Posted on 01/03/2011 11:07:38 AM PST by Redalways
As Pres. Obama returns from a Hawaiian vacation to a more Republican Washington Tuesday, his approval rating in the latest Gallup Daily tracking poll sits at its highest point in eight months.
Fully half of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing, while 42 percent disapprove. The last time Obama's approval stood at 50 percent was for the three-day, rolling sample conducted last May 29 to June 1, partially over Memorial Day weekend. His disapproval rating hasn't been lower than 42 percent since mid-May of 2010.
The jump in Obama's approval rating comes shortly after a lame-duck session of Congress that Obama hailed as "a season of progress" before departing on his Christmas vacation. But the White House is likely to find itself on the defensive quickly this week, as Republicans assume control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
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And Jimmy Carter will run in 2012!
Its a temporary bump... Obama will never get over 50% again in any poll.
This is an outright lie; nothing more needs be said.
sadly, things have to get worse in this country before many of the masses realize the disaster we are dealing with right now. While the voting populous has moved big time in our direction, there are still too many who think things are ‘ok, but not great’ right now. We are in an economic disaster, but the propping up of people with government handouts and such are keeping a portion of the population at least partially happy.
2) The poll was gathered from drunk New Year's revelers.
It’s less the raw score, than the trend, which is significant. Since the November landslide, Obama’s approval rating has risen. That’s very hard to deny, looking across the poll spectrum.
I am not so sure that this poll is true and correct.
Thanks to Mitch McConnell etc. All they had to do was block everything until our newly elected congress arrived and they couldn’t even do that right.
This is a holiday bump, like the one over Memorial Day, that should be ignored.
Brainwashed Liberals polled!
Oh yea......What was he smoking this time around.....
The media has been in 100000000000% kneepad mode for months now since the mid term elections.
I agree. They’ve tweaked it in Zero’s favor, but the trend does seem to be up.
We have a lot of morons in this country, it would seem.
Just Perfect. After that Dang Awful lame duck session youd think he was about the best thing since sliced bread.
All the smart people were away for the Holidays.
This is ominous—all Obama has to do to get re-elected is to spend all of 2012 in Hawaii.
I think they’re hoping this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s like they’re saying, “Hey, all the cool kids are supporting Obama again! You should too. Don’t you wanna be cool?”
$5.00 a gallong gas and 10% unemployment will take care of that.
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