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Has anyone forgotted what it meant to "speak softly, and carry a big stick"? I firmly believe Obama is doing right with foreign policy, unlike the wild west approach of shoot first and ask questions later the Republican exudes.

IS a chicken....Like always The only thing know to do to mislead,lied and this was and it is filosphy ..Trying to tell american people.Change is under way.IT is we have high unployment,people are scare to death for their job.He is so scare of N Korea or Iran.I give him somenthig is so good to mislead America time aftre time.He is the one,The Mesiah,The Holywood guy.The press Guy.Everybody with big influnece love him so much they don't care wher eis taking this country.But be it.Fox news is teh number one not because they are so good ,just because is the only chanel keep me responsabile and go aftre him,like media go with so much hate after Sarah palin,hillary Clinton .Anybody but Obama ,thei Love Thei Guy...American will see what happend when the little guy don't spend.The Rich are smart enough not to help0 this Socialist guy to tax them because they are the one who give us to eat not government.That what America eas in january 2008 <Capitalism.Everybody love.We have 9/11 and Bush know how to put people back to work This guy idea is only the Gov is the one to take our problem.God bless America

During the election the same polls were telling us that some: States and some people will NEVER vote for him when they get in the booth etc. I think he defied these odds and he is now the President of the United States. If the numbers in your polls reflect weak leader then his Presidency is over!..he should just quit now!.In the economy: stimulus has failed, Ohio is gone, Independents have abandoned him, Health Care reform is falling apart, Blue Dog and real Democtrats are odd with one another, Republicans are on the NO column in everything the President proposes! WHAT A WEAK LEADER !!!!!!! Mark my word, Health Care reform will pass with (Public option) and all the nay sayers will move the goal post to another bill!. Keep underestimating this President with your comments and polls but he will keep winning and passing these bills in Congress!

Are we comparing him to Bush? Is a strong leader someone who chooses to invade another country? Someone who disobeys the Geneva conventions? Someone who illegally taps your phone lines? Someone who is on a mission from God.

It's a wise man that realizes that inspiring other to support the greater good, will lead to a greater degree of peace and cooperation. It's an ignorant man that hasn't learned the lessons of history, lead through force and intimidation will not only place you on the wrong side of history, but it will place your followers at risk. Only God has the power to forcefully lead the world, and yet God gave us free will.

Just because President Obama does not go "TO THE GUNS" first does not mean he is a weak leader. Rather he is a thoughtful leader, sonething we are not accustomed to seeing.

The results of the polling reflects the sad state of our country and the ignorance of the majority of those polled. It would be interesting if one of the questions included in the poll was "What is your source of news?" We would undoubtedly see that those who have confidence in Obama are those who listen to and believe the liberal mainstream media.

Define strong for a leader? If it means a divider of peple then yes if it in someone who is going to unit people then no. He had his secret agenda all along and did not run on any of that unless you count CHANGE as being all of it. Yes folks your taxes are going to probably double as we have no choice with unchecked spending by this spender of peoples money (WASTE). People are starting to wakeup to like a night after being drunk and asking the question what have I done.... Obama will not make it past 4 yrs and rate he is going I don't know if he will last 4 yrs in office without charges being filed against him at some point.

Barack Obama is as much a strong leader as Bill Clinton was faithful to his wife. Obama won the presidency ONLY because of the hype from the media for Obama. Had we all know then what we know now, there is no way Obama would have won anything. Obama is spending this country broke, he has gone on his world apology tour, telling the world that he is sorry that we are Americans, and that he is sorry for all the mean nasty things we have done, like get rid of Saddam Hussein, get the Taliban out of countries, and try and make the world a better place. Obama has made this country a welfare nation, he has tried to tell us that we don't need to work hard anymore, just let the government take care of you, and that America needs to be nicer to muslims, yes muslims, the very same people who are trying to kill us and destroy America. With Obama on their side, they might do it.

CNN, I doubt that you'll post this, since you don't like un-kind things about Obama, but I wish you would.

President Obama is absolutely a strong leader! Leadership without relationship breeds rebellion. You don't have a to be a bully or a dictator to be considered tough or a good leader. A great leader knows how to inspire his followers and is a good listener. Pres. Obama has done well so far...no thanks to the Republican crows pecking at him at every turn...Pres. Obama is the executor and administrator of the laws that Congress passes. Congressional Republicans need to be quiet and do their job. All they do is criticize the President for doing his job. They need to do their own job, in their own branch of governent better and stop trying to blame or pull down the President.

Rassmussen polls are starting to show what a phony this guy is. Obamanites, you have set a course of destruction that our country will suffer from for years to come. Experience counts when it comes to running a country. Only people who have brains and legal ID's should be allowed to vote.

How can you expect leadership from someone who has accomplished nothing his entire life. He was a one term senator who spent more than half his time in office running for president. Most of his votes in office were present.

No. When other countries feel comfortable enough to flex their muscles, then they do not fear the US. I would rather them fear us not test us.

Barack Obama has changed the tone throughout the world. Anyone who has traveled beyond these borders over the past 6 months can attest to the response from foreigners, compared to the time since the start of the Iraq War.
He most certainly has many strong personal beliefs, but unlike his Republican counterparts, he is not intent on shoving them down the throats of the American people.
His is the pragmatic path...this of course upsets some on the left of his own party who would enjoy the sense of "change" to be in their direction to make up for years of the right-wing agenda.
He was very clear about changing the tone in government, and he has done it by rediscovering old-fashioned diplomacy and a sense of compromise.
This, in my opinion, makes him the strongest of leaders. Like a teacher, if you can inspire change, rather than force it, you will be far more successful in the long run.

Is he a strong leader? You bet he is, just because he walks softly does not mean he does not carry a big strong stick.

Absolutely!

Is Dick Cheney strong? Is GW Bush strong? Just because someone can spew hatred and anger does not indicate strength in leadership. Look at the results of the GOP's bluff and "strength" – 2 wars that we cannot afford, a destabilized Iran and North Korea with many lost opportunities, a bully state of Israel who thinks they can do anything including harming their neighbors' lives.

Not as strong as he portrayed himself during the campain.

How about a poll on how CNN and HLN are USING the death of Michael Jackson and his children for ratings and profits? Your coverage has been disgusting, intrusive and tabloid at best.

Being angry, yelling and screaming definitely does not make you a strong leader. Strong leaders are strategic, intelligent, methodical and forthseeing. I would take an Obama style of leadership any day over a Bush style leadership. The loudest one in the room usually is saying the least!

I wouldn't follow this man into the grocery store, let alone anywhere that mattered.....let the world apology tour continue, just look how well that worked out for Carter.

YES HE SURE IS A STRONG LEADER
the republicans with idiot ideas make him even stronger

CHANGE HAS COME

looks like Americans are finally wakeing up

Yes, Yes, He has the confidence of most of our people. He appeals
to the majority. As for Jeb Bush I live in Florida. He left our state
in the worst condition it has ever been. He should concentrate
on his family he has many skeltons in his own closet like most
Republicans that preach Morals. Thank you for making our
country once more a player in the world with respect Obama!!!!!!!

Obama is a strong leader in that he is getting congress to actually do something. He leads by example. He works hard, he's not afraid to have people disagree with him and he's open to compromise. This is not a weakness, it's a strength.

