Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's overall approval rating remains in the mid-40s, where it has been since July, and he continues to receive much higher marks for foreign policy than for domestic issues, according to a new national survey out one year before he is up for re-election.
A CNN/ORC International Poll released Tuesday indicates that 52% of all Americans approve of how the president is handling the situation in Iraq, an indication that Americans tend to favor Obama's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from that country by year's end. Forty-eight percent of those questioned approve of how he is handling the war in Afghanistan. By contrast, only 35% have a positive view of his economic track record, and just 38% approve of how he is handling health care policy.
Full results (pdf)
It all adds up to an overall 46% approval rating for the president, with 52% saying they disapprove of how Obama is handling his job in the White House.
"That's par for the course for Obama, whose overall approval rating has been hovering in the mid 40s in every CNN poll conducted since June," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.
In comparison to recent incumbents running for re-election, Obama's 46% approval ranks above only Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford - who both lost their re-election bids - in November of the year before an election. Most incumbents who were re-elected had an approval rating above 50% a year before the election. But George W. Bush, at 50%, and Richard Nixon, at 49%, also won re-election, and Bush's father George H.W. Bush had a 56% approval rating yet lost to Bill Clinton the following year.
"Translation: while the approval rating is an important indicator of a president's strength, it is not a foolproof predictor of election results," Holland said.
See how Obama's number stack up.
The poll indicates that the standard partisan divide over the president remains, with three-quarters of Democrats giving Obama a thumbs up but only 15% of Republicans approving of the job he's doing in office. By a 54%-42% margin, independent voters disapprove of how the president's handling his duties.
Women are divided on how Obama's performing, but men disapprove by a 55%-43% margin. White Americans give Obama a thumbs down by a 61%-36% margin, with non-white Americans give the president a thumbs up by a more than 2-1 margin.
The CNN poll was conducted by ORC International from November 11-13, with 1,036 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
– CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
These polls mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING one year away from a general election. VERY MISLEADING and lean more to FALSE according to CNN truth squad!
it makes sense that his approval ratings are low...people in this country don't follow politics and don't know what the filibuster is, so they probably think hes doing nothing
Plain and simple: Republicans certainly aren't giving me an alternative to vote against President Obama. To the contrary, actually.
what has Obama done to elevate his poll status? its easier to list the things that have brought him down.
This just proves the value of the media and their constant manipulation of events to shape information. The majority of Americans support president Obama yet this "POLL" shows he is not – so CNN – which is it ? The other thing is the media panders to the squeeky wheel while ignoring facts, Pres Obama did not – repeat did not create this economic disaster (as has been proven) yet the media is happy to allow this misinformation to grow without so much as a word.
Riding the fence between right and wrong in how you diseminate the news one day is going to catch up with you!
This Pres is soon to be a one and done !
The right questions are:
1) What is the approval ranking of the republican congress?
2) Do you think that the republicans are working to improve the country or their own political interests?
3) Would you vote for a republican after seeing all of the obstruction and lack of solutions for the country?
Oooh... big headline! Inherited the worst economy in decades (possibly EVER) and the opposition has made his ouster their major goal (rather than helping to improve the economy). What a SHOCK his numbers are low... and yet they (the opposition) refuse to field a decent candidate for 2012.
Robert Jay no he did not create this problem, yet he has done nothing to remedy it either. He was too engrossed with wasting time on vacations and on the monster Health care reform bill (his legacy). God forbid that bill gets killed by the Supreme Court he would than have accomplished exactly none of his promises.
Their low b/c he's moved way too far to the right.
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MEKI60 I am going to go with your assertion just for the sake of debate, I have to ask because it is easy as you have said here. What is it that POTUS has done that could easily explain, some say low poll numbers, if you can please be specific.
Yes, but remember, the GOP has never had such wrong-headed, extreme and wildly-unpopular policies as they do now. They won't put forth an even modestly reasonable or capable person as the GOP nominee. People will choose the level-headed Obama over any of the GOP contenders.
Just look at the approval ratings for Congress. You think this country is going to elect a president to empower the House GOP to put forth policies that have already been so widely rejected?
The Presidents problem is the economy but it will get better and he will win re-election,compared to these sorry GOP canidates
He'll be fine.. a new Rasmussen poll had him at 50-49 yesterday.. voters will realize that we can't trust the Republicans.. and with the nutjobs they have running, President Obama is a shoe-in for 2012.. those guys won't step a foot near the white house lawn..
I will not vote for presdient obama 2012 cause obama are not stronger with his enmcony. But he is still very weak
It will be fascinating to watch the spin from the left next year if (as expected) unemployment remains at, or above, 9%. I suspect they'll scream and squawk that he could get things done if it wasn't for those nasty Republicans. Well guess what, there are way more Republicans than there are Obamas. It's highly doubtful that enough Republicans are going to lose to "allow" Obama to do what he wants.
