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with twenty four news cycle.i will take 52 percent approval on obamas stimulis.rember when W.left it was 28 percent.it may not be perfect but its daaar better than anything.bushes allies came up with.GIVEM HELL OBAMA WE VOTED FOR CHANGE .

BRIDGES NOT BARRIERS!!!!!!

It's time to reconstruct our infrastructure, not pass out cartons of condoms.

IT NEEDS MORE STIMULUS, LESS PURE SPENDING

polls are political in favor of the republicans. the republicans are trying to stop obama from doing something the country. they know that the stimilus package will work. if that packege works, those repulblican party will be extinct

Not my President

Pass the bill GOP. Obama gave you all the rope you need...you can either hang yourselves with it or use it as a lifeline to save your party.

Well is it any wonder that the man who is pushing a nearly trillion dollar spending bill on the tax payers' tab is unpopular right now? Is it any wonder that the president who consistently nominates tax frauds as cabinet members is slipping in the polls?

Socialism is a jagged pill for us all to swallow. He'd (Obama) better break it up smaller and put it in our food so we don't notice.

What is going on is the Republicans and Democrates are at odds and the media is the instigator of it all. I really wish everyone would act like adults including the media because the adults are ruining the future of our children. Everybody is talking and no one know what they are talking about. Get over your power struggle and work together everyone is saying what the American people are saying and none of the polls are right. In my opinion the media and govenment both have a low rating your job will be effected soon if you don't get it together. The American people know it is nothing but a big game. I expect this to moderator for a long time because you guys can't handle true statements. Stop with the games, our children are depending on adults this include the media.

It appears that Repub's are already trying to regain the power they had for the last 8 years that literally screwed this Country. They are all so self-centered that they will do anything to regain power even when it means knocking down every last idea the Democrats have. I hope the American people are taking a good look at their (repubs!) actions and start holding them accountable!!

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Ah, I wondered when the polls would start being publized again.

Good point that support is always higher when things are hypothetical, and drop when reality sets in. That's a psychological truth.

You know, CNN, there's another truth you should report. How can 864 adults questioned by phone be truly representative? How about using your website to poll more than 1000 people? You have the tools here to get real numbers, not just a blip. Your sampling error would drop, too. Do you really think that 864 people questioned by phone (and does that include cell phones?) really represent a cross-section of this country?

It is interesting how when the Democrats were the minority in congress it was ok for them to be against wait the majority presented as possible legislation but now that the roles are reversed the Republicans are being obstuctionist.

Last I checked the Dems controlled both houses of congress and the white house. If you want to pass the pork bill just do it. The only reason the Dems want Republican support is so if it fails the Dems can spread the blame because if it works the Republicans will get no credit because it was the Dems plan. The Dems want it both ways, credit if it works and if it doesn't someone to share the blame with in 2010.

Quit whining and pass the pig if thats what you want to do.

Too bad it doesn't include the reaction to last night's speech. GOPers are already convinced not to support it because they love status quo disproven ideology...not to mention being sore losers who will spitefully refuse to support Obama in anything. However, last night's speech certainly won over some of the Dems who have been on the fence due to the size of the bill and the misdirection and lies the GOP has been spewing to create confusion and fear.

Pass the bill GOP. Obama gave you all the rope you need...you can either hang yourselves with it or use it as a lifeline to save your party.

Well....thanks to the brainwashing of the Republicans the American people are beginning to regress back to the Bush administration era. Their tactics worked the first time and their followers figure it will work again this time.....you've been cheated on, lied to, stomped on, and beaten by the former administration and his republican followers......Don't you think it's finally time to put an end to the abuse?

It only loses in the polls if you ask a republican. I think he still has the support and a lot of it from the American people.

I love the psychology that CNN uses in how they cover the President.

On the home page of their website, "Ticker: Obama Gets Bad Early Review."

Then you read the article and waaay down near the bottom of the report it says his approval ratings are at 65%.

Way to misreprestent the truth, CNN.

OK America, forget the stimulus. But PLEASE don't wine and complain anymore about job losses and unemployment insurance (which a lot of anti-government people don't hesitate to use when they lose their job, GO FIGURE!).

Tax cut for the wealthy and big bonuses for CEOs who take part in the bailout is a winning strategy for America. It's all our new President's fault since he's been in office for a LONG 3 weeks.

Lets just go to a retreat on the weekend and celebrate we said NO to something (spending) we said yes to for EIGHT YEARS!!!

Since when did spending this amount of money get us out of economic trouble? It is a tried and failed policy. Look up FDR and the New Deal. It is a myth that heavy government spending can stimulate the economy. Economic recovery in the 1940's was due more to the war against Hitler than anything done by FDR. Unemployment was actually on the rise in America after seven years of heavy government spending. IT HASN"T AND WON"T WORK, despite all the political rhetoric about the republicans somehow being against economic recovery because they won't roll over and give Obama everything he wants. All we will be doing with this 'stimulus plan' is leaving an obscene deficit for future generations. Where are your plans to deal with that, Mr. Obama? Oh, that's right, you won't be eligible to be president when they can vote. So much for bi-partisanship....it made for good campaign rhetoric but little else. The only answer is to cut spending, put more of the workers money back in their hands and let the people spend us out of this mess....

I voted for President Obama and I'm highly dissapointed in some of the things he was willing to throw my tax dollars at. What happened to repairing the infrastructure? Personally I don't think ANY bank or business should be bailed out. Profits were made using inflated numbers and a complete lack of regard for consumers. Whenever I see a report on the Stock Market or oil prices I laugh. Both entities can be manipulated at will and have no reflection on the real world.

Of course he's down in the polls. Now that he's the president he has to work instead of just smile & speak well from a teleprompter. Though like any other politician, he'll still use personality to distract from poor performance. Next comes the bullying, when that doesn't work then come more distractions likely to be racial in nature. It worked during the campaign.

Please, God, let it fail!

Let the President do his job! That's why we voted for him! Remember Bush put us in this situation. The war cost is our is the problem! Don't take it out on the President Obama, take it out on the who did it to us.

POPULARITY WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE " STATUS QUO " IN ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE WAY WE HAVE OPERATED AS A COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST TO THE RIGHT WAY OF DOING THINGS AND LEARN NOT TO JUST SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST, COMPROMISE MORALS, VALUES, STANDARDS, AND BELIEF SYSTEMS LIKE WE HAVE DONE. IT WAS A PROCESS TO GET THINS OUT OF CONTROL, AND IT WILL TAKE A PROCESS TO GET THINGS BACK UNDER CONTROL AGAIN.

For millions people who are loosing their jobs, this stimulus got their full support. I don't know who you poll, must be the same one who said Obama will loose the election. Well, we saw how credible that is.

Who do you poll? Banker CEOs? You network people?

The only "change" I've seen so far from President Obama is change for the worse.... Keep it up!

I no more support this so called stimulus then I supported all that awful financial bailout that was approved a couple months ago. All it did was prop up the rich and greedy and this plan will do the same. Not a Democrat or Republican up on the hill has the best interest of the American public in mind. Not a one of these people is making less than six figures, not a one of them is suffering, and the only concerns on both sides are furthering their own agenda's. There is no rush for this to pass as nothing in it will take hold ASAP and help any of us.

Wish it was 100% against!

He needs to learn you earn respect, it doesn't come automatically. You have to actually do something to gain respect other than giving a good speech. People follow leaders, not words and that is all he has. Once you earn peoples respect, they will follow you. He's never done that so he's just left with empty words and broken promises.

Reminds me of "Nilly Vanilly". Can lip sync the words on a teleprompter, but no real talent to lead and no experience to draw back on.

All the republican media united against this stimulus plan. It is hard to see any republican approving this plan.

Now we are back to doing nothing. And letting the economy sink even more. That's just wrong.

Republicans say "country first" but deep inside is just "Me first".

President Obama has been in power for 17 days. What exactly do people expect to get done in 17 days? We are in one of the worse financial crisis we have ever been in.
We are in two ongoing wars.
Our country's infrastructure is falling apart. What don't people get?
I believe that his support is slipping because the press insists on hammering at every move he makes.
Where was the press when Bush was President? He led by fear and in the middle of the election, he came out and was frantic about the economy and we had to stop everything and vote on it now! No one even knows where that money went, obviously, to nothing that is going to help this country.
The press is talking about what Obama has done in 17 days? Why not harp at what Bush didn't do, what Bush caused? He was in there for 8 long years and caused this whole crisis. I'm afraid that the press will now make it look like this was Obama's doing. No, it is now Obama's mess to fix. The press needs to back off!

Let's be careful in two things:
(1) Support for "a stimulus bill" was higher then support for "the stimulus bill" – support for "the stimulus bill" is constant.
(2) Elements of the bill need not be an "either/or" proposition – we need both tax cuts and spending.

CNN – I'm so disgusted with your misleading headlines I'm changing my home page and will no longer watch CNN News on TV. Your polls are meaningless.

It is slipping more by those with higher intelligence. Please be aware of those following blindly without knowing anything about economics. There are NO FREE LUNCHES. Those that will be paying the procew are those againt the 'porkulas' plans. Those that do not pay are basically in favor of the handout. Pleae Americans, show a little intelligence.

to have heard great economists warned us of this recession years ago and now telling us we need to invest $$$ by spending on our country's future to be ignore by people and the politicians is so ridiculous.
of the G-8 nations, only us and Russia haven't passed a stimulus plan, meanwhile, China is ready to pass their 2nd stimulus plan in hundreds of billions of USD after passing their 1st hundreds of billions stimulus plan in late Nov. with 4 interstate Maglev infrastructure projects already running. talk about national security, we can't even put aside political difference, unite as one USA and learn to be responsible (if we haven't been) with our means.
we don't need terrorists, we just need the left & right parties/supporters to rip each other for our country to fail as one.

These poll numbers won't mean much until we have a final draft of a bill from the senate, and it is provided for public review. Don't get sucked into congressional theatrics, and partisan politics.... listen to what the experts are saying and let's not lose sight of the forest from the trees with this bill!!

Funny how Obama didn't even support the bill as it was originally drafted. Now he's rallying support for it. hmmm....

It is time to redraft the stimulus with emphasis on construction in America, with American hands, using American parts, assembled in American factories.

of the G-8 nations, only us and Russia haven't passed a stimulus plan, meanwhile, China is ready to pass their 2nd stimulus plan in hundreds of billions of USD after passing their 1st hundreds of billions stimulus plan in late Nov. with 4 interstate Maglev infrastructure projects already running. talk about national security, we can't even put aside political difference, unite as one USA and learn to be responsible (if we haven't been) with our means.
we don't need terrorists, we just need the left & right parties/supporters to rip each other for our country to fail as one.
to have heard great economists warned us of this recession years ago and now telling us we need to invest $$$ by spending on our country's future to be ignore by people and the politicians is so ridiculous.

