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It must be hard to know that the majority of Americans don’t think you’re doing a very good job. But what’s it like to know that the people who don’t like you REALLY DON’T LIKE YOU?
According to Rasmussen Reports:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-seven percent (47%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -23 (see trends).
That’s the highest level of Strong Disapproval and the lowest Approval Index daily rating yet recorded for this president. However, while the daily ratings are sometime volatile, a Month-by-Month review of the president’s numbers continues to show a high degree of stability. On a full-month basis, the Presidential Approval Index has stayed between -14 and -17 for eight of the past nine months.
Twice as many people have strongly negative as strongly positive opinions of his performance. Indeed, almost half of the population strongly disapproves of his record.
It ain’t easy being Barack Obama these days!
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Booger| 9.5.10 @ 10:21PM
On a positive note, B.O. does still poll ahead of S.L. Toddard.
Billy Bobby| 9.5.10 @ 10:47PM
That was a positive note.
The One We've Been Waiting For| 9.5.10 @ 11:50PM
We're buying shrimp, trolls. Nate, purpleguy, RCV, Bob, copyleft, liberal reader, Jeremiah, Toddard, Alan Brooks I need some help over here. Don't leave me twisting in the wind.
Mike M| 9.6.10 @ 8:23AM
Contrary to Mr. Bandow's analysis, Obama is right where he wants to be. As long as George Soros and the newly Islamic loving Left are happy with him, the Millions in cash will keep flowing his way.
Oldefarte| 9.6.10 @ 10:44AM
Doug, Count me as being included in that 47%...............WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!!!
Mimi| 9.6.10 @ 1:57PM
Yup...The darn Dems are DUMB. What entertainment we're gonna have watching their tactics over the next 7-8 weeks. Lie, Sleaz, cheat, deny, steal votes on and on. It's hilarious!!
Just think ...If it wasn't for the INTERNET, talk radio, and FOX this CRUMMY CREW ...might have pulled off the PILLAGE....Now they are caught red handed....and the people are wide awake , and on to their treachery!!!
Jeff Mazza | 9.6.10 @ 2:49PM
There are many people that I like but that I've never met. There are many whom I have met and still don't like. In the case of President Obama, I've never met him but his presence has been thrust upon me since he is my President. I think that it's difficult to have a fondness for someone who does not appear to be concerned about my life despite what he says. His actions indicate a high disregard for the public at large.
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sasob| 9.6.10 @ 4:54PM
I think most politicians have a "high disregard for the public at large." It's just that most of them aren't quite so blatant about it.
Renard| 9.6.10 @ 7:58PM
I'm with you 99%, Jeff. I will just say that, despite the fact that some say my philosophy is
"unpatriotic", he is not "MY" President, just "THE" President for the time being.
I served my country for 8 years during the Cold War, lived 1 mile from communism in West Berlin. The commies also had a high disregard for the public at large. Had Obama been President back then, we'd all be learning "Russian as a 2nd language" nowadays.
Andrew B| 9.7.10 @ 7:46AM
I don't think President Obama knows the first thing about being truly disliked. For that, he might ask his immediate predecessor. I seem to recall the media filled with books and films gleefully dedicated to the thought of President Bush being assassinated. It was the only time in my memory that the potential for presidential murder became fodder for public entertainment, even cropping up on late-night talk shows.
I also recall that President Bush--for all his faults--never whined about his unpopularity. I believe that is called being a man.
Albert Constantine, Jr.| 9.7.10 @ 12:18PM
I concur with your assessment regarding the former president's unpopularity and his mature ability to deal with it. Ironically, I think those on the left would ascribe that characteristic as part of his "cowboy" mentality. Of course, these are some of the things the left always despised about the image portrayed by John Wayne in most of his films, and help explain why the Duke was so popular with the rest of the country. It is unlikely that the current president will ever be compared to a cowboy, or to John Wayne.
Andrew B| 9.7.10 @ 3:32PM
My thoughts exactly.
A perfect example of the unbridgeable left/right divide is the whole concept of President Bush as a "Cowboy." A European friend of mine (who is himself quite conservative, but far-removed from American politics) told me that most of his peers sneered that Bush was "just a cowboy."
I told him that this was just the part of Bush that I liked best. Cowboys, at least as commonly portrayed in our culture, embody what is best in the American spirit. John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Randolph Scott never whined about unkind comments. They never dithered or over-intellectualized every situation. They pulled on their boots, walked straight ahead and did their jobs.
We could use a lot more of that.