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Thank you Obama supporters for giving us a chance to bring America back to a respectable position around the world.

I really feel bad for our President. I can't recall in 50 years of living seeing a person work so hard to be hated by so many. President Obama is fighting all sorts of problems and I constantly here him called names and see him continually disparaged. Is it just bigotry or traitors that believe we should spend money in other countries and get totally upset spending money here – saving our out country.

@freed_from_w

You're right. President Clinton started the great divide and now Obama is carrying it on, by dividing even more! Besides, I just quoted the poll, like you liberals that always quote polls. I am just speaking in terms that you are more familiar with, by using polls.

Cool, but I don't think the poll is right, everybody I know thinks the Prez is awesome; He should have like a 90% ratings, stop hating on the Prez. I wish we got pictures of First Lady Michelle returning home.

The man hit the road running and hasn't stopped yet. Like he said, he may make mistakes but it is evident his eye is on making America better, not the next election cycle – something we aren't seeing with a lot of our politicians. I will continue to hold Bush and the republicans responsible for the mess we are in until it is fixed. It took a long time to get here and it will take a long time to come back. I find him and Michelle to be a breath of fresh air in the stinky world of politics.

Mark @ 4:20:
"Obama is a failure. He lied about everything he campaigned on. His gov't spending will drive the country into bankruptcy."

He's been in office for three months. That's about 6.25% of his term. (if there is only one.)Impatient, are we?

And it may just be me, but if I'm not mistaken the country was approaching bankruptcy already. This OMGEVILLL government spending that seems to be haunting your nightmares is meant to remedy that by stimulating a stagnant economy left over from the W disaster.

So what you are telling us is that of the billions of people that make up our country, approximately 600 or so approve of his job so far? Or would it be more accurate to say of the 1023 people in the democratic wing asked approximately 600 or so approve? Which is it?

I love him. He looked so tired at the French town hall meeting, but he was pressing on. I think he's doing a great job and anyone who thinks otherwise is either a sore loser Republican or Michael-wannabe- Steele.

I'd like to add to the poll, he gets my approval as well. He's doing a fantastic job and I'm so happy I voted for him. I can't wait to vote for him again. Hopefully we will have 8 years of a White House that we can trust and a president that we believe in.

Kudos Mr. President–keep up the good work.

I am in the minority that do not approve then.

floridian April 6th, 2009 5:19 pm ET

Many of these comments keep saying that President Obama is "bright", "intelligent", "smart". Why, then, does he have to keep reading his press conferences, his responses to media questions, and any other things he does off-the-cuff? He took 12 teleprompters with him on his trip. And don't tell me he has to be careful of every word he says 'cause he will be attacked for a mis-spoken word. I would hope he'd be able to simply answer questions from the heart and not from any point paper.

Because when you're the leader of the free world, what you say affects everyone. A mispoken word can have devastating effects. Re: pick-your-favorite-Bush-quote from 2001-2009.

Princess
I am so impressed by your comment. It is rare to find nonpartisan comments here. I wish there were more people like you who are willing to give our President a fair chance.

Obamas numbers can be seen by the look on the faces of the right wing fanatics. The look in Newts eyes tells the whole story of the GOP.Total depression.

That also means the Republican party ratings are pretty low. Amen.

Republicans are getting nuts with Obama using a teleprompter. I'm a minority catholic, if this is the only thing they have against him, they'll never get votes from swing voters like me.

I campaigned and voted for him. As a former republican, and now independent, I'm happy to say my vote, time, and effort was not wasted.

Obama 12'

PS. Have you noticed the people leaving negative comments can't spell, and use unfactual statements. As a former repub, please get educations, it's fundamental! A bachler's, heck a masters isn't a bad thing. You might just be able to use "full" sentences.

We do not need a president that goes around apologizing for the mistakes our country may have made in the past 200 years. What we do need is a president that promotes liberty and freedom that we Americans enjoy here at home.

I find it very entertaining that these Democrats that voted for Obama keeps telling us what a great president he is even when Obama has done nothing but spend tax dollars like water. I just don’t understand why any one cares what the rest of the world thinks of us!

