WASHINGTON (CNN) – As President Barack Obama approaches 200 days in the White House, a new national poll suggests his approval rating has dropped seven points since the 100-day mark in April. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday morning also indicates that, while just one in five Americans say that the current economic conditions are good, the number who feel the economy is in very poor shape is dropping.
Fifty-six percent of those questioned in the poll approve of how Obama's handling his duties as president. Four in 10 disapprove. The 56 percent approval is down five points from June, and represents a drop of seven points from the president's showing in late April. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation figures are in line with numbers from most other national polls out the past few weeks.
"Since April, Obama's rating has stayed steady among white women, but he has dropped 14 points among white men. A majority of white men supported him at the Hundred Day mark, but now most white men disapprove of how he is handling his job," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Obama has also slipped among non-whites, but he still gets support from over 70 percent of that group."
The number one issue dominating the first six months of the Obama presidency has been, of course, the economy. According to the poll, 44 percent say that Obama's polices have so far made the economy better, with just of half of Americans saying they haven't had a positive effect.
"But another 11 percent say that Obama's policies will eventually improve the economy, which adds up to a majority who say his policies have helped or will help the economy," adds Holland.
One in five questioned say economic conditions are good, with 44 percent saying they are poor. Thirty-five percent feel that conditions are very poor shape, the lowest level since January of last year.
So who's getting blamed for the current economic conditions? The survey indicates that more than four in 10 are pointing fingers at Republicans, with around one in four blaming the Democrats and another one in four saying both parties are equally at fault.
"The bad news for the GOP is that they get twice as much blame as the Democrats," says Holland. "The good news for the GOP is that the number of Americans who blame them is now below 50 percent."
Nearly six in 10 feel that the president has tried to handle more issues than he should have, with three in ten saying no. Just over half questioned feel that the first six months of the Obama presidency have been a success, with 37 percent suggesting it's been a failure. That 51 percent figure is lower than the 56 percent who in the summer of 2001 labeled George W. Bush's first six months in the White House a success.
The poll also suggests that when it comes to the Obama presidency, it looks like the thrill is gone. The number of people who say they're thrilled with Barack Obama as president has fallen by about half since January. But the number who they're happy with him has remained steady.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted 7/31-8/3, with 1,136 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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You American People are the most impatient people EVER.....Any country would love to have Obama as their President!
Better stop the blame game and do something about all the empty windows, closed stores,and closed businesses...People are not stupid they see the economy is NOT improving. Giving money to wasteful ideas is NOT going to work...Printing more money doesn't work either. Arrogant congressional members won't help either. Wether a Republican, Democrat, independent,or other only vote for fiscally concervative folks ....they will b our only chance....This House & Senate are filled with deceitful, babbling, IDIOTS, and led by them to...Leaders to nowhere!!!!!!
The Presidebt's ratings slump – that's what happens when you actually have to start making decisions.
This is really fairly meaningless, especially when you consider that we re-elected George W. Bush while his approval ratings were in the low to mid 40's.
The Republican leadership, wacko talk radio, and and Christian fundamentalist radicals like Huckabee are very good at stirring up hate so it's not surprising that Obama's ratings are showing the effect. That's what they do. Most people see through their policies of nay-saying and obstructionism and will continue to do so. The Democrats have become too complacent and passive in dealing with these folks in my opinion. History has show we own the streets and are masters at manipulating the media when we choose to. Why we've sit idly by and allowed the GOP and people like Rush Limbaugh to rule is beyond me. In this economy with tuitiojns rising, kids unable to find work, young couples loosing their just bought new homes, and only darker clouds on the horizon, I'd think we'd have a legion of staffers assigned to make sure every GOP negative statement is met with an out pouring of constituent outrage.
He said during the campaign that some of the things that need to be done will "note be easy," and "will be unpopular at times."
He was honest to us, and continues to be honest with us.
We The People need to be honest with ourselves about the hard work and sometimes unpopular things that need to be done in order to change Washington and bring our Economy back.
There are silly people in our country who still listen to the republican talking points!
No surprise here. Given the president's stumble on the Gates issue, and the Republicans campaign to make race a wedge issue (see Buchannan and other GOP strategists), the numbers were going to fall. It is a dangerous combination. But the Repubs are all about Repubs and not about working to solve the nation's woes that they so deftly created.
Most people are only looking at the short run. This isn't a surprise because most people don't remember the phrase that it is always darkest before the dawn. This recession caused by several things including lack of oversight by the Bush administration (with the business can do no wrong policy) will take a while to get out of. From all that I have heard, employment is a lagging indicator of us getting out of this recession.
ugh, enough with the polls already. Give him a chance for crying out loud. These polls are getting so annoying! Why don't you spend some time writing on real news, not these polls that no one gives a darn about. I dont know anyone that has ever been questioned in your so called Polling.
Mr. Obama should be impeached before he destroys the American we all know and love. I cannot understand why people are just standing around watching him take away our freedoms one by one, pass legislation that has hidden agenda's in them he want's no one to read, but want's them to pass, taking control over aspects of this countries banking, automotive, and many other industries. Obama has one thing in mind...A TOTAL TAKE OVER OF AMERICA. Obama is a dangerous man. But we must remember what America stands for...WE THE PEOPLE!! If we don't protect our freedoms from the likes of him, we will lost our freedoms by the likes of him and those like him. It's kinda funny don't you think, that he is strong arming people to pass this healthcare reform, but the people in the house and senate won't have to be bound by what's in the healthcare proposal. Hmmm. Is anyone awake yet????
By the way, I noticed that you don't post any comments until you deem they are appropriate, does that mean anyone that does not think like you?? Seems anyone that does not think like Mr. Obama is silenced one way or the other. What happens to the free speach you guys keep talking about, is that just for our enemies????
Who cares about idiot polls, we want health care reform NOW!!!!!!!!!
Not a surprise at all. All his campaign rhetoric is just that campaign bunk. He has not clue because he’s never worked a real job in his life. The questions is; How long will the Obama loving media keep making this guy out to be something he’s not?
just look at the load he republicans dumped on him 2 days before he was president. g w bush and hank paulson said they needed 7 trillion dollars put to their disposal within 24 hours to cover up their mistakes and costly management. along with 2 major wars for oil. HE IS DOING JUST FINE in my opinion.
CNN - these polls have got to stop. Yes, the President will not be so popular for the his first full term of office. There will be times (like now) where debated issues will impact the President's favorability. However, these nonsensical polls that for some reason I have yet to be a part of (I live in NYC do we not count?) are tiresome. Day in and day out the President's favorability is questioned. Let us focus on the President's agenda and in fairness all of the issues that he inherited that were due yesterday. I feel that though no one is perfect, President Obama has yet to disappoint me.
