Mar 17 2010

Rasmussen poll: GOP opens up ten-point lead on generic Congressional ballot

The meltdown continues with the GOP now opening up a double-digit lead over the Democrats for the first time in Rasmussen’s weekly survey, and it’s the biggest lead ever in nearly three years of weekly tracking
Barack Obama’s approval doesn’t help. Rasmussen has his overall approval at 44%, and his disapproval at 55%.
One can only imagine [...]

Feb 25 2010

Fox News Poll: Majority of Americans Think Obama Better at Campaigning Than Governing

As though we really needed a poll to tell us this; after all, we’re reminded of Obama’s ineptitude at governance every time he opens his mouth.
Fox News poll: The consensus among American voters is Barack Obama is better at campaigning for the job than at doing the job.
Looking at the issues, President Obama receives [...]

Feb 22 2010

Obama’s approval tanks to basement level

Richard Baehr writes at the American Spectator:
President Obama’s approval numbers in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll have been quite volatile the last few weeks but today reached a new basement level — with only 22% expressing strong approval, and 41% strong disapproval. The 19% margin favoring strong disapproval is the 2nd widest registered since Obama [...]

Feb 6 2010

Return to Normalcy

President Obama’s approval ratings spiked up rather alarmingly in the wake of his State of the Union speech, most likely because of the lip-service he paid to fiscal moderation. Since then, though, they’ve been returning to normal, driven, I suspect, by public revulsion toward the realities of the President’s $3.7 trillion budget, with its [...]

Feb 1 2010

What’s Up?

For reasons that are not obvious to me, President Obama’s stature with the American people seems to be undergoing a resurgence. Check out the uptick in Rasmussen’s approval index over the last few days:

More broadly, Obama’s approval/disapproval ratio among likely voters has climbed to 49/50, his best showing in a long time.
What’s driving the [...]

Jan 14 2010

Hold That Tiger

WASHINGTON — When I read the other day that the lapsed
golfer Tiger Woods’ nationwide approval rating had fallen from
87% to 33%, the only conclusion I could draw was that he had been
out campaigning for the Democrats’ healthcare plan. According to
an interesting piece on him in [...]

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