Poll: Obama's approval rating sinks to new low, March 12, 2012
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(CBS News) President Obama's approval rating has hit
the lowest level ever in CBS News polling, according to the latest CBS
News/New York Times survey. The drop may be partially attributable to
rising gas prices.
Just 41 percent of Americans approve
of the job Mr. Obama is doing as president, according to the poll,
conducted from March 7 to 11. Another 47 percent disapprove of his
performance, up from 41 percent last month.
Mr. Obama's approval rating was 50 percent last month.
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 12 cents
over the past two weeks. The poll found that most Americans, 54
percent, believe gas prices are something a president can do a lot
about.
Americans have historically felt that a president
can control gas prices, though experts attribute changes to a variety of
factors, many outside of a president's control. They also felt this way
when gas prices spiked during the administration of former President
George W. Bush.
(Credit:
CBS)
can impact gas prices, Mr. Obama said, "Understandably people are
frustrated when gas prices are going up, and there are things we can do,
but they're not going to result, provide results overnight."
The
president noted that the U.S. has reduced its dependence on foreign oil
under his administration and that fuel efficiency standards for cars
are being raised. The administration is exploring other ways to reduce
prices, but Mr. Obama said the biggest contributor to the current high
prices is rumors of war in the Middle East.
"Which is part of the reason I said a couple weeks ago let's stop with the loose talk about war,"
he said. "Because a lot of what's driving this is people's concern and
fear that there might be major disruptions in the Middle East oil
markets."
Attacks from the Republicans running to replace
Mr. Obama may be having an impact on his approval rating as well. His
disapproval rating has risen to 89 percent among Republicans (from 82
percent last month), and more independents now disapprove of his job
performance than approve. Though Mr. Obama's approval rating among
Democrats remains high, it has dropped seven points - from 85 percent
last month to 78 percent today.
Of the four remaining GOP
candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has hit Mr. Obama
particularly hard on high gas prices, promising on the campaign trail to
bring down the price to $2.50.
Jim Ritterbusch, president of an oil trading advisory firm, told CBS News there are no quick fixes.
"It's
become somewhat of a political football," Ritterbusch said. "But none
of the candidates or the current president can flip a switch and drive
gas prices down to $3 a gallon."
Mr. Obama's job rating
on the economy remains about the same as it was last month - 39 percent
approve, while 54 percent disapprove.
The economy and
jobs remains the most important problem facing the country today,
according to 51 percent of Americans. Three in four Americans think the
economy is at least somewhat bad, including 30 percent who say it is
very bad.
More Americans, 30 percent, say the economy is
getting better; 24 percent say it is getting worse. The public's
economic outlook was slightly better last month, when 34 percent said
the economy was getting better.
Most GOP voters expect Romney nomination
Most support U.S. military action to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons
Most say employers should be allowed not to cover contraception
Poll: Romney, Santorum narrow gap on Obama
Obama's approval rating sinks to new low
Just
20 percent of Americans feel their family's financial situation is
better today than it was four years ago. Another 37 percent say it is
worse, and 43 percent say it is about the same.
While his
rating on the economy is about the same as last month, Mr. Obama's
rating on foreign policy has dropped 10 points. Now, just 40 percent
approve of his handling of foreign policy, while 41 percent disapprove.
This is the first time since the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011
that more Americans disapprove than approve of the job Mr. Obama is
doing handling foreign policy.
Amid speculation that
Israel may consider attacking Iran to stop its nuclear ambitions,
Americans are split on the president's handling of the situation in
Iran: 42 percent approve, while nearly as many - 39 percent -
disapprove. Nineteen percent don't know.
Read More: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57395703-50...
Top Opinion
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jean 2012/03/13 04:03:31
--President Obama, remarks on energy, Largo, Maryland, March 15, 2012
It’s bad enough for one president to knock another one for not being on Mt. Rushmore, but it’s particularly egregious to do so based on incorrect information.
We went back and forth over whether this error was worth three or four Pinocchios. We nearly decided on three Pinocchios because Obama used the phrase “reportedly” and because others have said this before him. The Encyclopeadia Brittanica reference especially gave us pause. That’s a legitimate, but not infallible, source. But then we remembered it took only a phone call to a real historian to find out the truth.