Can someone who actually supports this pork filled bill, please tell me why?

I understand infrastructure and even money to repair schools, but my problem is tax breaks to movie producers, ACORN, birth control, smoking education, STS education. Things that are "nice" to do, but are not "need" to do.

There needs to be spending on this bill (be quiet Romney, Republicans) because Bush never gave a **** about the infrastructure of the country to begin with. All he cared about was to pad his wallet with lucrative deals in Iraq and to seek revenge on Hussein.

Its about time we get back to putting our country first rather than everyone else first.

Noone wants a tax break when you don't have a job. Think Republicans, think!

The Republicans are coming out with all kinds of ideas and advice on the economic situation. Why didn't they make and execute all these suggestions when they were in charge? All of a sudden, all the Republicans have the answer. What a bunch of idiots! We are in a DEPRESSION. I lived through the Big One and know one when I see it. Regardless of whether you call it a recession or depression, a rose by any other name still has thorns. We need to stand behind President Obama and go along with his ideas. The other ideas the Republicans have come up with didn't work when they were in office and they won't work now. I say stay the course and clean up this fiscal mess we have, thanks to Wall Street. President Obabma's ideas and plans will work better than those of the last 8 years.

HAHAHAHA....

I am definetly one of the 4 out of 10 who oppose this. I better not hear another word from a liberal about deficit spending – ever. This bill will saddle us with debt that we will never recover from. But its Ok – Obama looks cool doing it.

Please honey i need my money and so does alot of other people i know that bust their butts everyday and live pay check by pay check!!!!!!!! I want change and so does other people! Obama is working on that change but the rich is trying to stop him!!!!!!! Don't worry about the haters Obama! Let them hate while you get this country straight!!!!!!!!!!

Despite the media bliz by repubs, and screwups by house dems, still the majority of people support the stimulus.

Barack you asked and wanted to be president.

Now you are going to complain that you were left with a deficit.

Step up and be a man. Every other democrat or republican president figures out how to work with his congress. You need to figure this out.

You made the mistake of letting the House write the bill and that young man was your first and dire mistake. You should have written the bill yourself. Huge mistake.

The Republicans act as if they know how to run a country...the last eight years tell the story! They run the country into the ditch and then want to tell Obama how to fix it. Ludicrous!!!!!

This is because as a nation, we tend to have the poverty mentality of NOT spending money until we GET more money. But, wealthy people, including those very wealthy Republicans know that in order to build a business (and this country IS a business in a sense) one must put money into the business. As we spend, we employ and support other businesses that can employ and support other businesses that can employ and support other businesses...get it?

In the words of Efram Levi, late husband of Mrs. Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly)..."Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."

President Obama gets this.

Well of course support has slipped with the media and the obstructionist republican party doing everything they can to make it look like it's composed entirely of pork.

The republican party does not give one damn about middle-class Americans. When are people going to get that through their heads? Their only goal is to further their party's agenda, not America or Americans. They seek to appease their sponsors, corporate America.

The republican party will go down in flames. Thank god.

No kidding...read the specifics of this so-called plan. I don't care about political fighting, either. These people who have been voted into office (yes, even the Great One) need to use their heads on this. If people in the U.S. saw past their political affiliation, their God-like praise of Obama, and took the time to actually examine what is being proposed...you would be outraged!

The President still has the support of the nation.

Appointing tax-cheats doesn't help one's approval rating.

He acts like a kid. Kids are not elected President. Why don't he grow up and act like a man. Most of us want our President to be somebody, not acting lke a stupid kid. I would never vote for him and who polls him anyway. I read a poll that said10% approval afer 100 days. Well, that high for most of us.
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Do you mean the great OBAMA's program support has slipped? I can't believe it. Why of course everyone knows you can borrow your way out of debt. If you think his support has slipped now just wait. All the fools who voted for this guy will be demanding a re-election. Let's face it. The wrong candidate was chosen. Don't like it. TOUGH!!!

Better hurry up and post on this topic. Surely it won't be open long.

Bottom-line: Republicans want this S-PACK to fail because they secretly hate President Obama, and are desperately trying to Change American's perception of him. They are attempting to create an atmosphere of distrust. What a very unpatriotic attitude. Steele has given most of them license to be racist incognito.

I know the stimulus is "important". But this bill is full of improvements for government buildings, money to Hollywood for film, money to vouchers to convert to the new cable format, money for government employees to get hybrid cars (they make alot more than most of us, I say let them buy their own). So it really isn't a "stimulus" package.

What I am really mad about though is that there is nothing on cnn.com talking about the heinous act by our President. He dropped, yes dropped the charges against the head planner of the USS Cole bombing. Dropped them. Why? Barack Obama contact the judge in charge of the trial and don't him to stop the trial. The judge said that the President did not have the power to simply stop his trial. So President Obama, who must be getting power crazy, dropped the charges. The man can be recharged however. Why would he do this you ask? Because Obama wants the man tried in US Courts, not at a military tribunal. First, when someone bombs a military vessel, it is an act of war. Therefore, a military tribunal is the place to have the trial. Second, the attack did not happen on US soil, so where is our courts jurisdiction coming from? In my estimation, cancelling someones right to a speedy and fair trial, as President Obama has done, is wrong. Obama needs to let the justice system work and keep his nose out of it.

I suspect that Barack is going to go down as an ineffective leader much like Jimmy Carter. It really is too bad. I hoped for more from the first black president.

I really wish he would put together a proper spending bill that focuses the money on infrastructure and taxes as he originally promised.

He wants to be viewed as a great leader but he is proving that he can not manage a team. He does not have any experience leading and it is starting to show. I hope he get it together soon. We need him to.

Well, he still has my full support – or more importantly, the stimulus in its fullest extension still has. And I have not been vocal about it – maybe I need be!

The stimulus package is like a package of fish.
The longer it stays out...

Looks like some taxpayers are slowly realizing the "stealfromus" plan is not right for America.

Really? How did this become a political debate. Look at the facts, the most recent 800+ million stim package has 335 million going to the Mall of America and STD education for kids, how again does that help middle class America? Dem or Rep, that is gross negligence. I think the world needs more independent thinkers that keep our government accountable, stop towing the party line and research. Both Dems and Republicans messed up big, and its getting worse. The Republicans helped start this mess, and the Dems are giving us the knock out blow. Either way government is in our pocket books and messing with our lively hood.

Well the honeymoon is over and we're back to normal. Now it is up to the Dems and Repubs to work this out. No more partisanship from EITHER side.

The American people can be fickle. Don't think you will be in our favor for much longer if nothing is done.

Support has fallen since the details came out? No kidding!!! President Pelosi, take that.

Yet again, CNN skews the news to favor the Republican conservatives. The headline, of course, should read "Americans favor stimulus by a double-digit majority," but of course you have to portray it as a victory for the crazies who think the same failed policies of the past eight years will save us this time.

Shame on you, CNN, for such irresponsible reporting. Perhaps you should change the name of your entire network (not just the garbage spewed by Campbell Brown) as "Nothing but Bias and Bull"!!!!

Obamabots, ask yourselves this question:

"If the election had been held over this bill, with Americans able to judge its merits when presented with the bill in all its entirety, would Obama be President?"

Another question: "Do you Democrats honestly believe that this bill, which is emblematic of the direction you and Obama wish to take us, what the American people really want?"

Support is falling for the bill because Americans are getting to see what is in it.

If the media had stopped throwing their collective panties on the stages that Obama was speaking, and asked him substantive questions about what kinds of legislation he would impose on the people there would be no doubt where Obama would be spending his time right now: in Chicago.

Kinda makes that "I won" statement seem airy-fairy, now, doesn't it?

Worst.

President.

Ever!

If the republicans would stop bellyaching and acting like prima donnas something would get done. How about they talk to the President and stop bit*hing in front of the press. Maybe those senators states should go to the back of the line for receiving funds since they want to slow down the process. GW was allowed to ramrod cash to the banks in a way that no one has a clue about how the money was spent.

This is typical and predictable of the negative, cynical, hateful republican party. Making trickle down decisions for the rest of us based on the top 2%.

I was watching Tony Harris this afternoon and it showed a clip of John McCain in his usual obstructionist role. As I predicted months ago should he loose I knew he would be trying to throw monkey wrenches into President Obamas plans to dig the United States out of the hole George W. Bush and the Republicans got us into in the first place.

These people are obviously twisted and not looking out for the good of We The People. We need to raise our standards clear out the dregs that make up Congress and the Senate and put in folks with good moral compasses in order to make this country great once again.

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"Ticker : Obama gets bad early review "

Could this CNN headline be any more inaccurate or misleading ? The fact that it was Mitt Romney that made the comment wasn't relevant to the headline ? We can see who CNN is in the tank for.

BTW Gallop says support for the economic recovery package is still above 60%, if anyone cares to check CNN loaded their sample by adding way more republicans than the actual % of identified republicans in the population.

His approach is all wrong. This is the problem with an inexperience person as President. I know it is too late, but "experience matters". He cannot even get his side of the aisle in line.

So they polled more Republicans. I don't know any Democrats that don't see some items that we can do without. But on the whole we still agree with the President. I am so-o- tired of Republicans on the media bliz trying to tell us that their tried and true economic ways of the past are the right way to go. Been there, done that, didn't work. Get a life and get on board with what America wants–pass the stimulus now and then maybe by year end we will see some light at the end of the tunnel the Republicans have dug us into!

Sadly, the Right Wing talking heads, are undermining President Obama's first two (2) weeks in office.

It is pathetic to over hear conversations in restaurants, at work and elsewhere with people quoting Hannity and Limbaugh word for word. Yes, I am a loyal Democrat, but I listen to these two (2) wind bags, to monitor their message.

Wether you voted for President Obama or not, we – ALL of us – are in this economic mess together. We need to encourage our legislators, Republican AND Democrat, to get moving on some kind of compromise, so we can begin digging ourselves out of this mess!

We need this stimulus urgently and the obstruction by Republicans is outrageous

After Bush passed the first bailout without any accountability requirements while the American public watched AIG and BankAmerica have a field day with our hard earned funds....it's unfortunate that Obama has to pay the consequences.

BARACK if you keep telling us the Economy has fallen off the cliff, IT WILL!!!!

Show some leadership and make some constructive comments about our plight. You are not the solutions, management on Main street trying to decide to keep or layoff people are the solutions.

If you can't be a little more positive, then don't say anything at all Mr. Pessimism

Not true! Everyone including myself wholeheartedly praise Obama's efforts to help the economy. The rethuglicans gave the rich their stimulus plan in the form of the corporate bailout and pressing tax cuts for the rich. Now it's middle america's turn and they are balking???