They have the view of this country and Obama sucking up to them will not change it. He asked for two things at the meeting and did not get one. And yet you cool aid drinkers think he did an outstanding job. Wow how naive can you be!

Sorry to break it to you folks but he be very lucky to get a second term at the rate he is going. Even you Democrats that love him will see he has no clue what he is doing and will have to admit it before he does more damage to our economy!

Indiana voter @ 5:00:
"According to the Pew Research Group, he also is the President that has caused the biggest divide between Republicans and Democrats too, even more so than Bush."

You might want to update your definition of "cause". GOP and DNC were already divided far beforehand. Illegal Iraq war to make GOP profit? Ring any bells? Anything?

@ GLENNIS who says "So what has he done other than put us in unsurmountable debt for the rest of our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren?" ------- Actually Bush and his republican cronies did that LONG before President Obama even took office thanks to Bush's tax cuts for the rich and his unnecessary (and extremely expensive) war in Iraq. Bush spent on unnecessary things and put us into debt. Unfortunately, we now have no choice but to INVEST in our economy and our country which will also increase the debt, but at the same time SECURE our future.

The republicans have finally settled down after losing the election.Now they are seeing the country is in good hands and with faith in Obama the country can go far.With this recession when need to all come together for one common goal of having all of are faith in are leader.Negatives comment are going to do nothing but bring more hate to somebody whose trying to help us get out of this decifeit.

Of course their high. People believe Obama is getting us on the road to recovery.

My goodness, my neighborhood has seen more houses sold in the past month than the previous 12 months combined. Just today, they started building 2 more houses.

The tech company I work set a new sales record in March. Even breaking 1999 records when everyone was afraid older computers would break in the year 2000.

I haven't seen this kind of optimism in America since Reagan fixed Carter's mess.

"Polls indicate that Americans aren't blaming Obama yet for current economic conditions, so his rating remains robust despite the recession,"

I would hope so, since he didn't have anything to do with the current economic recession. As we say down here "mighty white of them".

Many of these comments keep saying that President Obama is "bright", "intelligent", "smart". Why, then, does he have to keep reading his press conferences, his responses to media questions, and any other things he does off-the-cuff? He took 12 teleprompters with him on his trip. And don't tell me he has to be careful of every word he says 'cause he will be attacked for a mis-spoken word. I would hope he'd be able to simply answer questions from the heart and not from any point paper.

I am proud to have a brilliant, articulate, fair-minded, president! The last 8 years of GOP rule were painful not only for the U.S. but for the rest of the world.

He is more than a wacko apologing to every country as if we were bad guys. I am proud of this country and our people. Why doesn't he move where he thinks it is better. Show me another country that goes around apologizing. Not one. Anyway, he is patronizing and everyone sees it.

I am so proud of my President and support him 1000%. This is the first time I have ever cared about a candidate who became president. His books and website provided me with the information I needed to understand his philosophy, politics and agenda. He is delivering exactly what he advertised. Well done, Mr. President!

The President is hugely successful because Americans see the Republicans economic plans and it still leaves our grandchildren to pay for a HUGE bill except they won't have access to healthcare or have a proper education system just an excellent military and great benefits for veterans under the Republican's so-called plan. America sees the hyprocrisy and we standby our President proudly. Way to go Obama and thank you my fellow Americans!

President Obama made a very good impression around the world, that it will be impossible for him not to be elected for another term, his economic stimulus here and his economic plans abroad earned the right, and respect to represent the United States wherever he goes. I don't want to be ahead of myself, but what is going to happened in 2016. He is not going to serve but two terms. So his vision for a change wont last but 8 years unless he becomes a dictator and last for ever.

Here's my problem with Obama: his arrogance and pomposity, wagging his index finger at the world, lecturing, as if he is the center of all knowledge – telling other countries what is good for them. I really wonder what the power players of the world say about him behind his back. Don't you?

I give president an A+ on his trip abroad .

@ arithmetic is liberal, who said "Fringes, or the 'Silent Majority' as they like to be called *cough*, will always be louder than the vast middle."

