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Obama's approval rating grows following memorable week

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You're celebrating that for the first time as much a HALF the people approve of the job he's doing? Any other business and that employee would be fired.

You forget that 29% of the population still believes that GWB was a good President.....so you lose 30% right off the bat.
 
In June of Bush's seventh year in office he had an approval rating of 31%. While I wouldn't call Obama's 50% approval rating mega-inspiring, there are sure as hell a lot lower bars.

FOX News Poll: Bush Approval Rating Hits New Low | Fox News

You beat me to the punch. I think the members of our local DP President's hater's Club forgot about that.

One thing for sure, even if Obama solved world hunger and had Israel and Palestine hold hands and sing Kumbaya, 30-40% of Americans would still curse him. LOL!

I think 50% is about all he can hope for.
 
I didn't realize Reagan personally went over to the Soviet Union and personally tear down the Berlin Wall.

You gotta understand that in Con's mind, 9/11 occurred on Clinton's watch, GWB took over and through his great leadership captured and killed Bin Laden and then led the United States into economic utopia. Its par for the course.
 
Better than Reagan too in his 7th year. But Clinton was flying above them all.

Ohhhh.... Obama having a better approval rating than Reagan. I bet you touch a nerve with THAT post. LOL! Watch for low flying ashtrays!
 
But you apparently are clueless about FDR and how he fundamentally changed the nation over 70 years ago. Neighbor helping neighbor is fine but FDR saw it was clearly insufficient. Obama has put us back on the path and I don't think we will be straying from it for a while. I thank GW Bush for that favor. It turns out he was not a total failure.

Yes, what FDR did is create massive entitlement programs making people dependent. It does appear that you are either unable to compete in society and need a big govt. to provide you for what you want. Obama has indeed put us back on the path of entitlement growth and with entitlements come dependence and debt. The value of your dollar is going to be worthless. Is that what you really want?
 
You beat me to the punch. I think the members of our local DP President's hater's Club forgot about that.

One thing for sure, even if Obama solved world hunger and had Israel and Palestine hold hands and sing Kumbaya, 30-40% of Americans would still curse him. LOL!

I think 50% is about all he can hope for.

Oh, he'll do better than that. Bush W. left office with an approval of 34% and the latest approval is 53%. You'll definitely see a major uptick in Obama's approval after he leaves office.

As it stands, however, if Obama walked on water conservatives would complain he couldn't swim.*

You gotta understand that in Con's mind, 9/11 occurred on Clinton's watch, GWB took over and through his great leadership captured and killed Bin Laden and then led the United States into economic utopia. Its par for the course.

Funniest stat from Conservatives I keep coming across: "Bush presided over zero terrorist attacks on the United States, not counting 9/11."





*Got that one from Redress
 
To me this just proves that the American population is seriously fickle and has a short attention span. That's the only logical explanation why a President (and not just this one) can fluctuate so wildly over the course of a couple weeks based on single events.
 
Unemployment rate is currently at 5.5%
The labor force participation rate is at 62.9%
So, if the people aren't unemployed, and they aren't working, where did they go?

You're supposed to be proving that Obama altered the definition or the requirements. Also, are you the same keymanjim from Sodahead?
 
I don't see where that link tracks consecutive months...?

Obama inherited an economy that had 142 million working Americans, in two years he took it to 139 million and now you want to give him credit for record numbers of consecutive months of private sector job growth? You believe ACA, minimum wage increases, changes in overtime rules benefit the private sector and will cause them to grow jobs? It does appear that you have no understanding at all of the private sector and how it works. The economic results today are a tribute to that private sector, NOT obama
 
First non-white president. Gave lots of people health care. Shifted thought to the Left. Gay marriage. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan. ACA. Unemployment down. In some circles he will be remembered as one of the all time greats
 
First non-white president. Gave lots of people health care. Shifted thought to the Left. Gay marriage. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan. ACA. Unemployment down. In some circles he will be remembered as one of the all time greats

If Obama suffers no major political fallouts and gets a couple more victories under his belt he'll be remembered as "good." "All time great" is seriously pushing it.
 
