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AP Poll: Obama at 37% Approval
Hot Air ^ | Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 10/09/2013 5:59:05 AM PDT by kristinn

Readers have to get halfway into the Associated Press report on its new AP-GFK poll to find this out, but Barack Obama’s job approval numbers have cratered in the shutdown. His overall job approval is now 37/53, and a majority want Obama to start cooperating more with Republicans, as 63% want Republicans to meet Obama part-way, too:

Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll. It’s a struggle with no heroes. …

Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it. Congress is scraping rock bottom, with a ghastly approval rating of 5 percent.

Indeed, anyone making headlines in the dispute has earned poor marks for his or her trouble, whether it’s Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, or Republican John Boehner, the House speaker, both with a favorability rating of 18 percent.

The amusing headline in this instance is “GOP gets the blame in shutdown.” However, the data shows that plenty of blame is being heaped on all sides, by all sides:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2013polls; bho44; bhojobapproval; enemedia; maybe37percentblow; obama; shutdown
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To: kristinn

Pleasant news to read so early in the day.


101 posted on 10/09/2013 8:12:20 AM PDT by Gator113 (Ted Cruz is settled law.)
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To: madison10

37%, of whom 20% are the nation’s hard core liberals/progressives/communists/Marxists (but, I repeat myself) and 17% are LIV/NIV (low information/no information voters).


102 posted on 10/09/2013 8:22:40 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: PoloSec

Don’t get too worked up over this poll. The exact same poll will say Shillary Clinton has an 80% approval rating. No matter now bad the economy is the exact same braindead idiots that voted for Obozo will vote for her. If the GOP puts another RINO on the ticket she will be the next president. If she comes out and finally admits she’s a lesbian her approval rating will be be 90%.


103 posted on 10/09/2013 8:24:49 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: kristinn
...a majority want Obama to start cooperating more with Republicans, as 63% want Republicans to meet Obama part-way, too:

The problem: compromising with bad policy is like adding just a little sewage to your drinking water. No good can come of it.

104 posted on 10/09/2013 8:30:05 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: txrefugee

wouldn’t 33% be ground zero for this jack*ss? 1/3 of Americans will stick w/bb through anything. so, he’s just got 4% to lose.


105 posted on 10/09/2013 8:35:03 AM PDT by stickywillie (how come there are no father-in-law jokes?)
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To: kristinn

LOL!
So, this includes at least 10% of the moocher / deadebeat / loser population!


106 posted on 10/09/2013 8:40:20 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: lonevoice

PING!


107 posted on 10/09/2013 8:42:35 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: kristinn

Gallup has him at 46% approval. Can anyone explain the wide disparity?


108 posted on 10/09/2013 8:43:24 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: kristinn

For a second i thought it said 3.7%. That i would understand.


109 posted on 10/09/2013 9:04:48 AM PDT by Leep (Peak oil? We have reached peak debt!)
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To: Lazamataz
Did Stalin care about his poll numbers? Did Pol Pot?

They did not care after they had disarmed their population. This bozo is getting the largest military force ever assembled on the planet upset. His days and his supporters days now are literally numbered. Hoping to see DC in 2 to 3 weeks before it gets demolished.

110 posted on 10/09/2013 9:21:24 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: ZULU
If an AP poll puts that bastard’s approval rating at 37% , you KNOW it has to be even lower.

And they even routinely poll the WashCompost and NY Slime editorial staffs.

111 posted on 10/09/2013 9:53:05 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

So if we are to assume his approval rate amongst blacks is still in the 90s, imagine then what the approval rating is among whites.


112 posted on 10/09/2013 9:54:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: kristinn

I find it hard to believe it’s that high!


113 posted on 10/09/2013 10:02:35 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter; All

Does the refusal of Commander in Chief Obama to pay for the Funeral expenses of HIS dead Warriors rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense?

“Generally, dereliction of duty refers to failure through negligence or obstinacy to perform one’s legal or moral duty to a reasonable expectation. In other words, it means willful or negligent failure to perform assigned duties or performing them in a culpably inefficient manner. Dereliction of duty is a specific offense in military law. “ (Quote from USLegal.com).

Dereliction of duty is an Impeachable Offense, as stipulated in the US Constitution. Dereliction of duty is also a US Military offense subject to a US Military Courts Martial.

Will our sorry Congressional RINOs do their usual kid gloves, “boys will be boys” approach to Obama’s numerous violations of the US Constitution, or will they FINALLY draw up The Articles of Impeachment for B. Hussein Obama?


114 posted on 10/09/2013 10:05:51 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Marxist Obama'care' Insurance violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: kristinn

Did they count how many want him REMOVED FROM OFFICE?


115 posted on 10/09/2013 10:07:43 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Why does my phone go all wonky every time I say something bad about Obama?)
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To: McGruff

arrogant POS


116 posted on 10/09/2013 10:08:41 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Why does my phone go all wonky every time I say something bad about Obama?)
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To: kristinn

37 percent of the country are still dumb as bucket of rocks


117 posted on 10/09/2013 10:10:41 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: duckman

“The revolutionary’s purpose is to undermine the system and see what happens. The Alinsky radical (i.e. Obama) has a single principle: to take power from the Haves and give it to the Have-nots”. Change you can believe in - it’s happening NOW.


118 posted on 10/09/2013 10:17:51 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Why does my phone go all wonky every time I say something bad about Obama?)
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To: kristinn
Not that I have any proof that I said this, but I have known all along that the only thing that was gpomg tp get Obama to work to resolve theis would be low polls for him.

This has been all about trying to destroy the Republicans prior to the 2014 elections. That is why President Obama and Harry Reid provoked this in the first place.

119 posted on 10/09/2013 10:28:46 AM PDT by BruceS
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To: kristinn
Link to poll on Hot Air's page hhas a dns error...

" If you feel you have reached this page in error, please contact the web site owner: webmaster@ap-gfkpoll.com It may be possible to restore access to this site by following these instructions for clearing your dns cache."

There is NOTHING wrong with my dns cache. all pages on AP's poll site are getting this. Is the executive branch going this far?



120 posted on 10/09/2013 10:29:32 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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