With all that he's HAD to take on, I'm surprised that his poll numbers aren't lower. And yes, he's had to take all of these things on at once. The country couldn't wait for another non-election year in 2011 to take on these hard issues.

President Obama has shown strong stewardship of the country since taking office I believe. As a leader, you set the agenda and let the legislature come up with the particulars as they are elected to do. You try to build consensus (which he has tried to do despite the claims of the GOP). When an emergency occurs, you keep your cool and navigate carefully and thoughtfully, which he did with the ongoing Iranian election saga. I guarantee you it is harder to show restraint in the face of dire situation, than to go off half cocked without all the facts. I laud the efforts of our President, who has been vigilant and on the job.

President Obama is doing a great job.
It took 8 years for Clinton to clean up the mess the old Bush left but only 4 years for the young Bush to destroy and another 4 years for a complete destruction. I think it will take few years for President Obama to clean up the mess.
We have to be patient, look at all the other countries around, success does not come fast and easy.

No. President Obama's years as a community organizer, inexperience in politics and the ghosts of his campaign promises are influencing his entire approach towards running this Country and dealing with international leaders and troublemakers.

He worries way too much about being liked and that will be his undoing. He he needs to forget about the all of the campaign euphoria. We don't have the luxury of time to savor feeling good about "change" any longer.

True leaders lead with conviction regardless of what the general opinion of the day is among their followers. Followers follow with loyalty, even if they grumble and gripe constantly. Real leaders don't apologize or excuse themselves for leading and doing what they believe is best.

Do not become President of the greatest nation on earth if you want to endear and remain good friends with everyone.

Consideration should be given that CNN is a White House "Lackey"! Nuff said? Understand the language?

A president does not need to swagger or threaten to be strong . Strength is measured in ACTIONS , not macho posturing . I think Obama is channeling his mentor , who was the paragon of strength ,
Lincoln. I admire my president and I am now a democrat after 53 years as a Republican.

but I wish Palin was leader in a way, she is so funny

If he were a real leader he would not go around apologizing for everything. Just because he's inspirational does not make him good. I can think of many horrible leaders over time that were "inspirational"

What kind of leader are we looking at. Think about this... he left the U.S. to head to Russia while the V.P. was in Iraq with the military. This effectively left the Speaker of the House in charge of our government while the President and Vice President were not here. To me, that shows very poor judgement and terrible leadership.

sending troop to everywhere around the world and flexing the muscle does not make us to LOOK strong. It also made other country hate us.
President Obama. i am praying for you every day. pls keep up the good job

i think the president is doing good with the mess he was giving,and we must remember things don't happen overnight.

To me these polls are the most meaningless of score cards

In 71/2 years we all will have the facts as to whether Obama is/was a strong leader

Until then asking 1000 people out of 300,000,000 has no value in my opinion

The true measure of strength is how many people believe, trust and follow the many, not how many folks he can get killed. Cowboy diplomacy should be a thing of the past. It did not work.

He is a very strong leader, the right is an angry mob and really are insignificant. You know the louder you scream the more childish you look...note to palin

I think Obama is the leader people should aspire to be. He's a diplomat instead of a warmonger. Warmongering is childish, it takes alot more guts to be a diplomat.

A strong leader reaches his goal with little or no disruption. If Obamas goal is to socialize America he is a strong leader because he and his Congress are succeding. If his goal is to make ths US financially strong, provide low unemployment,and making people believe n themselves and not the government then he is a miserable failure as a strong leader.

I wonder if Obama is going to turn out like Bush. Most reasonable people like them personally but won't agree with their agenda.

I think the poll speaks more about our society than it does the President!

Even if he can't fix everthing the Republicans have screwed up at least he works at it and Congress is visible in DC more than in any years past that I can remember.

Stronger than most. Seems that the same question came up during the early Reagan Years, Clinton, both Bushes..... and poor old weak Carter. You do not beat the Clinton Machine if you are weak. You do not win NEGATIVE elections if you are weak.

He is a strong demagouge. By defenition: A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace. For us It means: speaks a lot but doesn't say anything.

President Obama is not only a strong leader but a great leader. Why are people so quick to judge. He has only been in office less than 6 months and you people are rating him. With all he has to deal with and started out with; I know he is doing a good job. For you people expecting a miracle; bow on your knees and pray to God because HE is the only miracle worker; not President Obama.

No one knew how bad a shape our country was in. The diasters handed to our president were unsurpassed.
The problems are not going to be resolved overnight. It took many
years to get us into this mess, and regardless of all the negativity
we will survive.

Obama is a strong leader because he is able to control his toughness.

The half of ignorant Americans that voted for this clown are slowly coming to their senses. The kool-aid is weaing off and they're seeing a socialist republic being built around them. The teleprompter in chief filled their simple minds with a load of Change bs during his campaign. That change is coming in the form of the weakening of our once powerful country. Iran, China, Russia and North Korea really love us now. Thanks O-duh-ma!

Obama is the most sincere leader this country has seen in the past 60 years

And maybe beyond, but I was not alive to witness the previous

Obama cares more for this country than most polititions alive today

No, but the teleprompter is.

It took Bush 8 years to destroy America and the middle class. President Obama has been trying to clean this BUSH MESS up and its going to take a lot longer than 200 days!!! Its going to take years, a national health care program, solar and wind energy change(that should have been done 30 years ago) and redo our failing education system! NOT to mention President Obama is trying to clean up the mess Bush made in the middle east and finish the Afganistan mess!!
President Obama is just about the strongest president we have had since Lincoln!!! The man is working 24/7 and all Bush did was take vacation after vacation!!

The only thing President Obama is strong at is spending money ,even his own party get frustrated because he won't show any muscle on
anything.

"When it comes to personal characteristics, his strong suit is his ability to inspire confidence. That's not a bad thing for a president to have in tough economic times."

Unfortunately, confidence does not pay the bills. It would appear that President Obgama's ablity to inspire confidence is based more on his ability to say as opposed to his ability to do.

I wish he were stronger with Republicans, tell them in no uncertain terms to assist Americans or shut up. On his trips around the country he should be letting the constituents of Boehner, Cantor et al exactly how their representative is working against their best interest, they will all face an election sometime. Calling them out will be just the medicine they need. These officials go to Washington get stuck in the bubble and think they are now working for Boehner or whoever has the power to get them the high profile committees, rather than working for their direct constituents. Then again why should they change when they can do nothing and get re-elected.

Yes he is a strong leader. The ultimate rule of war – "Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking...."

So we ever know what our President is thinking? We know what he intends, he has told us what he plans, strength is not measured by force but by discipline.

our president is doing very good to change the world united and leave with peace, we need to give him time,

It's how the mainstream is. Set expectations unreasonably high for the black guy, and then pull him back just in case he thinks he's actually in charge. There are some people who aren't bothered by black people, as long as they can't tell them what to do. It's rampant among Republicans, and from the looks of things, some of his colleagues on Capitol Hill.

No, he's a very good speaker and people translate that into leader, which is totally incorrect. He's is getting things through congress with ease, not because of his leadership, because the Democrats and their spending are driving the boat. Not a good thing to have a one party ruling system as we have now. The country will be bankrupt just like California.