Our fi...
--President Obama, remarks on energy, Largo, Maryland, March 15, 2012
It’s bad enough for one president to knock another one for not being on Mt. Rushmore, but it’s particularly egregious to do so based on incorrect information.
We went back and forth over whether this error was worth three or four Pinocchios. We nearly decided on three Pinocchios because Obama used the phrase “reportedly” and because others have said this before him. The Encyclopeadia Brittanica reference especially gave us pause. That’s a legitimate, but not infallible, source. But then we remembered it took only a phone call to a real historian to find out the truth.
Our final ruling was swayed in the end by this: The president in particular has a responsiblity to get historical facts correct, and in this case he got them completely backwards. Obama mocked Hayes for “looking backwards...not looking forwards.” In reality, Hayes embraced the new technology. He should be an Obama hero, not a skunk.
Hayes is dead and buried, but he deserves an apology."
He won't get one, though.
Obama's "energy" policy is as dishonest as his quote
Have you actually read the Marxist Philosophy? How do you KNOW what Obama believes when you only listen to "rumors" about him? If you actually "listened" to him, you would know differently.
Why would an American run for the hardest job and position in this Nation, only to deliberately destroy it?
How is he taking our freedom away? Frankly, I'm hearing more of our freedoms getting violated by the top two GOP candidates right now...especially with women's rights and ultimately our religious freedom rights because Romney AND Santorum WILL try to mix Church with State. That's the time many people will pull their hair out. Yeah, let the religious Zealots take over. That will be some good times, won't it?
I'm tired of the same old BS rhetoric you conservatives keep spitting out.
And the name calling....Obie is not our Presidents name (nor is Odumbo or OWEbama). You guys are like 6th grade bullies with the sophomoric name calling. You can debate without being so disrespectful, and for Gods sake....get your facts straight.
So, just to solidify a few things. Obama is NOT a Muslim (he's a Christian). We have his Birth Certificate ( the CIA had record of it before he even ran). He's not in bed with Russia. He doesn't want this country to be...
Have you actually read the Marxist Philosophy? How do you KNOW what Obama believes when you only listen to "rumors" about him? If you actually "listened" to him, you would know differently.
Why would an American run for the hardest job and position in this Nation, only to deliberately destroy it?
How is he taking our freedom away? Frankly, I'm hearing more of our freedoms getting violated by the top two GOP candidates right now...especially with women's rights and ultimately our religious freedom rights because Romney AND Santorum WILL try to mix Church with State. That's the time many people will pull their hair out. Yeah, let the religious Zealots take over. That will be some good times, won't it?
I'm tired of the same old BS rhetoric you conservatives keep spitting out.
And the name calling....Obie is not our Presidents name (nor is Odumbo or OWEbama). You guys are like 6th grade bullies with the sophomoric name calling. You can debate without being so disrespectful, and for Gods sake....get your facts straight.
So, just to solidify a few things. Obama is NOT a Muslim (he's a Christian). We have his Birth Certificate ( the CIA had record of it before he even ran). He's not in bed with Russia. He doesn't want this country to be Communist.....or Marxist WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME THING! And there's not this huge anti-Christ conspiracy to destroy us all because that would be some super villain comic book story line, decades in the making, with a cast of thousands and since we know money talks....someone would have sold out by now...so the whole conspiracy theory that we should be punished is JUST PLAIN STUPID!
0WEbama is a failure to the point that not a single democrat running for re election will get a penny of matching funds, 0WEbama needs evry cent to spread more LIES and misinformation. I call it LIBERAL GREED but you will defend his GREED.
We could easily be paying less at the GAS PUMPS and GROCERY STORES but his policy of "GREEN" FAILURE stands in the way.
How is Obama a failure because of matching funds? Those are private funds. They don't just spread that around. Yes, he has Millions of followers because he's NOT a failure. He will be highly supported and he will win. Hands down.
And what makes him different than any other politician in "the truth". ALL politicians, even the top GOP running mates are lying their asses off and playing to the crowd. They have ALL done it in history.
And again - the President has no control over gas prices. Look it up.
