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The Spectacle Blog
A pair of new polls find that with less than four months until the midterm elections, Americans’ confidence in President Obama’s handling of the economy continues to crater.
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that just 43 percent approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, with 54 percent disapproving. The poll also shows waning confidence in Obama overall, and Republicans creeping ahead in the generic Congressional ballot.
These results are further confirmed by a CBS News poll, with 40 percent saying they had confidence in Obama, and 54 percent saying they did not.
This puts Democrats in a tough spot, because there are now only three employment reports left between now and the midterm elections, so there really aren’t that many opportunities for new data to emerge that show improvement in the labor market.
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Pete| 7.13.10 @ 9:59AM
Is that a challenge? What's to stop them from twisitng and embellishing the data as they have been for months already? If they get called on it, they just "restate" the numbers or tell the people they are too stupid to understand such complicated matters. With the media poised to do their bidding, no lie is to big or bold for these corrupt clowns.
Richie M| 7.13.10 @ 3:40PM
Amen. Couldn't have put it better myself.
jimbo| 7.13.10 @ 10:06AM
To save face for their biased reporting the media will twist the truth and find some "glimmers of hope " for Obama...but its too late...America has finally - THANK GOD - awakened to the incompetent fraud we have in our White House. He may last the full 4 years unless the Democrats themselves throw him overboard like they did Hillary. Are they still chanting now ? Hillary is having the last laugh on all of them...
Tim| 7.13.10 @ 10:07AM
To say that the people have seen through this Obama/SEIU bullcrap is an understatement!
But there is no question that they will try anything between now and January to pass their socialist agenda.
Keep in mind how many congressional folks voted for Health Care and then left resigned or have chosen not to run in November.
If this November produces a tidal wave of an anti socialist/anti Obama result look for the SEIU/Obama machine to try and shove through a ton of stuff by hook or crook between November and December while Americans are busy celebrating the Commie's defeat at the polls.
Keep in mind that these characters do their best work when no one is watching and in the dark of night!
Deborah D | 7.13.10 @ 12:06PM
Well, the Justice Department told members of the Voting Section not to bother with purging dead voters from the voter rolls. Nice, huh? This is according to J. Christian Adams, an election lawyer who worked in the Voting Section of the Justice Department for over five years. So Motor Voter Law is going full-steam ahead without the section that's supposed to assure voter rolls are kept in shape. That's Eric Holder and Barack Obama's way of enforcing the law...they only enforce when and what they want and ignore or break the rest. Read it here: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/l.....ing-rolls/
Pete| 7.13.10 @ 11:03AM
Does anyone know off-hand what the percentage of government employment is (state and federal)? I would like to understand what portion of the 40% approval is self-interest/job related and what portion is clinically brain dead (not that there couldn't be overlap).
Bob K.| 7.13.10 @ 11:18AM
If there are some pension fund collapses between now and November his numbers will really crater!
Derek Leaberry| 7.13.10 @ 11:40AM
Since his economic program has become law, hasn't Obama's ratings been fairly low? So I wouldn't say Obama has collapsed. The sad thing about the enduring popularity Obama has is that tens of millions of America voters feel invested in Obama. These are not good people. I am afraid that those in thrall of Obama and men like him will be a majority in America within a decade or so.
Bob Miller| 7.13.10 @ 12:27PM
"there really aren't that many opportunities for new data to emerge that show improvement in the labor market. "
There is still a chance to misuse remaining stimulus funds to create a well-timed blip in government employment.
Oldefarte| 7.13.10 @ 12:46PM
It's just a crying shame that the American taxpayer-voter did not WAKE UP until now concerning this Chicago community organizing, Harvard law school, charletan!!!!!!!!!!!!
jammu| 7.13.10 @ 1:18PM
What we need to do is simply end social security and medicare. Just stop sending checks. Then that way we can continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until there is a clear US victory.
Charities can help with the people who can't afford to pay for their own medicines and bandages. We have to stop spending now, and this is the only way.
Nobama| 7.13.10 @ 4:36PM
Hey, they're Obama's wars now--didn't you hear, libtard? Direct your tedious whining to the Obumster!