Has Obama even had a chance to MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD? NO. 245 fifibusters and counting, Our #1 goal is to make President Obama a 1 term President. 2012 can't get here fast enough. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Five days on the website, no earmarks or veto, CSPAN cameras during all health care debate that ALWAYS includes both sides, no lobbyists in his administration, never raise the debt ceiling, never raise taxes during a recession, bring people together no more partisan vitriol or class warfare, never military action without congressional approval, never private campaign funds too corrupting.......and five hundred other whoppers suprising poll numbers? NOT!!
SO TRUE!:
Judge Dread
The right questions are:
1) What is the approval ranking of the republican congress?
2) Do you think that the republicans are working to improve the country or their own political interests?
3) Would you vote for a republican after seeing all of the obstruction and lack of solutions for the country?
Why don't they ask which news outlet pollsters listen to? People's opinions of the President's job are based upon what they hear from the media. Right wingers obviously get their 'news' from extremists like Limbaugh, Beck, etc. These are the people who get ratings based upon creating divisions, instead of accurate reporting.
They are irresponsible in their rhetoric and are a disservice to our nation. They are traitors, who only spread propaganda for profit .
Worst person to ever hold the office........
Robert Jay???? Really???? You're spouting bias from the media AGAINST Obama???? Are you joking???? Yes, this started in the previous regime....but he's had 2 1/2 years to clean it up and it not ony has not been cleaned up.....it's gotten worse. There has not been one single improvement in the jobs market, housing market, infastructure, or economy in general since the great BHO took office.
What about that worthless band of bums in congress? No mention of the latest poll on what the 1% think of the worthless, lousy congress in history... because they dont want to expose the real truth....
To TwM – 20 straight months of job growth vs lossing 750,000 a month by the previous administration is a great, I repeat great accomplishment.
Of course his numbers are low, the American economy isn't going to be fixed by magic and that upsets a lot of stupid people out there.
Even thhough Obama's approval is in the mid-40's it's still better than congress. Time to move on and get something done around. COMPROMISE ALREADY!!!
no jobs...no jobs...no jobs... if blacks and a few left wings groups didnt have blindlers on.. i would be around 10 %
Once Obama gets to debate the winner of the republican circus, he will tear them apart on every issue they disagree with him on. They can't even debate each other effectively let alone compete with a master debater.
"By a 54%-42% margin, independent voters disapprove of how the president's handling his duties."
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Sayonara, Obama. It's been real, but it hasn't been real nice.
Polls are nice....
Obama 2012. Seriously America.
If he continues to do the opposite of what needs to be done, then it will lead to his own sinking. Pushing this Pacific Trade Deal, after what happened with NAFTA, will not win him any more votes for example. He needs to fix NAFTA like he promised he would do in the last election...
Who did the poll?
Who was polled?
What kind of pol was it?
I know for a fact that I wasn't asked whether or not I approved of Obama.
As a matter of fact I dont personally know anybody who was polled.
What does this poll mean?
Nonwhites approve of how Obama is doing by 2 to 1. This says it all right here, the first election was won by non-whites, this election will be decided by us non-whites as well. Sorry, but White people are becoming the minority in each country.
They are low because people are merely answering the questions honestly. Obama is a complete waste of time, air, and space. I can't think of anyone I'd not vote for over this idiot. I'm a conservative republican and I'd vote for Hillary in a second and welcome her with open arms if it meant getting rid of Obama. His "transparent" administration has been anything but.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
These polls mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING one year away from a general election. VERY MISLEADING and lean more to FALSE according to CNN truth squad!
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I seem to recall this very same thing being said months before the 2010 elections as well. Prepare yourself for Obama's humiliating defeat in one year. You have been warned.
Polls – that's when you call a bunch of landline numbers and ask the old people what they think. Means nothing but a waste of our time.
Never in recent History has a first term President been re-elected with such low approval ratings. Funny how some Liberals denounce polls when the news isn't what they want to hear!
it will go to 200% when he is finally compared to what ever moronic clown the GOP puts up.
When asked about the poll results, Barry voted "present".
His numbers are actually pretty high considering all the good that he's done, for example Solyndra, over 600 MILLION DOLLARS gone down the drain. Border patrol agents killed with guns provided by his administration and Eric under the operation Fast and Furious. Fannie and Freddie, bailed out every year he's been in the peoples White House and now they are once again asking for a bailout and at the same time getting a bonus. Yes he manned up and ordered the termination of OBL and Gaddafi no big loss to the planet. He's taken away peoples right to freedom of choice and put mandatory items in place, so much for our personal freedoms, thank you for violating our rights. So looking at this short list, his numbers are a little higher then they should be. But the idiots that voted for him before will be bought off and they will vote again for this anti-American, and I'm not talking about where he was hatched I'm talking about destroying what the American Revolution was all about.
The question(s) voters need to ask themselves is whether or not they think the economy is better or worse than it was on the day Pres. Obama was sworn in.