Indeed...it makes for better "news" and therefore sells more viewers/subscribers/surfers to the advertisers.

It's fun to observe the mendacity of the Obama-Nots as they try to spin this negatively. Obama could single-handedly find a cure for cancer and those folks would sneer that he failed to cure the common cold as well.

Of course his numbers are "still" high. He can speak intelligently in full sentences (boy are our expectations low) about the subjects at hand without having a prompter in his ear. He carries himself with the confidence of true accomplishment as opposed to having to lean on the hubris of the mendacious religious right. He is actually DOING something to address the issues he inherited instead of Bush's endlessly repeated Crawford Ostrich act. He actually shows our global neighbors he cares about them, as opposed to being a little kids cartoon version of a cowboy riding roughshod over the integrity of American posterity. He has put science back into the center of policy (THANK GOD!) as opposed to holding our great nation hostage to his sanctimonious personal religious beliefs.

Why wouldn't his numbers be high? We've been waiting for someone to lead us out of the Bush/Cheney perfidy for eight years.

@Vince April 6th, 2009 4:39 pm ET

Mark – that was a poll of one. One who is a Bush supporter. Hardly objective. (Oh yeah, I forgot. Republicans don't know what that word means)

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Are you telling me CNN polls are non-biased? What a joke! This is a biased poll by a biased news organization. I notice they never give actual poll statistics. According to the Pew Research Group, he also is the President that has caused the biggest divide between Republicans and Democrats too, even more so than Bush.

The idiot right-wing nutjobs keep "warning" us about change, and socialism and lies and this and that... just you wait...oh we're gonna get it.. just wait...

Newsflash – Obama is nothing short of amazing so far. And if we're all doomed... he could have doomed us months ago now. So clearly, you're prophetic inability has reared it's head again.

It's time for the right wing to shut up.

I love this! The Republicans must be sooo upset right now. Their hate and fear mongering is not working like it did for the past 8 years. Darn! Time to come up with another tactic GOP. President Obama is hugely successful because the American people see that he is genuinely trying to fix our problems that the Republicans created and the American people HATE negative attacks. America sees the GOP's hatred of our President and we loathe them for it.

Good job Mr. President. The American people are behind you and we want you to SUCCEED!!!

GOP, sit down and be quiet before you hurt yourself. Even we had to put up with 4 additional years of Bush–so quit your yapping and hating. He deserves a chance, and since he has so many more functioning brain cells than Bush, he has an uncanny ability to change gears at the speed of sound if it turns out something is not working. Obama knows what Bush never learned–the Presidency is not a one-person job.

The GOP is swimming against a strong current and are being swept away. Those of you not holding onto anything.......oh well.

i give him a 75% apporval rating ........25% deduction for the previous administrations screw ups!!!

It kind of stange that all these former GOP members are comming out of the woodwork.
Must be one of two reasons.
They want to be ellected for the next term
or
They were made to be quiet by the former administration by taking their freedom of speech away.

obama is the real deal.

President Obama has far surpassed all of my expectations in his short time in office so therefore he is doing a great job. The plan that he have to get this economy back working for the country will work we have to remember this is something that have been going on for the last 8 years.

Fairly successfull trip? Are you crazy. Europe loves our new President. And Michelle is just the talk of the town anywhere you go. Before it's all said and done, President Obama will be in the top 5 of American Presidents.

Typical far-right comments....... what else is new??? As I tell my children, jealousy takes many forms!

I too, am proud to have a brilliant, articulate, fair-minded, president! The last 8 years of GOP rule were painful to say the very least!

BRAVO PRESIDENT OBAMA............... AMERICA IS BEHIND YOU!

I was so excited to vote for Obama in November, but I figured he'd disappoint me a lot as soon as he got in office. What's been surprising to me is how little he's disappointed me so far. He's kept a lot of his promises already, and watching his trip overseas this week, it's so great to have a president we can be proud to have representing us on the world stage again. Keep up the good work, Mr. President!

April 6th, 2009 4:39 pm ET

Obama is the worst President ever . All those who voted for this disaster are in the denial stages now, in time you will will accept the reality of this President and realize what mistake you made in voting for this guy.

