Daily Presidential Approval Index

[Chris_]

Holy cow.

[formerlurker]

I think the vacation on the vineyard is the straw that broke the camel's back.   

[DumbAss Tanker]

I think the vacation on the vineyard is the straw that broke the camel's back.   

Like the vacations of Clinton and Bush, it is meaningless in terms of the President's ability to receive information and deal with situations thanks to a communications array that is without peer.  But, of course, the optics of it are unbelievably horrible and electing to proceed with his vacation plans at this precise point instead of just sending the family off to enjoy themselves was a truly terrible political decision.

[CG6468]

Like the vacations of Clinton and Bush, it is meaningless in terms of the President's ability to receive information and deal with situations thanks to a communications array that is without peer.  But, of course, the optics of it are unbelievably horrible and electing to proceed with his vacation plans at this precise point instead of just sending the family off to enjoy themselves was a truly terrible political decision.

Particularly at such an expensive and exclusive location.

[bijou]

Freefall?

[thundley4]

 

[DumbAss Tanker]

I expect the Oministration will be planning on a bounce from Libya, however I don't think anyone but television journalists view it as anything positive no matter how it comes out.

[Happy Fun Ball]

He is getting dangerously close to this.

[NHSparky]

I expect the Oministration will be planning on a bounce from Libya, however I don't think anyone but television journalists view it as anything positive no matter how it comes out.

They plan on bounces from EVERYTHING.  Only problem is, dead cats only bounce so high and for so long.

[DumbAss Tanker]

They plan on bounces from EVERYTHING. 

Well, it's like the weatherman predicting a storm, or an intelligence officer predicting an enemy attack, every single day:  Sooner or later, they'll be right.

[Duke Nukum]

His people have to manufacture some kind of personal stratragedy of a deeply personal and tragic nature. We Americans, having nearly infinite compassion, are still suckers for that sort of thing.

[NHSparky]

He is getting dangerously close to this.

In a way, he's already past that.  Obama's strong disapprovals are greater than those of Bush.  The only thing that is keeping Obama out of Carteresque levels is the "true believer" core that today was about 19 percent (compared to 13 percent for Bush in January 2009.)

Don't expect the strong approval to decline much more, but you can definitely see the strong disapproval to climb further.  In that regard, if we took a -30 of Bush versus one of Obama, the one for Obama would actually be WORSE.

IOW, at this rate, the total approval rating can't be much above the mid-30's.  He's looking at losing next year, and losing HUGE.  This is also another reason why there will be no serious Dem primary challenge.  Nobody wants to step into that pile of crap and say that they're going to do more of the last four years.

[thundley4]

I have to wonder if the administrations back door policy implementing the DREAM act will have any effect.

[NHSparky]

I have to wonder if the administrations back door policy implementing the DREAM act will have any effect.

Only partially.  The MSM isn't reporting it, and even his strong support is declining, meaning his base is crumbling as well.

[Doc]

I have to wonder if the administrations back door policy implementing the DREAM act will have any effect.

I doubt it.......bear in mind, in most places the illegals he's pandering to can't or won't vote, and he'll see a backlash from Latinos (and others) that went through all the BS to immigrate here legally.  Failing to deport illegals is far from popular among naturalized citizens.  It's just that LaRaza etal are the "loudest"

Just like the rest of us, legal immigrants are far too busy making a life for themselves and their families to march, hold protests, wave foreign flags and appear on TV.......

At best it'll be a wash IMO......

doc

[bijou]

OK peeps, don't overdose on the schadenfreude ...

Gallup:  38% approval, 54% disapproval.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

[DumbAss Tanker]

OK peeps, don't overdose on the schadenfreude ...

Gallup:  38% approval, 54% disapproval.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

Debbie Downer.

It's best to stay with the same poll, so differences in method and interpretation between them at least stay constant for purposes of tracking the delta/time here in the thread, though.

[bijou]

Debbie Downer.

It's best to stay with the same poll, so differences in method and interpretation between them at least stay constant for purposes of tracking the delta/time here in the thread, though.

You're right. I didn't think it warranted a new thread and wanted to post it somewhere but I should have found another home for it.

[Eupher]

I expect the Oministration will be planning on a bounce from Libya, however I don't think anyone but television journalists view it as anything positive no matter how it comes out.

WSJ in today's editorial went all ga-ga about it.

Their question is: Is the alternative of Qaddafi staying in power really better?

[DefiantSix]

Their question is: Is the alternative of Qaddafi staying in power really better?

Depends on how you look forward to a short, rapid trip straight to hell;  With anticipation or with trepidation.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Depends on how you look forward to a short, rapid trip straight to hell;  With anticipation or with trepidation.

Exactimundo.  All we've done is trade a somewhat brutal but stable and neutral Libya for one that will be just as brutal, less neutral and not in a good way, and vastly more unpredictable and unstable.

[franksolich]

-23 today, but I found something additional.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

All the ratings since the Barackalypse began on January 20, 2009.

[franksolich]

The last time the Barackalypse was in positive territory was June 29, 2009, at 1.

It appears the highest negative was on August 23, 2011 (yesterday), at -26.

[formerlurker]

Obama at 37% approval, re-elect in Florida
POSTED AT 9:25 AM ON AUGUST 24, 2011 BY ED MORRISSEY   

Is it too early to say that Barack Obama has lost Florida?  Not according to a new survey from Magellan Strategies, which finds the incumbent sharply under water in all key election categories.  His job approval and re-elect numbers are an identical 37/57, while his “image rating” — favorability — is almost as bad

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/24/obama-at-37-approval-re-elect-in-florida/

[Janice]

0dumbo’s Approval Rating Points to His Being a One-Termer

President Barack Obama is having a rough time of it.

According to the latest Gallup survey, the his job approval has dropped to an all time low, with just 38 percent of the 1,500 U.S. adults surveyed saying they approve of the job he is doing as president. And this does not bode well for his prospects to win re-election in 2012.

As Gallup put it, "Ten incumbent presidents have sought re-election since World War II, and none has won a second term with final pre-election job approval ratings below 48 percent. The last two presidents who lost their re-election bids—George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter—had job approval ratings in the 30 percent range in the fall of the election year. Thus, Obama's challenge is not only to move his rating back above 40 percent, but also to push it close to or above 50 percent." [Vote now: Will Obama be a one-term president?]

What's going on?

So I guess we can now expect the 'Dem water carrying' MSM to set up the "0'Scumbag Marxist as underdog" story, while at the same time painting Gov. Perry or whoever as an extremist -  idiot.