And, exactly whose economic policies have really been in place for the past 3-4 years? So far, Republicans have forced Obama to govern like a conservative on domestic and economic issues. There have been no tax increase, only tax cuts during Obama's first term due to Republican filibusters on everything that didn't fit their ideology.
Did bin Laden come back to life? No? Then Obama will be re-elected. Nobody polled me. I'd vote for him just to watch the GOP cry.
I just love poll stories because poll stories provide no actual useful information. Most poll stories are used by news organizations or reporters that prefer one candidate over another. As Mr. Holland says "It is not a foolproof predictor of election results". I go by action. The President has done everything he can to get the job done. The Congressional Republicans have done nothing. They have not helped one single person or community or business. Their obstructionist agenda is pure politics and they are sacrificing the welfare of the state to gain power. I’d be ashamed to be Republican in Congress right, I guess my parents raised me right.
One and done! He is the second coming of Jimmy Carter as one of the least experienced and clueless Presidents we ever had. Sorry Dems, it is not a party thing over here!
Obama 2012 Landslide. The GOP is a joke. You have 8 dawarfs and snow white.
us1776 wrote:
Their low b/c he's moved way too far to the right.
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Has he? Or has he been pushed to the right by Republicans playing brinksmanship?
These things happen when you suck. Only 1 more year to go of this disaster.
Obama has been Judged a loser. He goed down to the history books tied with Jimmy Carter for worst POTUS in the last century.
I can`t believe his approval rating is as high as 46%!! I would think more like a 30% fringe approval...
Look what the republicans done for american people. Who cares about the poll why the republicans congress is a do nothing congress.
President Obama is doing a good job with these do nothing congress.
That's rich, Robert jay, it's all those far-right news outlets, CNN, NBC, etc. who are making the public dislike the President's job performance. He inherited a recession, and made it worse. Inherited a big deficit, and made it worse. Inherited two wars, made them worse and added a third. Inherited a flawed health care system, and made it worse. How could anyone disapprove?
Hell must be full of Republicans.
The polls are misleading. If they are trying to conduct a survey, instead of calling in by land line, try cellphones or even text. Almost everyone owns a cellphone. Obama is doing an excellent job considering that he is cleaning up past presidents' mistakes; it will take more than 2 years guys. May I also add that Romney is a hypocrite, decide on your platform, stay concrete.
That's because everyone has to blame someone...Hell did you really need an H2 or an escalade in the mid 2000's...I'm not blaming Bush either...As A country we are more into bucking the system, tattoos...making it to the pros in B-Ball. .If you don't want go to school, why not learn a skill such as woodworking, plumbing something that rich people won't and can't do... hone that skill and charge the crap out of them...That's how you get money out of them and back into the system...sitting around having hoop dreams,Tattoos and listening music is going to eventually get you a job at Walmart for 13 bucks a hour! Get ass up and do something...point the finger at you...I know I am and I regret not pushing myself more....
Barack Hussein Obama
Shocking that 46% of any sample of Americans could approve of President Obama. I guess there are more union hacks and layabouts than I thought. Fortunately, he is a lame duck POTUS and will spend the next year doing the only thing he does well, campaigning. Let's face it, this country might not be able to survive anymore of his failed policies. Come 2012, Mitt is going to put this country back on the right track but he will have his work cut out for him thanks to Barry.
One and done! He is the second coming of Jimmy Carter as one of the least experienced and clueless Presidents we ever had. Sorry Dems, it is not a party thing over here!
Why aren't more nuanced questions asked in these polls? I can think of two right off-hand. Do you disapprove of Obama because he's been far too conservative or far too compromising with conservatives? Will you vote for Obama regardless of your disapproval of him?
I might disapprove of Obama, but I'm certainly going to be voting for him given his opposition.
Loling , but Obama approval rating remains in the mid-40s, loling , sorry I don't understand how it is that High . More people I ask about Obama , " the more I find Can't stand him !
Obama lied, the economy died.
The Republicans in Congress and the Republican Presidential field has spent three years beating up on Obama, questioning everything he tries to do. They even claim he is not an American citizen.
Of course, his approval numbers are down. Fortunately, he has chosen to be President and solve problems. Once he is out there telling his story, his numbers will go up. That is exactly what happened with Reagan, Clinton, and the Bushes.
Republicans and their Congress bring nothing to the game but obstructionism , bumper sticker slogans and the same old protectionist blah, blah for the top 1%.....Solutions? Not so much...
But wait! They do have Grover Norquist who has them all signing anti Girl Scout Cookie revenue pledges.
The Tea Party division of the same lacks any leadership coherency whatsoever and is wholly baffled
by anything beyond middle-school civics. Ya, that's an ooops alright.....
Anyone who thinks he is as high as the mid-40's is full of it. He is about to get slammed once all the evidence of Solyndra, fast and furious and some of the other examples of major corruption in this administration come out. At some point the media will have to show the ineptness, deceitful, and juvenile characteristics of this administration for what they are. As a black woman who voted for the first black man because I believed the hype I will never vote again out emotion. Next time I will vote with someone who has actually accomplished something like Cain who turned a bankrupt company into a fortune 500 company...
this just proves that the typical american citizen has no clue as to what is going on.