Yes, what FDR did is create massive entitlement programs making people dependent. It does appear that you are either unable to compete in society and need a big govt. to provide you for what you want. Obama has indeed put us back on the path of entitlement growth and with entitlements come dependence and debt. The value of your dollar is going to be worthless. Is that what you really want?

I have personally never taken Govt. assistance except for some FEMA money when Hurricane Charlie devastated my nursery. That does not change the fact that I understand the history of misery in this country and how the steps that FDR took made it 1000% better. You used to appreciate that too until your wallet took over. Your irrational fear of a plummeting dollar is an indication of just that. The dollar is actually a bit too strong lately and is hurting our exports.
 
To me this just proves that the American population is seriously fickle and has a short attention span. That's the only logical explanation why a President (and not just this one) can fluctuate so wildly over the course of a couple weeks based on single events.

yeah, and at this point you have to think long term. It all hinges on Obamacare. mixed reviews on the economy and foreign affairs for sure(and failing grades on race relations). If Obamacare lasts and people are generally happy with it in 10 years big boost for him. If it crashes and burns and has to be taken apart then he will basically be remembered for being the first black president, and that's about it.
 
And you can't get any lower than a Bush I'm afraid. That's why the GOP keeps running them.

It's a free country... on the Republican side, anyway.
 
Obama inherited an economy that had 142 million working Americans, in two years he took it to 139 million and now you want to give him credit for record numbers of consecutive months of private sector job growth? You believe ACA, minimum wage increases, changes in overtime rules benefit the private sector and will cause them to grow jobs? It does appear that you have no understanding at all of the private sector and how it works. The economic results today are a tribute to that private sector, NOT obama

Bush had a bubble economy, it came crashing down; the month Obama was ignaugerated the economy lost 800K jobs.
 
First non-white president. Gave lots of people health care. Shifted thought to the Left. Gay marriage. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan. ACA. Unemployment down. In some circles he will be remembered as one of the all time greats

First non-white president: Really? Completely irrelevant when considering legacy.

Gave people lots of health care / ACA (combined): If it doesn't crash and burn under it's own weight, it'll be remembered well. If it does crash and burn, then no. It'll take at least 10 years for this one to shake out before we can know.

Shifted thought to the left: Presuming that is good, how did HE do that?

Gay marriage: Again, how did HE do that? It just happened on his watch. He does get kudos for ending DADT, though.

Out of Iraq/Afghanistan: Are we, really? Plus, did he leave too soon? How's that working out? Seems more of a mess than before, especially Iraq. Not something to brag about, unless half-truths and lying-by-omission are the strategy here.

Unemployment down: Government has less influence in this than we like to think. Much of it is part of the upswing of the natural cycle, but sure, the sitting president gets the credit when it goes well and the blame when it goes downhill... regardless whether they actually earned said credit or blame.

He's been a caretaker president more than anything else.
 
yeah, and at this point you have to think long term. It all hinges on Obamacare. mixed reviews on the economy and foreign affairs for sure(and failing grades on race relations). If Obamacare lasts and people are generally happy with it in 10 years big boost for him. If it crashes and burns and has to be taken apart then he will basically be remembered for being the first black president, and that's about it.
I'm with ya.
 
Obama inherited an economy that had 142 million working Americans, in two years he took it to 139 million and now you want to give him credit for record numbers of consecutive months of private sector job growth? You believe ACA, minimum wage increases, changes in overtime rules benefit the private sector and will cause them to grow jobs? It does appear that you have no understanding at all of the private sector and how it works. The economic results today are a tribute to that private sector, NOT obama

The record period of private sector job growth occurred under Obama's tenure despite all of the allegations of how his economic policies, including the litany you include here, would supposedly destroy the private sector. In fact, the primary reason that the unemployment rate has not dropped lower is because of the shrinkage found in Government positions. For many of the months of recovery, the private sector grew at a rate which offset the loses to the public sector. There have been 63 months of private sector job growth.

63 Straight Months Of Private Sector Job Growth | Democratic Policy & Communications Center
 
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