Also, how could he unite the country when you have FOX News maligning him personally at every turn. You have jerks such as Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, Dick Morris, Karl Rove and many others. FOX News promotes hatred and as a minority, that is a scary, scary reality.
Good Morning Comrades....This is great news, please dont report me to the white House Snitch sight.
Stop writting biased articles.... The ecomomy is not getting better and the rising unemployment rate confirms this... "44% say his policies have a positive effect and just half of Americans say its getting worse".. Take your poles in Long Island and see how they come back
It looks like he's stabilized the economy, and the stock market is up, so in my book he's doing great. He's also handled Iran and North Korea with the right amount of restraint, is getting us out of Iraq, and is fighting terrorists threatening to take over in Afghanistan. I give him an "A".
I feel Obama has done great! onsidering his own party memebers are not trying to help him at all. Lets fire the congress & the others since they are not ready to help make america great once again! Obama is on the right path if he had others trying as hard to make america better as he is.
We have to be thankful for a president who has thought about and advocated for the average American person instead of for himself and his own personal agenda in the first 200 days in office. He has attempted to turn the economy around, help the auto industry, the housing market and financial markets, and spearhead much-needed healthcare reform. Wow! We need to continue to back President Obama as he attempts to turn America back into the great, prosperous, and decent country it once was.
God forbid. Easy... easy.. easy. This is what they left us... What do you expect? Give him some time.
Wait till his tax hikes kick in. A one term experiment.
Didn't we cover this poll several days ago?
What did the republicans do for this country except bankrupt and destroy it on so many levels the last 8 years?
President Obama has done more for this country and Americans in the last 200 days than the rethuglicans did the last 8 years.
Did you think it was going to stay at the super highs that it was when he was elected?
You know what all you Cable Entertainment Stations need PERSPECTIVE!!!
I think that it is too early to grade the president's performance. After all, he has been in office a little more than six months. The recession is coming to an end and by year's end, employment will pick up and unemployment will decline. Furthermore, health reform initiatives will be enacted into law before the end of this year. The appropriate time to grade President Obama's performance is the middle of January 2010.
The hatred directed at this President is unprecedented and unwarranted especially considering that Americans were tolerant of bush, the dictator and how he bankrupted and destroyed this country!
Thank you President Obama for trying to fix this country the republicans destroyed.
President Obama's approval rating has dropped 7 point in 100 days? So? And comparing it to Bush's rate? So. CNN asked 1,136 Americans a question and this qualifies as credible news on the President's work? Did you even ask the political affiliation of each person? Seriously, ask the same question to the same number of people by political affiliation and the answers would change the "results" of this poll. The only thing that's right about this is that the same people aren't real crazy about the Republicans. I'd say that the ups/downs of this poll are a wash. Next poll!
Considering the hatchet job being done on Obama and his policies by Hannity, Huckabee, Rush, and the extreme right, I'm actually surprised the positives are that high. Obama is being painted as the Devil Incarnate by these rich white guys who cannot abide a black man in the White House. The policies are WORKING...stocks are coming back, jobs are coming back, albeit slowly, and we are actually talking to other countries instead of bombing them.
And why does Fox (and CNN) not bother to cover the abomination that is Blackwater?
Give the new President some credit for attempting to fix a multitude
of problems inherited by simply becoming President. His Administration is working diligently to help this country make the turn
to a positive stance. Instead of the daily critical comments, why does
not those so-called leaders band together and generate some
positive and workable solutions to the host of problems that were
in place when the Obama Administration came onboard.
Thanks for reading this.
Who are these people polling and how many are being polled? No one called me. So 700 people speaks for all of AMERICA. Give me a break.
His poll numbers will most likely continue to drop-to compare concerned American citizens attending town hall meetings and protesting his healthcare bill to angry mobs is insulting to the American taxpayer. The DNC most likely has opened Pandora's box with that ad A concerned Democrat.
Should anyone be surprised. I am surprised it is only 7 points. I predict it will be 12 points by the end of August.
He'll be as hated as LBJ was when everyone figures out what he's done to the future of our country.
Only the wingnuts must've participated in this poll. I for one and many more agree that he's a doing a fabulous job in lieu of the obstructionist party (a.k.a. republican) doing their best to be barricades in the road or progress.
I have an idea. Let's act ore like Republicans. During the last corrupt administration (when Bush was spending well more on his WAR and not bothering to list it as a budget item) we wanted accountability and impeachment, we were called traitors and unAmerican for not following Bush blindly off a cliff while he tortured, killed, spied, and robbed for his oil buddies. Now we have a guy who cares about AMERICANS, and he is being called all sorts of names and threatened with impeachment. Maybe Dems should take a page from their playbook and start calling these pharma-paid protesters traitors. But we won't because unlike them, we DO believe in free speech. It's sad that they thought the trillions wasted in Iraq were OK, but money to be spent here at home is bad.
Why is it so hard for people to learn to be patient. This mess didn't get here overnight. President Obama can't clean it up overnight.
We are a nation of instant gratification and we want everything NOW. Give this man time, he will get the job done. If in four years, if he has not delivered, then vote him out of office but until then, support your president and give him a chance to deliver.
People are obviously blind. If they can't see the economy turning, they should take a class or something. Jobs are always last to recover after a recession and lets not forget how we got here.
The president's approval ratings are irrelevant at this point. Poll me once he's been in office for a year or two. For the things that he's tackling, his approval rating is still high in my book.
Why is everyone yelling about the Stimulus spending on AMERICAN's?? Aren't we still spending billions to help rebuild Iraq? Why shouldn't we move that money home to rebuild AMERICA!?!? Iraq is sitting on billions in oil revenue!
It will drop more when people realize that our elected officials will be spending our tax dollars on jets to transport their taxing butts around the country at tax payers expense while 10% of the people are out of work.
Obama is the TAX KING and will TAX ALL or FINE ALL,
Only 7 points,wait till the American Tax Payer gets a good look at Obama's health care bill?..Obama says the bill will do this and will not do that,but Obama has not read it,it is not in final draft and has already had 100 changes...How can the Democrats defend it when they don't even know what's in it?If it is such a good bill what did congress exempt themselves and their families from being forced to use it?
People or sheeple need to stop saying yea, just for the time it takes to look at the issues,and their consequences,before they vote for or against Obama's approval.
