Posted on 11/04/2013 4:41:24 PM PST by mdittmar
For years, President Barack Obama's personal favorability ratings served as a political firewall that sustained him through an economic recession, grueling fights with congressional Republicans, and the grind of a re-election campaign.
But after a rough start to Obama's second term, Americans increasingly view the president unfavorably. And perhaps most concerning for the White House: an Associated Press analysis of public polling shows it has become more difficult over time for Obama to fully rebound from dents in his favorability ratings.
"It's a slow cumulative effect," Republican pollster David Winston said, adding that personal favorability "is a much harder number to move if it starts to go south."
The public's increasingly negative view of Obama may be less of a concern for his future given that he is barred from running for re-election. But the president still needs a strong connection with the public in order to rally Americans around his policy proposals and, in turn, to show Congress he remains politically relevant at a time when lame duck status is lurking.
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I’m sure that he still has strong support in the homo community.The union types,not so much.
Even the most stupid among us maybe be awakening from the stupor and love affair with a half black, not even half black, Affirmative Action pResident.
The only reason the “struggle” with his fascism is coming NOW instead of much earlier, ABC, is because of you and your co-horts in the media.
I thought the media covered for Clinton. Ha. They’ve protected Dear Reader from all sorts of criticism...to a degree NEVER before seen in modern times.
George W Bush fell on a Segway rider and every network guffawed. Obamugabe lies, associates with unrepentant terrorists, and destroys liberty...and they promote him.
>> Americans increasingly view the president unfavorably.
NOT ME!
(I viewed him 100% unfavorably from the beginning. No way could my unfavorable view increase. Glad to see the perception-challenged are finally coming around, though.)
“You didn’t build that!”
Nothing fails like failure.
Now that the 2012 elections are long past, the MSM is actually starting to report some negatives on Baraq.
You’re right. The media put this nincompoop in office.
May they rot in hell.
“...but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”
ABC might is baffled at Obama’s sliding popularity in spite of the MSM continued exertions.
My opinion of Obozo hasn’t slipped at all. I still think he’s the worst President we’ve ever had and it’s clear more and more people are thinking the same.
I don’t know - it was ABC’s reporter slamming Jay Carney on Obozocare’s failures and it also looks like the MSM turned on Obama after the revelations of reporter’s phone records being searched and seized. Once they found out that purple-lipped pretender was going after them Stalin-style they woke up and started going after him in retaliation.
Like Mark Twain said, “Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.”
Doesn’t matter - he’s not running again and has 3 years more to ruin the country.
The evil media and stupid people are to blame for this nightmare. Oh, and corruption at the voting booths.
As popular now as a case of raging HEMEROIDS.
I think Clinton ranks right there with him.
Clinton paved the way for this liar-in-Chief.
Obama saw the spins and lies Clinton was getting away with and was encouraged to follow down that same path.
“...barred from running for re-election.”
Not so sure. The implication is that he would respect existing law. There’s little precedent for that, in fact, quite the contrary. If he’s the reincarnation of FDR in a societal near-collapse that rule may go way out the window.
Or, did I misread?
....should have happened after HE stole GM and screwed the common investor. But the RINO’s let it happen, the co-conspirators are just as guilty along with the lib media.
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