How has Solyndra and the other dozen or so "green" 0WEbama bankruptcies benefited the American taxpayers?
You LOVE talking about the Green failure. It was a plan that didn't work out. Another one will. Did we loose thousands of lives by going into a false war? Do you think Parents of our falling boys in Iraq give a rats ass about the GREEN project going bankrupt. Companies are going bankrupt every day....why keep talking about it? It's like your stuck in a mud pit or something.
I never said he was a Muslim. Obie is a Black militant - remember Rev. Wright and : "God Damn America"? Obie's birth certificate is a poor forgery. Obie is not a Natural Born Citizen since his father was born in Kenya ans was a British subject.
I know you didn't say he was a Muslim - I was just reiterating some thought. Oh, and he's NOT a Black Militant. I did study the whole Wright issue. Rev. Wright is a media whore and Obama cut ties with him as soon as Wright stirred the pot.
I'm so sad you are still in the Birther mode. As you know, it doesn't matter where the father is born, only the child. You should know better. Actually almost every evolved and educated person knows better, especially about the Birth Certificate.
By James S. Robbins
March 30, 2011, 12:39PM
http://www.washingtontimes.co...
Feeling pain at the pump? Gas prices have doubled since Mr. Obama took office. According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. The lowest average price in the continental United States is $3.31 in Tulsa Oklahoma, the highest is $4.14 in Santa Barbara, CA. Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has arrived on average throughout California, and a number of other states are headed in that direction.
Consumer price index (CPI) figures from February show an unadjusted 12 month gasoline inflation rate of 19.2%, but in the last month alone prices jumped 6.8%, probably because of oil price increases due to instabilities in the Middle East. If the trend continues, gas prices would double again within a year. 100% gasoline price inflation is nothing to brag about, but imagine Mr. Obama going into the 2012 election having to explain why gas costs $7.00 a gallon. I'm sure the White House would spin it as one of their "Green" initiatives.
http://www.financialnut.com/w...
http://articles.latimes.com/2...
Goldberg: Obama's pump debacle
Op-Ed
The president's energy policies have been a failure
March 13, 2012|Jonah Goldberg
As gasoline prices climb, President Obama's poll numbers plummet. In February, a Washington Post/ABC poll had Obama up 6 points against Mitt Romney. Monday's poll has him down 2.
According to the polls, gas prices are a huge part of the story, particularly given how the last
30 days or so have not exactly been great for the GOP.
COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS: Presidential Election 2012
No wonder Obama is desperate to get out in front of the issue. The dilemma is that he's invested so much of his prestige in his energy policies that he can't admit those policies have been an abject failure. But he also can't have people thinking his policies are responsible for the energy price Americans care about most: gasoline.
"Despite the gains we've made, today's high gas prices are a painful reminder that there's much more work to do to free ourselves from our dependence on foreign oil and take control of our energy future," the p...
http://articles.latimes.com/2...
Goldberg: Obama's pump debacle
Op-Ed
The president's energy policies have been a failure
March 13, 2012|Jonah Goldberg
As gasoline prices climb, President Obama's poll numbers plummet. In February, a Washington Post/ABC poll had Obama up 6 points against Mitt Romney. Monday's poll has him down 2.
According to the polls, gas prices are a huge part of the story, particularly given how the last
30 days or so have not exactly been great for the GOP.
COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS: Presidential Election 2012
No wonder Obama is desperate to get out in front of the issue. The dilemma is that he's invested so much of his prestige in his energy policies that he can't admit those policies have been an abject failure. But he also can't have people thinking his policies are responsible for the energy price Americans care about most: gasoline.
"Despite the gains we've made, today's high gas prices are a painful reminder that there's much more work to do to free ourselves from our dependence on foreign oil and take control of our energy future," the president declared Monday in a statement on the one-year anniversary of his "Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future."
Let's take the second proposition first. Obama often says, "Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years." That's true: It's also true that under Obama's administration, Snooki from "Jersey Shore" got pregnant and Charlie Sheen lost his job. And he can take about as much credit for those developments too.