People are losing their job, house heck their life and you have some Politian who has said all along the USA economy fundamentally sound; finally realized the economy is in recession. Now they are saying no to the stimulus package to improve the economy, yet again they might convince people who are losing their house etc this is a bad thing. I really hope they come to their senses and support this bill before hell cut loss in this country.

Why doesn't CNN report on the Congressional Budget Office's take on the long term effects Obama's stimulus package will have?

People in this country are returning the same idiocracy that got us into this mess in the first place. Stop listening to the same republican bs that put us in this situation in the first place and give Obama a chance to do what's really needed. We are all asking for it if we can't have a little more patients then this.

Too bad it doesn't include the reaction to last night's speech. GOPers are already convinced not to support it. Nothing will change there because the GOP loves the status quo and disproven ideology...not to mention them being sore losers who will refuse to support Obama in anything out of spite. However, that last night's speech certainly won over some of the Dems who have been on the fence due to the size of the bill and the misdirection and lies the GOP has been spewing.

Pass the bill GOP. Obama gave you all the rope you need...you can either hang yourselves with it or use it as a lifeline to save your party.

Of course, everybody hears "criticism" from some talking head or partisan viewpoint and develop a "dislike" for it. It's not that they don't want a stimulus package, but it's been labeled as wasteful and full of
pork, and who wants that?

REALLY! I am just amazed at the way the media is really trying to spin this.... Obama is human just like all the other Presidents..... Who are you polling becasue no one has called me.

What's the hold up? Congress can pass the bacon whenever they want. I guess the dems don't want to take the heat when it fails miserably. If Obama is whiny when he has support, what is he going to do in the face of opposition from other nations?

Real simple why, the "cable yakkers" that this arrogant empty suit derides so much DOES a better job than CBS, PBS, NBC, ABC and company on reporting ALL the news and part of the NEWs of this bill is that it is loaded with pork and the "word" finally got out via non-standard TV.

He fully expects and gets most of the MSM genuflecting at his every word and move as if it is the greatest story ever told, but this is that "other group of media" that does their damn jobs.

He can attack Republicans all he wants, but the bottom line is, the empty vessel KNOWS that some Democrats are not happy about this either and that is why he twisting arms.

If this bill was so great, the Democrats could pass it on their own, the Republicans need to continue to pare the PORK down and OR produce their BETTER and SMARTER version.

01/22/2013

I'd be interested to know how many read it.

see America! Educate yourself on EVERYTHING Washington does. You'll see how corrupt both sides are, how inept all three branches are, and maybe in 2010 and 2012 you will vote them all out!

The same idiots who voted for Bush are against the stimulus...go figure!

Slowly the kool aid is wearing off for the Obama masses and they coming to their senses to realize that this bill is not but more typical D.C. pork money which would but this nation further into debt.

For the last 8 years the Republican have ran this country into the ground, spending trillions of dollars and now they think they have all the answers? do you really think we should listen to you now? HELL NO!!! they need to stop whining and get out of the way.

An argument can be made for almost anything propsosed about why it should and shouldn't be in the stimulus package.

Many may not know Honey bees don't just make honey! They pollinate more than 90 percent of the flowering crops we eat which contributes greatly to our economy. MANY FARMERS keep honey bees on their crops. Bees have been decreasing in huge amounts over the past few years.

Don't let the media and the GOP fool you. The reason why Obama proposed Honey Bee funding to be part of the stimulus package is very relevant to the economy!

JUST PASS THE BILL ALREADY

BARACK if you keep telling us the Economy has fallen off the clitt, IT WILL!!!!

Show some leadership and make some constructive comments about our plight. You are not the solutions, management on Main street trying to decide to keep or layoff people are the solutions.

If you can't be a little more positive, then don't say anything at all Mr. Pessimism.

This is why so many people began looking at the Libertarian party this election.

BOTH the democrats and republicans are growing government and ramming "stimulus" bills through before the American public has a chance to know what hit them.

Bush and Obama are identical in that they used the fear of imminent crisis to burn nearly $1trillion each.

Within months, to have two so similarly poor, but fought for bills be rammed past the watchful eyes of the American Taxpayer by two DIFFERENT administrations just shows that we have lost the support of DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. Wake up people. You are hypocrites if you criticized Bush's bailout, and support Obama's. Or you are a hypocrite to support Bush's and not Obama's.

The government is the problem!!!! Democrat or Republican.
Wake Up!!

People don't want the stimulus because its easy to see all it will stimulate is the government and special interest. Increase the size of government, increase national debt, increase taxes, decrease jobs, decrease national security. It will take Obama a year to have the approval ratings it took Bush eight to get.

Public opinion polls are not the way to govern. The only poll results that count are those provided by the voters on Election Day - everything else is worthless. We, the American voters, elect a President and Congressmen to represent us then, for their term of office, give them the responsibility and authority to make decision on our behalf without consulting us everyday on every issue. The only thing that we should hold our elected officials to account for is did they keep their word and carry out the programs that they said they would in their campaign? President Obama promised to produce a stimulous bill, cut wasteful spending and work with both parties in Congress for bipartisan results. If he doesn't keep his word, vote him out in 2012. Until then, for the sake of the country, let him govern without constant worthless popularity polls.

How this stimulus package even suppose to work? It's almost a trillion dollars and we're paying for it!

It's like "offering help to a struggling family only if they give you the money and then you give back their money to them!"

Obama THEN: Hearts and flowers, change, reach across the aisle

Obama NOW: Fear, threats, broken promises, do-it-my-way

Question Authority – especially leaders "in a hurry" to push personal agendas.

Wow, I can't believe that CNN has given me the chance to dust off an old jewel of knowledge that I aquired during the election.
YOUR POLLS MEAN NOTHING!
The American people need help. Government spending is a tried and true way to stimulate the economy.
Those politicians that oppose it are responsible for getting us to the brink of depression.
We should take the corp tax cuts out of the bill and make it truly democratic.
Obama needs to stop seeking bipartisan support from these clowns (i.e. republicans)
The repugs don't want to work with dems, they are against us and the american people.
We should take the GOP to war and leave them there. They are an obstruction in the way of progress

Too bad it doesn't include the reaction to last night's speech. GOPers are already convinced not to support it...nothing is going to change there because they are in love with the status quo and disproven ideology and don't want to support anything Obama does because they're sore losers. I guarantee you, however, that last night's speech won back some of the Dems who have been on the fence and scared by the size of the bill and the misdirection and lies the GOP has been spewing. Pass the bill GOP. Obama gave you all the rope you need...you can either hang yourselves with it or use it as a lifeline to save your party.

The only way for the government to get that money for the stimulus is to tax us, borrow it at interest, or print it out of thin air. Won't this make things even worse in the long run?

I just heard John McCain address the senate on the stimulus debate. He is blasting the few Republicans who seem to be trying to get a package approved. It seems he doesn't think they are reflecting the whole 41 Senators opinions. We can only hope there can be a few found who will actually act.

Cisco's CEO made a really good comment yesterday AM when he said that all the layoffs were really hurting confidence and that it was a vicious cycle. To put his money where is mouth is, he said Cisco would avoid layoffs as a means to deal with the impact of the slowdown – and hoped more companies would do the same.

Maybe the Dems ought to listen. They took out the only point in the so-called stimulus bill that directly encouraged job creation – a tax credit for hiring. Maybe $3,000 per person wouldn't have done much by itself (just like the foolish 1-time $300-600 did nothing last year), but Pelosi & Reid ditched this provision that Obama had proposed. Instead we get spending to bolster lawmakers images in their own districts.

Relosi & Reid are Obama's biggest enemies – they controll Congress and will do what's best for Pelosi & Reid. Too bad Obama can't stand up to them the way he's trying to deal with the Republicans who have no power now anyway. A disaster here will be all the Dems fault.

Another point. Even though Obama and the Dems in Congress are enjoying a honeymoon in terms of public perception and overall approval, this poll suggests that alread the people are seeing through this pile of pork and realizing that more most of us, there's nothing here to stimulate us to stimulate the economy.

Every need of effective stimulus package must be targeted (layoffs, foreclosures, retail sales, loans) and must have an appropriate vehicle to carry it (energy, housing, transportation, infrastructure, tourism, entertainment, education, etc).

americans are clueless, as this poll amply demonstrates. all the naysayers in congress are playing their petty partisan violins as rome burns. anyone who has any understanding of the dire economic straits this country is in would act in the best interests of the country, not their respective polemical bases.

this is the first stimulative step, not the last, in getting us out of this mess.

ray munholland
albuquerque, nm

Apparently some one should explain to Obama what change means. He has said that he was elected to change the way business in Washington was run.
Where are the changes?
He is demanding that a bill filled with pork, which by the why he said that he would go" line by line" and remove all pork from a bill before he signed it, be passed immediately. He wants a bill any bill just pass one now. That is not what he was elected to do!

Obama is finally having to learn how Washington works. Had he actually ever been there he might know that the problems his package is facing are comon and tried a different approach.
That's what happens when to send a law student up against the Supreme court- they get swallowed!

terrible bill............same old democraps...spend spend spend..

is this change??

I just watched hearings at the Senate on this bill and several things stand out:

1. Both Democrats and Republicans are concerned about this bill containing too many items that would normally be debated and passed during appropriations; not during Senate emergency bill passage.
2. That the amount of almost one trillion is too much to be approved through quickly and prudently and that a smaller bill could be agreed upon and approved bipartisanly which would meet the economic needs immediately.

So why isn't this happening, it appears that there are some who fear offending our new president by refraining from supporting the bill. The Senators need to hear from the public that we just want water for our fire; not a wrecking crew. Write your senators, people, so we can get the bill with the right amount passed as soon as possible.

Perhaps it is time to slow down the engine driving this so called Stimulus bill and rethink the entire process. Lets take the politics out of it and put together a panel of non political people capable of digesting all the ingredients to coming up with a workable solution.
What with the loss of the military base that borders Afganistan, maybe it is also time to rethink the reasoning behind keeping troops there. Maybe it is time to leave tthe Afgan people to their own devices and save a little money in the process. Increasing troops for what, is the question and why perpetuate something where NATO won't share expenses and contribute their share of troops. Let the rest of world pick up the slack for a change.

Too bad it doesn't show the reaction to last night's speech. GOPers are already convinced not to support it...nothing is going to change there because, well, they are in love with the status quo and disproven ideology. But I guarantee you last night's speech won back some of the Dems who have been on the fence and scared by the size of the bill and all the nasty misdirection and lying rhetoric the GOP has been spewing. Pass the bill GOP, or he is going to destroy you Monday night.

Time to take to the airwaves and use your communication skills. The GOP whiners can't match that.

