NBC/WSJ Poll: 40% blame Bush for economy vs. 27% Obama

[WI_DEM]

Obama approval 45% disapproval 48% Added Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart: “These numbers aren’t good. But they are far from awful.”

According to the poll, a combined 40 percent say that Bush and his administration’s policies are “solely” or “mainly” responsible for the current economic conditions, while just 27 percent say the same of Obama and his policies.

Overall, 29 percent see Bush in a positive light, versus 50 percent who view him negatively — similar to his numbers when he left office in Jan. 2009.

Moreover, 32 percent say their vote this November will be a signal of opposition for Obama, versus 27 percent who say it will be a signal of support for him. That’s a reversal from January, when 37 percent said their vote would be in support for the president, while 27 percent said it would be in opposition.

(That said, Obama’s numbers here don’t compare to Bush’s before the 2006 midterms, when 37 percent said their vote would be in opposition to him, versus 22 percent who said it would be in support.)



In the survey — which was conducted after Obama’s fourth visit to the Gulf last week, after his Oval Office address on the spill, and after getting BP to agree to a $20 billion escrow account to help pay for relief — 50 percent say they disapprove of Obama’s handling of the spill, while 42 percent approve.

But the public gives him better ratings than it does Congress, the federal government, and BP.

A combined 48 percent believe that Obama has done more or as much as expected in dealing with spill. By comparison, 39 percent say the same of Congress, 36 percent say that of the federal government (including the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency), and just 27 percent say that of BP.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37881749/ns/politics-white_house/

[vaberella]

1. Tweety didn't mention any of this on his show. n/t

[depakid]

2. Considering the objective facts and circumstances- those aren't the most encouraging numbers.

[BluegrassDem]

3. Amazing how that little nugget from the poll goes totally unmentioned on TV

I watched the NBC Nightly News and watched MSNBC and not a single one mentioned that part of the polling data. It doesn't fit their narrative!! :mad:

[Kind of Blue]

4. Furthermore...

"A silver lining for Obama is that his personal scores are still strong: 64 percent give him high marks for being easygoing and likeable, and 51 percent give him high marks for being compassionate enough to understand average people.

Yet those percentages, too, are down from last year.

“On the personal level,” says Hart, the Democratic pollster, “the public still stays with him.”

KnR

[PlanetBev]

5. Not surprised

The 27-30 percent are the same reptilian brains we have to deal with every election cycle.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. There's that pesky 27% again...