Obama disapproval exceeds approval

His numbers started to fall last summer once people saw how big of a fanatic liberal he really is. You throw in the leadership in Congress right now and you do not need to wonder why they have a approval rating of 17%.

Wh-what? We're on the cusp of historic health care reform that will ensure paradise on earth for Americans until the end of time (AND save money!), and the President's and Congress' numbers are in the terlit?!
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Impossible!!

It's not only that he is underwater, it's also that he's underwater for an aggregate of polls (I think that's what it's called) in real clear politics. That site always has an overall collection of polls,with all the numbers, and comes up with an overall approval/disappoval number. Today, for the first time, with some new polls, his overall disapproval rating is higher than his approval rating.

Not bad for being the target of Corporate America and their loony, goony squads. Keep on, keeping on, President Obama and Vice-President Biden, we are almost out of that toilet that the draft-dodgers, Bush&Cheney left America !! You can't revise that, boys and girls of the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers !! By the way, I hope Senator Hutchinson shared her notes with Senator Brown, even a Republican incumbent was dismissed, in spite of her opposition to President Obama's policies !!
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Maybe Obama would do better in the polls if he stopped trying to appease the right, they hate him and are never going to like him. Who cares what they think?

On the flip-side, he should stop insulting the people who voted him into office. Just today on the healthcare bill Obama said, "Now, we can fix this in a way that is sensible, that is centrist. I have rejected a whole bunch of provisions that the left wanted that are — you know, they were very adamant about because I thought it would be too disruptive to the system."

Too disruptive to the system? Excuse me Mr. President, but disrupting the healthcare system which has been exploiting the public is precisely what is needed and is the main reason that we on the left elected you. You sold us out to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries with this bill. Promises of "fixing" it later ring hollow.

Yesterday, I watched President Obama's interview on FOX and afterwards I understood why he has refused to hold a press conference since last July.

If he is asked a difficult question and he cannot respond with a canned talking point he looks like an idiot.

His response to the question about double counting of 500 billion in the Health Care bill made Mayor Daley look intelligent!

Have fun Wingnutters...

But remember this, the GOP has a lower approval rating than anyone right now, and they don't have anyone who even has the slightest chance of beating Obama in 2012.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures.

When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit.

That's exactly what the majority of men do.

I love it when polls like this come out and the Wingnuts all stand up on their hind legs and start barking in unison.

Next week Pres Obama's poll numbers are going to sky rocket and the Repugs will be back to weeping again.

Here's what the Dems are about to accomplish:

"Think about the scope of the task -- Democrats were told they needed a health care reform bill that spends a lot of money on covering the uninsured, lowers the deficit, strengthens Medicare, helps businesses, eases government budgets, protects consumers, and controls costs, all at the same time. It would also need to earn the blessing of Congressional Budget Office, the American Medical Association, the AARP, and the nation's largest labor unions.

Democrats were also told they needed to do all of this in the face of unanimous and apoplectic Republican opposition, far-right manipulation of gullible conservative activists, and media coverage that largely ignores the substance of the bill while pretending every right-wing attack deserves attention.

This is a needle that's almost impossible to thread. And yet, that's exactly what the White House and congressional leaders have done. It's no small feat."
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_03/022927.php
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The HCR legislation is far from ideal. Much remains to be done. But just getting their foot in the door has been a momentous accomplishment for the Dems.

Don Fitzgerald, IL

You lie about yourself here on the boards so I know it must be easy for you to lie to yourself.

Quippy

Wow another liberal lying to themselves. Obama has lost the support of the independent voter (which I am) and over last four weeks he actually lost a lot of Liberal support.

HHH

Your just one more delusional loony Lib. Obama has been following steadily since last summer it did not happen overnight. The American Medical Association represents a lower percentage of doctors then there are liberal voters. The AARP backs this plan because it does them of lot of good with their insurance company. And we do not even have to go into the payoffs to the unions. Once again he is a blogger as a source loopy.

When you get your government healthcare you can thank Obama for the rest of your life. Hopefully the government robot doctor that "treats" you will care enough to extend your life and not follow the government regulations to pull your plug and save us some money. You might want to ask yourself: why are 46% of our doctors threatening to change professions if Obamacare is passed.

Oh well, it won't matter they can replace the doctors with DMV clerks.