Put the money into catagories, get some simple, visual, colorful Perot-like charts and explain to Joe-the- Waiter why this matters to them.

You can easily torpedo your Republican opposition. They never have the facts correct or do the hardwork around winning support for an idea.

Competence over Whining

What? America is getting tired of proposals that include massive pork and do absolutely nothing to actually help us get out of this mess? Go figure.

Why does this bill need to be so large. Break it into smaller bills and debate each on it's merit. Grouping all of this into a single so called stimulus bill when it only partially covers stimulus is wrong. Does the new congress want more time off.

Maybe there should be a limit on size of a bill and then all the special interests will not have all the room to tag on.

So far I am against both the Democratic and Republican stimulus plans. Both are loaded with special interest pork and/or ideological horsecrap. We need a stimulus targeted at creating jobs first and later social programs can be addressed. I am under no circumstances for projects like dog parks or waterslide parks, these should be done from local or state funds. Both major parties are back to bickering and not doing anybody any good unless it is for the members of their party, this we don't need.

Of course the polls have slipped, the conservative media is showing Republicans against the Obama jobs package at a staggering number as opposed to Americans in support of the package. In addition, the media is repeating the Rushpublican talking points every time they report on the process.

Show me one new idea the Rushpublicans have submitted. Tax cuts got us in this situation and they will not get us out.

yeah i think obama should resign right now, as soon as possible. its clear he doesn't have a very good hold on what he is doing. Its all very very sad. I wish these people weren't given the ability to get into office in the first place

On the main page the headline is "Obama gets bad first review". Someone please explain to me how 52% for and only 38% against is a "bad review" especially when his approval rating are still in the 60's...

CNN you really need to stick to reporting the news and stop trying to come up with these clever headlines in an attempt to shape the news...

Support for stimulus HAS NOT slipped.

What HAS slipped is support for a bill created that won't stimulate the economy and which is being rammed through congress by the fear mongering of President Obama before the public can understand the bill. This is EXACTLY how Bush caused $700B to vaporize just months ago, and now we are doing it again.

This is happening while a Democrat Representative is lambasting executives as "idiots" for excessive bonuses, retreats and private jets, while the government is being hypocritical and flying Obama on his private Air Force One to a Democratic retreat to convince them to vote for the bill.

Where is the responsibility?!! if government thinks it needs a retreat to get business done, then it shouldn't be persecuting the free market.

51 percent is far better than the so-called political capital that George Bush used to run this country into the gutter. CNN, the so-called news media, and the GOP have been desperately trying to diminish the Presidents popularity by twisting the facts. Where were you all when the Republicans and George Bush set in motion the series of circumstances– rampant de-regulation, war-profiteering, reducing taxes while fighting two wars, etc.– that brought us to this point? Treasonous, simply treasonous!!!

Support for the "stimulus" has slipped because information on what was in it has "slipped out" to the American public.

Wary as most Americans are about spending that much of our great-great grandchildren's money, most were willing to take the risk if it would jump start the economy.

I don't blame the President for the pork in this bill. I think he had good intentions in jump starting our economy. However, he is finding out that most of the rabid support he had from the Left was because they thought they could play him like an old guitar.

Most Americans, from far right to far left, realize that this bill is a huge chunk of pork, with twice as much fat as there is meat. Every pet project that frustrated Democrats have wanted to pass for the past 14 years is tucked away in this so-called stimulus package.

Normal Americans who actually work for a living and have to contribute to this mess are not willing to make the sacrifice. I recommend that the President hire his own people to draft a new package, and present it to Congress for immediate approval.

Giving every American household a voucher to buy a new mid-size American made automobile, wasteful as that sounds, would be cheaper and do more good than any of the pork that the Demo and Repub bottom feeders are proposing.

If our President really wants "change," now would be an excellent time to start.

"Fifty-nine percent questioned say that tax cuts for business are the best way to end the recession, with 22 percent feeling that more government spending is the way to go."

So 59% of Americans agree with that "tired old argument" of Republicans and only 22% aggree with the "change" preached by Democrats and Obama...

Barack lets get it together here. You are failing to bring leadership.

Get the bill back on track. Spending for Infrastructure and Renewables like solar, wind, and water.

Cut the rest out and stop letting Pelosi and congress push you around.

You need this this to prove that you can lead America.

split the $$ between Americans who pay taxes and WE will put it back into the economy.

Rasmussen daily tracking poll from Wednesday (2/4) had the approval at 37%.

Of course support has slipped. This is not a stimulus bill. You want to stimulate the economy. Tax break are one way, but not only income tax. Remove sales tax from big ticket items, like cars. We need to stimulate spending by the average american. Obama is just stimulating government spending. Plus this bill is so full of pork they should fry it and feed it to the poor! Government infrastucture job are a start, but it's a bandaid and not a long term solution. Government jobs are paid by taxpayers and soon enough if everyone loses their jobs their won't be enough tax payers to support them. America was not built on socialism and only the private sector can provide real long term jobs. This bill does nothing to promote this. The last thing we need if for the dumbocrats to spend 1 trillion dollars of our money and then say "Sorry we screwed up on this one"

Stimulus is absolutely necessary. Let's listen economists, not crooks who been in charge for eight years. Go Obama!

At least they are trying right now

Look at this bill and then look at the $700 billion bill from 2008. Forbes reported this, “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

That stimulus bill was mostly tax breaks. How's that working?

This bill is large, no doubt, but I think you need more spending, good spending, to stimulate the economy. Not just tax breaks.

Since this Congress has demonstrated a shocking lack of basic economics, please let me explain what this poll means: if less than half of those polled have a favorable view of your performance, that does NOT mean that the glass is half full. What that really means is that MORE THAN HALF of the public thinks you're doing a lousy job!

And here's a thought: if Bush spent like a drunken sailor and the economy is what it is, then why would anyone believe that more spending on the government's part is going to get us out of this mess??? That's insanity. Giving new cars to government workers is not going to save the economy. Tax cuts will. Give me – a small business owner – a significant tax cut and I'll hire another employee and do some capital improvements that are sorely needed. Bingo! Instantaneous stimulus.

Oh, I forgot to mention about all of these big companies using the price of OIL ad there headge fund to bilk us little people of of every dollar we have while they charge off there transportation cost to expenses.

CNN – you need to be fair . You need to improve your way of reporting.
Your reporters and your best political team (whatever that mean) needs to be the best.
always biased reporting.

How is it that CNN can report "bad report" for Obama on stimulus. Who were those asked on these polls? I for one have not been polled. I have writen several times on these and other comment sections on the internet. I feel the media is using pretty strong language as "bad report". Only yesterday was I able to see some of the stimulus package the Repulicans were offering and it was the same tax exemptions for the large corporations and doing away with estate taxes. How does this provide jobs? The large companies have been laying off people and sending their business to foreign countries long before the housing problem. Big banks, wall street, large corporations have been the problem for at least (eight years-Bush administration years). Why is a large portion of Kodak production was outsourced to Mexico and China, why are other large companies outsouring to India. Fair trade not free trade is what we should have. Japan is having a problem with physician numbers, we should outsource their American educated physicians to their country to help their situation and their people.

President Obama is encountering the same old political partisanship that has left a strangelhold upon this nation for years. Unfortunately, the old guard still does not recognize that "the ground has shifted beneath their feet." The American people voted for change in 2008.

It is time to get behind our new President and work for the good of the American people. 2010 is not that far away. If our elected officials fail to hear the voices of the American people, whose lives continue to be shattered by the excesses of the past eight years, the voters will bring them home.

I not surprized about this since you have many false comments parts taken out of contects. When you are talking about a Trillion dollars bill, we all know there is going to be waste. It would not matter what the price tag is; there is going to be waste. If we are not going to procute those in power and lied about the banks true finanical standing then who cares. In addition, for all those who think that we can spend all this money on the wars over-seas and not pay for it,. You are not on this planet. We spent all of this money on this war, disrupted lives and medical system that is not taken care of it veterans. What do we expect. I worked hard, I saved my money, I put money bak in a 401k. What do I have? practically nothing. So am I worried about a Social form of medician or goverment at this point. Take a guess at my answer. There is more c lass war fair know than ever.

Congress still doesn't get it. People support a plan to address the problem, not one that fattens the wallets of the "usual suspects" list of Democrat front groups. STD's ? ACORN ? We are not as stupid as they believe and are as persistant as they are.

Why is it surprising to anyone, that there would be resisitance to change. In any organizaition in America or in the world, radical innovative change will be met by resistance. In our lives those who are ardently resistant to change are reduced in force.

The most effective way to overcome resistance is involving stakeholders, which is being done. Now lets just got out of each other way and get the stimulus plan moving or should we attempt to find resolution the old way, a lot of talk but no action or the wrong action. It's not Obama who is not doing a good job, but more so those ancient dinosaurs who don't know that they are extinct

we want as the people pass the bill how did you get the polls. Cnn stop laying to American

Got OINK?

Pelosi, Reid, & Obama are trying to set the record for Pork Spending in a single bill. America needs to say NO!

We'll have our voices heard within the next 2 years. Expect more "Change" Barack...except you won't like the coming version!

The Republicans want to continue believing that large tax cuts are miraculously going to fix everything when they have proven to do quite the contrary.

Perhaps there are few billion in there that could probably get cut, but the bulk of it needs to go through or we will be facing the most severe unemployment and financial mess that most of us have ever seen in our lifetimes.

I'm not saying that Republicans need to keep quiet as just go along – what they need to do is recognize that spending has to happen with a mix of tax cuts and that their way has failed which is why they got their butts kicked in November.

I guess what he's doing and or trying to do is correct, to go forward as he said the america should be. Some congress and senate members still think of it as politics and never for the benefit of wha tis going on which is rescession in our economy. media too sometimes make the matters worst by adding comments which I think they are not particularly sure or don't have the enough abiltiy to comment on. Let it be done then see what will happen.

Why not call it by the ACTUAL NAME? It is a SPENDING plan loaded with PORK. Plain and simple.
Also, we are finding out the "Obama Cabinet" is as corrupt, if not MORE CORRUPT, than those "W" had. Truly sad!

Well, it's so sad that this has become a partisan issue. Instead of being open-minded to another way of doing things, many Republicans are reverting to the use of glittering generalizations and fear-based tactics to posture their party as the 'correct' one. Do these people, these congressment and senators, not care about the people they are supposed to represent? It's a new low when the country can't pull together and focus on bettering itself just because a Democrat is in charge. Too many simply want Obama to fail so they can be 'right.' Obama said that, in order for his efforts to work, he needs Americans' support. So, in my opinion, if this stimulus package fails, it's due to pettiness. This is yet another reason why we've lost our standing as a global powerhouse. Great job, people.

