Public's faith in Obama hits new low

[defendandprotect]

Majority of Americans lack faith in Obama: poll

Tue Jul 13, 12:58 am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.

The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a reversal of what voters said at the start of Obama's presidency 18 months ago when about 60 percent expressed confidence in his decision making.

Confidence in Obama is at a new low but the poll found that his numbers are still higher than lawmakers of either major party four months ahead of the November congressional elections.

Asked how much confidence they have in Obama to make the right decisions for the country's future, 58 percent of respondents said "just some" or "none."

Sixty-eight percent expressed the same sentiments about Democrats in Congress and 72 percent said the same of Republicans.

The Post said problems in the housing industry, sluggish job growth and other economic issues may have taken a toll on Obama's approval rating.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100713/us_nm/us_obama_poll

[EstimatedProphet]

1. How convenient that the article headlines Obama

Congress, Dems in general, and Repubs in particular, are even lower. But the headline is how Obama's polling is so low.

[griffi94]

4. well he is the president

and he did ride the engine of hope & change to the whitehouse.
whether or not it's his fault, it is surely his problem that there hasn't been enough change to keep folks from losing hope.

the democrats are in control and while the repubs may be seen as being responsable for so much misery, the democrats are being seen as having the power to reverse that trend.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Every last member of the other groups was elected too

He is the president, true, but it is still an incomplete and slanted headline when phrased the way it is. Why shouldn't it be "6 Out Of 10 Not Satisfied With Obama, Congress"?

[griffi94]

12. i didn't write the headline

just stating how things looked from my corner of the woods.
the others were elected, however not in a groundswell of national support and certainly not with the enthusiasm that the president was.
i think many people who were hanging on are now in freefall, and while they knew it would take time to reach our destination they expected at the very least that we would start in the right direction.
heard a poll on GMA this morning that a majority now feel we're going in the wrong direction.
the president has to wok with congress but if he's letting congress lead him he's in trouble.

[EstimatedProphet]

14. No, you didn't

I'm just trying to point out the slant.

[abelenkpe]

2. polls

represent the opinions of unemployed elderly folk who are still naive enough to answer the phone to a number they don't recognize.

[griffi94]

13. i see

so everybody is satisfied except old out of work people who don't have caller ID.
yeah i'm sure that describes the 6 in 10 ratio.

[abelenkpe]

18. yeah it does.

think about it. Most younger people have cell phones and no land line. Those with a land line tend to use caller id to screen callers. Polls are bs. It's an outdated way of testing public opinion period.

You wanna believe otherwise go ahead. The tooth fairy is real too.

[griffi94]

21. with brains like yours

i'm sure you'll be president soon. i don't want to believe it so it can't be true.
stick with that i don't see how it can fail.

[defendandprotect]

20. Agree that polls should be highly questioned . . . though . . .

Thom Hartmann was commenting a week or so ago that the Exit Polls were becoming

so razor sharp --- just before they were dumped in favor of the Supreme Court and Bush!

I've never responded to polls --

however, I think the issues are right on -- economy -- jobs, unemployment --

and right now it looks like BEN NELSON IS GOING TO VOTE YES ON THE FINANCIAL LEGISLATION

per C-span --



H. R. 2597 at thomas.loc.gov

Creates 830 B fund for small banks to extend credit

Changes rules on small busienss & depreciation --

[Spazito]

3. Actually, 29% of Americans have no confidence in Obama...

leaving 71% who do have confidence, damn, he is plummeting.....or not.

[Kablooie]

5. He's done pretty damn well considering every single item has been filibustered.

It's astounding that he can get ANYTHING done with every individual Republican having the ability to kill any bill he wants at any time.

[EstimatedProphet]

8. Quite true

What gets lost in the shuffle in discussions is that, with Repubs in lockstep NO-vote mode, the majority vote to pass a bill in the Senate is no longer 50, it's 60.

[defendandprotect]

9. Actually, they haven't been filibustered . . .Dems have folded under the THREAT ....

We have to make the GOP filibuster . . .

[damntexdem]

6. Yeah, only 71% have faith in him.

The headline lies about the poll.

[Oregone]

10. But who has "faith" in any politician, really?

Strange new metric

[defendandprotect]

11. Well, I think that's a great point . . . the MAJORITY of the nation did have faith in Obama ....

At the least Obama has to communicate with the public more -- more briefly --

and the Dems have to respond more strongly to right wing propaganda --

THAT would take populist response -- AND POPULIST ACTION --

that's what the public wants to hear and what we're not getting.

[Robeson]

15. I thought so, too. What's next, Divine Right of Kings?...

...or presidents as the case may be.

[Cetacea]

16. Yet his approval rating is now at 50 percent...

That is not too shabby...

[grantcart]

17. gallup remains unchanged

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

[onethatcares]

19. they must have missed me.

With two phones I could have answered, they didn't even bother to call. In fact, now that I think about it, I never get those kind of calls.

Must be because I'm on the do not call list, I guess.

Well, I support President Barrack Hussein Obama. I have confidence in him, way more confidence in him than I ever had for that guy that was number 43.

Jeez, plug in a tape or cd with * talking on it, you'll understand why.

Now, back to the topic on hand. We the people actually wanted change, we had hope that if Obama was elected, we, the people, would see a change in the way the United States of America was run. Well, the actual powers that be can't have none of that hopey changey stuff so they'll just beat his agenda to death with a little tack hammer while constantly using the media to spread numbers that folks will see and never question. EVEN IF THEY THINK HE'S DOING A HELL OF A JOB.

Gauddammmint people, did you really expect ponies and rainbows? Did you really think the moneyed interests were just gonna say, "oh boy, we have to change the way we act and give more to the peons"?

Me, I'm still hoping for round two. Even if we get our democratic asses kicked in November, I expect a second term. I expect a better second term because the media should be able to shout from the rooftops that the pukes are holding up all the jobs, all the progress we need to become a first class nation ( I should hope for at least second class status, huh?)

Well, that's it. Mark me down as a confidence holder.

Peace