He has been in office 7 months. I guess people thought they were voting for a super hero. Wake up people, he isnt one of the Super Friends okay. He is just a man, a regualr man with high hopes and a wonderful vision for this country. I trust him to do whats best for our country. I am in full support of my president
I support most of Obama's agendas. However, I believe he is spitting into the wind. He seems to be under the mistaken belief that all our problems can be whisked away with a quality TelePrompTer, and extraordinary oratory. That is all well and good in campaigns, but is woefully insufficient in governing. He is out to save America and the world - hurriedly.. But so far he has been splattering too much stuff on the side of the barn, in hopes that something will stick. He could learn to delegate to other administration officials. Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton is the only member of his cabinet with the necessary gravitas, intelligence, experience, skills, toughness, and abilities.
I would say that the minds of a full 25% of our population are blown like grass by the slightest breeze. If you supported Obama six months ago, nothing has happened that should have changed your mind. It's like the war in Iraq. In the beginning, almost all of us supported the invasion. Now, you can't find anybody who will admit to supporting it in the first place.
This is democracy's greatest problem: half of the voters have a below average IQ.
the polls are just someone's attempt
they can be useful but do not tell much of a story
you are taking the country in the correct direction, nice work Mr. Pres
Of course his numbers have dropped.
With all the swiftboating, lies, distortions, hypocrasy being put out
the republcan party how could it not?
Considering all the diasters that have faced our president, the
media's constant negativity towards him and their constant
support of the GOP, am surprised they are as high as they are.
What they do not realize is the intelligence of the American people.
We can see through all the phoniness, their desire for big business
to continue to run our country and are aware of their goal to
destroy our president, and in the process, our country and us.
They are becoming our countries most dangerous domestic
terrorists, with the blessing of CNN and others.
This will always be the case with every President until we (Democrates and Republicans) come together on common ground. The country is deeply divided. Those who voted for him will be happy and those who did not will not. I personnally did not vote for the guy and he does not even come close to representing my values and beliefs.
Who cares? Pres. Obama has over 3yrs to his presidency and need not worry about ratings. CNN should be the one worrying about ratings. CNN was the same channel questioning the legitimacy of Pres. Obama's birth certificate just to attract more Republicans and compete with Fox for ratings. For a tip CNN, please call the man President Obama not Obama. Stop selling yourself out for ratings! Get it?
i am not shocked over this with all the smears and angry republicans tripping out over this man. i love our president and will support whatever he thinks will help us as a nation. the republicans can not win on this type of behavior ,they have nothing to offer an the american public knows this.
is this going to be like the stock market up and down. I'm giving Obama the benefit of the doubt. I well remember who he ran against and what he inherited. I know he has a team in his administration who know so much more than the average American. I know that the GOP is using fear tactics to cast as much doubt as possible on this president. I would vote again to Obama. we are said to be drinking koolaid which I take as a very derogatory statement. but I would say it beats the hogwash the other side is drinking.
I'm not a genius by any stretch of the imagination, but even I know that you can't fix something as damaged as our economy is in a few months, let alone a few years. It took 6-8 years for this country to arrive in the state that it's currently in; we would have to suppose that it could take at least HALF that long to get us on the road back. Contrary to belief, I'm not the strongest Obama supporter, but I do believe that we cannot expect for everything to be fine and dandy within a few months of his presidency. People are being led to believe that all we have to do is push a few buttons, say a few speeches, and *poof* we're prosperous again!
The reason: He jumped on every cop in the USA. He can't pull that back. They are not stupid and do not do stupid things. They may run into circumstances where something might be done better, but dealing with people yelling, they react professionally not stupidly.
Actually his approval rating is around 50% and his disapproval rating is about 45%, CNN will try and spin this the best they can, saying wow his approval only dropped 7 in the last 100 days, its actually dropped 13% since March.
He is a failing president, and his policies are failing, he can continue to assert that Republicans are moblizing against him and the Pelosi Reid Nazi Triumverate (but in fact that is their job as the opposing party) if they dont like opposition and prefer totalitarian rule, then maybe they should all be forced to leave democracy to those of us who enjoy a differing view.
As an independent, I am disappointed in this administration, and regret voting for it. I will not make the same mistakes twice. He is wrong on everything from the Economy to Health Care, and even worse on Foreign Policy.
"It looks like the thrill is gone". Can't people understand that campaigning and governing are quite two different things altogether!!!
For me, he has done a very remarkable job so far in 200 days. It was like a driver, driving a broken car and almost to reach the last destination!
President Obama is dong better than average job. I would give him an A- at this stage of the game. I like the fact he is tryiing to do what he promissed first. I wish the President success and I hope his policies strat to show even more signs that they will work, they will.
However Mr. President the most important thing is Jobs, lowering energy cost, health care, and don't forget Jobs baby jobs. Keep pushing for health care.
This does not surprise me people are discovering what this guy is all about, They voted blindly in the primary and lost a great chance.
This is so sad because no President in the history of United States has ever been poll more than President Obama. The GALLUP Poll list below show the following Presidents and their disapproval ratings.
Highest Five Disapproval rating in Gallup History
President Dates of Gallup Poll % Disapproval Rating
George W. Bush Apr 18-20, 2008 69
Harry Truman Jan 6-11, 1952 67
George W. Bush Apr 6-9, 2008 67
Richard Nixon Aug 2-5, 1974 66
George W. Bush Jul 6-8, 2007 66
The fact that President Obama's approval rating is slowly but surely dropping is a clear indicator the "love fest" is coming to an end. It is also apparent this President doesn't seem to realize he is spending our children and grandchildren's future into depths that will be difficult to recover from to say the least. I knew Obama was a liberal, but carefree and irresponsible spending is both unreasonable and immoral. Wake up Mr. President! You cannot and will not solve our nation's problems in one year.
No problem. He has a long way to go to be as low of a president or human being as George Bush. Barack is doing fine despite the republican party wishing he and America to fail.
I guess Obama duped a lot of Americans in to voting for him. They didn't realize how radical he was going to be. His policies are wrong for America.
This is normal. He is doing an average job and his approval will be average compared to other presidents. No need to worry. Keep moving... Nothing to see here. But just to be consistent with my other posts, I don't approve of his policies of spending all my money.
Mark my words, Obama will be a one termer. It's still 2009 and he is already shaping up to be less popular than Jimmy Carter.
I'll be thrilled about our president when he is 100% BLACK. Not 12%.
Republicans and Democrats are the same party. The get up in front of the TV and argue about non-issues. Then they go play golf together. George Washington was not a Republican or Democrat. He said that a two party system would be the downfall of America.
These numbers don't add up. I think you need to redo your math.
Unemployment continues to rise. Our debt has skyrocketed. Obama is on a spending spree. No wonder, he isn't even an American! Thats what we get for not enforcing true transparency.
For Mr Obama
To praise too much,To move heaven and earth.But To be deceived in ones expectation..
