Posted on 06/16/2010 2:27:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rasmussen Reports, which has been tracking President Obamas job approval numbers ever since he became the President, released shocking numbers today.
President Obamas job approval has dropped to historic low of 42%.
Yes, only 42% of American voters say they approve of President Obamas performance. An overwhelming majority of Americans, 57% of them, disapprove of the job President Obama is doing.
Yet another index that Rasmussen has been tracking is called the Approval Index. This is the difference between the percentage of voters who Strongly Approve of the job the President is doing, and the percentage of voters who Strongly Disapprove of the job the President is doing.
Rasmussen found that only 24% of American voters Strongly Approve of his job, while 44% Strongly Disapprove. This gives Obama a huge negative approval index of -20.
These numbers should be extremely worrisome to President Obama.
These numbers should be music to the ears of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.
Sarah Palin is fast emerging as the Heir to Ronald Reagan, and is one of the top favorites to win the 2012 Republican nomination. Conservatives see her as the Next Ronald Regan. Sarah Palin should be fastening her seat belts, given the downward spiral of Obamas job numbers; she stands a good chance to move to the White House in 2012.
The Clintons may be rejoicing too, looking at Obamas pathetic approval numbers. You never know, Hillary may challenge Obama in 2012 Democratic primaries. After all, Hillary lost the 2008 Presidential bid by a razor thin margin. After all, even Republicans would agree that Hillary would have made a better President than Incompetent, Inexperienced Chicago Thug Obama, any day, and any night.
Ref:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-26212-Long-Island-Democrat-Examiner~y2010m6d13-Heir-to-Ronald-Reagan-Sarah-Plain-to-meet-Iron-Lady-Maragaret-Thatcher
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-26212-Long-Island-Democrat-Examiner~y2010m6d14-Carter-gave-us-Reagan-Carter-on-Steroids-Obama-giving-us-Regan-in-a-skirt-Sarah-Palin
I say this every time someone suggest just that, but...so long as Obama is black, there is NO WAY he can be unseated as the Dem nomination. As much as his approvals have fallen, he still maintains something north of 90% black support, and 75% Latino support. Because of the demographics of the Democrat party, it's virtually impossible - mathematically speaking - for Obama to lose the nomination with that kind of minority support.
I suspect Hilary understands this dynamic, which is why she won't run. BUT, I could see Biden becoming "sick" and being replaced by Hilary. That's a real possibility, if she wants it.
Timing is everything so it will be interesting to see when and over what issue she leaves the cabinet. My guess is before June 2011 and the issue will be Obama's response to Israel's decapitation strike on the Iranian government, nuclear facilities, and Revolutionary Guard command structure.
If what you say is true about Sarah Palin then I sure as hell don’t want her as President
We'll see, somehow I don't get the feeling Sarah is into identity politics, rather she has a conservative agenda she'd like to see America take up again. Hillary doesn't share that in the slightest.
Landshark is a beer........:-)
Will Rogers?
Three months ago I posted a vanity (sorry) stating that NOW was the right time for a Dimocrat to stand up on his hind legs and openly challenge Obama in 2012. Ozero is wounded. I titled the vanity, ‘Blood in the Water!” I guess it should have been “Blood and Oil in the Water.” If you’re a eager-to-get-ahead DemonRat, CALL HIM OUT NOW!
Hey, just a hunch. Sarah would probably be excited about running against Hillary for all I know. I think a Hillary vs. Sarah race would be awesome.
Ted did against a much stronger Carter.
This is a Union slush fund with MUCH MUCH MORE to come. The people of the Gulf coast won’t see a nickel but SEIU will be rolling in dough as will Acorn.
Just think The Hottie versus Old Crusty
Almost any time there has been a primary challenge to a sitting president, he's lost the general. Johnson 68, Bush 92, Carter 80.
If Hillary is the 2012 Dem nominee, blacks will stay home in droves.
The hottie vs. nottie race.
My Memory is gone Who Challenged Bush in 92?
Has a sitting president ever been defeated in the primaries?
Seriously! The MSN (asshats) and every other liberal and Democrat in America put the obamessiah on a pedestal soooo high up, that the only place he could go was down.....and down he went! HAHAHAHAHA
Not confusing anything. Like I said, just a hunch. As for Obama I think one of two things: one, he’ll not run again, or two, he’ll do something to insure an election doesn’t happen so he retains power.
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