Never mind that if he'd gotten the cap-and-trade proposals he campaigned on, energy prices would be even worse. (He once acknowledged that under his proposals, electricity prices would "skyrocket" and coal companies would go bankrupt. His Energy secretary, Steven Chu, admitted he wanted America to emulate European gas prices, when they were about $8 per gallon.)
The boom in oil production has taken place almost entirely on private and state lands, while on federal lands it's dropped (11% from 2010 to 2011 alone). The administration has also slowed the permitting of offshore oil and gas development to a trickle.
Another major factor is the development of new technologies that make it possible to extract ever-more fuel from domestic sources. Instead of words of support, Obama keeps telling those companies they need to be taxed more and have their subsidies yanked.
Ending subsidies to business entirely, including oil companies, is a good idea. But Obama's policy is completely different. He thinks he's smarter than the market and can pick winning industries and products.
It's an ugly record. Forget Solyndra — and other solar and wind firms that have been going belly up like birds around a windmill — that's old news. So is his decision to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
Last year, the Energy Department awarded a $10-million
"L Prize" for development of an affordable and eco-friendly light bulb. Phillips just put its winning model on the market, for $50 apiece. Meanwhile, GM has temporarily suspended production of the Volt because of lack of demand for the "affordable" electric car.
On the unaffordable end of the market, things are even worse. Consumer Reports tried to test drive the new $107,850 Fisker Karma, but it couldn't. "We buy about 80 cars a year, and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process."
There's actually plenty Obama could do to help with gas prices, but he's right not to do some of them. He shouldn't release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, nor should he appease Iran on its nuclear program. But he could suspend the Jones Act, which requires that all ships carrying goods between American ports be U.S. flagged. Doing so would dramatically lower the cost to distribute oil and gas.
Obama was recently asked by Fox News' Ed Henry whether high gas prices are a deliberate result of White House policies. His response was telling. "From a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into reelection wants gas prices to go up higher? Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?"
In other words, Obama desperately wants people to think he's against higher gas prices — at least until he gets reelected.
jgoldberg@latimescolumnists.com
I did know gas prices were up since he took office. I just pointed out they weren't as low as you said in your earlier statement and I'm still not blaming the President for the raise in prices. He can't control it.
The White House can't complain too much about taking the blame for high gas prices. While campaigning for president in 2008, Obama castigated President George W. Bush over the same issue. "You're paying nearly $3.70 a gallon for gas—2 1/ 2 times what it cost when President Bush took office," he told a crowd in Ohio at the time.
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Rasmussen and Gallup are the best and most reliable... Gallup has Obama popularity at 48% and they are the leftwing choice, Rasmussen has his support at 47% and they are the rightwing choce.
However, Rasmussen asks two questions which tells us what Obama's chances really are because when they ask "Do You Support" they get about the same result as Gallup as you see above... but when they ask "Do You Strongly Support" you can see that number cut almost in half which is where Republicans often get the 22% support or whatever that they often post about.
Rasmussen isn't cheating or lying. The fact is that a lot of Americans like Obama so that they say they support him... but they cannot say they strongly support him and that's where you learn that Obama is not as popular as most polls claim.
Rasmussen separates person like from ability revealing even many of Obama's supporters do not strongly support him and that determines the likely voters from unlikely voters as those who do not strongly support a candidate are more likely not to vote.
Most in the mainstream media pu...
Rasmussen and Gallup are the best and most reliable... Gallup has Obama popularity at 48% and they are the leftwing choice, Rasmussen has his support at 47% and they are the rightwing choce.
However, Rasmussen asks two questions which tells us what Obama's chances really are because when they ask "Do You Support" they get about the same result as Gallup as you see above... but when they ask "Do You Strongly Support" you can see that number cut almost in half which is where Republicans often get the 22% support or whatever that they often post about.
Rasmussen isn't cheating or lying. The fact is that a lot of Americans like Obama so that they say they support him... but they cannot say they strongly support him and that's where you learn that Obama is not as popular as most polls claim.
Rasmussen separates person like from ability revealing even many of Obama's supporters do not strongly support him and that determines the likely voters from unlikely voters as those who do not strongly support a candidate are more likely not to vote.