I'm a voter. CNN, Pres "O" is at work morning to night. 8 yr, Jr, did not do a his job!

Not only strong, but intelligent, diplomatic and actually cares for this country. We have not seen anyone work harder to improve this country that the republicans and bush destroyed!

Since he has only been in office 6mos. I could not really give a good grade. I feel that we are still waiting for him too lead. With Reed and Pelosi running the country for now , Obama is looking very bad. I would give him a 48% rating for effort and 0% for actually getting anything done for the good of this country. But that is my opinion.

Mr. Obama is a weakling and will remain so:
He's never met a camera he does not love.
He favors terrorists.
Watch his head when at any gathering – it sits high w/arrogance – if it was raining he'd drown.
He's nothing but a celebrity type that can read a teleprompter well – substance is not there. Americans got what they deserve and votred for – BIG Gov't and a soft tyranny. Must be stopped in 2010.
Jen B
MN

ABSOLUTELY!!! Finally a leader with intelligence and one that can express himself to get his points across. A breath of fresh air from the Bush era.

He's a weakling, just like Jimmy Carter.

No, he should have been a used car salesman. HIs appointments are terrible. He has reversed most of his promises. No more czars (33) @ $172,000. each. Most of his programs are wastefully and counter productive to growing our economy.

Americans and their desire for immediate results are what is really on display in these poll results. Not surprised. America as a whole expects magic wands to solve all their problems whether it be bailing their behinds out of defaulting on bills, to getting them a job, to making sure the latest and greatest video game or flat screen tv is available at a Best Buy or Target across the street from their home.

Just wait until something happens and see what he does.Which will probably be nothing ,just like Clinton .

I agree with Jeb Bush,, Obama ran on one agenda, now that he is elected his agenda has changed: Ex; taxes, His plan before election, anyone making under $250,000.00 a year would pay less taxes, yeah right,, ask anyone making less than that what is happening. And what is up with all the Czars?? What is our country becoming?? ,, a Dictatorship??

After the the successful cyber attack by North Korea, that number will continue to come down.

It doesn't matter how people feel now we will see what he does. Obama has no experience leading and already has shown signs of weakness. Many people in the world who would like American influence and power decreased love Obama.

Big suprise!

It is surprising that in these days and times one would question if the President of the United States is a strong leader. Common sense says that you are only as strong as your army.

There are several factors that need to be addressed.

1. Times when calls were made
2. Individuals that agree to the interview
3. Areas where phone calls were made
4. Gender/Race/Political affiliation/Religion breakdowns
5. Sample of individuals that still have a "home" phone.
6. Income/Education

I could go on. I've always found it reprehensible when research companies manipulate data to spin a positive outlook.

What DOES HE DO???? he sure flies a lot, buys lots of suits and ties, and NOW spends time with his family – ON OUR TIME AND $$$$.
So far NOT ANYTHING for OUR benefit – unless you call learning to BOW a lesson!!!

Popular? Certainly. Appealing? Of course. Strong? Get back to me on that after real results start coming in.

Given what we had 8 years ago, Obama is doing very well, however, people are getting tired of beautiful words, they want jobs and they want them now. They want gitmo closed, they want soldiers back home etc. Beautifully crafted words were used by Obama as he promised action and a different path for this country. At the moment, no significant change has happened, and people are starting to check things out, and they find there is a difference between what the president says he will do and what he is doing. And there is a GAP; a big one if I may say.

Simple answer - YES, ABSOLUTELY, President Obama is an extremely strong leader!

Very, very weak leader

WIthout all of the political bickering let's look at the facts:

- Was wrong about the economy (Bidens own admission)
- China's military has harrassed our ships at sea with no comment or action from the US

- Successfully stopped Somali hijackers.
- N Korea has harrassed our navy and has launched repeated missles with no action from the US
- Iran is going nuclear with no action from the US (Their leaders have vowed to use them on us)
- Our govt is borrowing more money than ever before in our history.
- Unemployment is higher than it has been in 25 yrs with no nothing but bad news on the horizon.
- Pushing climate bill (farce) that will raise everyone's electricity bills by about 10 percent (Obama's own numbers)
- Pushing a health care plan that will force everyone (yes even the poor) to buy health insurance or face fines.
- Has nationalize GM and fired the CEO – A move that was suggested by Michael Moore during the campaign – So they can order and control what size and type of cars we can drive.
– Has signed an order that provides more funding than every before for abortions in other countries.

Mabybe America is finally looking at his actions and not listening to his empty words.

CNN please stop fabricating controversy. There is nothing in these numbers that the passage of time and the enactment of controversial policies won't account for. In fact, these numbers are extremely strong considering how divided the country is on all of Obama's policies.

I do not consider him a strong leader. What has he really done to prove that? He does like to spend money though. OUR money.

Yes Because whether he is right or wrong he does not run from his accusers............Like Bush and alot of the GOP do ...........they blame everyone but forget about the mess they caused

I believe that my president is a great and powerful leader...and i think i understand more than all you other Americans. All you guys do, day in and day out is say that he isn't doing what he promised America and that should have been fixed right away. Just becaue he is a black man does NOT mean he is superman. President Obama hasn't even been in office for a year! How is that man gonna fix our whole country in 200 days? If you know the answer please tell me! President Obama even said it himself, "The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep we may not there in one year our even in one term." So my fellow Americans, please leave this man to his job and realize its going to take more than 200 freakin days to get the job done.

He is a twinky! He is a spineless, conniving, coward that uses his strut and his cool talk to play on the fears of the poor, illegals, minorities, elderly, and gays etc.
Keep them in fear, keep the economy barely limping along and keep them dependent on the government for cars, for health care, for income , for food stamps and guess what they have to vote for him. For all those reasons! It’s the democratic foundation.
Then because they are so darn dumb he can stab them in the back by increasing gas taxes, heavily tax carbon emissions etc. These taxes hit the poor the hardest. But they just do not get it.

Furthermore the Republicans suck at communicating the truth therefore they get walked on by idiots like Barney Frank. Somehow Barney Frank was able to elude Blame for the housing debacle even though he was the mastermind and lead advocate for deregulating Fannie and Freddie all in the name of helping poor people get homes. When the whole works fell apart all the liberals pointed fingers at Bush. Bush was also too spineless to stand up to them and knock them down a few notches.

Inspiration through rhetoric will only last so long. You can only fool some of the people some of the time. He has been in office for several months now and what of true substance or lasting meaning has been accomplished?? I was willing to give the guy a chance, but I am tired of hearing him and his lackeys blame everything on his predecessor.

Yes, Obama leads by example. He leads with consistency and intelligence. Leadership should not be defined by tough, childish talk. There's a huge difference between bravado and bravery, muscle and strength, impulse and deliberate action, alienation and respectful dialog. It's unfortunately that people have come to confuse bullying with leadership. We don't need bullies in schools, in business, and certainly not in our government.

yes he is a stronger leader and his diplomacy is very impressive...he doesn't shoot first and ask questions later

In a word NO.

Let's see a community organizer, has never run a business, guessed wrong on the recession, maybe you should ask that about the teleprompter. All this guy wants to do is raise taxes, send jobs overseas, and now he thinks he can keep the temperature from increasing? leader? Think not!!!!

Seriously? The first paragraph makes you think he has dropped to Bushian numbers...