Apples and oranges. President-elect and President. You said so yourself CNN.

And that doesn't mean that everyone in that 12 point difference is siding with Republicans. I'd bet that about half of that is attributed to liberals who are starting to get miffed at the fact that Obama isn't as liberal as we thought he was, and won't be pushing liberal reforms through as fast as we want.

Again, another sensational and MISLEADING nonsense...earlier this week, I heard that 40% supported the stimulus, so 51% represents an increase I would think. Of course 51% represents a decrease from the January poll, but the poll earlier this week showed that only 40% supported it. Spin spin spin all you want, but at the end of the day....what's what will be revealed.

The bill will pass.

Because the MsM, Rush Limbaugh and Elisabeth Hesselbeck are chopping all day long about failure, failure, failure. Where were these people and the Republicans and Southern Dems for the last eight years when we didn't have money for schools and teachers, policemen and firemen but we had money for the Iraqi's war? I actually saw Elizabeth Hesselback on The View complain about $500M of the $900B going to green cars for public officials. "How is that creating jobs" she shreiked. And no one at the table was smart enough to say, because it's Americans who make the cars you numb nut!! It's a contract and good PR to encourage going green. The level of debate just shows how much we need to improve education in this country. Americans are becoming far too ignorant.

It's because the Stimulus Plan has turned into a Pork-ulus Plan under Obama, Pelosi, & Reid!!

If you're drowning in debt – CUT EXPENSES! Who in their right mind starts spending MORE money to improve a failing financial condition??

Oh yeah... democrats. The ones that gave us the Great Depression back in the 30's and who'll do it again today.

Great speech about religion-unity and tolerance, the president gave at the ‘praying breakfast’. As always, great oratorial,…but make no mistake that really is/was an attempt to regain some ( if not all) the fading ‘power over the masses’,….masses that no longer swallow the scam of the so called ’stimulus’.

You see, it seems nobody knows where the first half of the original ’stimulus’ went,…but I have a theory.

I am sending my view to you guys too.
The possible (and obvious one) is just STEALING, CORRUPTION , AND DISHONESTY.

My opinion?,…simple, they misused and abused the first half , just the way they originally abused our trust and money before when all started ;….(Fannie,Freddie, and all them crooks and thieves backed by the ‘cover-up gang’:- Pelosi, Reid, Cox, Dood , and others weeds )

Now , they are PRETENTING an investigation about what happenned – right !,…( like we the people we are going to suck on that one ! ).

Actually I do believe they are trying to find ways how to abuse the second half and how to cheat even more the public with this bogus second so called ’stimulus’.

Bottom line , if Obama really wants to be praised and remembered as the true ‘mesianinc magic one’ ?,…he has to RISK to be an OUTCAST and risk POLITICAL SUICIDE for the call is to get rid of ALL THAT CORRUPTION AND DISHONESTY IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE FINANCIAL SPECTRUM,….the question is ,…WILL HE DO THAT ? I have my doubts on this one.

Have a good day
Daniel Cabrera
Merrillville, Indiana

Of course it has, Democrats don't realize that the presidential election and even the congressional election were not the result of people wanting a big left turn. The results were the result of 96% of the black folk voting for Obama because of his color, ACORN fraud, union fraud and the republican ethics scandals and a whole bunch of George Soros money. And still Obama won by only 4%, the electorate does not really want the leftist, socialist policies and funding the libercrats are trying so hard to thrust on them.

Obama ran such a beautiful campaign, he won about 54% votes from the entire population, John McCain and Palin turned out to be complete jerks, and now he is going thru a stimulus package battle, and all you care about is Republicans and making money off of tax cuts...

He's a HUMAN!!!...

What u Conservatives don't realize is Obama is gonna bring the country back on track and all u guys do is write a bunch of crap about him. He hasn't gotten a chance to perform his duties yet, and all you people want is MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE...

Leave him alooonuh! You're lucky he's even caring about u, u idiots! Leave Obama alone, PLEASE!

Everybody likes to talk about Professionalism. Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly bash the one who's trying to help us all out???

Leave Obama alone! Please!

Leave Barack Obama alone RIGHT NOW!, I mean it. Anyone who has a problem with him, YOU deal with ME, coz he's busy doing his work right now. Let him!

FOLKS ASK C N N WHY SOME POST ARE ALLOWED AND OTHERS ARE NOT POSTED FOR THE US CITIZEN TO READ.

C N N THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS REPORTING
WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL CONTACT CNN OFFICES TODAY

Maybe we should just let all those millions who have lost their jobs suck it up and commit suicide – like two families did last week.

Maybe we should just let those folks in Luisiana drown in the next hurricane.

And if 45 military troops commited suicide in Iraq in January – well that's why they sign on anyway.

Hey, maybe all the discenters are right – maybe we should just line Mitt $ Romey's pockets with more money from tax breaks.

The funny thing about sheep is they lack the guts to take the right action when action is needed.

Just ask DICK "the Daft dodger" Cheeney. He'll tell you all about how we should be sending more troops to take over the world. ...as long as he doesn't have to go, of course – and as long as he doesn't have to pay for it.

He's got my support 100%.

The reason that the polls are showing that support has slipped is because the Republicans are doing what they do best. Blanketing the news media with their poisonous rhetoric. They talk talk talk and are everywhere on every channel. They are a minority yet they still get their message out much better than the Dems do.

The dems need to remind the American public exactly why we are in the position that we are in and who got us there. They need to job memories that are so woefully short, that 8 years of Republican handling has brought us to this awful place and that Repubs have no leg to stand on when they try to preach about how to make the economy better.

It is the media and it is poll manipulation and it is the obstructionists loudly proclaiming the same tired ideas of the last eight years that create an illusion of "slipping" support for the hard work our President is doing.
We the people are just not that fickle. Overwhelming support of President Obama and his true and earnest efforts to get our economy out of the toilet remains the same. The media needs controversy; that is their sustenance. We need to not take this crisis lightly; let the man do his work. This is no time to play games. Stop with the distractions and the muddy waters. stop obstructing. It is our time to take responsibility and restore our country's employment, infrastructure, education and take care of our people.

Thank you – LS

Well well well.......Obama is finally realizing that all his talk and elegance doesn't get things passed in Washington!!!

Welcome to the real world .....Mr President!!!!!! ha ha ha

I LOVE IT!!!! He's not the messiah....just another dreamer who thought he would change Washington!!!

Gotta love American Politics!!!! I'm not "happy" just glad that people realize Obama is not the all mighty.........LOVE IT!!

Im for the plan!!! You have to realize its the last eight years that has us where we are today!!! The republicans need to need to think long and hard about George W and his fear tacis !!!!! thats all he did and spent 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq while in took this country to Hell in a hand basket!!!!!!!! He and his crodies got rich and the rest of us to hell with us!!!! I can't wait till 2010 next election!! We need change!!!! Americans have short meories! bush did all this with no reguraltions all of them made monies off middle americans and whos getting fucked!!!!!!!! Wake up america!!!!!!!!!! You better watch that movie W!!!!!

Mr. President: Its like watching the general election all over again only worse. I heard (R) Sen. Tom Coburn(oklahoma) speaking in the senate last night and I believe what he said is right "it is congress that got us into this mess". My thoughts are that congress hasn't done antying to help americans for the past eight years. Now they have to face the error's of their ways. The stimulis package is not perfect but now if the senate can get it through you can use the next two weeks to clean it up enough to get it signed and delivered to the people. If it doesn't create jobs, put money into the pockets of the american people, clean the banks up so they will start lending and provide credit, get control of the housing crisis and provide extended unemployment, some basic health care for the unemployed and food stamps then maybe it needs to be put on the back-burner for a while. Of course Lindsey Graham and John McCain waht their ideas put through. All they want to do is prove that america elected the wrong man. I believe in you and americans are their with you.

Obama's mistake was to reach out to the Republicians. The Republicians were never, ever giong to negotiate in good faith. They are the party of snakes.

Obama now knows their game and I hope he total ignores the Republiciansin the future. The Republicians have destroyed this country by their 'pork and entitlements for corporations and the wealthy'.

I am sure with all of the fear mongering the Republicans have been doing, support for the stimulus has slipped.

Who is going to keep CNN.com and the other media outlets honest- the last two weeks have looked an awful lot like the lead up to the Iraq war- who have filled our screens with what seems like a million of self appointed experts mostly Republican who are mostly promoting themselves- there is a reason why John McCain and Milt Romney and all their cohorts lost their crowd got us into this mess- not only do they not want to change approaches but they also apparently haven't figured out that they lost much less why- for you it is time to present a fair and balanced approach it isn't now not by a million miles- we deserved better than your gungho approach to the Iraq war and we defnitely deserve more now.

Americans go with the most popular ideas or who is failing the most or which way the winds blow.

Americans are NOT loyal.

So let's forget the stimulus!

Now what?

Obama is showing what an intelligent strong leader he is. Republicans are showing they are still clueless and are unpatriotic in NOT caring about the state of this nation and the mess they created.

Goodbye you obstructionist Republicans! We will vote the rest of you out in 2010. You just want to play games because you are bitter that you were defeated in a landslide.

Obama is doing exactly what we elected him to do. He is a great leader and nothing you say wil change that. You only look more like infantile fools when you try to block what Americans need to play games with our lives.

You are still clueless losers clinging to failed policies and you are hypocrites to talk about the cost of this economic package when you let Bush waste $35B a month in an illegal, immoral, lie of a war! Republicans destroyed this country and you need to shut up and work to restore it.

Americans will be more than happy to vote the rest of you out of office in 2010! You have proven these past few weeks you are not country first and care nothing about the people who elected you.

Pass this good economic package that will get our nation moving again. Tax cuts are not the answer to everything. God you are stupid. Let the intelligent people run this county. Pass this package and then get out of the way of the progress it will bring.

Obama is doing a great job when he is dealing with the giant mess handed him when the moron Bush left. We will succeed despite Republican obstructionists and then we will vote you out of office.

The GOP is the PAST.

Polls on the stimulus package? Get serious. Did you poll 1000 economists? Nobody really knows how this will all turn out, but something needs to be done. More jobs lost, more foreclosures on the horizon. Nobody wants to vote for a stimulus package that has more thought than the GWB package from last fall. This package is necessary, and maybe another one after that. The WORLD is waiting, stop playing politics and get this done. President Obama does not need Republican support, he was asking for some bi-partisanship.
Obama will show his leadership through this. All you naysayers need to rally. Barack Obama is your PRESIDENT!