Most in the mainstream media put a leftwing slant on certain stories and censor the news by not reporting the facts or simply refusing to cover it like most media did when the San Joachim Valley issue erupted shortly after Obama became President adding greatly to Californias unemployment, devastating US ag retailers forcing them to import more from foreign sources, turned an area larger than Rhode Island into a virtual wasteland and cost us (as well as California) billions in financial damages it's been forecast could take up to two decades to recover from... the equivalent of dropping a nuke on Rhode Island and only FOX reported the story over a period of several months where they also reported that Hispanic voters were becoming Republican in response to this and many Democrats were shifting to Independent status which today has swelled the California Independent vote to around 22% of the overall vote.
Numerous media outlets are carrying this story http://www.realclearpolitics.... as yet again, Obama sees a drop among Independents and whichever candidate wins the most Independents is the candidate likely to be our President until 2016.
Romney can win Massachusetts and there is a chance he could win California if he chooses someone like Ron Paul as his VP. Obama has no chance of winning any state he did not win in 2008 and states like Virginia are shifting back to Republicans.
Those are facts our media doesn't like to report and these people polling a thousand registered voters are not factoring in and those are facts you can easily find with little effort.
Thus, if Romney wins, he could very well win California and has an almost guaranteed lock on Massachusetts.
Obamacrats will attack you for posting this topic and as you can see, many who are prove to be hypocrites attacking Republicans for the very same things they do themselves and did to an even higher degree when Bush was President than Republicans are to Obama. The big difference is that Democrats admit that had they elected a white Democrat, Republicans wouldn't treat them any differently than they do Obama meaning it has nothing to do with race. However, when Republicans confront or attack Obama, his supporters immediately start crying racism not because Republicans are racists... but because they are. Obamacrat attacks accusing Republicans of racism are based on Obama's skin color and that of his opposition even as they admit had Democrats elected a white President... they would have treated that President no differently than they attack Obama.
In fact, Obama's voting record reveals he votes two thirds of the time for what rightwingers want, that he's voted against womens rights, gay rights, civil rights and as a US Senator not only didn't vote against Bush but voted for almost everything Bush wanted... he was also Bush's go to guy when Bush needed more Democrat votes to pass legislation when he couldn't get enough Republican votes.
http://www.democraticundergro...
Just two years of his voting record as a US Senator provided by Democrats themselves who opposed Obama in the 2008 election but did not support Republicans.
He has betrayed them at every turn, he has continued Bush era policies even most Republicans no longer support and his promise throughout his entire career to remove the three worst provisions in the Patriot Act proved a huge lie when he actually led the fight to renew them when they were about to expire with even most Republicans not supporting their renewal.
Now, the war in Afghanistan has turned against him as over 60% of Americans want our soldiers home now and the recent shooting by a US soldier of Afghan civilians not only hurt Obama, it has revealed what I and others have been saying that the Taliban has control over most of Afghanistan except in parts of the South... and the Taliban now have majority support among Afghan people for revenge and to remove US troops from Afghanistan just as US support also wants a pullout... all Obama needs to do is turn things over to NATO and begin a pullout to win support back but he can't even figure out that much as we should drop to a supporting role rather than leading almost every assult or fighting on our own.
The economy is taking a downturn as the price of gas isn't the only thing increasing as food is increasing in price or downsizing portion sizes.
Republicans have found a way to fight him because in the past, Presidents took the lead fighting to get us lower oil prices and Obama isn't even trying to get the oil we are owed from Iraq at a lower price as the compensation we were promised and that Obama even agreed Iraq owes to us. Jimmy Carter, for all his faults, did fight to lower the price of oil to reduce fuel prices which was not much of an issue for Reagan, Bush sr or even Clinton meaning Obama now ranks lower than Carter as Carter fought to reduce oil costs... Obama says there's nothing he can do. That doesn't mean Bush jr gets away clean but the price of gas could be absorbed when it went up under him... now, it's risen above cost of living and the damage done is permanent because we are in a structured deficit situation rather than a cyclical deficit from which spend spend spend helps us get by until the economy recovers... a structured deficit develops when this doesn't happen and that's where we are now.
Everything is working against Obama and while everyone debates his popularity, they are not debating actual facts which will be the main focus of the upcoming election.