The above statement, is written by a person, who doesn't even realize his pockets have been picked by the previous administration as the majority of americans have; i.e. declining 401K's and retirement plans gone along with declining housing values.

Yet he rants about Obama being the worst president ever. News flash "Greg Smith" President Obama is trying to fix the mess left by GWB and his crew of incompetent bandits.

Poor uninformed soul..........LMOA again.

Go aheadMr Obama, no ones mad but the devil.

Phoenix 86 - What the hell are you talking about? Bush took record surpluses and turned them into record deficits. He ruined our military and caused thousand of soldiers to die based on false intelligence. Too bad you can't see past your own misguided ideology, but it's a relief to the rest of us that our reputation in the world is being restored. Your guy and your philosophy failed miserably. Accept it and move on.

Carl from MI April 6th, 2009 4:22 pm ET

You now need to bring more than anti-abortion, tax-cuts-for-the-rich, the death-tax and gay-bashing ideas to the discussion table.

That's the problem with putting all your eggs into the single-issue voting basket. Because those single issues are only important until the big single issue [ECONOMY] comes up.

What a great president !

No other candidate that ran, would have been able to deal with the issues facing President Obama, with the intelligence and confidence that he possesses. High points for his aplomb on his trip, and great praises for First Lady Michelle, for her "IT" factor. Much love to them........

Obama doing a great job especially the G-20 summit we need a President who let other countries know that we are there friend not there enemies keep up the good work President Obama..

Vote Republicans out the office 2010 and 2012

Lauren – GM went crawling to the goverment for a bailout! Why shouldn't there be a little house cleaning and regulation by the entity BAILING THEM OUT!?!? How can you possibly think this means all of us will be told how much we can earn and where we should work? Are you really that ignorant, or are you just trying to raise the ire of us thinking people?

Carl from MI April 6th, 2009 4:22 pm ET

Of course his approval rating is sky high… for some strange reason, our nation's citizens actually like having an INTELLIGENT person running the country!! So does the rest of the world!!
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Bush actually has a higher IQ than Obama.

GREAT JOB MR. PRESIDENT!
We're proud to have you leading us.
Cannot think of anyone better in charge of cleaning up the mess that cowboy and his thugs left our country in country.
Feels GREAT to be PROUD again!
Thanks you Mr. President. Best of luck rest of the way.

Don't worry Democrats, you'll get CHANGE... as in you'll CHANGE your mind about Obama as jobless levels continue to rise and the money in your pockets becomes less and less.

Obama has lost my support. He is a big government radical. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

excuse me but the treasury had prior power when bush gave secretary paulson billions before he left office. don't be hating on obama, because i think the truth is you really didn't vote for him. swallow the bitter pill, he is our President. like it or not, and you can't touch him!

John in Ohio April 6th, 2009 4:36 pm ET

Shame that the Limbaugh Lunatics are so much noisier then their numbers actually reflect.

Fringes, or the 'Silent Majority' as they like to be called *cough*, will always be louder than the vast middle.

Eric – Bush NEVER had ratings as high as Obama except for immediately after 911 when the country was united in tragedy (probably the last time we will ever be united).

So what has he done other than put us in unsurmountable debt for the rest of our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren? Wait until his grand ideas all kick in and see how much support he has left.

And yet 95% of all AM talk radio in this country is focused far-right?

Where is the free market operating there?

I think it's high time to examine the concept of a Fairness Doctrine.

Take that TRAITOR Cheney!

...time to extradite Dick Cheney to the Hague...

...or dispose of him otherwise...

Obama is the worst President ever . All those who voted for this disaster are in the denial stages now, in time you will will accept the reality of this President and realize what mistake you made in voting for this guy.

"George Bush had higher all-time ratings than Osambo will ever have."

ha ha ha ,,, Bush ratings were in the middle 20's for years and making fun of the President's name reflects more on you than on him. Post again when you can make an intelligent comment.

