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There is some good news for President Obama. His job approval numbers have improved modestly in the last quarter, continuing a trend over the last year. Obama’s average job approval rating is now up to 46.8 percent. This represents a year of slow but steady improvement since his approval score hit a low of 41% a year ago. From Gallup:
Given that Presidential elections tend to be mostly referendums on the incumbent, the President’s job approval rating is one of the more important numbers in the election. Having the number trending upward would usually make the Obama campaign happy.
While Obama’s approval ratings are improving, they are still not good. He is still well below 50 percent, which puts him in real political danger. By comparison, George W. Bush’s approval rating was 47.9 percent during this same time period in 2004. That is a whole point higher than Obama’s approval rating, but Bush only narrowly won re-election
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If he can get his job numbers high enough he can get re-elected and use the excuse to cut the social safety net. Hooray for Obama, afterall, who cares about the social safety net that Obama wants to cut?
no difference between Romey or Obama – either one will attach SS and medicare – this country is screwed either way.
If re-elected Obama will have a mandate like that genius Dubya had – with lots of political capital to spend.
“Karl told me I earned Political Capital and I intend to spend it!”, Dubya had said.
Dubya wanted to spend his capital the same way Oilbomber wants to spend his.
- By taking a wrecking ball to Social Security.
Difference?
Oilbomber will succeed.
Both Parties want to destroy Social Security and Medicare.
They want to hand Social Sec to Wall Street.
They want to gift Medicare to AHIP.
Other than the third party candidates which have been written off here, Only that creep Romney holds the hope – the slim chance at failing to “fix” Social Security.
The bitterness of Obama’s next 4 years will linger long after the sweetness of Romney’s defeat has been forgotten.
Obama’s approval rating is now 0.8% higher than it was when the Democratic Party got its ass handed to it in the 2010 elections.
By coincidence, deciding which would be worse, the election of Obama or Romney, is also a matter of evaluating eight tenths of one percent.
The difference being that it takes Nixon to go to China.
Also by coincidence, that’s the percentage of the population that Obama is actually working for.
tptb will insure that increase grows as we get closer to election, they can’t have their dog in office losing
my opinion;
if I find out my quarterback is working to get the other team as many goals as possible, I give my opponent the ball, I can stop them from scoring I can’t stop my quarterback from scoring for the other team
Please…
No “referendum” for this incumbent.
We’re going with “choice” in this campaign.
Celebrating…or even engaging in a discussion of…the record in office is strongly discouraged.
Folks might draw the wrong conclusions.
perris, that will only work if your defense is taking orders from you.
NObody asked ME. How come nobody ever asks me?????
The Dems strategy is Mitt bashing, whining about his money and horses and extravagent barns, tax havens etc.. Can’t point to the expanded Medicare for all, 21st Century CCC that has employed millions, lifting the cap on Social Security, restablishing meaningful bank regulation..
But Mitts Rich Rich Rich and the lib talkers are jabbering like so many wooden puppets, bloggers are pounding their keyboards, and we are sinking like a rock.
I’m not so sure abvout that.
Mitt and Ann think he is the chosesn one. “It’s his turn”, I thknl I hear them say.
When he loses, I think it’s gtonna be more fund than barrel of monkeys.
Don;t get me wrong, I don’t cherish 4 more years of Obama. But one has to find joy where one can.
Good stuff, thanks.
You all have to be kidding (or living in an alternate universe). Obama is far from perfect, but he generally is a moderate and his positions tend to favor the middle class. I think he is far too introspective and not nearly enough of a fighter, but he has been a decent president. Some of his policies have benefitted my middle class family (e.g. some of the provisions of the AFA have greatly benefitted us).
If Romney is elected and pursues a far right agenda, the damage could be terrible. George W. Bush nearly destroyed the economy of the entire world, rolled back civil rights, started one completely needless war (Iraq) and totally bungled another (Afghanistan). In my opinion, a Romney presidency could be more destructive to the country than Geroge Bush’s was.
I also consider the Repuglican’s efforts to do as much damage as they can to our economy in order to win the next election to be treason, and would not like to see them rewarded for this immoral and criminal strategy.
Don’t confuse cyanide with spoiled milk. They both can upset your stomach, but one will kill you.