This is the most telling poll result from Rasmussen as while their poll asks do you approve getting the same result as most polls, they ask do you strongly approve which cuts away the personal like people have for Obama and gets us down to our true feelings about his performance
http://www.rasmussenreports.c...
Strongly Approve 27% Strongly Disapprove 42%. Basic Approval is 47% when they ask do you approve which is close to all the other polls with high approval for Obama. Rasmussen is extremely accurate and it's when they ask Do You Strongly Support that they have been the most accurate poll processing service in the United States because people who like Obama may not vote for him and a registered voters opinion is not as important as those who say they will or will likely vote.
The facts are all against Obama and when Republicans have a primary winner to put their full support behind, you will see their confidence in that candidate rise and most will likely vote as the Republican voting base is still energized while many leftwing media sources are admitting many Democrat demographics reveal that Democrats are demoralized and fatigued in relation to their support for their political party.
CONservatives are the bane of this country. They are unAmerican in that they love corporations and hate Americans. They lie, they cheat and they do anything they can to further their political agenda - which, for the record is FASCISM - but they are either too uninformed, misinformed or just plain stupid to realize it.
Okay, cowards...you may block me now.
Your analogy is ridiculous but coming from you its expected. Why would you ass clowns want to block the voter ID law? I would have to say so your party can "They lie, they cheat and they do anything they can to further their political agenda. Wouldn't you want a FAIR ELECTION? Of course you do not.
What have they done to rig elections?
Stole the 2000 State of Florida vote. According to the NORC, had ALL the votes been recounted, Gore would have won the election. However, because of the GOPerCON Secretary of State, Cruella deVille - I mean Katherine Harris there was never ANY full recount done. Never. None. Zero. Zip. She allowed some counties to re-tally, some to check their software, some to even keep the original vote count when the recount was to Gore's favor - but she never did the job for the citizens of Florida and ensure that all the votes were counted again - even though the law mandated it. http://archive.democrats.com/...
DIEBOLD was the company who made the voting machines. The President of Diebold guaranteed delivering the vote to Bush. http://www.commondreams.org/h...
The GOP hired Voters Outreach (the rightwing equivalent of ACORN) to register voters in Nevada. However, unlike ACORN who submitted registrations for both parties, Voters Outreach trashed Democratic registrations. http://www.8newsnow.com/story...
Ever hear of 'caging votes'? It is something for which the GOP is infamous.
http://www.pbs.org/now/electi...
http://www.projectvote.org/vo...
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What have they done to rig elections?
Stole the 2000 State of Florida vote. According to the NORC, had ALL the votes been recounted, Gore would have won the election. However, because of the GOPerCON Secretary of State, Cruella deVille - I mean Katherine Harris there was never ANY full recount done. Never. None. Zero. Zip. She allowed some counties to re-tally, some to check their software, some to even keep the original vote count when the recount was to Gore's favor - but she never did the job for the citizens of Florida and ensure that all the votes were counted again - even though the law mandated it. http://archive.democrats.com/...
DIEBOLD was the company who made the voting machines. The President of Diebold guaranteed delivering the vote to Bush. http://www.commondreams.org/h...
The GOP hired Voters Outreach (the rightwing equivalent of ACORN) to register voters in Nevada. However, unlike ACORN who submitted registrations for both parties, Voters Outreach trashed Democratic registrations. http://www.8newsnow.com/story...
Ever hear of 'caging votes'? It is something for which the GOP is infamous.
http://www.pbs.org/now/electi...
http://www.projectvote.org/vo...
http://www.blogforarizona.com...
How about the fliers sent out in minority neighborhoods stating that if they have already voted in any election during the year they may not participate in the Presidential election, or the ones stating that Democrats vote on Wednesday - the day after the election?
http://www.washingtonpost.com...
As I stated before, when people vote, CONs lose...so they do everything in their power to ensure that fewer people actually cast ballots.
Wheres the national news source for the links you provide? Any LWNJ site can say anything they wish.
So, tell me, buddy...how many dead voters voted for President Obama in 2008? Get me a number and source it or STFU.
Privide something from the 0WEbama Media Group.