It still looks like most people think he is doing a good job to me.

Part of being a good leader, is being a good delegator. In that regard, President Obama is excellent. He is also excellent at keeping himself informed, by using people as a filing cabinet at his disposal (20 czars and counting). So I have to give him an A in leadership. Coupled with his A+ in lying and manipulating, I can see why he is considered to
be an intellectual by some. Personally I consider him as an egotistical mobster. Yes, Al Capone was a good leader too.

Yes a very strong leader. The haters will say differently but who cares.

I nearly have vomit every time I hear the name "Bush". This one, just like his worthless, low-life, corrupt brother, should crawl back into the human garbage aka "The Bush family"....and just shut the hell up.

These are difficult times. He is doing well. God Bless America.

Man, I love to get technical with my blogs and opinions, however I can get away with saying absolutely not. He does not have the stomach for this job. The saying action speaks louder than words really applies.
"Change, change.... we need change!" Ha, what exactly changed other than our debt getting higher? Cyber wars? what? special cyber units? whoa, thats completely taking the patriot act to a whole different level.
I feel the only thing thats changing other than OUR DEBT, is the fact that Uncle Sam is gaining more control. Where are you media when it counts? You love the man that will "CHANGE" this country in a very bad way.

"Mr.President" is only following Nancy Pelosi's orders. A second stimulus bill on the table? First stimulus bill:-

Nancy pelosi: Mr.President, why not we throw away $780bn?

Mr.President: Yes Maa.

Leading democrat: What about a second stimulus bill?

Mr.President: That is not such a bad idea.

Wrong Mr.President. That is a horrible idea. First of all there is no concrete evidence that the first stimulus bill is working. Unemployment rate above 9%. Worst in 26 years in the history of the US economy. Companies are scared to hire folks. Instead they have put up an invisible sign that reads "NOW FIRING instead of NOW HIRING".

So, Before you even consider a second stimulus package think it through.

No one cares what the Bush family has to say anymore. They sold the country out to a few elitist and left the rest of us behind.

Mr. Obama is a great speaker, but that is about all. He has no ability to do what is best for the country and it seems his advisers are just as stupid...

He isn't much different than G W .......

Was this question ever asked when the other forty-three men were presidents? NO, no and no. So give it a rest CNN.

President Obama is a great, strong, and inspiring leader. President Obama was given a country that was in a crisis. He has handled it fine in 5 months. He is doing a lot more than Bush did and watch and see it will work.

I am not concern about this President yet. Also he makes us look good as Americans again.

as much as i hate to admit it – hillary was right on – o'bama isn't fit to lead! take away his teleprompter and he is an empty suit standing there who is beginning to wear very thin. as for the congress led by pelosi and reid – what can you say about such foolishness and blatent stupidity! democrats should be very embarassed and very afraid if this is the best they can put forward!

I never thought I'd say this, but at least GWB took action.. I've been hugely dissapointed in Obama thus far (beign from Delaware, I've always known Biden to be barely competent.)

Obama certainly does have a plan for solving the country's problems and that is government control of everything; in that way, there won't be any problems identified from the mindless minions of the country. No, I don't care at all for Obama or his likes. Obama is the most horrific error the electorate of this country has ever caused.

numbers are relative. I'm waiting to see what happens in the next two year. those who want instant fixed are fools and probably responsible for their own undoing. I believe Obama is a dynamic and fresh take on the political growth of this country. be afraid if we don't take leaps of faith in the welfare of our citizens and our standing in the world as a compassionate and forward looking nation. for all the Christian minded conservative groups. this isn't your fight anyway. Jesus wasn't a capitolist his word was in another realm so to speak. you are either of this world or not brother

Those who want to imprison conservative Americans for their views, while letting terrorists roam free would most certainly see Obama as a strong leader. They know what he has the DHS focused on and it has a strong resemblence to what happened on the streets of Berlin in the early 1930's. To the average Democrat, tolerance means targetting your fellow law abiding, honest, responsible Americans who hold a different political view than you and calling them terrorists(while those who blow up cafes with c4 vests are not to be called terrorists). Janet has been instructed by Barak to carry out the dreams of a majority of Democrats in this nation.

In one word NO. The man is small and if anyone questions his motives then they are racist or small minded. Leaders lead, Obama is to scared that he might upset someone so he tip toes along not taking sides or taking charge. The last word when Obama name comes up is LEADER, more like LOSER.

President Obama needs to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea and Iran , Push vigorously for a government option on health care and stop worrying about opposition and tactics from the party of " NO"

He is not a strong leader. This man, and I use that word lightly, is spending us into oblivion. He is a punk that scammed a bunch of idiots into making him the most powerful man, again I use the word with hesitation, in the world. The arrogance that he exudes is laughable. He cannot even think on his own…needs a teleprompter for that. I am counting the days until we can vote this moron out of office. He is without a doubt the worst President in the history of this country. Thank you dems for putting this idiot in office. I know you guys don't have anything to lose since you leach off of we who work, but the actual productive class in this country cannot support your pathetic butts and pay for all of these extra programs to boot. If you guys had jobs, then you would realize that taxing us into extinction is not very productive..

Just for he fact hat he brough the economy from the brink of callapse, for me he is a strong president.

ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT, HE'S PROVING TO BE A VERY GREAT LEADER!!

Unlike our last President who was barely a "C" average student and a Governor who barely got a marginal journalism degree after attending 6 COLLEGES and still can't utter a complete coherent and grammatically correct sentence is truly SCARY.

People need to get a clue, President Obama NEVER claim to be perfect and he's working very HARD despite all of the OBAMA HATERS bashing him left and right, but NEVER have any solutions on HOW TO FIX the problems. All they do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN and COMPLAIN. How predictable is that?

These haters don't have the slightest CLUE on what being President work LOAD is, they have NO idea. All they do is point their fingers blah, blah, blah.

WELL if these HATERS can do a better job, then WHY didn't THEY run for OFFICE so they can WALK the WALK instead of TALK CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!! Yes, TALK is cheap.

Now does anybody believe that the media is government driven? Why are we not talking about China like we spoke about Iran? Why are the republicans not demanding government response?

I would like to see President Obama's "strong" leadership without constant assistance from a smitten mainstream media. Challenge Obama's agenda and measure it against the predictions Hillary Clinton made about Obama's inexperience and insensitivity to ordinary (working class) Americans being too much to risk at this point in our nation's history given the damage from 8 years of Bush/Cheney.

The proverbial chickens are coming home to roost and the media is still running around starry-eyed with these "ain't he great" polls. Didn't the press learn this likeability lesson when they used it for President Bush?

he has no idea of what he is doing to the future of our childern and does not care

He is not a leader. He sits back, ponders the situation, and makes a statement several days later.

He is a good speaker, that is it.

NO, he is not a strong leader...and the polls will continue to show this!

That's becasue the American people are so us to behavor of former Presidents "my way or the highway" 56 percent still want change with is still good. Change is never easy.

Is Obama a strong leader compared to what? To whom? He's the best we've got at the moment. We elected him to rescue the country from Conservative incompetence and mismanagement.

How would I contrast his leadership with that of any Conservative I have every heard of? If Obama is six feet tall, I'd say that the most competent Conservative leader (Mit Romney) would be about a foot tall. Compared to Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, or Johnson – after six months in office he compares well to those great presidents.