To believe that Obama caused this Economic Mess is NUTS! Anyone has to be Delusional to believe that that GOP has any interest in the middle class....I just can't believe that Americans would be stupid enough to give the Keys to the Kingdom back to the GOP. I won't believe that...In fact, I see the Wing Nuts in the Tea Party leaving the scene much sooner than later.
I voted for Obama last election, biggest mistake of my life. i was taken in by his smooth talk, Truns out that all he has going for him. This time around whoever the Republican is, I am voting for him. I am an independent. that believs in voting for the best one that I like.
Doesn't matter what Obama's poll numbers are...I'M STILL VOTING FOR HIM AGAIN!
OBAMA 2012!!!
@ Debbie.....you are so uniformed.
For good reason, his theatrics don't work anymore. Went to the well to many times Odumbo.
Fortunately the GOP will be putting up a stong alternative: either Willard 'Flip Flop' Romney, Herman 'Spermin' Cain, Michelle 'Flake' Bachmann, Rick 'Oops' Perry, Ron 'Let Him Die' Paul, or Newt 'Gasbag' Gingrich.
To TwM,
what can ONE man do agaisnt a blockade? Be real and admit you do not like Obama, period. The uninformed level of information on these blogs is crazy-did anyone go to school to actually READ something instead of listen to the media? We have gone global people-no replubican can control or fix this situation we are in.Especially a republican-controlled Senate hellbent on self-destruction.
Yesterday they showed information on the Republican candidates, so it only makes sense that they try to come up with a comparable article today about the sitting President.
Also Mitch McConnell main object is not the country it's to make President Obama a 1 term president good job "turtle"
I thought President Obama didn't have enough experience...Hence Cain...a pizza maker with no foreign policy...How many terrorists and plots has this administration exterminated? Still aint good enuf for racist YT....YT you can relax now
you don't have vote for a true Black President now...you can pull out your racist card again. Too bad Cain didn't see it coming you can play with the white kids, but ya can't go home to dinner with them....
Judge Dread – here's your answers.
1)The Senate has a democratic majority...thus your statement of a Republican congress is incorrect. The House has a Republican majority. That makes it a mixed congress.
2)All politicians are looking out for their own political interest...if you think democrats are any different than republicans in this respect, then you're politics are clearly partisan.
3)Yes, I'd vote for a Republican...I'd also vote for a Democrat...or an Independent. It's not the party I'm voting for...
President Obama thinks too much and feels too little. He' s a very reasonable man, very decent, and very honest; but he's out of touch with how people in this country feel. He also has a bad habit of avoiding confrontations and would rather compromise with his adversaries than kick them in the balls. He gets low marks for not standing up to the right wing opposition by representing the hopes of the people who elected him to office. The old saying that nice guys finish last seems somehow appropriate for President Obama. And, unfortunately, what's true of President Obama seems to apply to the democratic party as a whole. They are too meek and self-conflicted to be of any value.
That's because the disloyal opposition has made it their reason for living making him look bad instead of, oh, you know, GOVERNING THE COUNTRY??? this says a lot more about the rethugs than it does about Obama, whose only real mistake was believing the rethugs were interested in working together to help the American people. silly Obama. let's hope he doesn't make this mistake again.
You libs can hang on to your fantasies as long as you like, doesn't change the FACT that he WILL be gone in 2012
What do people expect? Stocks have gone up 6 trillion since he got into office(after going down 4 trillion during GW's 8 years), the top 3 Al Queda terrorists have been eliminated...The GM bailout worked out economically very well and possibly saved over a million jobs..Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt have converted to Democratic possibilities without U.S. boots on the ground or many $ spent...and when you compare him to the buffoons that the GOP is putting out there on the stage, would you really want one of those people representing our country to the rest of the world?...Wake up, this president, with what he has had to work with, has done a terrific job!
See, I don't want to vote for Obama, but I don't want to vote for anyone on the Republican side either. The only person I think I might vote for is Ron Paul except that I really don't agree with a couple of things he believes in... I really don't know what to do....
to Debbie,
Your opinion is respected, but you are ill-informed. Your answer is clearly juvenile and uneducated. Again, we (US) are not the center of the universe anymore. Take away the color and what do you have-a white man screwing up. As the saying goes, WE emulate our masters....
Debbie, how do you feel about the retirement fund that Cain presided over when he was on the board of that company (name escapes me...). The fund tanked cuz it was invested in the company instead of being diversified as a proper retirement fund should be. And he helped spread millions to the top execs just before the company laid off hundreds of workers. Imagine how many jobs could have been saved if they hadn't padded the executive compensation packages! So how do you feel about Cain doing that? Is that the kind of accomplishment you're looking for?