Ap
Would appear that Jimmy Carter will not be the worst President ever after all.
No suprise here. Obama is not a savior, he is a politician, and not a very good one. People were stupid for treating him like a rock star to begin with.
I still want him to not fail. The republicans believe in party over Country. As an ex army noncommissioned officer, I believe this argument is about one party being in power and the other one mad because they are not. Therefore, the republicans will never agree with CIC Obama and the democratic majority.
One republican had the galls to tell me he is sure the rest of the military believes our CIC is incompetent. Obviously said by someone who never served.
Country over party (notice I did not capitalize the latter)
It is going to drop even more if he continues to call Americans who are against his policies "angry mobs" and try to blow them off. How are people in loud, angry voices, asking how the federal government can be trusted with health care when medicare, medicaid, social security, and the post office are all bankrupt, inefficient, and have low customer satisfaction.
Wake up and join the angry mob. I am not a member of the GOP, have not been asked to write this, and I am not making up my anger!
Of course his approval ratings will go down. He is working to fix the problems our country has. Decisions need to be made that will not make everyone happy. He said that during and after his campaign. However, this is standard for the Republicans when they lose a race. Call for working across the isle, then only complain. They blamed Clinton for everything except the budget surplus for the entire eight years he was in office. Clinton was demonized and beat down daily. It didn’t work then and it won’t work this time. I wish some of these people concerned about the deficit would have been around when Cheny was passing out contracts and our tax money to his friends. The Republican party is the perfect example of "Me generation". In the end if you put 95% of the countries wealth in the hands of 5% of our population the economy will suffer.
It looks like that polsters are more focused on doing surveys on this president every day, let me say this, even if the president approval numbers slips to 50 % who cares he is still working hard to make this country once again The United States Of America some people are so caught up with these numbers that made them forgot that the next election wont be until another four years. wait until his mid term and do some polling then we can talk about accomplishments or troubles
Lets talk about Congress and how they are helping the president with his agenda... and stop pounding on these useless poll numbers.
Gone Pres. Obama, you're still the man, and they're still afraid of you.
The "Haters" are in full force and well organized to defeat any meaningful change in Washington. They forget we are on to them now. We are the ones who put President Obama into office. We have already lived through the insurance companies, doctors and pharmaceutical companies and other special interest groups with their absolutely untrue rhetoric to defeat health care reform in the past. They love the status quo and their millions in profits and though they talk reform we know that will fight to the end to keep everything the same. We are watching the congress to see who are they really representing, the special interest groups, or the middle class who winds up paying for everthing. Keep playing your games. See you at election time.
It is unfortunate that the news relys on Public Polls done with approx 1,000 people to measure such important success of a President.
It is also unfortunate that many folks don't have a clue on how our governement is runned or how rediculous Pres Obama's idea on a Governement sponsored Health Care plan is.
Have any of these polled ever tried to reach a Government Agency for anything?? How easy is this process?
The Plan needs to introduce that all States become "Guaranteed Issue States" like NJ, NY Vermont and NCarolina and maybe a few more, this is the big problem why not discuss the real problems?
Then maybe we can begin to see change.
Why should his approval drop?
Our system is set up to make sure we elect the best lying weasel and he's as good a lying weasel as any.
Fickle Americans.
Less we forget, it took God 7 days. Why do some idiots think that Pres Obama can do it overnight? It took the Republicans 8 years to destroy our world, let the Pres have his time.
Doesn't matter...he is STILL the best President in my lifetime!
The Gates fiasco is the reason for the big drop, plus Obama really hasn't done anything useful but spend more money
He simply wasn't ready yet. Should have been Hillary Clinton. Obama had more to learn before climbing to the top of the ladder.
Fair Weather Supporters, Blue Dogs Rising, and the Gangsta Obstructionist Party are to blame.....There is nothing 'Grand' about them any more......I can't understand what's keeping Gen. Colin Powell and the other 10 'true Republicans' from jumping ship....Their party has lost all credibility.....And the character flaws being exhibited via mobster-hyena-hysteria (invasions of townhall meetings) will soon cause an implosion.....Insanity has gained a strong hold on the Thuglicans......Let US pray.....
Its a bird , Its a plane, Its Obamas approval rating in a death spiral.
Signed
Right Wing Extremist
It's been 200 days...why hasn't he fixed everything? What's he been doing? I was expecting my retirement fund to be back to it's full worth and the healthcare system to be fixed and the job market booming and my house to be worth at least twice what it was and the environment all greened up, and other nations all respecting us again, and schools to be institutions of higher learning, and violence on the streets to be a thing of the past and all our brave military men and women to be home with their families and all diseases to be cured and gas prices to dip below a dollar a gallon and alternative fuel to be running 95% of the country's needs and the Republicans to be praising the Democrats and the tree in my back yard to be growing $100 dollar bills, and my house to be self-cleaning, and all children to play nicely with each other and.......What's he been doing? Lazy man!
GEEZ!!! Wait at least a more hours before judging him! There are still a few more days of the week!!
All of these polls and report cards on President Obama signify ONE thing...
...the corporate owned media's desperate attempts to bring down this President and presidency...
...Why don't we have report cards on how the of CITIZENS America are performing...
Here's MY REPORT CARD:
Conservatives = F- (too stupid, hate government, diversity and democracy)
Progressive Liberals = F (refuse to fight en masse to destroy their treasonous conservative enemies )
Independents = F– (too wishy washy, conservative lite)
Poor/Disenfranchised/ Disinterested = F-- (won't rise up against their oppressors)
This country is bassackwards: GWB and Dick Cheney (two of the world's WORST criminals) living it up in their strongholds in redneck ,TREASONOUS Texas and Wyoming...
...while President Barack Obama (attempting to clean up Bush-Cheney crap) is being vilified...
...go figure...
America needs a makeover!
Obama made promises he knew he couldn't possibly keep and yet millions of people fell for it and believed this man was some sort of super hero. The media played a huge part in getting this unqualified community organizer elected, wonder how sorry they are that they threw Hillary under the bus in favor of this disaster in chief who is on the fast track to bankrupting this country..................Nice job!
Of course his approval is dropping. With all the howling jackals blasting everything he says and does, some of our fellow Americans that are too dumb and lazy to research anything, will start thinking that Obama is making huge mistakes. The American people have proven that they will listen to the voices that scream the loudest and the longest, not to the ones that make senses or speak the truth. We get caught up in emotions and refuse to use logic or common sense. That's why we continue to get bums in Washington that spend all their time just trying to get re-elected and sucking up as much coroporate lobby money as possible.