What would you have him do that he is not doing?

Down from 80 to 70. Heavens to Murgatroyd. Meanwhile, you've got all these jackals spewing fear, hatred and derision on every syllable uttered from this Administration, you've got Sean Hannity editing his statements and then blasting him for "ignoring" bits he himself edited out, and actively lying to the American public. FOX News is a cancer on this nation, in that we would all be healthier were it _excised_ forthwith!

its amazing to see that some people still equate strong to being a bully !
i believe that obama is showing great strength through diplomacy hence in six short months he has achieved so much more than most.smart with great wisdom and the worlds response to him is very evident ,let cleanse our minds of the wild,wild west era and focus on moving forward with world peace in mind not more wars.
great job Mr president and may god bless you much

Obama is a single-minded leader – but, in so being, is weak minded and naive. His approach to policy is that of the activist he was – promise, demand and ignore the tough calls and say 'no' to those who want their problems solved while contributing nothing. Speaking reality, speaking in terms of our founding principles of individual freedom and responsbility, requires toughness. Anybody could do what he's doing – promising the world and spending without restraint. It's easy being the permissive parent....

Strong, but not in my top ten.

My fellow Americans, it seems, are more used to boasting and tough talk in their leaders! More mature leaders adopt the 'suaviter in modo, fortiter in re' motto – speak softly and act decisively. An example – the handling of the Somali pirates.

Leaders who shoot their mouths off become caricatures and objects of ridicule – some even get shoes thrown at them.

Obama's deliberate and measured speech is to be admired and respected. That makes him a stronger leader, and his words a lot more believable.

Yes, President Obama is a strong leader, which these high majorities still appear to illustrate among the American people. His strength is intelligence & pragmatic consideration.

He courageously addresses all sides of an issue with mutual respect, while challenging each to acknowledge a shared responsibility going forward.

Moderation is a trait I respect in a big way, and he definitely tries. More than I can say for many of the people in the political spotlight, if you aren't trying to bridge the gap between sides then you really are just the part of the problem. Most people can't understand because they won't listen to anything but people who side with their own opinion. It's too much work to weigh pros and cons of both sides, and god forbid anyone actually put in that work.

Based on his stances on the issues during his first 6 months in office, I would have to say "no." Congress has been the leader, with Obama allowing them to run away with the country.

Yes, he is also intelligent, thoughtful, honest and most of all is doing what is best for the long term good of the middle class.

NO!

The reason for his declining popularity is the stupidity of the American poeple taken in by him and all his lies.

Wake Up America before we loose it all.

You could carve a stronger president out of an overripe banana.

YES he is a strong leader but there are some in the USA who have weak memories and tend to forget the mess our President inherited . We need to give this President and his Administration the time and resources needed to help America regain its footing.
Diplomacy and respect for other leaders has never been considered a sign of strength, especially by the Bush Administration.
It takes more courage and wisdom to work together for peace and change than the old philosophy of past which was too quick to label our adversaries and claim superiority in the world.

And Bush was tough? To look at, huh?! Who comes up with these polls and questions?

Obama inspires the sheep who do not know better or do not want to listen to the truth. Obama is now employing typical democratic tactics...spend, tax, spend, tax.

Hmmmm, CNN polls are historically tilted toward the left – many polls are designed for a desired result.

I suspect that Obama's true numbers aren't as good and have been dropping more than the polls suggest.

If Obama and the left wing of the Democratic Party continue to spend like drunken sailors (if there is another "stimulus" barrage) and if Obama raises taxes on working America (he has to now, doesn't he) – Obama will not be able to talk his way past the people who will know how destructive his policies are to the free market economy. Those people are working Americans – tax paying Americans.

The Republican Party needs to work hard to field candidates who are true to free market economics and has a viable alternative plan to the age old "tax and spend" leftist agenda.

NUKE EM!
That's how the Republicans think you get it done. The reality is that Obama is cleaning up Bush's mess, and he doesn't want to or need to say he got Nukes to back him up, he does and the world leaders know it.

So let's see.... almost two-thirds of America think that President Obama is tough enough to handle a crisis, and seven of 10 say he's a decisive leader... BUT HE'S SLIPPING!!! Gosh, will anybody like the guy by, oh say, Tuesday?

I'm sure CNN's next story will be, "CAN HE RECOVER????"

You should be ashamed for writing such a bunch of baloney.

Way to Go Mr. President

He is leading us alright, down the road to socialism, just sit back and enjoy the ride you fools.

Considering the depths of the challenges he has had to take on, there is little doubt in my mind that President Obama was our best choice. We're looking at the cumulative policies and practices of decades of an unsustainable economic lifestyle that's come back to bite us all on the collective butt. The horses are already out of the barn. I wouldn't wish the job of cleaning this all up on the worst of enemies.

Perhaps, if we had state representatives that could reach beyond their own partisan limitations, and their obligations to their corporate backers, we could find a faster path out of this mess. Sadly, the status quo seems insurmountable.

And, perhaps, if we could all step away from our fast food mentality, and recognize that you can't fix a generation's sins in 120 days, these polls would have much less impact.

yes .. like a warm cup of spit,,,,

When Clinton was in office he had a democratic controlled Congress and Senate. He ordered things done and look what happened.

I think Obama is letting the processes work. Let's give him some time. Good grief, he inherited a huge mess.

The only ones who don't believe President Obama is a strong leader are those who were brainwashed to believe that President Bush "43" was strong because he put on a rough and tough cowboy act. President Obama doesn't need to act belligerently like the "all hat" cowboy did. Rather, he is following Teddy Roosevelt's style in walking softly, but carrying a big stick. As a retired military veteran, I believe he is a strong and effective Commander-in-Chief.

He is a politician – he chooses his words carefully – when you try to dance with everyone – you begin to appear weaker – you just can't make everyone happy. I am thankful he really hasn't had a real test – a real crisis – we just don't need one right now.

I also believe people are just getting weary of the economy and he hasn't and can't fix it with a magic wand.

Wow. You guys are still polling huh?

So, what exactly is your definition of a "strong" leader.

Let me guess:

Stubborn, ignorant, quick to asume without all the facts, runs off at the mouth without thinking, overly-tough talk toward tiny countries, disrespect toward every other country, America is better than you mentality, it doesn't matter what the world thinks America does what it wants.

Did I pretty much sum that up for you all?

Gee, that description sounds eerily familiar...

he does'nt treat Israel as an indulgent rich-dad treats an errant college brat. thats strong and decisive.

Obama is a strong speaker – but is not a strong leader. Judge a person by their actions – not their words!

It is too premature to evaluate the job performance of President Obama. In the interest of fairness, it is imperative for the American people to give the man a reasonable chance to fix a broken economy and resolve the military quagmire in Iraq which were the result of eight years of George W. Bush's failed leadership. I believe that President Obama is a very strong and wise leader who correctly warned the American people about an unwise war in Iraq. He is ahead of schedule on healthcare reform and in due course, the economy will turn around. President Obama did warn us that it would take time. So, let's be patient and fair.

I pray that he does not become as "strong" as GW. We may never recover from his 8 years.

People are seeing this president for what he is. Full of promises and no action.

