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posted at 11:00 am on February 24, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Barack Obama wants to ask for a second term as President on the message that America is back, claiming that he has pulled the nation into a path for prosperity and job creation. That will come as a big surprise to American workers, who have not seen any improvement in their job situation or economic position, warns Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg:
Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg is out with a must-read polling memo this morning, which offers some eye-opening advice to President Obama and his re-election team. After testing several of the presidents economic messages, he finds the argument that the economy is back on the right track polls miserably and produces disastrous results.
It is weaker than even the weakest Republican message and is 10 points weaker in intensity than either Republican message, Greenberg wrote. A third said this message made them less likely to support Barack Obama. Alarmingly, this message barely receives majority support among self-identified Democrats and even less support among all other groups.
The memo reads as a glaring wake-up call to the White House, which has been trumpeting improving economic figures lately. Greenberg notes that voters are reporting no improvement in their job situation since last June, and have experienced reduced wages and benefits and health insurance coverage. The picture Greenbergs polling paints is an America public still deeply pessimistic about their future, and skeptical of Obamas handling of the economy.
Even Democrats scoff at Obamas claims on job creation, Greenberg warns in his analysis:
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Dem pollster warns that voters will scoff at claims of recovery « Hot Air
SNIP:
posted at 11:00 am on February 24, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Barack Obama wants to ask for a second term as President on the message that America is back, claiming that he has pulled the nation into a path for prosperity and job creation. That will come as a big surprise to American workers, who have not seen any improvement in their job situation or economic position, warns Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg:
Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg is out with a must-read polling memo this morning, which offers some eye-opening advice to President Obama and his re-election team. After testing several of the presidents economic messages, he finds the argument that the economy is back on the right track polls miserably and produces disastrous results.
It is weaker than even the weakest Republican message and is 10 points weaker in intensity than either Republican message, Greenberg wrote. A third said this message made them less likely to support Barack Obama. Alarmingly, this message barely receives majority support among self-identified Democrats and even less support among all other groups.
The memo reads as a glaring wake-up call to the White House, which has been trumpeting improving economic figures lately. Greenberg notes that voters are reporting no improvement in their job situation since last June, and have experienced reduced wages and benefits and health insurance coverage. The picture Greenbergs polling paints is an America public still deeply pessimistic about their future, and skeptical of Obamas handling of the economy.
Even Democrats scoff at Obamas claims on job creation, Greenberg warns in his analysis:
read it all with comments.
Dem pollster warns that voters will scoff at claims of recovery « Hot Air