The US was already too far gone from the Bush years to be saved, I'm just grateful that we have someone cool and calm like Obama to gently guide the Titanic into an iceberg, rather that crazy old hot-head John McCain. The biggest fallacy of the 2-party system is the idea that if things aren't going well, then that means the "other" guy should've been elected. The only candidate who might possibly have been better than Obama is Ron Paul, the only true conservative in the Republican party.
Of course his approval is dropping. With all the howling jackals blasting everything he says and does, some of our fellow Americans that are too dumb and lazy to research anything, will start thinking that Obama is making huge mistakes. The American people have proven that they will listen to the voices that scream the loudest and the longest, not to the ones that make sense or speak the truth. We get caught up in emotions and refuse to use logic or common sense. That's why we continue to get bums in Washington that spend all their time just trying to get re-elected and sucking up as much coroporate lobby money as possible.
It didn't take long to show his true communist/socialist ideas. Time now to seek impeachment!
In another poll, Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove.
When you attack your citizens and call them a mob your ratings will fall even further.
Obama is doing a great job in these tough times.
It looks like the fake and fraud of the corporate agenda and its lacky's, (tea baggers, birthers, ignorant stooges who shout down healthcare reform) is slowly taking it's toll while the rich and powerful laugh their way to the bank. All of these "grass root movements" are being orchestrated by the rich, powerful, and well connected, one of them being the richest privately owned oil company. Throw in the insurance and financial industries and you have the most corrupt group of miscreants to walk the face of the Earth. These are the people who prospered during the Bush Administration and Republican rule of Congress with its reign of hypocrisy and lies. These are the same people who spout their drivel "God Bless America" while perpetrating every evil and sacrificing others in stark contrast to the will of the God they claim to believe in.
It is all nothing but a sick joke, corrupt and hypocritical to the core. Many in our society are simple minded fools who will follow the "spin" right over a cliff, trying to take the rational among us with them.
And there lies the problem...
It'll drop another 6 points just over the Congressional August recess.
Of course it's going to drop initially. The USA is now inundated with the MTV generation who have 15 minute attention spans and want immediate gratification. The economy doesn't work like that. It's a massive monster that takes months or even years to correct, and there are 8 years of bad management that Obama has to correct. The economy isn't going to turn around overnight. It's going to take a while. Once the economy turns around, and it will turn around, and we can focus on other things, then the approval rating will go up. That's just how it works.
This is a normal thing. The polling is comparable to any other president 200 days in. You have the honeymoon period after the swearing in and then things cool down. Obama's ratings are still pretty good for a president who's having to deal with the country in the state he inherited it. I guess with 24 hours to fill with news, the media has to make even the mundane seem noteworthy now.
Funny how CNN gives the percentage on good news but on the bad you the 56% who think this community agitator is doing a poor job on economy, you dont mention it.
How can you believe a poll where 20 percent of the people say that the economy is currently "good"?
People are realizing that you can't fix the economy and all the world's troubles with just "hope". Obama is alot of talk, he said all the right things during his campaign and he still says what people want to hear now. But then he doesn't do anything to fix the problems. His heallthcare plan is a disaster, and gives free health care to illegal immigrants, among its other issues. His stimulus packages have not helped, and government takeover of GM wasn't exactly a success, either.
Also, Clinton, Sotomeyer and Benjamin certainly didn't win him any votes with white men, as that's 3 of his major appointments that all went to women – a white woman, a black woman, and a hispanic woman. Many feel that other candidates weren't even considered for these positions.
Polls, Polls, and more Polls!!
CNN PLEASE stop and rethink what you are giving us. Spend more time on developing and reporting and less time on telling me what 1000 people think
Of course his numbers have dropped, he is actually trying to do something positive by implementing change in the healthcare system. People are in general adverse to change. And the Republican PR scream machine is shaking people up a bit, which is exactly what the GOP is counting on. Yet, I think this time sanity will prevail. We will pass a universal healthcare system in this country during President Obama's term because this president is willing to put the American people before campaigning for a second term. It's gonna happen people and we will be the better for it. Thank you, Mr. President.
This health care thing is what’s doing it. It would have guaranteed Clinton 15 years ago a one-term presidency and Obama is following in his footsteps. Other models around the world with similar nationalize health plans are not working and their economy is almost tanking. Why are we following the same road? Some people are saying that we are spending trillions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is money that can be re-coupe in due time, but spending inwardly like this is guaranteed and solid foundation in the future for rationed healthcare and real depth. Obama should watch out.
More meaningless surveys
I'd like to see the ratings of what intelligent people think of CNN when CNN lines up like they have behind the Republican smear machine
CNN is near tabloid news these days
Obama is the best thing that has happened in this country since it's birth
Yet it seems CNN and so many others just want to tear it all down for the sake of money
Democracy at it's worst
Shame on you all ...
President Obama needs to call out the RNC on what they really want for health care. Republicans don't want all Americans covered. If CNN conducted a poll and asked should all Americans be covered Republicans would no doubt out number Democrats and Independent in saying no. The GOP is an (all about me) party, maybe this is why the rich does well under a GOP administration and the middle class and poor suffers. If President Obama approval numbers drop because he fulfills a campaign promise to have universal health care then the RNCfear machine has more power than hope.
The reason is simple. He is moving full steam ahead on too many things without taking the time to LISTEN to the American people and opposing views. Instead, he refers to us as an "angry mob" and chastizes us. I am insulted by this President, and many more are becoming resentful every day.
CNN,
Why are you not posting on this page details of the absolute UnAmerican activities, corporate, special interests sponsored,
radical movements by the GOP and followers at the town hall
meetings???
Why are you not as outraged as most Americans are??
Fair and balanced?? Give me a break!!
Dont believe to polls CNN, everything u have posted about our President has been negative........CNN who is paying U
His approval has not dropped with me, although I do wish he would have commanded the health care dialogue earlier. This man took office with a country that was on the brink of ruin and in only 6 months his policies have helped to stabilize the situation and start us on the road to recovery – I'm not sure how anyone could interpret that as anything less than a great success. By the way, yes I'm a white female. But my white male husband is even more impressed with this President than I am.
Obama has no idea on how to Govern this country. It is a total disaster. He had brought Professor Gates to the white house for a beer summit while getting involve din local issues. Now he should bring those two journalists to white house for a cup of tea/coffee or perhaps a beer together will Bill. Bring everybody to White house. Welcome to Barack's world.
OB is definitely a miserable failure. Just imagine that this man has promised so much but delivered so little to an average citizen. Hopes promised were sky-high and the today's realities on economy, unemployment, tax, deficits, housing, crimes, laws and orders, and even human behaviors all crash to earth. Who would still believe him now with only exception of those liberal and socialist idiots? Just think about that even Bush still maneged to have 56% approval at this time-point of his presidency. God blesses America!