This man is no strong leader. However, he may be able with his people in positions of power manage to manipilates us into a diastrous situation. He is not for America as a whole.

President Obama is with other world leaders trying to clean up the messes that George Bush made... and the republicans are out in full force trying to divert attention away from what he's doing.
President Obama will heal the wounds the republicans made (wars, torture, a banrupt country, etc., and our country will be good again.
The republicans need to just SHUT UP and slink off....they should all go to Argentina.

Strong in teleprompter rhetoric; very weak in actions. Obama cannot stand up to dictators, such as Putin, Chavez, Castro, Zelaya, Ahmadinejad, China, North Korea, etc. They know he is the weakest US leader since Carter, and are now seizing the opportunity and helping destroy America as we used to know it.

He certainly is! Thank God for Obama and for all those who voted for him.

WOW! Are people just figuring this out now? You can look at Obama and tell he is weak and a complete embarrassment to the United States. This guy is so weak he makes Bush look like the best president the country has ever seen. In fact, he is more LIKE Bush than anyone ever thought.

I can't wait until 2012 when this clown is GONE!!!

Unfortunately, BO is merely a gutless wonder.

He can read well off a Teleprompter, though.

Folks are beginning to see who he really is, finally. Not qualified, no experience, etc., etc.

Any poll about our president or our government will be flawed if it does not separate the right-wing extremists/republicans from the rest of the country in the analysis. No matter what the question is of a extremist/republican, it will be answered in the negative.

Their identity as a 'republican' is deeply rooted in their rejection of anything not identified as republican.

It's like doing a poll about the use of tanning beds and including African-Americans in the group being polled. The result will be flawed.

These so called polls are getting really tiresome.....Don't remember all these type of polls when Bush was President...

He is doing just fine, wish you people would stop nic picking him all the time...

NO, he is an excellent speaker (with his teleprompter) but he is a very poor leader.

I think he could be tougher. Not so much talking tough, but showing that he means business (killer instinct) so other nations pay attention.

Ask those pirates if he's tough.

Our President doesn't go on National TV every day and tell us National Security Secrets. Get real people.

Maybe the dumb masses that voted for this person are finally waking up and realizing his is incompetent or a socialist.

The republicans started two wars, allowed torture, bankrupted our country, etc. etc., and now they have the gaul to suggest that our new president isn't strong???????? Well, the republicans are trying their best to try and destroy Obamas administration, and it just won't work.
The republicans are nazis.

When obama first announced his candidacy, an overwhelming majority of his support was due to his positions on the morons' war on Iraq...of the candidates, his opposition to that war propelled him to the presidency. How soon we forget...even though the press continues to gush over him, with respect to that issue..the unwinnable and illegal wars against Iraq and Afghanistan (that is complete folly!), by continuing to fund the war against Iraq and ESCALATING the folly in Afghanistan, his positions are NO DIFFERENT than those of the morons' regime he replaced! Young americans continue to die. Flag-draped Coffins still come home as the Body Count increases daily. With his clear inability to speak without a teleprompter, he is slowly becoming a 'teflon' president.....and..AND...the media continues to 'gush' praise....Where the best thing that happened to the moron when he was president was 911 (it allowed his regime to ignore EVERYTHING else...katrina..the economy....social progress....) For Obama, the greates t hing seems to be the faltering economy (It allows HIM to ignore these genocidal wars which he seems hell-bent on continuing and escalating....) It is Time to end these WARS and the meaningless and senseless killing..not to mention the billions of dollars wasted in our pursuit of oil....

The good news is that only 565,000 Americans were laid off last week!!

Why all the shady polling questions today??

Is CNN's progressive Polling Director Keating Holland not getting the answers he wants to the normal polling question: "Do you think Obama is doing a good job" ??

I believe Obama is the strongest leader we have had in many years. It is a mistake for the Republicans to continue demonizing of our President. We all need to get past the far left's and far right's weak attempts to gain or keep power. Those of us in the middle (right or Left) are watching. We will be deciding the future of our polititian's employment, not the wing nuts of either party.

Bill Bennett, Mary Matlin, and the other right wing facist at CNN, are ruining CNN. They constantly condemn our president, and CNN gives them the platform.
AND, what are the polls based on?

You don't want to call him tough? WHY? Because he won't stick his nose into Iran's business and say things to that government that would make the World continue to look at us as Bullies like they did when Bush and Cheney were in charge.........because he won't start another war with Iran or North Korea? That's what the GOP would do, bully our way into every foriegn country and start a war, try to take it over and push off our Democrocy on them........this President said he is going to to try deplomacy first......everyone knew that when they voted for him........I bet when he has to pull out the guns he will be very forceful but I hope it never comes to that........If you didn't think Obama was tough enough you could have voted for McCain and Quitter Palin.......

If I spend twice what I can afford with my Visa this month does that make me tough?

Isn't it funny that the spending habbits of some of the people in this country is what this administration's plan to get us out? Sure we'll have the flat screen today or tomorrow, but eventually we will have to pay for it.

It wasn't the Bush administration that got us into this, it was the lazy citizens that felt they deserve or were entitled to everything the hard-working people had. Bush is just the excuse for all of them.

And why does these people think he's isn't strong enough to handle a crisis?? Is it because the talking head pundits are convincing people that he isn't strong enough? If so, then what are they basing it on? Is it because he didn't start a war with Iran?
You can be sure that the war loving republicans are behind the poll numbers – they love war.
The you have that "other news network" that bashes our president 24 hours a day...that edits his speeches, and leads Americans to believe their lies and innuendo and half-truths.
So, if the republicans are behind these poll numbers then I'm not surprised.

CNN are you going to take polls about the President for the entire 4 years? Let the man do his job! Let the people do their job at the end of his 4 years in office... Your polls does not do anything...Please stick to reporting the news and stop making up news!

Wow a 10% drop in CNN's progressive poll questions must mean trouble for Obama.

Opinion Research Corporation, doesn't their parent company pay Nancy Pelosi's son a $160,000 salary to not show up at work? I mean.., is CNN really expecting America to believe the offspring of someone claiming she was misled by the CIA??

Time are tough, and they're not improving very fast. People are impatient, they want things NOW, not in a while. The slip in the poles is not suprising. Actually, it's pretty amazing, givin the times, that they are still as high as they are. When things turn around and people are less restless and scared, his numbers will improve.

Good job President Obama. With many people losing there jobs and homes I can understand why they would be fearful and start to question if they made the right decision when they elected you. But we have faith in you and I know the Lord will use you for good. Keep up the good work. Just another saint praying for this country.

Yes he is a strong leader, whose brains overshadow his considerable brawn. He can solve problems without showy swagger.

I am a conservative Republican and do agree that President Obama is a very strong public speaker, inspires confidence that America needs at this point in history, and can be a strong leader.

Just wish his rethoric matched the legistaion coming out of Congress and how he intends to govern us. PLEASE don't continue the Government's path in spending that will bankrupt our wonderful country. Republicans are equally to blame as Dem's on the financial crisis our country faces as our collective Government (Congress, the Fed under traitor Greenspan, both Treasury dept's under Bush & Obama, the SEC) has failed us.

PLEASE inspire Congress to control spending !!!!!

No, he is NOT a strong leader, popularity does make a strong leader; reading from a teleprompter does not make a strong leader. His policies are weakening the foundation of this country!

