Obamas approval now deep into GW Bush territory

[Islandman]

His team better go find some "swift-boat" type stories pon Romney and Perry cause him not going to win re-election on his record.
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From msnbc.com

When Barack Obama unveils his jobs and economic plan to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he'll do so at the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

After the bruising debt-ceiling fight — as well as Standard & Poor's subsequent downgrade of the nation's credit rating — Obama's job approval rating has sunk to a low of 44 percent, a 3-point drop since July. His handling of the economy stands at a low of 37 percent. And only 19 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction, the lowest mark for this president.

Perhaps most ominously for Obama, a majority of poll takers — 54 percent — think he's facing a longer-term setback from which he's unlikely to recover. Back in January, just 39 percent agreed with that assessment.

Indeed, that 54 percent is virtually identical to George W. Bush's score on the same question in the Nov. 2005 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which was released just months after Bush's widely criticized handling of Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44401295/ns/politics/

[Westman]

Phoenix shall rise!

[Assasin]

warn unnu long time. Now a serious time. People on the left nuh have the vibes nuh more. Now he has to pull out all the stops. The only good thing is all the repubs are far too right for most people liking.

[MdmeX]

Him need to stop CHAT and ACT I find I'm watching the Weather Channel a whole lot more.

"Saying it and doing it are two different things"

[Hortical]

If the economy does not improve in a year, he will be a one term president.

[Islandman]

Except if he is running against an unelectable candidate, and there is still a reasonable probability of that happening.

[Assasin]

When he had time to point out some of the repubs and sell the difference in his policy, he was dining with them and acting like is a debate club. Them man deh only have one intention.

The people of America are willing to put up with common sense deficit reduction tools. Most people say they are willing to do some cuts and some raising of taxes yes the dems them can't sell that, including Obama.

[Hortical]

You are so unkind to Michele Bachmann and she would win Georgia, Alabama, Utah, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee & South Carolina convincingly.

[Sir X]

The President will be re elected , the alternatives are ridiculous , the republican congress will be a one term party , or the tea party that is.

Too far to the right and XPOSED ! people voted them in out of fustration , like Obama but out of all the elected ones , Obama seems the more rational.the people have seen it and felt it.

The only card they have is the economy and everyone knows the president is trying , what they also know is it wont turn around in a min as much as the repugs paint the picture of having a magic wand to do so with reducing taxes for the rich and cutting public spending.

None of that will spur growth, the rich & Big business will sit on their money , like the banks are doing now , cutting spending will put us back in a recession , because like it or not government spending at this time is good for the economy.

People need to factor in , that the rich are betting on a fiscal prudent president that will put them in good steed in the long run, They are business savy and most patriotic.Bill Gates & Co support the president for a reason and where and whom he votes with goes along way in the elitist class.



The alternatives wand look like a lashing whip against the back of the poor and middle class , a wand to the rich , Obama has hope on his side , those that want a quick fix and a wand will vote for the repugs , those that deal with patience , virtue and reality will stick with the President.Racist vitrol will be trumped by common business sense.It always is.

A suh mi see it.

[Islandman]

Perry is a very scary fellow too.

He has already already called for Texas to secede, say dat if Fed Chairman Bernanke come to Texas he might not leave in good health (I am paraphrasing here) and that Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. And he is the Republican frontrunner at this present time!


True, even Ronald Reagans corpse would win those states you named for the Republicans.

[Karl]

...and the GOP challengers have been on the campaign trail for a long while...backed by their anti-everything Obama senators and congressmen...while Obama is just about putting his foot out!

I expect things to turn around in a hurry come early next year. Surely Obama will not be turning the 'other cheek'? ...both of them dun bruise-up bruise-up so im mus start hittin back!

[Sir X]

I meant to say Warren Buffet not Gates , him injecting billions in Bank of America says it all and the repubs mocking his suggestion of the rich paying more , will rue that day.Where Buffet leans the american business leans , the man ave Bank of america in im pocket already, one of the biggest banks in america.

Rick Parry sound like George Bush on steriods , or Sarah palin on a strip pole ....dem leggo like leggo beast.

[Assasin]

The worlds alone nah do it. Obama need fi fet some big support and influencial people out there in his corner to fight fi him.

Obama need to explain to people that Bush wars and tax cut get us in this position. Bush even send money in check to the people at one time and with all these tax cut the economy was in a free-fall.

Obama need to explain to people that the states and county government are laying off most of the people currently that is affecting the economy as business is hiring. These includes teacher, police, firemen etc. When people shout cut government they are also talking about these services.

Them people yah memory short. He need to sell a mix package as just giving tax cuts will gurantee nothing. Obama have to prove to people that he can get something to move and he has some more backbone. The biggest problem Obama have is what will he achieve or at least promise in the next 4 years when he has such a hard time with either a democratic or republican congress?

Obama like to lead from the middle but now there is no middle him better do him thing and nuh care.

[Sir X]

LOL......dont believe the hype

[Islandman]

"Obama need to explain to people that Bush wars and tax cut get us in this position.Bush even send money in check to the people at one time and with all these tax cut the economy was in a free-fall. "

It is never that simple in politics and macro-economics. Its all well and good to say that but his problem is that the alternative that he has tried so far did not work well either. There is just as good an argument to be made that the stimulus and bailouts resulted in billions of dollars spent and the economy is still bad and unemployment has not improved much.

And if the argument is going to be that the stimulus should have been bigger, the obvious counter-argument is that the tax cuts should have been bigger. Ithink this tax cuts vs govt spending argument is overdone. None are guaranteed to work, either one can help depending on the circumstances. Unfortunately politics gets in the way of a reasonable debate on it.