Considering what we have endured prior to the current administration, there is no doubt that the US is gradually recovering and gaining strength within our own borders and around the world. I don't need to be thrilled with an individual to understand that, while the situation is difficult, their intentions are honest and confident. Pres. Obama has my support.
7 points in 100 days isnt much in the grand scope of things. But 4 trillion dollars in 5 months speaks far more than ANY poll would.
This President is not doing his job right. He has failed to follow through on his promises and people can call that right-wing criticism if they want; as far as Im concerned, if people want to believe that fiscal responsibility, integrity and common-sense are right-wing values, they are welcome to. We need that boost for the next election when 1-term-spend-orama-Obama takes a seat with Carter and Bush as the "Ha-ha" Presidents of American history.
How is this surprising? Every new President comes in with the high expectations of the voters. And slowly it fades away, because they lie to get elected, they are all corrupt and under the big money influence of the corporate campaign contributors, special interest groups, unions, and lobbyists. How can you bring about change when every elected official right down to dog catcher gets their pockets lined by special interest money. It doesn't matter if it is the DNC or the RNC every one of these supposed public servants receive money from the same contributors. Along with that the two major parties hold a monopoly on ballot access, so a third party can never become competitive.
Considering the fact that the entire time he has been in office he has had a pack of wolves nipping at his heels, I think he has done a pretty good job.The last President to be handed such an economic mess was FDR. It took us 8 years to get in this mess, how can anyonebut the "wolves" think he can clear it up in 200 days. Cleaning up after B&C will take much longer than this. Just yesterday, with the help of President Clinton, we hopefully cleaned up another mess left by B & C, North Korea. You don't win friends by calling them evil and saying we will defeat you. Boy dioes that work = look at Afganistan and Iraq – both failures. They still hate us. When the American people stop listening to the hired protesters and the sour grapes Republicans(wolves), he will be able to move faster. P.S. who were the only people to find anything negative about the events of yesterday – the wolves.
I love it, Bush approval rating in the summer within 6 months in first term is higher than Obama. Obamas fall from grace will be just as spectacular as his rise. Finally, each passing day, more and more Americans are waking up and wondering if Obama is deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of the U.S. Today, many Americans would probably eat some serious crow if they could recast their vote. Excellent 2010 election bumper sticker – THE THRILL IS GONE!
See what happens as the country wakes up from euphoria and realizes the have been conned??
Obama will be at 45% approval by mid-September and his CNN report card says A LOT!
If that doesn't tell you Barry lovers something I don't know what will.
I have never been asked to participate in any of these surveys. Not even in the Bush years. Don't put much faith in the numbers.
Just watch and listen to see what's going on.
Politian’s chase votes, not the best interest of the country. That is why the senate and house (Dems and Rep) rubber stamped the war in Iraq, instead of questioning the information; we just got attacked and if they voted against a counter-attack they would lose votes. The way our government should work is you have different parties with different ideas, when one party has an idea it is the other parties JOB to ask questions, to find and correct mistakes, not to rubber stamp it. Votes are why the new stimulus bill needed to be passed months ago yet will not go into full swing until campaign time; the white house does not care about fixing the economy now, they want it looking its best at election time. The fact that it is still Bush's money being spent to fix the economy will not stop the white house from taking credit, and Rep's will never stick up for Bush cause they will lose votes. Clinton paved the road and Bush drove down it, Greenspan made it an eight lane highway, and the rest of the senate and house bought sport cars and drove blind folded.
And his approval will continue to drop as long as he continues to insist on bankrupting the country.
The only result of the so-called "stimulus" has been a big rise in unemployment, and people are finally catching on that wasting trillions of dollars "reforming" a health care system that 80% of the population thinks works well enough, is an idiotic thing to do in the current economic climate.
Last year, Hillary Clinton observed "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all." Well, Obama, has hit the same brick wall. The country can't afford to spend trillions of dollars on failed economic bailouts and Liberal do-gooding and, fortunately, economic common sense is beginning to prevail.
The President is dealing with some very difficult issues and often simple solutions to complex issues don't work, but, for some, they think it does. Plus dealing with republicans, who had 8 years to get it right, made sure their rich buddies got big pay checks, and left the economy in a mess, well, they have no grounds to point fingers. Now they are doing the betting for the Insurance and powerful health care industry, I think the Pres is do in fine.
When you try to do the right thing, it scares people....even if people realize that these issues need to be addressed, the idea of something different makes them uncomfortable. When they stop and listen to the ideas, and consider how what they've got now isn't very good, they'll be more apt to see that the status quo has got to go. and that the president's plans will actually help, not hurt them.
Most of the best things I've done I've done with a little push from my parents, friends, etc. I wasn't happy with them at the time, but I thanked them later.
Let’s see….. Obama and congress are using my tax money to buy automobiles newer and better than I can afford and forcing the dealers to destroy them. Meanwhile people that can afford the new car anyway are using my tax money to buy vehicles from the government owned auto companies. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are broke and they want to run the rest of our health care. My local government is using my (and my children’s) tax money (the Stimulus Plan) to build sidewalks down both sides of remote streets where the original one is rarely used and where road repair is needed. And on and on and on…. Of course their approval ratings are going down. When elections roll around: VOTE !!! Throw all of the bums out !
Gee, if I had been in office for 200 days and not fixed all the "Ills" of the nation by now I would probably drop some in the polls too. Give the man a break. We all know that even if it took someone else working hard for 8 years to get us in this mess, it is going to take us at least 365 days to have a bustling economy with everyone back at work once again. It's only been 200 days. What do you think this man is, "A MIRICLE WORKER?" Give him the full 365 days to fix things.
I don't know what the republicans are talking about, I think that President Obama is doing a great job.
The republicans need to realize that they (LOST THE ELECTION),whats more important then that, President Obama and the democratic party need to remember we won.
The democrats has done there jobs now we want those that we has voted in to do there jobs.
I believe if President Obama wants the democrats and all those that support he to stand up, the whole world would respond.
His approval is the average percentage for most Presidents, even higher than others. He's not going anywhere, get over it CNN.
Is anyone surprised. He is way above his head and doesn't see it. All I see is tax and spend our money it's not their money so why not spend our money.
When will the people start having a government by the people and for the people. I haven't been asked my view on anything he is doing but I can tell you I still think he is way over his head.
And....that's 7 pts from his support base; not the GOP. However, as usual, Keating Holland's data is constantly liberally biased towards favoring Obama. The true numbers, judging from people's reaction to the healthcare bill will be much higher for disapproval.