So is the kool-aide wearing off or are people finally waking up to realize the Chosen one is a glorified community organizer and is not seasoned enough to be President.

Not is he just a smart leader, he's a competant one.

Because he doesn't act like a cowboy (reagan) or a buffoon (bush) weilding a gun, threatening the world, rethuglicans see it as a weakness. But a truly strong person leads with intelligence and diplomacy, something rethuglians will never know about. He is gaining respect for us around the world and creating less enemies and therein lies our strength.

I believe President Obama takes his time and thinks things through. Unlike our former president and his administration, who operated on 'knee-jerk' responses. I would much rather have a leader who takes time to think before taking action. Any day!

I believe in him. I think his plans WILL work if people will start cooperating. When the stimulus money went to states, some of the states spent it on things other than intended and some have just sat on it.

I believe the Party of NO will bring this country down just to make democrats look bad. Shame on the Party of NO.

lets do this im giving congress n the priesdent 7days to get the poll im just one vote im not a political movement

Almost all of the probelms that the coutnry and the president are facing now are heaved upon Obama by the mismanagement of his predecessor. it is only six months he has been in office. May be you get a better picture of his strength if CNN takes the poll after 12-15 months. Now is too early to judge anything. Don't waste time/.

He's not tough enough to handle the people in his own party. Pelosi rammed through a pork-ladened stimulus package that isn't working as advertised. Although B.O. promised 'no pork', Pelosi won out and the bill went through.

It might actually be easier to be tough with outsiders and foreign governments than it is with his own party.

Obama is the only President to address the tough issues that Americans face like, healthcare, outsourcings, and the environment. The past administration wouldn't dare touch these issues because they had a hand in the pocket of big cooperations. I guess that would make him a strong leader.

A very strong Leader! It is a breath of fresh air to have an intelligent, thoughtfull man chosen for the position of POTUS. A man for the people by the people. A person who has already created a better image of the States in the eyes of the world.

The critics keep hammering on that they don't see any of the "change " as promised. Most of these critics are people who only vote party lines, people who have absolute no knowledge of how government, the economy, or the judicial branch works, and people desperate to keep their heads above water in economic troubled times.

To criticize this President after only a few months of hard work is beyond insane. Logic says: If you didn't criticize the last President then you have no right to critize this one. its that simple. Give this President as much moving space as you gave the last.
If and only if he does the same job as the last (after 8 years) then you can compare and criticize.

President Barack Hussein Obama of the United States of America you are doing the best job possible . If people want to continue to block, criticize,and hope for failure for every effort made by you and your team then so be it. These are not the people you were chosen to lead for a better tommorow......do us who do want you to succeed a favor......leave them behind.

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come on lets get real and get going poll what americans would list as the most important problems they think the nation is facing narrow down to a list of ten start at the top thats what obama should be doing

I believe the president is the most active, hard working, diplomatic president that this country has ever had and I have been through quite a lot of presidents at my age. He is outstanding at delegating to others and calls others who work for him to a higher standard.

The media and peoples of this country are outrageous to demand instant accomplishments on all fronts from any human being as appears often to be demanded of him.
Far worse is the disgruntled republicans who resort to undignified sniveling and lies cause they are not in office. A party who works against the government is treason.

Obama is doing great on all fronts, with the exception of spending control. There he is on par with all other politicians. GOP is harping on this, but they are just as bad. The difference being Obama is spending the money here in the US where it might, conceivably, do some good. The GOP was spending it on pointless death and destruction in Iraq. To those who would crititcize Obama's spending... I say show me someone better.

The numbers on the question about having a clear plan boil down to the rough percentage of people who voted for him: this is no suprise. The president did tell people that times would probably get worse before they got better, and the recovery would take time. What should be noted is his approval rating as a person, which is reminiscent of Reagan. Reagan maintained his confidence through some bad recessions, and took 49 states in his re-election bid. If I were in the GOP, that would scare me far more than a mementary snapshot of public opinion. Reagan's political views were never tremendously popular, but people liked him: Obama has the same appeal.

Since the inauguration, Obama is showing he has different plans than the ones he spoke about during the campaign. It should come as no surprise when public opinion turns on him just as easily as he has turned on them. The contradictions between his words and actions are many. He opposes big govt, and then he vastly expands it. He says he favors bipartianship, but doesnt practice it. He says he is against earmarks, and then he signs the largest pork package in history. He says we are moving from an era of borrow and spend, but we are moving into an era of steal and embezzle. To try to pretend that this is somehow beyond the scope of his responsibility – above his pay grade, if you will – is insulting to the publics intelligece.

I guess if you compare Obama to the leader of a little league baseball team, he comes out strong. Other than that, he is the weakest leader on the world stage today.

If your definition of a "strong leader" is making ill-advised decisions with massive implications and not taking the time to educate yourself on the problem at hand, then no, Obama is not a strong leader.

If your definition of a "strong leader" is a president who takes the time to make a well informed decision, then yes, Obama is a strong leader.

the perception of "strong leader" is subjective and wholly irrelevant. It's about the decision making itself.

CNN Poll: Is President Obama a strong leader? –> Ofcourse not! He is a celebrity, since when did celebrities become leaders? Ha!

NO, weak as water

I guess the President should go start 2 more wars in order to prove his toughness?....The way that the 3 draft dodgers,Bush,cheney and Rove did?..

Yes, he is a very strong leader – really inspiring – but in another way than the country is used too. President Obama has such a tough time because he sees, defines and is committed to start to solve the many problems the US and the world has. And the list is very long, perhaps too overwhelming. For some it is not easy to admit to the fact that not all is well and that business as usual is just not going to make the country move forward. If the majority of people can be convinced to also show diligence and patience, the president can point with help the right way into a better future. If one could bake a president, it would look like him: A very smart, compassionate, responsible, diligence, polite, clear, brave, determinate, fair, inclusive, earnest, communicative, patient, positive, respectful, passionate, outgoing, strong person that wants to better the conditions in his country and work together with others. A REAL PATRIOT! Because of that he has a positive impact in the world. Many heads of State are starting to rethink their own style and motivations and realize they should set a positive example too. This is something totally new for America to experience in a long time and perhaps takes time for some to appreciate.

we are just sick of government making things more diffcult! Taxes on trade, health care life n death n all we ask is for the man we elected to make goverment changes make the changes

tell that to Iran, North Korea, Russia, Honduras, and Venezuela.

[...] poll numbers - six months into his term - really don't mean all that much.  CNN and the other cable channels are having great sport over the fact that President Obama's poll [...]

If you have to ask, you already have your doubts.

These numbers sound pretty darn good to me. 7 in 10 approve? Can't complain abou that.

americans are very inpatient if they lose confaidence in him this early his first year n office might effcet his re-election

No he is not; he is a windbag full of hot air. He can only succeed by promising to give “Hope”, yet is taxing the heck out of all Americans. Anyone can buy off votes. The stimulus plan is absurd. Spending money for roads and then giving more to welfare type programs will not save this recession, it will worsen it. The majority of unemployment has happened on his watch, not Bush’s. The government can rob Peter to pay Paul and they will always count on the support of Paul in future elections. That is why he was voted in, just giving money to people in these socialist programs.
Furthermore, water boarding is not torture in my opinion. We are losing this battle against terrorism and need these techniques. Danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil, and yet he thinks we can. He is weakening our means of protecting ourselves, God help us all.