No wonder his ratings remain low. He thinks Hawaii is Asian.
People had better start thinking for themselves and pay attention to whats really going on in the world around us.the media is more bias than ever and you can hardly believe anything they say,can America be saved??Not with the leadership in congress what a sad time for our country.
This poll would mean something IF there was a somewhat viable GOP candidate, but those clowns over there are slim pickings to say the least. Obama will be re-elected no doubt.
Look at the final hour political stunt that the president is doing to improve his image! Any attempt to improve his rating at this hour would remain negative and futile. It will always be political expediency that will cause more hemorrhage till the polls! The electorate are wise enough to select a new WH tenant!
I agree, these Polls mean NOTHING!!!! Pres. Obama IS the BEST MAN for the job!!!! He is a true intellect who thinks and works for the average American! People need to listen to the facts and stop watching FOX NONews, Rush Limpballs (he is a drug addict for heaven's sake!) and the likes of them because they are destroying the middle class with their lies! People you have got to start thinking for yourselves!
I love all the obstructionist charges the liberal posters make; you have this idea that if someone disagrees with your policies they are obstructing you- we are allowed to have other opinions. The democrats had their time to ram through what ever they wanted when they controlled both chambers and apparently jobs wasnt at the top of the list. Now
Does not matter. Voters are faced with another lackluster, but safe, four years with Obama, or gambling on one of the assorted unknown whackjobs representing the GOP. Obama will win reelection without much issue. The GOP has done a bang up job of scaring away anyone not already in their extremist camp. It is unfortunate that GOP candidates must be so extreme to get the GOP blessing. By then, they have positioned themselves so far right that preachers are scared.
LOL...Gallop has him at 41% and he spent most of October at 38%....
He's not that great a president...
I did not know that his approval ratings were that high. There must be a lot of foolish people out there that do not see him as he is. For those people, I have a bridge to sell you.
Oh Democrats never obstructed legislation when they were in power, never filibustered..
Give me a break. All elected officals in DC are bums,, all of them..
Amongst other government poll ratings (Congress at 8%, states vary, etc), 46% is actually quite high. Considering his potential opponents in 2012, I'd say President Obama gets his second term. Slam dunk!
With the present GOP candidates I don't think anyone needs to worry.... if there was a strong GOP or independent candidate it would be a different story..... America will choose a candidate that will make us proud.... look at them all and you decide who would you like to represent America?
Question to TwM-HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO FILL THE GRAND CANYON ?? this is the hole that Bush/republicans left behind for President Obama to fill. Also do you work 24/7-the President does,so drop the BS about him wasting time on vacation you republicans/tea-baggers are beating a dead horse on that subjest. The health care reform bill have help my grandson because he was born with a medical problem and the insurance companies call it pre-exitence condition and he was not able to get health insurance,but now under this new bill he is cover. The problem with the American people(white) in reference to this President ,he will never be worth a damn in their eyes but to the rest world he has done a good job with what he has to work with. Also now here the big one!!! who in the hell in they right mind would vote for the sorry ass republicans/tea-baggers running against him in 2012.
CNN, PLEASE STOP PUSHING THE FALLACY THAT OBAMA IS MAKING THE DECISION TO WITHDRAW US FROM IRAQ! This was a date that was set quite some time ago. It's basically the Iraqi government that is telling us it's time to go.
Obama you have my vote, and no one ever polls my opinion.
If this month were October, 2012, this poll would be important. It's not October 2012, and this poll is not important. It is just a way for people who work at CNN to justify their paycheck.
There's a very basic problem when trying to use these number to predict Nov 2012: Disapproving the way the President is doing his job has nothinig to do with approving the ideas of the other candidate. Case in point: 30% of Liberals (read the Full Results) disapprove the way Obama is handling Health Care, anyone here thinks that they will approve the Republican's ideas on Health Care, much less vote for them?
"Americans tend to favor Obama's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from that country by year's end." Obama's decision???Another great spin by CNN. What CNN has forgotten to indicate with this statement is that US-IraqStatus of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is what is really getting the troops out by the end of this year. It establishes that U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011, subject to possible further negotiations which could delay withdrawal and a referendum scheduled for mid-2009 in Iraq which may require U.S. forces to completely leave by the middle of 2010. This was all passed and ratified December 2008 by Iraq which was of course prior to Obama getting into office. I love the media pro Obama spin.
Clinton was exactly right. What a fairy tale Obuma has been.
Anyone with eyes can see he is an utter failure...
And to Debbie, you need to check your facts on Solyndra, this administration did absolutely nothing wrong and the evidence will show that. The DOE program that Solyndra was part of was started under the Bush administration (which is one of the few things I give Bush credit for). Solyndra is a big fat NON story.
The media is feeding this frenzy. President Obama is one of the most intelligent presidents of all time. Yet, CNN (claims to be keeping them honest) is nothing more than a propaganda machine. It is unfortunate because many people such as myself knows exactly what stations like CNN and Fox are doing. Why destroy America for one man. Don't you all realize that America will continue to exist long after 2016.