What I would like to know is, what if we were to take all the money they are throwing at these corrupt companies and instead devide it up among common Americans trying to make their bills in this inflated economy, how much better off would we be? I know if I was given say even $20,000.00 it would go a long way to eleviating my financial problems and conserns. It would give me more capability to spend and ultimately keep small business alive. After-all, without paying customers no business can sustain itself. I know I wouldn't spend it on luxary Jet liners or fine oak desks, or spa get-aways. I'd use it to pay day-care costs so I can keep working, I'd use it to pay off a car so I can commute to work, I'd use it to make a morgage payment so I can keep a roof over my family's head. You wouldn't have any worries about capping my pay to $500,000 per year even with that added to our combined annual household income. But at least I will have the pease of mind knowing that the banks will make it through these bad times. Thanks Obama.

Let's get real here.

It seems like the strategy was to allow the House Dems to load up the bill with some special pet items, knowing full well that the Republicans would then set out to remove the excess from the legislation. This would have given the Republicans some face-saving ability to vote for the bill.
Instead, the House Dems went way too far and tried to rub the Republicans' noses in their November losses. The Republicans subsequently thumbed their noses at the bill and the debacle ensued.

The Republican's decision to make political hay out of the excesses in the bill was a bad choice... for the country and I think for their party, as well.
It was a bad choice to have let the House Dems have their way with the bill up front. Obama should have known better than to trust that the Republicans would take the opportunity to leave partisanship behind. He should have known the House Republicans would take offense to the tactics of the House Dems and that this nonsense would result.

So, now after that game has played itself out, we're left with Senators trying to walk a careful line. Clearly, everyone understands the gravity of the moment and no one wants to make a foolish move to spite their political opponents. But, these Senators can hardly make a move without the likes of Mitt Romney or Rush Limbaugh issuing some very public commentary about the evils of this package. Talking heads are swaying the opinion of the public because it is so unclear what our congress is actually going to do.

Romney is right on. Obama is way over his head. In his career he's never accomplished more than posting a flier on a light pole on the south side of Chicago.

You LIBS are really funny...how do say trickle down does not work. President Regan reduced the size of Government, cut personal and corporate tax and created 20 million jobs over 8 years. Children for Obama, please study your history lessons. Federal spending programs will not and never have worked to reduce or end a recession...study Milton Friedman, one of the greatest economist of the U.S.

If this bill passes, in 2.5 years you babies will be whining about what happened to the value of the dollar and why your taxes will go up to 70%. You won't be able to blame President Bush! Welcome to the U.S.S.A. if this passes as is.

Save America, stop Obama and this reckless spending bill loaded with 20 years of liberal spending programs.

SAVE AMERICA. KEEP THE CHANGE!

Wait a minute here, those are NOT the numbers that I have been hearing about this stimulus package for the past 3 days on multiple channels!!!

The 3 polls that I heard stated that only 37% of THE PEOPLE support THIS stimulus package in its current form. They have got their numbers FLIPPED.

stop giving away taxpayer money. Give it to the taxpayer and let them decide how and where to spend it.

Wait a minute here, those are NOT the numbers that I have been hearing about this stimulus package for the past 3 days on multiple channels!!!

The 3 polls that I heard stated that only 37% of THE PEOPLE support THIS stimulus package in its current form. They have got their numbers FLIPPED.

Obama's primary mistake was to let Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid take the point in crafting this legislation INSTEAD OF BEING a LEADER and direct its course. They got GREEDY.

One of the BIPARTISAN groups of senators has gotten a working version of this plan down from over 900 billion to just over 500 billion.

But YOU know that Pelosi and Reid won't stand for that.

Let's just pass the bill and see what happens. It can't be worst then the passed 8 years on the economy. It was the republicans that caused all this free will spending in the first place.

ONCE AGAIN FOLKS C N N HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW MY POST BE OBSERVED BY THE PUBLIC

Shows this country needs an intellectual stimulus as well.

I think it is time for democrats to borrow from the republican play book by introducing the "nuclear option" into the debate.

Sorry the republicans leave us with no other option.

Ah the people may be waking up.. too late..

Obama is an amateur and should resign his position before he sinks all of us!

Have we polled the 598,000 who lost jobs in Jan.??
Because I suspect the people who really need help the most aren't sitting around their houses waiting for a pollster to call them.
They are probably standing in line at the unemployment office, the food bank, and the welfare office. They do not have the luxury of waiting like Congress and the Senate seems to have.

Yeah!! due to the stupid News pundits and talking heads who have managed to mis-inform the American people and spread the insipid Republican diatribe and buzzwords.

All you get from Republicans are the word (PORK) when it comes to the Stimulus bill.
What is it called when Iraq was being bailed out to the tune of millions of dollar? what was it called when the first TARP money was given away to big Corporations? what was it called when the BUSH tax cuts went to those same big corporations?

Republicans are not the only ones who work for a living! so why should they determine what's pork and what's not? Time to put AMERICA first and time to help AMERICANS every time middle or lower income people get help from the Government Republicans call it hand out and give away or pork.

Republicans doled out the first 300 BILLION last year to the Rich and big Corporations and wallah it's a RESCUE PACKAGE.

Boy what's in a name.....

I think this poll is really funny because it all depends on how you asked the question. Mainly, did they ask about A stimulus package or did they ask about THIS stimulus package. I support a stimulus package, just not this one. Don't read too much into polls.

Ah, I wondered when the polls would start being publized again.

Good point that support is always higher when things are hypothetical, and drop when reality sets in. That's a psychological truth.

You know, CNN, there's another truth you should report. How can 864 adults questioned by phone be truly representative? How about using your website to poll more than 1000 people? You have the tools here to get real numbers, not just a blip. Your sampling error would drop, too. Do you really think that 864 people questioned by phone (and does that include cell phones?) really represent a cross-section of this country?

I DON'T THINK THIS MEANS SUPPORT FOR OUR PRESIDENT IS SLIPPING. I THINK IT MEANS OUR (VOTERS) HOPE FOR ANY KIND OF JOBS PROGRAM COMING OUT OF THIS SENATE AND CONGRESS IS SLOWLY FADING FROM A DREAM TO A NIGHT MARE.

I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT IS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS BUNCH OF IDIOTS TOO, IT'S TOO BAD WE THE VOTERS DIDN'T VOTE IN SMARTER REPRESENTITIVES TO HELP OUR EDUCATED PRESIDENT.. ESPECIALLY ELEMINATING NANCY PALOSI AND HARRY RIED. THESE TWO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE THERE TO HELP MR PRESIDENT OUT INSTEAD MS PALOSI IS IN THERE PITCHING,I THINK, TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT SOME DAY..... HA! FAT CHANCE.

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THESE TWO AIR HEADS DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BILL THAT WOULD CREATE WORK FOR THE VOTERS AND A PIECE OF PIE IN THE SKY FOR THEIR PORKY FRIENDS.. I GUESS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM BY THE HAND AND SIT DOWN AND WRITE OUT IN B. I. G. LETTERS ON A CHALK BOARD WHAT HE THINKS IS NECESSARY AND SHOULD GO IN THE WORKS BILL SO THE LARD HEADS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WANTS...

I think that those who agree the need for a stimulus to the economy to receive a stimulus, both in their tax cuts and jobs created. Those who do not want to participate can refuse their tax cuts and receive no consideration for jobs created – they can make up their own plan to survive the economic turmoil that the world finds its self in now – heres your fishing pole and some line – go for it!!

Now back to the real world.....time will tell and history will reveal.

The country needs to see that this guy really wants to change the stucture of our country. He is in the White House to sign anything, I repeat, anything that Pelosi sends him. This is frightening. As you already know, he made overseas abortion a prority over domestic matters.Yet he says that this is not a game and we need to pass this bill. This implies that certain people think this is a game, Republicans ya think? He is trying to use fear to get support of this fanatical Democratic agenda.

If they (politicians) would just take out the "pork" and actually put things in this "stimulus" package that helped the economy, the support would come back. Things like a snow machine in Minnesota turns every voter off, no matter what party you back. Myself, I'm a moderate and tend to agree with both parties on different issues. Some things in this bill i agree with but I cannot throw my support behind Global Warming research or STD prevention in a package designed to stimulate the economy. Put those things into a Spending package and submit it at another time. When the need to act is behind us. Please guys, stop politicking and stop paying back people for favors. This is our country you're playing with.

Unfortunately, Nancy thinks her position is a popularity contest and she doesn't have to actually WORK. Someone should have told her part of her job is to support her president, especially when he's on the same team. What is she doing? Wring those dastardly Dems in and take that pork out of the bill. What is she doing?

It took all this time to have a female speaker and the best the Congress can do is Nancy Pelosi. Shameful. If Hillary were in Nancy's position, she would have cleaned the Dem's clock, and the Republcans just for sport. Get Nancy off her duff and tell her to shape up.

Barack and the American people deserve a better Congress. What the heck is going on?

President Obama has walked into his new role and has been given little support now that decision making about the stimulus plan must be dealt with. If you look at the numbers of ever increasing job loss it appears obvious that not getting the Stimulus plan done indicates further worsening of our economy.

If you listened to the Presidents inaguration speech, he spoke of Americans having ADD, well we sure do appear to!! He has been in office for a mere 18 days and has taken on more issues than our past president did in one year. Yet I have seen him treated very disrespectfully by memebers of the house GOP. Shame on you.

He is attempting to UNIFY this country and stop us from going from RECESSION to DEPRESSION which is completely plausible if nothing is done.

People do your history, the Depression of 1929 was brought to an end by a stimulas package by FDR, one main reason in 1937 the unemployment rose was becasue FDR caved into the GOP at the time and reduced the stimulus plan.. Should we test history again...I think not.

Additionally, the GOP has painted this package in a black and white painting that reflects badly on the hard work of the President and his new staff , congress, and senate.

If they had the answers than how did we get here in the first place? Could it be that lack of leadership, government oversight and overalll bad business practice occurred.!!!

The GOP needs to stop behaving like a group of young children that have taken their ball away on the palyground. If they allow this to fail and continue to taint this plan with negativity WE all suffer, DEMS, REPUBS and Independent.

Remember the people in DC work for us!!!!! Stop the gamemanship, and theatrics that I have seen occurring when I tune into C-span which is non biased coverage of what is occurring and get to work.... There is to much at stake to lose and like the Titanic we all will sink if consensus is not reached soon.

I'm not surprised by these polls. We have had 20 years of Republican Presidents in the past 28 years starting with Reagan. People have had it drummed into their heads that tax cuts are a panacea. And who can resist the lure of more money? Reagan and the Bushes turned Government into a dirty word and they were successful to a large extent because they were so bad in governing themselves. I mean, if you look at 8 years of Bush, who can disagree that Government is bad.

