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Gallup is out with a new poll finding that by a 51 percent to 46 percent margin, Americans don’t believe President Obama deserves to be re-elected. Among independents, 53 percent say he doesn’t deserve to win re-election. The results haven’t changed that much over the past few months and 2012 is a long way off. Plus, to defeat Obama, Republicans would have to field a candidate worth voting for. But at the minimum, this is another reminder of how far Obama’s star has fallen since he entered office with sky high approval ratings. And it can’t be good news for Democrats as the look toward this November’s midterm elections.
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Marsha| 6.18.10 @ 3:57PM
3 things:
1) DUH!
2) Thank goodness! Maybe Americans really are waking up.
3) PLEASE would a competent Republican step forward and run for President??
Eric Cartman| 6.18.10 @ 4:09PM
The emphasis Marsha:
http://static.open.salon.com/f.....387823.jpg
Nick Reynolds| 6.18.10 @ 4:56PM
Actually he didn't deserve election. I'll always consider his presidency a Teachable Moment.
Ben S.| 6.18.10 @ 4:56PM
"...for Democrats as theY look...."
Proofreading. Does NO one do it anymore?
I might have forwarded this to a friend, but when someone can't even spell properly it reflects poorly on the quality of their commentary.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 6.18.10 @ 6:19PM
Ben: Do you remember the movie Stripes? Let me take you back to the early 80's!!
Psycho: The name's Francis Soyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
Leon: Ooooooh!!
Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. And I don't like nobody touching my stuff. So just keep your meat-hooks off!! If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you. Also, I don't like nobody touching me. Now, any of you homos touch me, and I'll kill you.
Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis!!
Ben? Lighten up a little, you're starting to sound like a Psycho!! It's just called fat-fingering, that's all!! It happens!!
Nobama| 6.19.10 @ 3:04AM
I don't think Ben's very happy with the message, so he's attacking the messenger.
Tough tittos, Ben.
ECW| 6.18.10 @ 4:59PM
I hate to be "this guy", but if the African-American vote wasn't so outrageously pro-Obama (c'mon, not even Saddam Hussein ever earned 94% by a single demographic group even when he was the only one on the ballot), and if the media held President Obama to the same standard it held George W. Bush, he'd be in the 30s by now. Sure, the media are not as cozy with the President as 18 months ago, but they're still willing to ignore or underreport much that this administration does. This is all to say, at least as of right now, even 46% approval is reliant on myopic constituencies and helpful media portrayals. You think the media is being hard on him over this gulf spill? Imagine it happened the same exact way, but Bush was in office. There'd be calls for impeachment everywhere - and they'd probably go through with it.
sane_voter| 6.18.10 @ 10:28PM
Did anyone else see that Frank Luntz focus group after Obama's oval office Oil spill speech this week? The two black persons in the group were so pro-Obama that their obvious racial favoritism was pathetic. As a result, when asked why they defended him and the speech so strongly, they couldn't come up with anything specific but just said he was doing a great job. Pretty sad
CosmicConservative | 6.18.10 @ 5:15PM
Unless I am mistaken, by statute, the US President is responsible for responding to and cleaning up any oil spill in American controlled waters. Obama's performance on this issue may actually go beyond obvious incompetence and into actual law-breaking. I can guarantee you that Harry Reid and Barack Obama would be barking "IMPEACHMENT NOW!!" like canine robots if this had happened under Bush and Bush had responded as poorly as Obama has. And the press would be hammering it day and night.
ECW makes a very good point. If Obama did not have the "black community" so uniformly in support of him, he'd be hovering in the mid to high 30s in approval rating.
I know it's pointless to say this, but the truth is that I and others like me warned this country what would happen when they elected a communitiy organizer to be President. This is what you get. You get a community organizer, who believes that speaking is doing and that the answer to any problem is to find a scapegoat to blame.
Any of you reading this who voted for this empty suit, I repeat myself once again. I warned you.
Dagney77| 6.18.10 @ 5:22PM
Think the media might even look into Obama's background now? Or is such a suggestion still taboo?
Tim*| 6.18.10 @ 5:26PM
The Obama Administration Is Failed.
Once polls reach this level recovery is pretty much over.
Time to jettison Rahm Emanuel & David Axelrod .
