President Is Getting Poor Grades On Economy As Optimism Erodes

IBD Editorials ^ | July 14, 2009 | RAGHAVAN MAYUR

[Kaslin]

Persistent job losses seem to be taking a toll on how Americans view President Obama's performance in handling of the economy and federal budget.

In a July IBD/TIPP Poll, a majority of respondents asked to grade the president's handling of the economy gave him a grade of C or below.

In the same poll, the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index tumbled 4.5 points, or 8.9%, in July, down to 46.3 vs. 50.8 in June. Index readings above 50 indicate optimism, below 50 indicate pessimism.

The study indicates that 21% of respondents gave Obama a C for his handling of the economy, 16% gave him a D and 19% gave him an F. The president received an A grade from 13% of respondents; 30% gave him a B.

The public's perception of the president's management of the budget is even harsher, with just 33% giving him an A or B and 62% grading him average or below.

Most troubling to the president is the perception of self-identified independents, 62% of whom gave him a C or below for his handling of the economy, with 68% giving him average or poor grades for managing the budget.

[ballplayer]

The Guy is a Phony as an athlete as well as President. The Guy cant even throw a Baseball to say he throws like a girl would be a compliment. As a President ,well that is just a joke

[Dr. Scarpetta]

It does not look like it’s going to go through before recess. In which case, the truth will out.

If people get a chance to read it, that will make all the difference.

I forgot to mention that on Sat. we're going to a grad party for a young man who's going to medical school, and this particular family is full of democrats. They have good jobs, lead conservative lives, but vote democrat.

I'll be listening carefully for any political talk and will report back if they're tired of obama...

[dearolddad]

‘O’s popularity is going down faster than the Titanic.

'O's popularity is going down faster than a 2 bit who*r IMHO

[sickoflibs]

RE :”You can’t talk to people who watch Olbermann and maddow’

How about The Ed show? Ed Schulz is MSNBC at 6pm EST. He is on this single payer kick now, he rants againstthe Blue Dogs for holding it up, and he wants Obama to campaign against them. Yesterday he got on the “obama needs to tell congress to stay in session till health care is passed” theme. I like FNC special report but Ed’s Health care segments are priceless. I need to post some of them.

He has a daily Psycho talk segment that always features Republicans talking about democrats.