Bin Laden is dead, and FEMA is getting good reviews in the South, BUT....

[RandySF]

Obama is only getting a small bounce in the polls. Had it been Bill clinton or GW Bush, the numbers would be in the 70's. If there was any question that the anti-Obama was about race before, I think they should be answered by now.

[WCGreen]

1. Oh boy to I agree with that...

[OhioChick]

2. The Economy and Joblessness are affecting the polls as per CNN earlier n/t

[RandySF]

3. GHW Bush got a 71% approval after the Gulf War

And the economy was in the crapper in 1991 as well.

[EFerrari]

12. But people weren't so out of work and there wasn't a foreclosure epidemic. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

15. unemployment rates:

1990-01-01 5.4
1990-02-01 5.3
1990-03-01 5.2
1990-04-01 5.4
1990-05-01 5.4
1990-06-01 5.2
1990-07-01 5.5
1990-08-01 5.7
1990-09-01 5.9
1990-10-01 5.9
1990-11-01 6.2
1990-12-01 6.3
1991-01-01 6.4
1991-02-01 6.6
1991-03-01 6.8
1991-04-01 6.7
1991-05-01 6.9
1991-06-01 6.9
1991-07-01 6.8
1991-08-01 6.9
1991-09-01 6.9
1991-10-01 7.0
1991-11-01 7.0
1991-12-01 7.3
1992-01-01 7.3
1992-02-01 7.4
1992-03-01 7.4
1992-04-01 7.4
1992-05-01 7.6
1992-06-01 7.8
1992-07-01 7.7
1992-08-01 7.6
1992-09-01 7.6
1992-10-01 7.3
1992-11-01 7.4
1992-12-01 7.4


2009-01-01 7.8
2009-02-01 8.2
2009-03-01 8.6
2009-04-01 8.9
2009-05-01 9.4
2009-06-01 9.5
2009-07-01 9.5
2009-08-01 9.7
2009-09-01 9.8
2009-10-01 10.1
2009-11-01 9.9
2009-12-01 9.9
2010-01-01 9.7
2010-02-01 9.7
2010-03-01 9.7
2010-04-01 9.8
2010-05-01 9.6
2010-06-01 9.5
2010-07-01 9.5
2010-08-01 9.6
2010-09-01 9.6
2010-10-01 9.7
2010-11-01 9.8
2010-12-01 9.4
2011-01-01 9.0
2011-02-01 8.9
2011-03-01 8.8


BLS has march at 9.2, numbers above are from the fed.

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=unemployment+rate

[BlueCaliDem]

4. CNN = Corporate News Network. They have zero credibility with me

and they should have that same level of credibility with everyone else.

[ingac70]

As if FEMA in the South would boost his numbers. n/t

:eyes:

The hate that "Big Gubmint" but will stick that hand out when times get tough.

[blondeatlast]

11. Um, that's what the Federal Government is for. Personally, when people are hurt and desperate

thrrough no fault of their own, I don't care how they voted.

[ingac70]

14. The government is for hating until you need something? n/t

[blondeatlast]

17. It's there to serve all of us. When people are losing loved ones and homes, I don't think we should

check their voter IDs or ideologies.

[cordelia]

18. Thank you for your usual compassion.

It is much appreciated.

[ingac70]

19. I never said anyone should be denied....

I just said they are filthy little hypocrites.

[NYC_SKP]

5. True. Obama does twice as much with half the resources and twice the push back...

and gets negative credit.

Yet somehow keeps smiling and doesn't show the kind of anger most of us wouldn't be able to hide.

[MrScorpio]

6. Obama could have shot Bin Laden personally and the hateful fucks would still be hateful

Fuck 'em.

[BlueCaliDem]

7. You're right. It's not the president's job appr. It's about his skin color approval

and this low approval rating (56% according to the Washington Post), compared to Pres. Clinton's and Duh-bya's, can't mean it only comes from the right. It means it comes from both sides of the political spectrum.

[handmade34]

8. you are correct

and I am so sad that ignorance still prevails in places... we have a wonderful, intelligent, compassionate President and I am sad for the people that can't recognize that

[spanone]

9. 9% is a pretty good bounce for any prez

[applegrove]

10. GOP supporters are in a hermetically sealed bubble. They never

hear anything good about Obama.

[MadHound]

13. Wow, how disappointing,

So are you saying that anybody who disagrees with Obama and his policies is a racist? Is that what you're saying?

[seabeyond]

16. i listen to people work so hard to com up with bashes on obama for this. twisting all over the place

to make him evil. worse than bush. and obama has given them NO reason to reduce him to this, unlike bushco.

it goes beyond the man. it goes beyond the presidency.

i tend to agree with you