Where are the jobs Boehner? Remember....jobs, jobs, jobs. What a fukin lie.....you republicans that can't see through your traitorous party are just as much traitors as they are. Boehner, McConnell, Cantor, Cain, Romney, Bush, Cheney.....what a sterling cast of integrity and patriotism. TRAITORS
The Day CNN calls me for a poll....
I'll post a BREAKING NEWS...
Hey, does CNN realize the old farts they are calling might not be around come election day... BBM me, MSM me, text me CNN and we will talk.
Bye bye O blame O don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out
Romney 2012
So white-mostly republicans-males actually support Rush Limbaugh and Mitch McConnell that the operative politics of the last 3 years is not to try and fix America better, but to do things which makes Obama fail. Great for them if they are rewarded with a victory next November. Bad for America if this becomes the political normal; pull the elected winners down and the voters reward you, and the cycle continues a race to the bottom-less pit.
He's one of the lucky ones. Doesn't matter how low his rating is...he'll win the whitehouse again..just look back how he became a senator of IL then president BO.
I'm with the 46% that think Obama has done great with what he has to work with. With the other side not being bipartisan and congress having the worst rating in history I can understand why nothing is getting done. I'm one who disagrees with the Tea Party... I will be voting for Obama next election and it will take a new congress to get anything done in Washington.
Obama, you made a lot of people believed that you were different, that you were going to make the changes that the people were expecting for so many years and, at the end you just proved that you are no different from the other presidents. I met many young people who voted for you because they believed in you. You disappointed them big times, now these people do not believe on anybody. I don't want to mention your foreign politics because they are terrible. One example is the Palestinian state. You are in the hands of the Jewish lobby like the rest of the previous presidents. Obama, shame on you.
Finally America is waking up and realizing that Obama was just another figurehead on stage proclaiming "hope" and "change" like everyone else before him to gain votes, but it all boiled down to the same red tape and beaurocracy our government spews. Smoke and mirrors.
The reason that deadbeat obamas ratings are low is the fact that he has done nothing in the countrys best interest.This loser has grown government beyond reason instaed of decreasing the role of big brother in our lives. Everything he has done has prolonged our economic growth with all the regulations and laws like the corrupt bogus obamacare bill that's going to drive price of healthcare up not down.Besides not having a clue how to do this job, this loser goes around the world slaming the American people saying that we have gotten lazy and apologizing to anybody that would listen.All those losers that support deadbeat obama seem to like socialism because that what he is pushing for , european style government and look where they are at now.
Come on Debbie you want to be the first black woman outside his marriage to run his hand up you dress,come on now fess up to it, oh you have to have blond hair. If I was a betting man I would bet everything I own that you are not black and I'm willing to bet you shave in the morning. You will be the only one voting for this imbeclie and in reference to accomplishing something MR. OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU CAN GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!!!!
Someone write down the date and time! A GOP candidate not saying the very same thing as all of the other GOP candidates!! Its a miracle!
Mr. Cain has reached his maximum capacity.
Quit now or keep fighting a fight that he knows he can't win ?
Stop whining and accept your faults! Republicans have their part to play in this economic disaster more than anyone! Mr. Obama Did NOT create the problem, but he is definitely OPENING DOORS to SOLUTIONS! My Repubs need to have a lil talk with JESUS and sit down and SHUT-UP 4 a minute In HIS NAME!!! AMEN!!!
Read my lips. OBAMA 2012 Landslide!!!!!! All of you hate mongers out there you will need to move to another country. 4 more years 4 more years of OBAMACARE!!!! Love it or leave. I chose to stay and love it. The rest of you guys who hate Obama can just move to New Zealand and live with the HOBBITS!!!
Obummer is a fraud and a Socialistic shill for the Muslims – he should have never been elected. $5 TRILLION BORROWED DOLLARS WASTED. Economy is in the toilet and he thinks the dumb people will elect him again – WRONG.
Ron Paul 2012!
This is the nail in the coffin bro, take a hike.
Give him till tomorrow. He'll be saying he ment the opposite.
and they should stay low. Obama isn't leading this country, he's dividing it. That's what America gets when they elected a campaigner with no experience.
... I think people would be happier with Obama and Clinton if they didn't let AIPAC and Israel run our foreign policy. They get a grade "F" for the blind support of the Zionist regime.
Some people may want to ignore Obama's success in the war on terror and preventing the economy from going into a depression but even these people can't ignore how bad this crop of GOP candidates are. That is why Obama will win a 2nd term......the failure of the GOP to find a credible candidate worthy of voting for.
As an independent, I'm very upset with the candidates that the GOP has put forth. In fact, its rather embarrassing to watch these debates and know that at one point – I actually had faith in the Republican party.