Look, I learned a long time ago that if someone is stupid enough not to accept the truth then he is too stupid to discuss things with.
In other words, you're not worth my time.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Released: March 14, 2012
Romney Leads GOP Contest, Trails in Matchup with Obama
Gas Prices Offset Good News about Jobs
Overview
Mitt Romney has retaken a significant lead nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, even as he has fallen further behind Barack Obama in a general election matchup. Moreover, Obama’s own job approval rating has reached 50% for the first time since last May, shortly after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted March 7-11 among 1,503 adults, including 1,188 registered voters and 538 Republican and Republican-leaning voters, finds that Romney leads Rick Santorum, 33% to 24%, in the GOP nomination contest. A month ago, the two men were in a virtual tie (28% Romney, 30% Santorum).
But both GOP frontrunners are running well behind Barack Obama in general election matchups. Among all voters, Obama leads Romney by 12 points (54% to 42%) and Santorum by 18 points (57% to 39%). Obama’s advantage among women voters, while largely unchanged from a month ago, remains substantial – 20 points ...
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Released: March 14, 2012
Romney Leads GOP Contest, Trails in Matchup with Obama
Gas Prices Offset Good News about Jobs
Overview
Mitt Romney has retaken a significant lead nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, even as he has fallen further behind Barack Obama in a general election matchup. Moreover, Obama’s own job approval rating has reached 50% for the first time since last May, shortly after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted March 7-11 among 1,503 adults, including 1,188 registered voters and 538 Republican and Republican-leaning voters, finds that Romney leads Rick Santorum, 33% to 24%, in the GOP nomination contest. A month ago, the two men were in a virtual tie (28% Romney, 30% Santorum).
But both GOP frontrunners are running well behind Barack Obama in general election matchups. Among all voters, Obama leads Romney by 12 points (54% to 42%) and Santorum by 18 points (57% to 39%). Obama’s advantage among women voters, while largely unchanged from a month ago, remains substantial – 20 points over Romney and 26 points over Santorum.
Obama also holds an enthusiasm advantage over both of his main GOP rivals. In a matchup with Romney, 41% say they support Obama strongly, compared with only 28% who strongly support the former Massachusetts governor. Obama holds a commanding 45% to 28% lead over Santorum in strong support.
Republicans have a modest lead in engagement; 71% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters say they have given quite a lot of thought to the presidential election, compared with 64% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters. However, this is far short of the engagement advantage the GOP held in pre-election polls in the 2010 midterm campaign.
Obama is widely viewed as likely to defeat either Romney or Santorum in November. Nearly six-in-ten registered voters (59%) say that Obama is likely to prevail if the election is between Obama and Romney; just 32% expect Romney to win. About seven-in-ten (68%) say that Obama is likely to beat Santorum, if he becomes the GOP nominee.
Obama’s approval rating for handling the economy also has improved over the past several months. Currently, 43% approve of his handling of the economy, while 53% disapprove. In November, 35% gave him positive marks on the economy and 58% disapproved.
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And yet even this poll tells you Obama's popularity has fallen.
Likewise, the poll reveals that Republicans have given a lot of thought to this issue
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Republicans have a modest lead in engagement; 71% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters say they have given quite a lot of thought to the presidential election, compared with 64% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters. However, this is far short of the engagement advantage the GOP held in pre-election polls in the 2010 midterm campaign.
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And while you put your response as a definate, the poll states clearly that Republicans have doubts that Romney or Santorum can win... doubts don't equal a definate just as the poll you quote doesn't tell us these people will even vote. It only tells us who they think will win so that you could run a poll of 1,200 and a third of those who support Obama don't even vote which would offset the poll and prove it meaningless.
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Obama’s approval rating for handling the economy also has improved over the past several months. Currently, 43% approve of his handling of the economy, while 53% disapprove. In November, 35% gave him positive marks on the economy and 58% disapproved.
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And yet even this poll tells you Obama's popularity has fallen.
Likewise, the poll reveals that Republicans have given a lot of thought to this issue
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Republicans have a modest lead in engagement; 71% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters say they have given quite a lot of thought to the presidential election, compared with 64% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters. However, this is far short of the engagement advantage the GOP held in pre-election polls in the 2010 midterm campaign.