Here is the elephant. In 1st year Administration you learn that to solve a problem you must understand it. Then you review options and forcast results. There is no understanding of why we are where we are. Hence attepts to fix/chuck money at it will probably not work in the long run. Spending works when there is a long term economic return or where competitiveness is improved over time. What is needed is to understand the problem. We were told banks made bad loans. People suddenly were unable to pay. Housing market was the root of all evil. Interest rates are now at a record low. Banks were given massive cash bailouts. Simple logic suggests that this cash went back into the loan business and 'fixed' the problem. None of this, even slightly worked. We have talked the economy into a recession. My guess is the root cause is over spending on wars and miss understanding the shift of power and wealth to China and alike. We need..facts and measurement...then a plan...then action. Please tell us NOW what was expected of the money already spent since November. What was spent and what was the outcome. Facts, measurement, truth...PLEASE. Maybe then we can have a fact based opinion and be able to help !

No wonder America's unemployment rate is rising so drastically, look at all the qualified expert economists in the workplace!

Guess the whole issue is supply and demand. We have too many degreed and expert economists and too few economy jobs...

You did not poll me. I am in support of the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. President Obama has only been in office for a little over two weeks and Bush caused this problem over eight years.

I DON'T THINK THIS MEANS SUPPORT FOR OUR PRESIDENT IS SLIPPING. I THINK IT MEANS OUR (VOTERS) HOPE FOR ANY KIND OF JOBS PROGRAM COMING OUT OF THIS SENATE AND CONGRESS IS SLOWLY FADING FROM A DREAM TO A NIGHT MARE. I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT IS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS BUNCH OF IDIOTS TOO, IT'S TOO BAD WE THE VOTERS DIDN'T VOTE IN SMARTER REPRESENTITIVES TO HELP OUR EDUCATED PRESIDENT.. ESPECIALLY ELEMINATING NANCY PALOSI AND HARRY RIED. THESE TWO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE THERE TO HELP MR PRESIDENT OUT INSTEAD MS PALOSI IS IN THERE PITCHING,I THINK, TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT SOME DAY..... HA! FAT CHANCE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THESE TWO AIR HEADS DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BILL THAT WOULD CREATE WORK FOR THE VOTERS AND A PIECE OF PIE IN THE SKY FOR THEIR PORKY FRIENDS.. I GUESS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM BY THE HAND AND SIT DOWN AND WRITE OUT IN B. I. G. LETTERS ON A CHALK BOARD WHAT HE THINKS IS NECESSARY AND SHOULD GO IN THE WORKS BILL SO THE LARD HEADS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WANTS...

TAKE OUT ALL THE FRILLS AND PORK ITEMS TAKE OUT THE PERKS FOR THE COES AND THE FAVORS FOR THE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE ELECTION AND THEN THIS STIMULUS MIGHT PASS

TERM LIMITS FOLKS TERM LIMIT FOLKS

Okay…Obama was handed a country that's a complete mess due to the incompetence of the last 8 years of Republican rule. You (the media) cannot expect him to fix this in a day or even a year. Lay off and let the guy work. He has the right ideas so let him implement him before you start calling him a dud of a president.
It boggles my mind how you can seriously expect him to fix the largest country in the world in a matter of days. He's not God for Christ sake!!

Obama has to stop talking nice to the Repugs as they don't understand civility. All they know is thuggery. So give them what they deserve, a kick in the @#$. They don't care about anything but trying to gain power in the 2010 and beyond elections. If you succeed then we all succeed, but the Repugs don't see it that way.
Lintball spoke the Repug truth, they want you – and therefore all of us – to fail.

I do not believe your polls! Why would I believe you or our government who has shown that they only have their best interests at heart not ours. The Democrats have already shown that they are a group that thinks they are above the law. It has been a disgrace that they do not even pay their taxes. Oversight, my ass! They will try to get by with what ever they can and to hell with us.

They have no idea how angry people are out here, so don't be surprised when the people organize against the powerful who just take our money.

Didn't Obama promise to cut wastefull spending, now he is pusshing a bill that is nothing but waste. That is the change we can believe in? Obama keeps reminding us of who won the election, he does not need the republican votes to pass this. He WANTS the republicans to vote on this so he has someone to blaim when it doesn't work.

Things are bad for a lot of people, but Mr. Obama, using fear to try too pass your socialist agenda is shamefull.

IT's not popular because it's PORK ! PORK ! PORK !

When you propose a 900 Billion dollar bill, and only 10% of it is geared toward job creation...you wonder where the rest is going?

Too much is going for payback for inner city corruption like ACORN as a coffer-filler for such organizations that used questionable means to get Obama elected....i.e., illegal voting tactics.

HE-HE-HE-HE in essence they are multiple reason why to have 'thumb-ups' for Obama, 'THE MAGIC ONE'

Just to mention few:

'Won' the election (FRAUD AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT HE IS THERE, RIGHT ?), also, the phony ALMOST CLINTON-CLONE CABINET, …with 'luminaries 'such as Holder, Geithner, attempt Daschle, and other people in key areas like the CIA , etc.

Let's not forget the reduction of power in our national defense, or the continuous scrapping the reserves to PERPETUATE THE MESS IN ECONOMY ,….meaning still 'holding hands' with the 'cover-up group' (Pelosi,Reid,Dood,Cox,Soros,Barney Frank, and other weeds)
WOW ! 'top of the line people',…may we say ?

QUITE A GUY FOR PRESIDENCY ! , RIGHT ? AAAHHH!!! YOU PEOPLE REALLY HIT THE BALL BIG TIME !!

sleep well,
Daniel Cabrera
Merrillville, Indiana

Why don't we go back to the Bush way, do nothing and hope it all works out. Let's see how long the Republicans are willing to beat their chest and listen to Rush before there is total anarchy. It's easy to put yourself first when your have a job and insurance isn't it Senators?
In 2010 when some of you join the ranks of the unemployed, hope Rush shares his 38 mil a year with you.

Since I wasn't asked in your poll...let me add my two cents worth. Get back to stimulating the economy, not lining the pockets of politicians and lobbyists. Nothing has changed in Washington. The democrats shoved this down our throats and got it through the Congress and are blaming the republicans for holding it up in the Senate. Don't shove the spending down our throats and rewrite a bill thats good for the stimulus of the country and not promote the Democrats agenda.

I hear all these polls that come out....who in heck are you polling? The media who thinks they have the answers on everything?

Thanks for your time,

Rick Croteau

We're quiet now President Obama, but we're NOT sleep. The hype will settle down after the RNC has to huddle with Rush to see how their party will be split!

Go Obama!

The main problem he has had is Republicans trying to stimey his stimulus plan because they want to make sure the money ends up in the hands of their corporate buddies instead of the Middle class.

It is time for Republican partisan, personal attack, politics to end. It has this country on the brink of financial ruin and they are still doing it.

Stop acting like children and try to part of the solution.

because it's not a stimulus package..It's a donor payback package.

Logic indicates that the man has to do something! More bad jobs reports due to layoffs and so forth! Economists indicate that if a stimulus bill is to be effective, that bill must be for a lot and not like Bush had done, it must be very substantial to work. The stimulus bill WILL pass Congress. period!

Didn't Obama promise to cut wastefull spending, now he is pusshing a bill that is nothing but waste. That is the change we can believe in? Obama keeps reminding us of who won the election, he does not need the rpublican votes to pass this. He WANTS the republicans to vote on this so he has someone to blaim when it doesn't work.

Things are bad for a lot of people, but Mr. Obama, using fear to try too pass your socialist agenda is shamefull.

Smoke and mirrors.

We are again being manipulated to support yet another trillion dollar fat-cat giveaway at our children's expense. How does giving another trillion dollars to the rich even remotely help YOU?

Nothing has changed.

He's glib and likable. However, he has no idea how much ruin he is visiting upon us. The 2008 election may well be the day America, the real America which maximizes individual liberty, private property and capitalism, died a horrible death. Does anyone anywhere really believe that Nancy Pelosi knows what she's doing. I do. She wants nothing more that big government socialism and tax arrangements and immigration laws that guarantee the votes of the unAmerican, and the untalented to be votes for the democratic party. We are, as Hayek said, "on the road to serfdom." I am old enough that I will not see the total destruction of the principles upon which this country was founded, but I feel sorry for my children.

The republicans are holding this up for pure spite and politics. Having said that-there is no doubt there are some things I am not comfortable with in the stimulus. Hopefully, for the sake of the millions of unemployed-they will act as adults and come to an agreement soon.

On another note: I resented that racist comment from Graham yesterday implying President Obama is lazy. I wonder if he would have made that same comment to someone who is not of color? It was very racist and he should apologize immediately. He's a rat with no future or political skills whatsoever.

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

Wait until inflation goes through the roof.

President Obama, get out your scalpel and trim the pork line by line... plus give me a tax cut, I'll get the economy going...

This is NOT to dump on the guy, so please don't take it as such. It appears that there has not been a lot of close engagement in the process by the President or the WH staffers. Editorials in the Post, usage of campaign-style rhetoric, and little direct administration negotiating are not the way to effectively prosecute a major (especially a so-called critical) bill early on. Let's leave any criticism of real or imagined bi-partisanship out of it, the fact is that confrontation in the first 100 days is not going to lead to productivity later on. This is a new team, but there are a lot of hands from the Clinton era onboard who should know better; this is NOT a good start.

Didn't Obama promise to cut wastefull spending, now he is pusshing a bill that is nothing but waste. That is the change we can believe in? Obama keeps reminding us of who won the election, he does not need the rpublican votes to pass this. He WANTS the republicans to vote on this so he has someone to blaim when it doesn't work.

Things are bad for a lot of people, but Mr. Obama, using fear to try too pass your socialist agenda is shamefull.

ok Fox news and right wingers.... you win... let's NOT do an economic jobs package...

NOW WHAT??

We STILL support Barack. We don't like the Nancy Pelosi Pork barrel of goodies. She and Reid should be strung up for this. They make me sick. Get the pork out, and pass Barack's bill–NOW.

I don't beleive the polls. They are not transparent and don't disclose WHO they are polling. Still waiting after 20 years of educated, fully employed adult life to have ONE pollster contact me.

THIS IS HYPE. The Great American Disease continues...

I wonder if support would be slipping if they were losing their homes

What do the people who oppose the bill offer in it's place ?

YOU ARE LIARS! OBAMA IS STRONG AND WILL REMAIN STRONG.

Even after the lover affair of the main stream media on Obama, still the support for stimulus package is falling? Very interesting

My mother once told me a hard head makes a soft behind. Wake, Up and listen. Worst case senerio if it doesn't work were out of 800billion dollars. Sounds like alot but think of the billion dollars a day we've wasted in Iraq for the last 6 years. In this deal the benificiaries will at least be fellow americans. Remember this is untested waters and doing nothing may not help either. We take chances everyday when we go outside. Some of us don't even make it home once we leave the house. Have faith, hope and wish for prosperity.