Steve| 6.18.10 @ 5:52PM
Who are those 46%? What are they thinking?
Wally| 6.18.10 @ 6:27PM
46% of Americans receive federal assistance of some kind--does that answer your question?
Andrew S.| 6.18.10 @ 7:04PM
And note that this poll is among *registered* voters, not likelies. (To say nothing of people who are likely to vote in *mid-term* elections...)
RJGatorEsq.| 6.18.10 @ 7:25PM
Expect to see a huge push to get illegal aliens made legal, registered to vote, and driven to the polls.
It's the Chicago Way.
Jeannie| 6.18.10 @ 7:31PM
Too late.
lanny| 6.18.10 @ 8:11PM
Unfortunately, not for 2012 it isn't!
Wally| 6.18.10 @ 9:30PM
Oilbama's snakebit--a ton of illegals voting for the clown won't save him!
Nobama| 6.18.10 @ 9:25PM
Liberal footwear? Who knew?
Google it, loser.
Nate| 6.18.10 @ 11:32PM
These polls, as Mr Klein well knows are virtually meaningless.
And since when do conservatives think a president ought to think about poll numbers?
Wally| 6.19.10 @ 12:26AM
We don't gives a rat's a## if Oilbama thinks about poll numbers--we do! And the numbers ain't good, Nate.
Tim*| 6.19.10 @ 3:17PM
If Polls are meaningless ,why are Democrat Candidates running from Ozero ,like he had The Black Plague ( Ha,Ha,Ha ,Ha ... The Black Plague ).
Democrat Candidates don't want Ozero anywhere near them in many districts .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Remember In November .
Nate| 6.18.10 @ 11:38PM
After 8 years with W in office the net job growth rate in the US was 0. ZERO. The economy was losing about 700,000 jobs a month. We were in two wars. Our infrastructure, long neglected by Republican and Democratic administrations, was in tatters. The MMS, which liberals were screaming about, had virtually become a lobbying organization for oil and coal companies. Wall Street was as reliable and stable as a cocaine addict and was being guided by moral values a notch below those of a moray eel. The country was far deeper in debt than at any time in decades, having risen deficits during times of relatively high economic growth. Now THAT's a successful presidency.
Wally| 6.19.10 @ 12:23AM
It took Oilbama fewer than 17 MONTHS to reach the depths of public disapproval that haunted GWB after 8 YEARS in office. Oilbama's election was obviously a mistake.
Every oil-soaked beach, lifeless pelican and barrel of gushing oil spells electoral disaster for you incompetent dummocrats.
Gotta say one thing about your Community Organizer in Chief--his dizzying descent into disapproval hell has been one heck of a ride.
See you in November, clown.
ds80| 6.19.10 @ 10:04AM
You're living in the past.
And we can see November from here.
Liberty Jane | 6.19.10 @ 12:44AM
46% think he deserves re-election.
Ouch.
bluecollarbytes| 6.20.10 @ 10:03AM
You got that right. I'm not 'sizing up the awakening' until Obama's approvals fall below 40%.
Ed| 6.19.10 @ 1:11AM
For 17 months this kenyan interloper has summarily destroyed generations of American hard work, toil and sacrifice. The party had to end eventually. Fuck this bean headed communist usurper and his generic store brand speeches, unconscionable inaction where action is needed then calculated power grabs where his authority does not extend. Fuck the 46% percent of Americans still willing to vote for this wanktard too. They are a problem even more insidious than their neon messiah.
JmsA| 6.19.10 @ 5:03PM
Damn, Ed, why don't you tell us how you really feel? Extremely well put nonetheless.
Missy| 6.19.10 @ 2:57AM
Rough language, Ed, but well put.
There's really nothing more to say.
Bob in St. Louis| 6.19.10 @ 8:02AM
I agree with Ed, 100%!
