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Why Obama Shouldn't Worry About His Lousy Poll Numbers (NPR)
NPR ^ | 11/7/13 | Ari Shapiro

Posted on 11/07/2013 5:26:35 AM PST by Drango

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1 posted on 11/07/2013 5:26:35 AM PST by Drango
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To: Drango

He has more ‘flexibility’ in his second term.


2 posted on 11/07/2013 5:28:15 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Drango

Actually, there some truth in it. If his polls are at 40%, he still owns 100% of the Presidency.


3 posted on 11/07/2013 5:28:19 AM PST by Daveinyork (IER)
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To: Drango

The reason I would give congress low approval is because they have done nothing to stop Obama.


4 posted on 11/07/2013 5:29:00 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Drango

He should worry about his lousy poll numbers because he’s black and that makes him impeachment proof. Period.


5 posted on 11/07/2013 5:29:42 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Drango

Talk about being in denial.


6 posted on 11/07/2013 5:31:03 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: Drango; Revolting cat!; GeronL
Now, only around 40 percent of Americans think Obama is doing a good job.

It's amazing how any time Obambi's numbers dip below 39% a new sample is determined and the numbers are slowly pushed back up.

I hear NO good news to ever push his number up but I see plenty of articles every two months talking about how his numbers have NOW tumbled to 42% approval.

It's kind of like this:


7 posted on 11/07/2013 5:31:13 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Drango
NPR could have shortened this article to the following three questions:

"Did Hitler care about his poll numbers? Did Stalin? Did Pol Pot?"

End of article.

8 posted on 11/07/2013 5:32:00 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Drango

Under Clinton, we had MORAL RELATIVISM

Under Obama, we have MORAL RATIONALIZATION

This regime (and it is a regime because it emcompasses more than just the Obama Administration) tries to calm the sheep by rationalizing EVERYTHING!


9 posted on 11/07/2013 5:32:27 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Drango
Independent voters more than anybody are really fed up with the Republicans

This according to a Democrat strategist. Facts sometimes get in the way, though. Romney won among independents last year, and Cuccinelli won independents this week. This is a myth that independents hate Republicans. They are selecting them over the democrats by a good margin. The problem is the Democrats have mastered getting their base out to vote (partly through technology and partly because they are effectively demonizing the opponents into a giant hole early). The GOP is in disarray, voters on the right are not coming out, and the GOP is woeful on technology and they are systematically undercutting anyone with an independent brain cell and doesn't just go along with leadership and K Street.

10 posted on 11/07/2013 5:33:50 AM PST by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
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To: Drango

Obama may not have to worry, but the Democrat politicians who have marched lockstep with him far into the kill zone may have a few concerns.


11 posted on 11/07/2013 5:34:50 AM PST by allendale
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To: Drango

Their whole argument is that Obama couldnt get this congress to do anything even when he was popular early this year.

But they miss that if Obama is unpopular he cant fly to states and save Dem Senators in next years races.

His helping in VA race didnt help.


12 posted on 11/07/2013 5:35:37 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOP warnings')
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To: Drango
Even when Obama's popularity neared its high point, the president had a hard time getting bills through Congress.

No he didn't. He had both houses of Congress for two years and in those two years, they took over a car company, took over health insurance, and took over student loans. They regulated the heck out of drilling on public lands. They passed a $1.4T budget (the last that was actually passed) which adjusted the baseline budget numbers about $800B higher on an annual basis than prior to Obama.
13 posted on 11/07/2013 5:36:06 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Drango

>>>> In other words, Obama has governed like an unpopular president even when he was popular. <<<<

NPR lying as usual. SINCE WHEN Obama actually govern?

He’s been dictating (EOs) ever since Nov 2008, and no I haven’t forgotten his ‘Office of the President-Elect’ seal.


14 posted on 11/07/2013 5:36:34 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Drango

NPR: Expert turd polishers.


15 posted on 11/07/2013 5:36:58 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Drango

His numbers can’t fall below 36% because at that point the terminally brain dead kick in.

Once 36% is reached is the story becomes “his numbers have stopped falling..... the new day is here”


16 posted on 11/07/2013 5:39:01 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: Drango

So, with Bush when poll numbers dropped it was “impeachment” or “resignation” or “moderation” daily from the media. When O’s numbers drop..........”Meh” is the official statement from the media.


17 posted on 11/07/2013 5:40:41 AM PST by FAA
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To: MrB

... wow, someone with the courage to say it. Well done.


18 posted on 11/07/2013 5:41:50 AM PST by dartuser
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To: ilovesarah2012

It goes far beyond Congress.

What we have in Washington is an enormous single-brained behemoth. A huge one-party monstrosity for which there is ZERO effective opposition because the GOP is all, completely silent.

The GOP needs to stand the heck up, and oppose Obama.

The GOP needs to bring jobs back to America.

The GOP is useless, at the moment.

Stand up GOP. Not for foreign interests.

For America.


19 posted on 11/07/2013 5:43:09 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Drango

NPR: government subsidized apologists. Pure propaganda.


20 posted on 11/07/2013 5:44:39 AM PST by Starboard
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