But you have to say one thing for the GOP – they definitely do well at smear campaigns. They have made Obama look weak and misguided. Any rational person understands that is not true, but nonetheless – I think poll numbers show how well the GOP has tainted Obama's image. I think a lot of independents (centrist, liberal, moderate) – are afraid to speak up and say – yes, I am voting for Obama simply because it *seems* that its not popular to do so.
If Huntsman wins the primary nod (not likely) – I will be voting for him. If not – I am most definitely voting for Obama. I'm not that ignorant to vote for a right-wing neocon who believes in trickle-down economics.
The results of these polls is misleading at best. My own approval rating of Obama is low, but IMO he's still far better than the alternatives that have been presented so far, so unless something changes drastically I'll vote for him again.
Numbers, 46 percent is a pretty large number of our populace. Is it a majority? No, but when you look at what was given to him on day one. Just imagine that ditch he described your car being in, the headwinds he had to face, especially after the midterm elections. I implore you all to read outside your idealogical boxes.
Well, workers do have the right to collective bargaining under the law, so I guess it's a good thing he supports the law. I don't understand how anyone could be against collective bargaining. Oh, wait – yeah – that's so the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. So we can eliminate the middle class and become a 2nd world nation.
When were we at our greatest as an economic power? When did we enjoy the highest standard of living? When the unions were most powerful. When work practices were fair and even-handed. It is no coincidence that, as unions have gone down-hill, so have working conditions and our economic standing in the world.
Obama needs to be thrown in Jail for fraud.
Most of us understand who continues to stall the economy and it isn't Obama. The magical thinking by GOP followers is crazy making. They blame Obama for everything under the sun; it's pretty entertaining but getting kind of boring. The GOP needs to take their nutjob candidates and step aside and let people who give a crap about this country move forward. Obama will win a 2nd term.
Keep drinking the Obamaland CoolAid people. Obama is an America hating communist muslim liar
Listen to Obamas speeches he never really says anything concrete. All generic phrases that mean jack squattt.
"Collective Hijacking"
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I was on a thread about the 2000 presidential election......
Obama thinks Hawaii is in Asia what a mor on
God's approval rating is only 52%, so Obama's is not too bad.
Al wrote:
His numbers are actually pretty high considering all the good that he's done, for example Solyndra, over 600 MILLION DOLLARS gone down the drain.
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Your credibility is highly suspect.
Everyone except the right wing blogosphere knows that the actual figure is just under $500M, that the program that enabled Solyndra to get the funds was created by Bush, that the Bush administration first selected Solyndra for application to the program, and that the Bush administration had approved Solyndra as participant in the program. The people running Solyndra were life-long Republicans.
Stimulus funds were used to pay for, and expand, the program begun under Bush. The companies in the program that failed to meet expectations were those chosen by the Bush administration.
I'm amazed at how many posters here are hoping for failure just to further some sort of us vs. them game they're playing in their heads.
Do yourself a favor, people. Base your decisions on hard data, not an a.m. radio daily talking point. You are all too obvious. Too much is at stake to treat our nation like some backwoods football game.
Fact is – Obama is NOT the worst president this country has seen by far. Obama did not cause the '08 economic collapse. Obama did not commit our country to 2 unfunded open-ended wars, financed by the Chinese. We did not go into a DEpression because of Obama. In fact, he brought us out of the hardest recession since the Great Depression. He saved the American auto industry, and private sector jobs have been gaining for over 2 years now.
Canada is going to sell their oil to China now , Thanks Obama... 20,000 jobs gone. I thought we couldn't wait anymore?
Oh thats right were waiting until after the election.
Jack squatt if Obama needs to be thrown in jail for fraud then the Bush Crime Family need to be sent to the HAGUE for war crimes against humanity.
The reason why the country is divide is because we are still an extremely racist country.
Hey Doc, It is Obama and his policy that continue to stall the economy. How soon you forget that the Dems had the House, Senate and POTUS and still here we are. Also, they still controll 2/3 of our government and you want to blame Republicans. Nice try, Obama loses in a landslide and deep down you all know it!
Just who are these 46%? What rock have they been living under?
As an independent voter, I cannot see me voting for any of the republican candidates. Obama's got this in 2012, no matter what Nate Silver says.
When it comes 2012 elect all new whos running. CLEAN HOUSE They all have to go. Elect all indenpents. It can't get any worse.
@ Debbie:
You keep baiting that hook Deb, we ain't biting!lol!
Love our President, and he will be re-elected.
That's right Debbie, don't vote for the guy that came in 1st in the last presidential election and saved the free-world economy from the second [R]-caused depression in the last century. No, instead vote for the guy that came in 10th in the grueling world of pizza corporations, whose biggest draw to you pinheads seems to be that he'd like to try to inflict on us again the same [R] failure that almost led to an economic depression 3 years ago.
If you are black, you are the dumbest black I've ever heard of. If I were you, I'd stick to the emotion because at least your heart was once fuller than your skull is now.