I am continually amazed at the ability of the Republican party to organize their rabid base and oppose anything the Democrats try to do.
They are able to don a holier than thou position, never mind that it is usually 100% hypocritical, with a straight face. When called on it they become the victim and very effectively outshout everyone until the issue goes away.
They rant against government socialism but I would venture to say many of the ranters get a monthly check from Social Security and their bills are paid by Medicare or Medicaid.
If I had the power I would refund their contributions to Medicare and Social Security, remove them from the programs and bid them good luck in their independence.
How many times do you all have to keep going over this poll???? This is the 6th time you have reintroduced this same poll.....over and over....like a broken record. This thing is getting as old as you and your REPUBLICAN bias on health care. Fact is HE IS A POPULAR PRESIDENT. He is accomplishing what he said he would do......he ran on health care as one of the items on his platform. He won the election by a HUGE margin with health care as one of the main reason. WE WILL GET HEALTH CARE, regardless of the spin you and the GOP make of it. FACT IS: it is better to be unemployed with health care for you and your family than with none. FaCT IS: The trillions spent in Iraq could easily paid for health care for the next 10-15 years and ALL Americans would have something to show for it.......plus all of the American lives that would have been spared. This 60 year old MODERATE is waiting for some ligit news for a change. How about a list of all the folks in Politics who have been invoved in hypicritical sex scandels and NOT been good Christians or of any Religious denomination and NOT RESIGNED. Why don't you do a POLL like that???
A drop in popularity is to be expected, after all he is takign on the subjects that most politicians have been afraid to touch because there is such diverse opinions on them. This shows me he is doing his job, it also shows that there is a percentage of the population that will disagree with ANYTHING he proposes (see the birthers who, dispite positive evidence insist they know he is not an American), a percentage who will agree with anything he says and a middle group which, unfortunately, is easily swayed by the lies... err spin put out by the Political Parties and do not bother to actually do any real research (and watch Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, and Fox News is NOT research), and then a REAL small percentage who actually look into the details of his plans and either support them or not based on their research. Unfortunately the last group is the smallest but also the one that most believe they fall into!
The utter idea that Obama has over a 50% approval rating has got to be a bold faced lie.
What part of "America is now realizing a huge mistake it's made and realized they have been conned" do you not understand?
"They said he was inexperienced........uhhhh yeah.....duh"
"Socialist? me a Socialist?"
"All I know is, if you have a problem, tax, tax tax and create a new govt. program, that will fix it" And they claim he's so smart, that's all the man knows how to do.
over 50% what a lie
Didn't this say 10 points an hour ago?
Are the American people wising up? Nah, probably not. They're probably just upset that he's not giving them all the free stuff he promised. Greedy, ignorant Americans.
The best thing for President Obama is that he still sports a very strong 56% approval rating in the midst of a deep recession that has finally shown signs of ending. He also has this high rating (higher than he got on election day) in the midst of the toughest battles legislatively he will likely face in his four year term....healthcare reform and climate change.
Basically he can look forward to strong ratings if/when the economy starts to recover and if healthcare passes. One figure to pay attention to is the favorable rating which I view as his high level for approval....basically if his policies were more popular or were working then he would likely be at 64% job approval. His approval lags his favorability because some of his policies on the econmy and healthcare are less popular.
I never thought I would see in my life time a Government take over of Industry in our beloved USA.........it is a sad day for all Americans. I am totally disappointed in this President of all Presidents, words can't express my feelings at this time.
The fluctuation on Obama's numbers is because he is actually trying to fix things and get things done unlike the bum we had in iffice for the last 8 years. Once healthcare is done his numbers will go up. Its refreshing to see a president that is actually willing to tackle divisive issues that must be faced and dealt with rather than play it safe.
CNN has an obsession with polling the President and once again FAILS to release the breakdown of the political affiliation of the people called. Does the breakdown reflect the country's present affiliation of the country re Democrat, Republican and Independent.This makes the poll as useless as is the "report card'.
I would go with the 11% who said it was too early to tell.
Again cherry picked as further into the poll, the President receives an overall approval rating of 64%
Where is the polling on how the Republicans have been doing for the past 200 days ?? What happened to fair and balanced?
As a Gay man, Obama lost my support when he turned his back on me and failed to deliver on promises made. Mainly, Don't Ask Don't Tell. I now give him a thumbs down.
I don't understand why everyone is talking about socialism. American capitalism has had such a stellar record lately. In the 1990s, Wall Street invested heavily in Congress to change regulations. They then played fast and loose with our money and lost trillions of our dollars. After the crash, the government had to prop them up with trillions more of our dollars. Now they are investing in Congress again to make sure that the regulations don't get fixed. Our capitalistic health-care system increases in cost about 20 percent every year. Soon it will constitute one-fifth of our gross national product. Why would anyone want to change that?
The economy is closely tied to our health care. The health care reform is critical to us and our country. IF a public option is included in the reform, President Obama gets my A. IF the health care reform is nothing but a public plan, President Obama gets my A+.
200 down 1260 to go. I pray for this country......
Dont worry soon enough he will be at alltime lows again. The American people will see exactly what type of person they elected, Obamamania is still going strong right now and yet his ratings keep dropping. Just wait until the impatience of the American people catches up to him, then we will see how popular Obama is. Have fun with your 1 term Mr. President.
His approval will continue to drop at the same rate his spending deficits go up.
He lies and the people know it.
Weeeeeeee. Watch his numbers slide. If the housing market was in a bubble, so was Obama's popularity. A lot of people who voted for him are openly wondering whether he is trying to sabotage our country. That's a pretty big decline in faith.
I don't understand why CNN's polls always include "an oversampling of African-Americans." Can anyone explain that to me?
That's what lying repeatedly, changing to socialism, and making racial comments will do for ya.
The republican party has turned into the nazi party in more ways than one.
They would rather vote for a war based on lies than for healthcare.
They're a horrible bunch of people.
56% wins elections, especially when the rival is at 32%.
Obama's ascendancy to the presidency is even worse than Jimmy Carter's. Both men are empty suits, full of pretty words and nothing more.
Free-Falling....
Sign that health care reform bill, Barry, and you won't recognize your polling numbers. Better start house-hunting, Obamessiah!
Spin. Spin. Spin.
These comments ought to be good. Let's see how many comments of "Polls Lie"; "Republicans just hate America"; "Who cares about the polls"; and "Nobody polled me" we get today.
Your polls are stupid.
Who are you polling??? Republicans? LOL
Just keep on reporting stories based on your opinions instead of what Obama really says and his numbers will drop even more.
Is CNN trying to destroy his presidency????
What gives, CNN? Why not stick to facts instead of opinions.