Good! People are finally catching on that this "stimulus" is nothing more than the most enormous pork package in history, possibly combined with a socialistic attempt by the government to assume more control over the economy.

I'm not a big fan of Mitt Romney, but he's right. The only way to stimulate an economy is to free up more money, and right now the biggest single damper on the flow of money is government sucking up so much of it.

Government caused, or at least triggered, this mess in the first place by meddling in the market economy of housing loans–a great example of what governments do when they get big and arrogant. It a bull-in-the-china-shop thing–big government is inherently clumsy and generally, collectively, not too bright.

Obama ought to take out the bully pulpit and use it to bonk some heads – on both sides of the isle!

The Repubicans need to go and sit down. When they were the banks were in trouble they were all for it. Reaganomics did won't and it want work now. Hospitals are now in trouble. So much for my job. Mr. Obama is trying to help the middle class. Unlike Bush who got us in this mess.

As people realize that this is not a stimulus bill but a spending bill (as Obama said yesterday) or a pork-barrel bill (as it truely is), support should fall further.

Why won't the government address the real problem instead of using the current crises to buy votes?

I blame the few (note, FEW) in Congress who are taking advantage of Obama's willingness to reach out, thinking he'll overstretch just to meet him. All while they only think about 2010.

America is growing weary of the constant barrage of bad news since at least Jan 2008 and all the mis-steps hence. Distrust of government is rampant due to two governments and no accountability. The time has come for us to move forward right or wrong with our current President and his plans else we will perish under our inaction.

As a country, we have failed.

Barry's had tough couple of first weeks.

I expect his "malaise speech" within a week.
Oh look, Barry's going to be on TV next week, talking about malaise.

Who cares. As soon as someone loses their job their opinion will change.

The real reason Obama is rushing to pass a stupid bill that will bankrupt us is precisely because Americans are waking up – Democrats, Indpependents, and Republicans are beginning to see that this bill is both dangerous and wasteful. Obama is trying to ram it through before public opinion kills it

God help us Where Are the lifeboats?

Watching this administration in action for the first three weeks and it is as though President Obama is the captain of the Titantic that just struck the iceberg and the boat is sinking.

Nancy Pelosi is on board buying more deck chairs and silverware; and Harry Reid is back on deck yelling at the iceberg, while Captain Obama yells at the engine room for more speed as the boat goes down by the bow.

And all the while, media reports on the incident by CNN NBC and others keep reporting that Captain Obama is doing a magnificent job of setting off flares and fireworks searching for help from anyone.

Change has come to Washington.

That slip in the polls is entirely due to the poor-quality media coverage. There just is no adequate coverage of the actual issues and what's trying to be accomplished. The R's are just given unlimited time to do their customary misrepresentation, with no pushback. The amoun that the R's are fussing and fuming over are about 1% of the total, so they must agree to the other 99%. But you'd never get that impression from the media coverage. People are being convinced that it's all 'pork' when they have no substantial reason to believe that. The media are once again letting us down by providing inadequate coverage of real issues.

Huh...
Gallup shows no change – but I guess that doesn't fit with your agenda or your headline.
Come on CNN!!!

Yawn. It's getting passed. Get over it. If it doesn't, the GOP will be seriously damaged Monday night during the prime time press conference.

I agree with a stimulus package, I do not agree we should cut any taxes at all. I pay 5000 dollars plus in federal taxes and if we going to live in a free country we need to support it with out tax dollars.

However, I do not agree with the invasion of Iraq, or the massive tax cuts that were made under the Bush administration.

The only thing the republicans know is cut taxes, blame the world for our problems and try to tell the American people we need to give our democracy to the rest of the world.

WE should be an example to world of tolerance and we should also be loving to our people who are less fortunate than ourselves. We should stop being only for those who look like us and we should give everyone a chance to make something of themselves.

Count me as one for the stimulus, if we can spend 700 billion on Iraq and 700 billion on the finance system, them we can definitely spend whatever it takes on the American people. Just make sure Iraq and the finance company pay us back!!!

That is right we do NOT want any more unnecessary spending! We do not want over 60 TRILLION dollars of debt, left to our children and grandchildren. My generation (baby Boomers) and its leadership has failed to maintain the safety and security of this great nation by living outside of our means and seems.
Cut the spending pay off the debt, get a plan together and pay this debt off, before we are owned by our enemies.
Return this country to a nation of law set by our Constitution; we want our Freedom and Liberty back.

After today's report–100% of Working Class Americans WANT the stimulus package!!!! WE NEED JOBS!!!!! EVEN planting grass is a job!!!! The national parks were built by the origional WPA programs! Can't we do it again???? JOBS JOBS JOBS

This will give the Republicans fodder to fight Barack. I really don't care about them (GOP). The Dems are not doing a good job in working with Barack. I also believe all those pork ideas should be dropped and Nancy Pelosi should be ashamed of herself. This is an emergency bill that should address the immediate problems, not a wish list.

I always said that if Barack was going to have trouble it would be with the wimpy Democrats. They should not treat the Republicans the way the Republicans treated them, but they should not allow the GOP to walk all over them either.

I really question Harry Reid's leadership. He's a bit of a wimp and Barack needs stronger support. Reid and Pelosi have got to go. I hope 2010 gets rid of both of them. Barack needs stronger people at the helm and he doesn't have it right now. Without someone to block for him, the GOP can do whatever they want.

Barack needs SUPPORT, not schoolyard fighting.

Hey – polls also show that support for the obstructionists (R) has dropped. 2010 is just around the corner.

The man is not a mircale worker My God the country is a mess and I dont think ANYONE but GOD himself could fix the nation in 2 or 3 weeks. Let's just give him a chance to fix this mess and not rush to judgement. I know he said alot to get elected but so did Bush.

I think people are sick of hearing about it more than anything.

After today's report–100% of Working Class Americans WANT the stimulus package!!!! WE NEED JOBS!!!!! EVEN planting grass is a job!!!!

the more the Republicans talk... the less America listens to them.. so keep yapping the same ole crap..

Somewhere in America the citizens are losing everything at this very moment.

Shut up and get to work or just get out of the way so the rest of the country can.

Republicans days are numbered and they know this.. Why would they want to help anyone?

Frost from Tennessee

How about we do nothing.............

The big question is Is there a problem, do we want it fixed..............

If we can;t agree let the chips fall where they may.............

Its seems like they are more concerned with getting interviews than fixing this economy.. TX CUT WON'T HELP THE UNEMPLOYED!!

REPUBS YOU SAY IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT BUT YOUR NOT MAKING ANY STEPS IN OFFERING INPUT JUST OPPOSITION!!!!!!!

SO FORGET THE STIMULUS..... LET IT DIE......THEN WHOSE FAULT WILL IT BE?

obama has no idea what he's doing and his supporters don't care.They're willing to turn a blind eye to this idiot that is trying to play president.
Oh America, what the hell have you done!

Oh no this can't be true! Not someone with all the experience that every idiot that voted for him claimed. The great depression of the 20's are going to look like a vacation compared to the next 4 years with a inexperience know-it-all president.. OPEN UP THE SOUP LINES

Yawn. It's getting passed. Get over it. If it doesn't, the GOP dies Monday night during the prime time press conference.

Actually, my support has increased. The more I ignore CNN, MSNBC and FOX, the more time I have to actually read the bill. I'm psyched. I work in construction and cannot wait for a new economy to be produced.

This whole thing has been all show....Each side making a show of their power. To hear that an ABC employee was just told personally to do all they could to kill the bill, says it all to me.

Romney is right on. Obama is way over his head. In his career he's never accomplished more than posting a flier on a light pole on the south side of Chicago.

You LIBS are really funny...how do say trickle down does not work. President Regan reduced the size of Government, cut personal and corporate tax and created 20 million jobs over 8 years. Children for Obama, please study your history lessons. Federal spending programs will not and never have worked to reduce or end a recession...study Milton Friedman, one of the greatest economist of the U.S.

If this bill passes, in 2.5 years you babies will be whining about what happened to the value of the dollar and why your taxes will go up to 70%. You won't be able to blame President Bush! Welcome to the U.S.S.A. if this passes as is.

Save America, stop Obama and this reckless spending bill loaded with 20 years of liberal spending programs.

SAVE AMERICA. KEEP THE CHANGE!

No wonder it is failing in popularity, it is a 40 year Democratic wish list............has nothing to do with "stimulus" and jobs. I guess they think the American public is stupid.

Has Congress ever had a ZERO approval rating, give it a few weeks!

i believe that Obama needs more time to accomplish his goals.
I believe that it is too soon to judge this new President. I think that he is concerned about the welfare of this country and just wants to get a Stimulus Package through. It would be nice if Democrats and Republicans would make more of an effort to get along.

President Obama inherited an absolute mess.... he is at least trying so give him a break. He can't solve a 15 yr. mess in 2 weeks.

Big government continues because are answer to the economy problems is appointing more positions and advisors in government. We have added a faith based office, a group to conduct overseas operations for Sec. Clinton and the President, and the new economic advisory board. This is all on the taxpayers right or wrong?

Yeah, a poll has approval rating for this package down below 37%. That means there are a ton of Obama voters out there, real, true Democrats that don't agree with this nonsense.

Commentors on here who think this is a party thint need to realize not only did all Republicans not vote for this thing, but neither did 11 Democrats, and this is for a newly elected Democrat President.

Nobody who has had a job longer than a week would support such a stupid bill, this is old politics done by new people. So much for Hope and Change. At this point you cannot even blam the past administrations (Bush OR Clinton) as this is way beyond the worst either of those to morons did!

Too bad Presidents didn't come with a 30 trial period.

I guess when you have a new president a lot of old faces take advantage of the change by trying act like they are new as well. It seems like so many senators are all of sudden loud experts on how to stimulate the economy yet they were quiet as church mice for the last 8 years. What happened? Where were these experts before everthing got crazy?? Congress passed Bush's stimulus plan without reading it but now all of sudden they're cautious???? Yeah right.

George Bush didnt care about the polls neither should Obama. Trim the fat off of that bill and get it passed. Once the folks start working the polls will change.

Those numbers will go back up when 500,000 more people loose their jobs...Next month. Are you next? Do you think you have job security? Remember one thing Job security is what you THINK you have! Or maybe what you think you had.

Looks like a majority wants a stimulus but wants it to be smaller with more tax cuts. Get the message Dems? Pork out, tax cuts in. The people have spoken.

Give this team a chance. You gave bush 8 years and look where we are at in the process.

i believe everyone is in favor of "good" plan that will stimulate the economy – - JUST CUT THE PORK OUT OF IT

"Pork "or "necessity" just depend if you are giving or receiving --

Yes We Can????

No You Couldn't