Oldefarte| 6.19.10 @ 1:07PM
He never should have been elected in November of 2008, but that [as they say] is water under the bridge now. American voters were extremely STUPID and INSANE in electing this person with absolutely no practical/professional administrative experience, and simply due to the fact that he's AFRICAN-AMERICAN. Voters were fed up with the longevity of the war on terrorism and also wanted to relieve themselves of the self inflicted guilt over slavery. Even though there are numerous black candidates that were qualified and [politically] philosophically suited to be President, the voters ignored his obvious radicalism and elected him anyway. Now they bemoan their disasterous decision, and rightfully so. It's just a shame that we have to wait to 2012 in order to remedy our mistake, since he has/can do emmence damage to this country in the meantime. As it is said, YOU PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES IN LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobama| 6.20.10 @ 3:33PM
And, unfortunately, sometimes you have to pay for others' mistakes.
That sucks!
Charles Carter,Sr.| 6.19.10 @ 8:23PM
I hate to burst your balloon for the 11/10
elections coming up,but the thugs in D.C.
and Chicago are gearing up to steal this
election also.They will soon have enough
money for ACORN, the Black Panthers,union
thugs and anyother thugs they can hire
REMEMBER NOVEMBER!!| 6.20.10 @ 3:36PM
I sense a certain"MALAISE" about your stupid post, Carter. You got the date wrong, too, dufus--it's NOVEMBER 2, 2010. You and your Commie buddies can wait until November 10 to cast your fraudulent votes, though.
That you, Jimmuh?
Boston12GS| 6.20.10 @ 9:03AM
We were all told as children that ANY of us could grow up to be President of the United States. Now we see it's true--even someone who would never even be considered to be an assistant manager at any McDonalds in the country has become President. With predictable results. :-) Heck, even the cashiers at McDonalds know how to do "change" better than this guy.
Jim O'Brien| 6.20.10 @ 9:28AM
Barack Obama is at war:
1) He's at war against the people of Arizona, and against all the citizens of the United States, who seek to protect themselves from illegal immigrants, Mexican drug gangs, and terrorists infiltrating the U.S. via the Mexican border
2) He's at war against the people of New York, and of all the United States, who do not want non-citizen enemy combatants (the terrorists) to enjoy the rights of U.S. citizens in our courts
3) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who demand freedom to make their own medical care and health insurance decisions
4) He's at war against the people of the Gulf coast, who he has not only failed to help, but has actually hindered in their attempts to stop oil from washing up on their shores
5) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that radical Islamists are the murderers of thousands of American civilians and soldiers, and the murderers of thousands of Israelis, Europeans, Asians, including other Muslims
6) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that America is an exceptional country which has defended freedom around the globe for the last 100 years
7) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who want far less government spending and substantially reduced taxes
8) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that the Constitution should not be violated by Congress or subjected to arbitrary changes by biased, inexperienced and incompetent judges on the Supreme Court
9) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that our Founders included the Bill of Rights for sound reasons, including our right to keep and bear arms, our right to our private property, and our right to free speech
10) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that making unilateral nuclear defense concessions to Russia and the rest of the world is a foolish and dangerous path
11) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that "global warming" (aka "climate change") is a hoax designed to grab political power and increase taxes
12) He's at war against all the States by seeking to burden them with Medicaid expenses in violation of their sovereign status
13) He's at war against all the people of the United States who prosper by free enterprise and personal freedom, not by union thugs, government bureaucrats, excessive controls, and violations of the Constitution
14) He's at war against all the people of the United States who know we are all created equal, but also know that in a free society we have unequal outcomes
15) He's at war against the United States and the Constitution, and therefore is a treacherous impostor
Obama is unfit to serve.
General Mayhem| 6.20.10 @ 12:01PM
Obama Goes Ozone
You're now in a dimension beyond what hope'n'change has stimulated, not to mention spoiled and squandered.
It is a dimension as unpopular as Obamascare and as untimely as cap'n'trade. It is a middle finger raised between platitude & lassitude, and between a campaign that never ends and sound bites forever blaming Bush; and it lies between spin to allay Gulf folks' fears, and photo-ops with tar balls, and a speech touting wind turbines, solar panels, and "energy-efficient windows."
This is a dimension of flimsy obfuscation and of Jones Act and EPA waivers long delayed. Beyond it are other dementia— the distraction of hoops and bogeys, a declining dollar and an ever-dizzy Dow, plus dimwitted vicissitudes from McCartney and Calderon.
You've moved into a dimension of both denial and delay, of ideas ignored and logical things undone. You have seen the signpost up ahead— it reads, "It took a spillage"— and you're just crossing over into . . . the Obama Zone.