The dem have the majority and didn't care about job. All obama cared about the health bill. Now all he does is play the blame game of everything not being his fault. Obama is all big talk with little results. He never get involve with the debates on bills until the last minute and then take credit for bringing both side together.
That what I hate about him. He never gets his hands dirty and have other people do his work for him.
The first two years he could of made a difference and he blew it.
Is he agreeing with Scott Walker and removing collective bargining? I don't think that did anything for the budget. Or is he saying that he is willing to be tough with those public employees who are covered by unions? It is baffling as to what Cain believes. I wish it would be clear.
It is mind blowing that the Republicans are called obstructionists and are berated for blocking Obama agenda. They do the same thing when there is a Republican in the White House! I guess liberalism is a nice unreality to live in where the double standard is only considered a double standard when it goes agains them.
Well i teach the children America is racist compared to a lot of countries
mike proctor
Question to TwM-HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO FILL THE GRAND CANYON ?? this is the hole that Bush/republicans left behind for President Obama to fill. Also do you work 24/7-the President does,so drop the BS about him wasting time on vacation you republicans/tea-baggers are beating a dead horse on that subjest. The health care reform bill have help my grandson because he was born with a medical problem and the insurance companies call it pre-exitence condition and he was not able to get health insurance,but now under this new bill he is cover. The problem with the American people(white) in reference to this President ,he will never be worth a damn in their eyes but to the rest world he has done a good job with what he has to work with. Also now here the big one!!! who in the hell in they right mind would vote for the sorry ass republicans/tea-baggers running against him in 2012.
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HEAR! HEAR!!
Bravo Mike.
check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q&feature=email The so called american dream.
Obama don't deserve a second term and no different then that people he talk about playing politics. He in with the big bad corporation behind the scenes and very corrupt.
35% economy approval! He's got about nine months to get that up or he'll loss the White House. Any more problems with the economy or if the auto-triggers go into effect he will never recover. His leadership is the reason this whole debt crissess is being streached out and the economy faultering. If he was a good leader the consumer would be confident and the market would not swing wildly.
35% economy approval! He's got about nine months to get that up or he'll loss the White House. Any more problems with the economy or if the auto-triggers go into effect he will never recover.
Thank God President Obama is the responsible adult in the room taking rational, measured steps to methodically treat all the problems that "W"'s idi*cy and mismanagement left us with. Hopefully in his second term, President Obama will be better able to implement his vision of hope and change.
This happens when you poll trailer parks.
If you are black, you are the dumbest black I've ever heard of. If I were you, I'd stick to the emotion because at least your heart was once fuller than your skull is now.
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You kept throwing that line in the water hoping to get a bite Debbie, now see what you caught? An old fashioned tongue lashing.
Next!
lol
George W's job approval was in the upper 40ies in 2004 when he got re-elected.
Only at 25% at the lowest and average of 49% for his 8 years in office!
A lot of us have paid attention. We've seen the GOP play party and politics to the detriment of ecnonomic recovery. We watched their inability to work as adults in the debt ceiling crisis that they created that destabilized the market and cost us our AAA rating. We've seen that their plans will put more burden on the poor and middle class. We see them wanting to turn the taxpayer money in SS and Medicare over to private CEOs. We've seen them touting the same old trickle-down, deregulate nonsense that got us inthe mess and only helps increase the income gap as if it's some kind of solution.
Do they really think we aren't paying attention or do they really think they can play us with that nonsense again?
"We have gone global people-no replubican can control or fix this situation we are in.Especially a republican-controlled Senate hellbent on self-destruction."
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EXACTLY!! All of you hanging your hat on an alternative to Obama are delusional. We need this President as he is wordly and understands we are no longer the leader in the world and need to assimilate globally or else we are doomed.
I'll take Obama again considering the carnival sideshow that is playing over in the republican tent.
Why would Obama give a hoot? Even if he's a one-termer, he'll write books that will make him millions of $$$, go lecture at universities and foundations for more $$$, and serve on corporate or IGO boards to make even more $$$. He'll get his cushy presidential pension after just 4 years of running the economy into the ground, and the world will keep burning. Isn't that how this game has always been played by the top 1%?
CNN is a part of the Obama re-election campaign. Take their poll approval numbers on Obama and Dims, subtract 10-15%, and you will get some real world accuracy.
46 % approval---That's about the same as the percentage of people who live off the government teat.
cain the insane
So anyone who says that the country is worse off than 2008... ask them how? Are we still bleeding jobs like crazy? NO, twenty months of job growth. Are banks still failing? NO. Is Osama still in a cave? NO, actually watery grave. Is Obama still working on jobs and helping people who need help? YES. Now what is your conservative house (who stops any legislation from reaching obama desk) doing? Running their mouths. 2012 will be a easy choice once people pay attention and quit saying whatever comes next.
MSNBC (far left)attacks conservatives and Fox News (far right) spins all news to a position that attacks Obama. It is nice to have CNN to at least have a network that is completely (almost) unbased.