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And while you put your response as a definate, the poll states clearly that Republicans have doubts that Romney or Santorum can win... doubts don't equal a definate just as the poll you quote doesn't tell us these people will even vote. It only tells us who they think will win so that you could run a poll of 1,200 and a third of those who support Obama don't even vote which would offset the poll and prove it meaningless.
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The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted March 7-11 among 1,503 adults, including 1,188 registered voters
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Most polls are very careful to tell you that the people they polled are "likely voters" meaning they asked these people if they would vote and most said yeas. This poll only tells us they are registered voters and unfortunately for you, countless Democrats did not vote in 2010 which is why Pew is often ignored because they are so often wrong.
In your favor is the fact CBS is often dead wrong in their poll as well like Pew is which is why most people don't quote them but do quote Gallup and Rasmussen.
At the same time in 2008, McCain pretty much had the Republican nomination wrapped up... another fact not mentioned and McCain had the Republicans fired up until after he won the primary and made himself look like a doddering old hen peck husband who didn't understand anything in the world around him.
When the Republican candidate is chosen and final, you will see the Republicans become more enthusiastic. Don't base your views on Pew Research as they are too often wrong and you'll come off a fool by basing your views on what they say.
The reason Pew is often wrong is they ask questions which, if you read them, clearly are slanted in favor of one candidate or another. Note, they don't tell how they asked the questions, just a generalization.
I was an Obama supporter at the beginning but the man is an idiot. His supporters are idiots as well because his voting record is overwhelmingly rightwing (by almost two thirds) and he never once voted against Bush... but he did vote in Bush's favor almost all the time and was one of the go too Democrats when Bush needed someone in the opposition to get him votes. He voted against womens rights issues, civil rights issues, gay rights issues and even in favor of people he was well advised about who were promoted following their involvement with Gitmo and he knew they were advocates of waterboarding. http://www.democraticundergro... just two years from his record as a US Senator. This is why he has supported the continuation of Bush era policies, why he stabbed you guys in the back on the Patriot Act, why he stabbed you in the back with his deal with Big Pharma and let's not forget his deal with Big Oil just before the big explosion in the Gulf that made so many of his supporters simply dumbfounded.
All this blaming of Bush for policies Obama voted for and helped gain other Democrat votes to support when Obama couldn't get enough Republican votes.
Lol, support him and Pew all you like. As an Independent Centrist, I opposed Bush and it was because Obama is so much like Bush and his supporters just as blind and stupid as those who supported Bush that I oppose him. The big difference is that Bush had more experience on his side in acting Presidential and 9/11 shifted support in his favor just enough to keep him in his job. Democrats treated Bush no different than Republicans are treating Obama except that depicting Bush as a monkey was fine but you can't do that to a black man... even if all you do is overlay Obama's face over an image of a monkey with Bush's face laid over it.
People who support Obama are hypocrites by in large as they support Obama for things they opposed Bush over including foreign wars, the economy, gas prices and inherent incompetence.
Obama promised change and he delivered continuation. Even Obamacare was a continuation of Bush's efforts at healthcare reform most Democrats attacked just as Republicans attacked Obamacare... but when Democrats did it they said it was justified and when Republicans do it it's racist. That ultimately is the thing that will sink Obama as too many of his own supporters continue to cry racism while admitting if they had elected a white Democrat, that white Democrat would have been treated no differently... that my friend is party politics as usual and the only difference is that his supporters can only see the color of Obama's skin rather than it being his opposition.
Shift to the center, stop placating this President with false praise, start kicking his ass demanding he improve as a leader and prove to him that you will not support him just because he's a Democrat and black... Obama will improve if you do that as his main issue is he's too comfortable with the sheep when what he needs is a wolf in sheeps clothing to bite his behind so he stops taking their support for granted and understands some among the sheep are not what he thinks they are.
When gas is $6.00 a gallon and food at the grocery stores keep rising because of his horrible stance on energy, he will be defeated. Sensible Americans vote with their pocketbooks not with promises of HOPE and CHANGE. Its not going to work this time.