Have fun Wingnutters...
But remember this, the GOP has a lower approval rating than anyone right now, and they don't have anyone who even has the slightest chance of beating Obama in 2012.

Posted by: HHH | March 18, 2010 5:48 PM
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HHH, gotta hand it to ya. You really are a “Stand By Your Man” kind of guy, or guy-ette.

You brought back pleasant memories of me in my precocious youth, having daily debates with my older, California cousin, Jimmy. Jimmy had already discovered Babes, but he would indulge me anyway.

Yeah, Dodgers vs Giants. Jimmy’s Giants had Willie McCovey at 1b. My Dodgers had Ron Fairly, a solid ballplayer, but no Willie McCovey. McCovey would hit more home runs off of Don Drysdale in a San Francisco week-end than Ron Fairly would hit all year. Jimmy’s Giants had Willie Mays in cf. My Dodgers had a guy named Willie too. That would be Willie Davis. Willie Davis could do everything that Willie Mays could do except hit 45 home runs and bat .345 for the season. No one could have ever convinced me, Django, 8 years old, that the offense-challenged, power outage Dodgers were not a match, position by position to Jimmy’s Giants that I absolutely had to hate, then and now.

What’s the secret ingredient that’s concentrated in that Koolaid? Does it have a delightful bouquet?

Can you say "Buyer's Remorse"?

Five Reasons The CBO Figures Are Phony
The Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary “score” says the health care overhaul will cost $940 billion over the first 10 years, saving $138 billion over that time. But the CBO must assess legislation as written, rather than whether it will actually be carried out. Or, as the Economist put it, “The CBO is required to pretend to believe many impossible things before breakfast.”
1. Medicare cuts
The Senate health care bill relied heavily on unprecedented cuts in Medicare spending increases. If implemented, this would have a huge impact on seniors’ care. But Congress has always balked at Medicare cuts. (See No. 3).
2. Delayed start
To make the budget math work, Democrats plan on delaying the start of subsidies and other costly provisions for several years. (The bill spends just $17 billion through 2013). The true 10-year cost is far higher.
3. The “doc fix” is excluded
The Sustainable Growth Rate imposes automatic cuts in Medicare payment rates to doctors.
For several years, fearing a revolt by doctors — and seniors — Congress has suspended those cuts. The original draft of the House health care bill included a permanent “doc fix.” But that ballooned deficits, so Democrats dropped it, even though everyone knows Congress isn’t going to slash doctors’ rates. The CBO has estimated a “doc fix” would cost $247 billion over 10 years.
4. Student loans are included
Doctors’ payments are excluded from the health bill, but major student loan program changes are included? Yep. The reconciliation bill will end student loan subsidies to lenders. The CBO says this will save $19.4 billion over the first decade, accounting for virtually all of the $19.8 billion in deficit reduction from the health care reconciliation bill. Reconciliation bills must cut the deficit by at least $1 billion. So, without the non-health care items, the health care reconciliation bill would not pass muster.
5. It’s a CLASS act
In the Senate health bill, a new, voluntary long-term care insurance program called CLASS accounted for some $72 billion of the deficit reduction. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program is supposed to be deficit-neutral long-term. But Democrats are counting the upfront premium surplus in the short term and ignoring the significant operating deficits after 2029. Update: Democrats also are counting on projected additional Social Security revenues from payroll taxes on higher wages in lieu of lower health benefits. Again, those benefits have to be paid out.
But wait, there’s more! Let’s assume that the cost savings materialize as planned. It still makes the long-term fiscal outlook worse. Why? Democrats are using up a lot of tax hikes, spending cuts and upfront payment just to get barely better than deficit-neutral. That leaves future lawmakers less scope to bring the nation’s finances into order.
On a related note, Democrats continue to maintain the health bill would extend Medicare’s solvency by several years. But they plan to use those as-yet-unrealized Medicare cost savings for a huge new entitlement and to reduce the overall deficit.
http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politicsinvesting/1524-five-reasons-the-cbo-figures-are-phony

There you go again, Crooks, cracking funny !! You sure are a funny kind of guy. Do ever post anything seriously ??
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If you think his numbers are low now just wait. I believe in the not too distant future Obama will be wishing he had Bush's numbers. The loony liberals in DC are so out of touch with the majority of voters it would be funny if what they were doing was not so damaging.