Len:
Len: You wrote:

Enlightened Voter,

I could not agree with more….President Obama has done more for All Americans in two months than the Republicans will ever accomplish.!
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You're absolutely right. Obama has weakened this country both economically, militarily and internationally faster than any republican could ever had done if they even tried. That said, he is doing a wonderful job for all of America's enemies. I bet his approval rating there is even higher than it is here.

The republicans can't believe they are NO longer the majority. You guys are making a lot of noise, but not saying much. We love our President!

Mark – that was a poll of one. One who is a Bush supporter. Hardly objective. (Oh yeah, I forgot. Republicans don't know what that word means)

The GOP'ers will really hate this poll, I know they sorely miss the incompetent "good ole boys" club that couldn't string together one articulate sentence, let alone honest or truthful policies

What is fascinating is that these republican zealots do not even realize that they have been used and discarded by the same folks they so blindly defend.

Truly the blind being lead by the greedy and selfish i.e. Limbuagh and Hannity.

LMAO!!

Eric, you are kidding right?
You should read more Bush's disapproval rate was equivalent to President Obama's approval rate

TK1 are you aware of millions of voters 4% would represent although it was higher than what you are quoting

Just wait until the 1023 people get told by the government that they need to take pay cuts, or when they are asked to step down fromt hier job because they make too much money after the government gives them money to survive. They did it with the CEO of GM, it will keep going until the govenrment will tell those 1023 people how to live, where to work, how much they will get for pay, and what insurance they must have.

Good citizens do good things for their country. Obama is a good citizen.

Tk1 – 3% behind what?

And, actually, he won the presidential race by 7% (53% to 46%), nearly 10 MILLION votes. In a U.S. presidential election, that is a landslide. And do not forget the large number of states that he won that were won by Republicans in previous elections.

Bush won by far less than that in 2004 and considered it a "mandate" from the people for him to continue on his extreme right-wing agenda. Now, WE have a mandate!

Intelligent people understand the challenges this country are facing and giving President Obama the chance to solve the problems.

No one, including the President said it would be easy or quick. He hasn't been President 100 days yet and the gloom and doom crowd is moaning and groaning. Check back in 8 years. Your opinion might have more value then.

You saw what the GOP plan was: increase defense spending, freeze domestic spending and continue tax cuts for their wealthy friends while cutting Medicare & Medicade. Been there – done that – have a huge recession to show for it.

I voted for Obama. Now I hate him because of all the power he just gave to the Federal Reserve. Switching gears, if Obama really cares about any of you, why won't he enforce Executive Order 11110?

Shame that the Limbaugh Lunatics are so much noisier then their numbers actually reflect. The Oxycontin Actuaries screech a whole lot and claim that there are more of them but they are kept quiet and marginalized by the big bad media, but the truth is that there really just aren't a whole lot of them.

The minority speaks.................

Prez's accomplishments are making the RepubliCons nervous, apparently. Even Newt is coming out of the cocoon, probably much to the chagrin of most folks on both sides. He probably doesn't realize that he makes most normal people's skin crawl.

@ Robin
Oh please. Who are they asking?
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Real Americans.

That 66% is gonna cause Glenn Beck to have another hissy fit.

He has done everything I wanted him to do and more. I'm so very impressed with him. Under him, the economy even seems to be getting better. No matter how much the rethugs complain, he's exactly what we've needed and he's doing extremely well.

Enlightened Voter,

I could not agree with more....President Obama has done more for All Americans in two months than the Republicans will ever accomplish.!

He's doing a great job, especially considering the conditions under which he took office.

OK...OK...I didn't vote for him but I am really getting to LIKE him!!

the peoples champ..

George Bush had higher all-time ratings than Osambo will ever have.

I particularly like the reversal of the Stem Cell research Ban, that stance right there probably re-secured my vote for him. Though I do appreciate his other decisions even if all the consequences of his economic plan won't be known for some time.

What did Independents think? Surely this was not just a poll of democrats and republicans. You cant get to 66% just off democrats.

You are so right– "Enlightened Voter"

They are just hating, just for the sake of pure hate.

I'm delighted to see these new numbers today! Gives me faith that the American people are thinking for themselves again and not embracing much of the 'chatter'.

