Posted on 05/19/2010 6:32:54 AM PDT by marstegreg
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19. Today’s rating is the lowest earned by the president since the passage of his health care proposal two months ago
If the Liberal Messiah’s numbers don’t start going up, He will create a Reichstag Fire. He knows he has to do something before the midterm elections.
I can’t figure out how one out of four think he is doing a good job! what do they like? the apology to China for Arizona? or the apology to Mexico? or the Apology to Islam? or the bowing? what is it that is good? the 10% unemployment or the 20% U6?
Mayday?
Maybe the color of his skin.
Wait until 2012 and she can’t live it up on the taxpayers’ dime any more. Still, someone put a bag over her head. Better yet, a burqua.
“Wow. She almost ... almost ... looks hot there. Like a female Bond villain.”
‘Booty Galore’ ;)
“Wow. She almost ... almost ... looks hot there. Like a female Bond villain.”
So does glaucoma run in your family? Maybe macular degeneration? I had Lasik surgery years ago and it did wonders for my sight. :-)
The phat azz perpetually angry maBelle michelle!!! What an ugly witch!
The poll is meaningless, no matter what Rasmussen says about the margin. How can these numbers swing so wildly from one week or day to another?
The monthly poll is better, but just an average of the meaningless numbers we see every day.
I believe in the gut feeling of unrest I observe more and more in this society. The “glow” of the Øbamaphiles is long gone.
Not to mention the young skulls full of mush - which, thankful, is usually temporary.
He'll send out one of his Muslim buddies with a fake bomb, and then make it look like some kind of incredible catch.
I think it’s interesting that the number of strong disapprove, 44%, is equal to the total approve, including strong and weak.
Some FReepers refer to that as the “abyss.”
This is good—funny and to the point!
Not good enough. The point would be to create a phony crisis. If there's a "catch", then there's no crisis. If a Reichstag Fire is orchestrated, (1) the bomb, or other device, must detonate; (2) nobody is caught; (3) it must appear to be a mass conspiracy; and (4) the Liberal Messiah must convince the Congress and the People that He can catch the group on which He pins the blame, if He's giving sufficient authority.
I'm sure He's already thinking of ways He can pull it off. Put nothing passed Him.
I would prefer she be caged.
What movie is that?
She actually does have pretty eyes but it's hard to tell when her expression is continually fixated with hate.
“The Hunt for Red October”
LOVES IT!
“The poll is meaningless, no matter what Rasmussen says about the margin. How can these numbers swing so wildly from one week or day to another?”
Um...because of what Rasmussen says about the margin. When any pollster says “within a 3% margin of error”, that actually means there is a 95% chance that the poll is within 3 points of the actual number. Since the “presidential approval rating” involves two poll results, the actual possible spread is 6 points at a 95% confidence level.
So, first of all the “real” number for this particular poll could be anywhere from -13 (-19 + 6) to -25 (-19 - 6)...and that is only within the 95% confidence interval. In fact, again since two quantities are involved, it is not an aggregate 95% confidence level, but instead (1 - (.95 * .95)) * 100, or 90.25% confidence level.
In other words, there is almost a 10% chance that the “real” number is even outside that range (-13 to -25). It is not “meaningless”, but it is “statistical”. What the poll does do is give an idea of the trends as Rasmussen conducts it day after day.
I hope this clears up “how can these numbers swing so wildly” though. ;-)
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