outlet and the others are even handed and fair in their coverage.
Maybe your estimate of percentage is a little low?
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I wouldn’t let one highly unusual anecdotal story distort your perception of how many Americans are truly in favor of abolishing the Constitution. I can assure you that 90-year-old radical left-wing retired ministers do not represent a sizable segment of the Christian ministry, let alone the entire U.S. population at large.
I assure you the retired minister is just an illustration, I have met far too many people who have a clue what is even in the constitution and very few who have a working knowledge of it. It should be obvious by now that we have a huge number of judges who either don’t know the constitution or don’t give a flip about it. As a nation we have failed miserably at living up to our heritage.
If George Washington can see us he must wonder for what purpose he asked his men to suffer in the snow and ice.
people who have a clue should be people who LACK a clue
I think the anti-Palinites are afflicted with something similar to moonbat BDS. You'd think they'd be overjoyed to finally see someone from our side who gets through to average Americans almost as well as Ronaldus Magnus did.
I'm sure that some of them are undercover agents on Obama's payroll, but others are just twisted when it comes to Palin. Yet others are honestly unconvinced of her importance to our country's future, and her ability to lead, but they also don't have that unmistakable Pavolvian response whenever her name is mentioned.
Feel free to steal it. I did!
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