I've been around for a long time and I have never seen a President work harder – what a plateful he continues to have. I continued to be 'fired up and ready to go'!!!

Hes doing a great job.....Republicans will never like what a democrat does.......they will remain bi-partisan.

In all my years watching 'politics'.., I am 62. I have 'never' seen a President do so much in so little a time.., especially in 'foreign affairs' as you have President Barack Obama. The 'economy'.., well that's a different story. Mike in Montana

Of course his approval rating is sky high... for some strange reason, our nation's citizens actually like having an INTELLIGENT person running the country!! So does the rest of the world!!

Who would have thought?? (Certainly not Republicans...)

Attention Republicans: STOOPID is now officially out-of-style!! Hope you all can remember where you left your thinking caps!!

You now need to bring more than anti-abortion, tax-cuts-for-the-rich, the death-tax and gay-bashing ideas to the discussion table.

Otherwise... you can be happy with sitting at the kiddee's table for the next several elections!!! And the best part is... you won't be missed!!!

This man is not impressive, he's getting by and he's doing exactly what I expected him to do.

End of story.

Keep up the great work President Obama! The people are with you!

Actually, it's only the CNN poll that shows such high numbers. Suspicious!

as an african and also a nigerian I think obama deserves these high ratings. I just love the guy.

"Polls indicate that Americans aren't blaming Obama yet for current economic conditions, so his rating remains robust despite the recession,"

And why should we? He had nothing to do with the tax breaks for the rich and fighting 2 wars without paying for them. That is the legacy of what's his face.

President Obama is doing what he was elected to do by a majority of Americans.

That only keeps going up now he is at 66% even with the many issues he has had to address in his short term.

Of course, the neo-cons just hate that the President is so popular, so keep it up Party of NO, keep yammerin' about Ayers, Acorn, socialism etc. The more you spew the funnier it gets!

As you can see by the response from Enlightened voter, the MSM has done such a head job on these nuts, they can't and never will admit what a disaster the used car salesman in chief has become. But let me apoligize for this comment in advance of Hillary Clinton having to do it for me, after all I am thinking about not paying taxes this year and when all the small business fail because of the welfare frauds and cheats, I may want a cabinet position.

Obama is a failure. He lied about everything he campaigned on. His gov't spending will drive the country into bankruptcy.

Give him time...

Most will be upset shortly... never takes long for people to point fingers.

The massive tax increases that are to come should do the job.

Poll: Obama accomplished nothing overseas.

I am SO happy with our President! He did a fantastic job overseas and conveyed just the right messages! All of my friends, neighbors and relatives are happy with what President Obama is doing. Of course we all have things here or there that we do not agree with or are not sure if we agree with. Since most people (except right-wing republicans who are told what to think) do not always agree with a party platform on every single thing that is normal. It is just SO refreshing to have a President to be proud of

He makes me proud I voted for him!

no it isnt, he is 3% behind in the POLLS CNN should be ashamed...and for those of you who think he won by by a landslide are really in fantasy land MCcain was only 4 % behind..

66% is low to me he should be at 99% and 1% would be for Limbauch and the red neck.

How can you not approve of an American President who is bright and a great diplomat? He wowed the Europeans and presented a better face for America than we've had in years–since Clinton or maybe even Kennedy.

Oh please. Who are they asking?

I am proud of your Mr. President. Keep up the good work.

You mean all those baseless GOPer talking points aren't winning them any points? Shocker!

Why shouldn't his numbers be high? He's done more in his 1st 100 days to correct the problems with the country than Bush did in 8 years to fix the mess that HE created! I think he's done a great job thusfar, and deserves our continued support!

The world and most of the US loves our President. But after the horror show of the past 8 years it is not suprising. The haters are people who don't like him because he is a Dem, he is black or both. And most likely these haters don't even like themselves.

I cannot wait to vote for him again.

I am proud of my President. For the first time in 8 years !

President Obama has far surpassed all of my expectations in his short rein so far – he is closing GITMO, passed the equal pay law, stopping the IRaq war, earned respect from the world, has passed a stimulus plan to jump start our economy and he's only been in office 2 months. no wonder the rethugs are so jealous.