If you believe in Obama or not, at least he's trying to do something! Bush mostly sat around and let things happen. Or, did things to reward supporters and friends that we ended up paying for (Katrina is only one of many that comes to mind). Obama is capable, Bush was incompetent.

I'm more than willing to give Obama and the Democrats a full four years before judging them. If the Republicans get back into power without learning their lessons from the Bush years, I have every expectation that they will once again screw us for personal and political gain.

Obama is a strong leader, with a weak liberal congress...

"....Interviews with 1,026 adult Americans, conducted by telephone
by Opinion Research Corporation on June 26-28, 2009. The
margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is
plus or minus 3 percentage points...."

Again, CNN – 1026 people, registered democrats.....aren't representative of this country. You're slanting to the left hard....and this "facade," isn't going to last.

Please post BOTH of my posts, and do not censor as this continued behavior is really damaging your credibility.

its that obama is a small fish we need a whale

absolutely not. In the past the highest number of Czars, by any president, was 5. As of yesterday, OBama has 34....almost 7x !! That shows he wants to shed all responsibility, yet has a desire to control things; it places a convenient layer of "blame," between himself and any issue that sours. A layer that Rahm Emmanuel can quickly step in and point a finger to when it hits the fan, and the public starts grumbling.

Additionally OBama has shown that he's inconsistent, makes poor choices for cabinet positions (tax cheats aplenty), hasn't a spine when it comes to difficult decisions....and isn't respected worldwide.

It all falls back to the election, and Biden's words were true for once when he said that he's no leader....

He merely enjoys the "celebrity," of the situation, but when it comes to the actual responsibility of the job, and having stable, moral character.....a character the American people can depend on and stand behind, Obama's not making the grade.

As long as we start no more wars, get health care, pass the cap and trade bill, strengthen our alliances around the world...I don't really care about the polls.

He's a superb speaker, but an utter disaster as a leader.

He is a strong leader. He admits miscalculations unlike the previous administration. He has accomplished major projects within his short tenure.
Can you name one Economist that has the silver bullet for this economy? Please name one.

I think the President is a strong leader and he uses strong judgement to deal with the people of foreign countries and abroad. He is reaching out to other countries with hostile attitudes toward our country. People should be pleased that he is risking his life to travel to these countries that really don't like us. So for me that is a plus.

The President has been in Office less than six months, attempting to correct eight (8) years of oo-humm leadership, while still paying the cost of George Bush's war. The country needs to stop looking for immediate gratifications of it's needs and give the man a chance.

He is doing a great job at a time when we need a president who has to juggle dozens of critical issues.
All with his usual "no drama" personality.

I'm delighted that a clear majority of Americans agree with me and voted for this guy.

Obviously the No-Nothing, Tin-Foil Hat Brigade is writhing with their usual mean-spirited shenanigans. It makes me even happier.

The clear contrast between Obama/Biden and the last incompetant crew is stunning.

It's great to have a smart, hard-working man with *true* family values as president.

I believe our President is doing a great job. I think he is strong enough to handle the job, whether it's the economy or the wars he inherited.
What I think is that the GOP needs to back off a little and try to help him succeed. When the American people voted in November, they gave our President an overwhelming mandate to do it his way, not McCain's way.
I believe that by the end of his first term, his grades will make it all but impossibe to beat him in his bid for re-election.

NO, thats why they hacked into Goverment computers....

Yes, in a thoughtful and quiet way. We've had no hoopla a la Bill Clinton, no "Mission Accomplished" as in George Bush, "Tear Down This Wall" as in Reagan or, thankfully, "malaise" as in Carter.

In very rough times, whether you always agree with his policies, Obama has brought a team to the White House that exudes competence, calmness and a capability of understanding and communicating complex issues.

Contrast this with the bad acting of Boehner and far too many members of the GOP who offer nothing but doom, destruction and not one alternative proposal that isn't more of the same.

HAHAHHA.....HAHAHHAA Is this a real question. My stomach hurts from laughing so hard. NO

Not yet. He needs to buck the status quo and really create CHANGE.

He's basically tugging Bush and Cheney by keeping the illegal wars going on in Iraq and Afgahnistan. If he was a strong leader he would have done the right thing and ended these wars on day one.

So far, he hasn't accomplished much but I hope this will change with time. He's got great potential.

Reminds me of the Clinton days when Politicians would check the polls before getting out of bed....

Did I see something about libs in Mass filing a 10th amendment lawsuit.....isn't that against the Liberal charter or something.
Having the 10th amendment enforced is a Libs worst nightmare

He's a strong leader, he's an intelligent leader, and he's who we need to get this country out of this mess.

People need to give his programs time to work. He's not been in office 6 months yet.

Again, thank 8 years of Republican abuse and negligence for this crisis. It wasn't President Obama's doing.

Horsecrap, he's only been there 6 months. The "John King" Network is full of it as usual.

yes pres obama is a strong leader with many good intentions, but he must stop this job outsourcing!!! its killing our country

The republicans need a reality check! How can Presient Obama ,in six months, correct the 8 year horror that their previous administration left this country with? Where was the public outrage and disagreement when they allowed Bush to create this mess? They are cowards !

Typical popularuty polling numbers. As the presidency drags on, any President's numbers go dowm. These numbers are practically meaningless because the public will vote with it's pocketbooks in 2010 and 2012 ("It' the economy, stupid!" – James Carvel).

Pres. Obama is a very strong leader. Of course, It takes time for the nation to recuperate from this fiscal mess caused by idiotic theories of George Bush. Fundamentally, we should not have gone to war with Iraq, on which we poured money like crazy and it all took the heavy toll financially on America. Are these Saudi Arabia guys coming to our rescue? Absolutely no...In fact, they are not even supplying enough oil for the nation...so Gas hike...yes, the guy in Texas, T. Boone Pickens is absolutely right...(I say 100 percent right). We americans need to be more Oil independent and Pass health care now...now...we need Government run health care....you know, all these lobbyists are robbing the nation, this pres. obama knows thoroughly...and fix immigration too...nation's dollars are going overseas...wake up america wake up..........God bless us all with all his might...God bless the nation, the USA!!!!Amen....

Is this another Wolfie news room straw poll? Obummer has no clue.

Lookin' for a reaction to this article? OK, here's one...... ho hum, yawn!

Yes he is!!

And reality starts to sink in...the numbers will continue to drop.

The problem is that he is just like all our past politicians. He paints his plan for the economic recovery of america with broad strokes, and then leaves the actual recovery process in the hands of the very people who destroyed the economy to begin with!!

WE Love you Mr.President Barack Obama.

You're kidding right? What does a street Community Organizer knows anything about real leadership other than trying to get everybody on the block to hold hands and sing Kumbaya.

You people voted Obama into the WH because he was BLACK not for any leadership skills

No, he's too worried about being popular, and he is too soft on the counties that defy everthing that the United States of America USED too stand for, human rights, free speech, woman rights etc.... I'm sure the middle east will bennefit from his weakness, but the americans will pay in the long run.

obama is intellectual, like jimmy carter was as potus, but definitely not tough or a strong leader. obama will have to do until the next election.