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Fading Approval for the Obama Agenda

The American people are growing ever more skeptical about the Obama economic agenda.  Reports the Washington Post:

Barely half of Americans are now confident that President Obama's $787 billion stimulus measure will boost the economy, and the rapid rise in optimism about the state of the nation that followed the 2008 election has abated, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Overall, 52 percent now say the stimulus package has succeeded or will succeed in restoring the economy, compared with 59 percent two months ago. The falloff in confidence has been sharpest in the hard-hit Midwest, where fewer than half now see the government spending as succeeding. In April, six in 10 Midwesterners said the federal program had worked or would do so.

The tempered public outlook has not significantly affected Obama's overall approval rating, which at 65 percent in the new survey outpaces the ratings of Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at similar points in their tenures. But new questions about the stimulus package's effectiveness underscore the stakes for the Obama administration in the months ahead as it pushes for big reforms in health care and energy at the same time it attempts to revive the nation's flagging economy.

Let's hope the trend continues.  There still might be time to save the U.S. from bankruptcy!

Comments

SAE| 6.23.09 @ 11:11AM

Unless people are starting to suffer from legislation overload and are growing apathic, wait until his amnesty proposal comes out. Then you will really see a nosedive in his approval numbers.

Smitty| 6.23.09 @ 1:14PM

Only an idiot would believe a poll that shows Obama's approval rating at 65%; especially after all of his socialist BS of the last 5 months.

65% of Americans didn't vote for the clown in the first place.

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