I'm not happy with everything he has done, but I still support Obama.
My first impression of Obama was a thoughtful, intelligent, articulate person who genuinely cares about his country and wants to do the right thing,
None of his mistakes, and he has made some, have changed my mind on that basic assessment. He is easily my favorite President of my lifetime.
Gee this is surprising. BoBo's numbers should be at an all time low shortly. When all the incumbents are voted an absolute statue...just sitting there taking up space while the new congress has to correct and reverse all the DAMAGE this stooge has already done!! In just 16 days!!!
I'm beginning to have serious doubts about this polling that is so important to CNN. And no, I don't trust so called "independent" pollsters anymore than I trust those "outraged" town hall meeting attendants.
Is anyone surprised by this? Stimulus that isn't stimulating. Spending out of control. Health care reform that anyone with health insurance doesn't want any part of. Cap and Trade that does nothing for the environment without China and India participating. More deaths in Afganistan than ever before. Wait until Americans are asked to pay for this next year. His numbers will plummet.
The adminstration says the "incline is not as steep", that's because employment and the economy are on the DECLINE.
Im sorry "just " 50 % of Americans say his economic policies will not help the economy. That one word"just" shows the slant here.
Please report it for what it is (give the percentages and tell us if that is up or down from the last polling.) We are smart enought to make our own conclusion.
If the polls were better, we would be seeing documentaries , life stories, with title like "Barack Obama, the best ever?"
Keep up the opposition folks, reclaim your common sense and your largely conservative/moderate leanings. Rejecting extremism and socialism is not an embrace of Republicans, but it is an embrace of protecting the core of this remarkable country.
Much of this disapprovel is from people like us that dont want any compromise and want single payer only and nothing less.We dont care what the industry thinks,they have been robbing people for years.We have this to say for the GOP and bluedogs too,G.F.Uselves.
Considering the constant barrage of negativity from the conservatives, seven points is not bad at all.
And the land slide losses to his approval rating will keep on coming as people realize they were sucker punched by this inexperienced Liberal over spender who wants to destroy this country with his social agenda that we DON'T want!
You are doing great, Mr. President. I look forward to the next 100 days with you at the helm.
I think it's a little more than 7 points.
Obama and his cronies are wrong to espouse policies to tax/tax/tax and spend/spend/spend money the US doesn't have. They just can't even think along the lines of decreasing spending. What fools - typical democrats.
The questions are loaded ...
Do you approve of the Presidents policies? No.
Ok how about, do you think these difficult steps are necessary? Yes
Do you think the President has affected the economy? No
Ok then Do you think the President will affect the economy? Yes
All these polls tell me is people don't like to do this stuff. Just like no one wants to pull an all nighter for a test or work 18 hrs a day to get your product out the door ot combine your fields for 3 dsys w/out sleep. It stinks but you gotta do what you gotta do.
He still is the best President we ever had. I feel so happy he is in charge.
What kind of freaking survey is this!?! Obama is the president and the Demon-crats have controlled the house and senate for some time now, so how is it the Republicans fault!?! CNN is so biased!!
Polls are polls, the fact that this approval rating changed so much shows how easily swayed voters are. These numbers do not always reflect the reality of how the president is doing his job.
No surprise there, with what he is trying to cram down our throats. The economy is getting better? Only if you are already out of a job. Then you didn't lose one last week.
Finally, the Obama kool-aid is wearing off, and people are starting to wake up and see who this guy really is. Most of us were really rooting for him...but he has turned out to be the worst President in my lifetime...and and exuded secrecy, sweet-heart deals and played politics. So his policies are awful and he isn't the "post-political" guy we thought he was.
Well, I think you are polling only the Republician party. I think our President is doing a good job all things considered and I believe things are going to get better. If congress would stop acting like children (especially the GOP's) and work together to get the country back on a positive track (you know JOBS, JOBS, & JOBS) , afterwards they can then play politics. If congress (especially the GOP's) would apply critical thinking skills toward a resolution to our JOBS LOSS Problems, instead of constantly criticizing the state of our economy, which their party created, then taxes from JOBS GAINED could contribute to the deficit that the GOP pretends to worry about, and then and only then should politics continue (you know lying on each other, etc). In other words, GOP please stop the bickering and let's work together to get some jobs back to the USA.
PLEASE!!!!
wow that proves he's human, but his approval rating is still higher than the Republicans, Congress, and at last check even Sarah Palin's so you just ride with the flow. I just don't recall a new president getting this much critical observation in his first 7 months. Man, is he going to have a poll every week for the next 4 years?
Apparently 56% of Americans are very generous in overlooking the administration's $50 billion failure keeping American automakers out of bankruptcy and then their patience with a continuing rise in unemployment in spite of throwing mountains of money at it. They will not be so generous when they see that the cost of "health care for everybody" is higher than what we have today and lower quality than what they are used to. That will be difficult to blame on the Republican party, but I do have confidence in Axelrod.
In the next 7 days it will drop 100 points.
Since expectations were so high this is to be expected and is normal in a change of party election. Since the Republicans would say the sky is green if Obama said it was blue I don't think the numbers are bad. I often wonder if FDR had as much trouble with the naysayers when he was elected.
Obama helped save my savings acount.
say what you want about the bail-outs but they saved my family our nest egg. Not only mine, but millions and millions of Americans. Obama was smart in chosing the team he has in place. What i learned in the last 100 days is that main-street and wall-street are not nearly as far apart as I once thought. MSM (middle class America) have a large part of their savings in market accounts. I give the Obama team a B+ for the second 100 days.
Since Nov. 5th 2008, the Republicans have been SET on opposing and criticizing the President. They planned on employing the "throw everything against the wall and see what sticks" strategy in the hopes of doing ONE thing...get seats back in Congress. They do not care about how their critical, power-hungry tactics affect average Americans. Pres. Obama has done more, and with integrity, than any President in my lifetime to help average Americans. And the Republicans have done nothing but block, criticize and offer no credible ideas. Unfortunately, fear and ignorance has once again prevailed in this health care debate. BUT, if you think that Democrats, especially women and minorities, are going to sit back and allow Republican crazy talk to bring the President down or lead to a one term Presidency, you are smoking crack. We will cry out with one thunderous voice, fill the streets and pour into the polling places to make sure that doesn't happen. Don't undersestimate Pres. Obama's base. WE WILL NOT BE DENIED!!
It's too bad half our country are idiots, bigots and racist rednecks. They can give Bush 8 years to run our country into the ground in a number of ways, but can't give Obama more then 7 months to clean up the mess without loosing patients. How unfortunate so many can't see the bigger picture. Yet again they are proving to the rest of the world what's not to like about Americans.