Obama Approval Rating ACTUALLY at 47%

[jillian]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

AFTER he raised taxes. lol..

you still don't get it.

Regan said a lot of things... and not one of them was implemented.

but he sang a lot of happy horse manure that made you people sit up and beg.

his reality wasn't near his legend. in fact, he was a horrible president, with horrible policies.

he talked nice, though.

 

[Coyote]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

Reagan cutting taxes was one of the best things any President ever did for the citizens of this country.

If Reagan had had a Newt Gingrinch Congress, the united states would have established a budget that couldve set the united states up for life.


However we must cut spending in social security and in the miltary and in foreign aid. And keep taxes low.

Formula for success.

Like I said, Reagan's policies led to huge deficits and increased debt.

 

[Polk]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

Reagan cutting taxes was one of the best things any President ever did for the citizens of this country.

If Reagan had had a Newt Gingrinch Congress, the united states would have established a budget that couldve set the united states up for life.

However we must cut spending in social security and in the miltary and in foreign aid. And keep taxes low.

Formula for success.

And by "set the united states up for life", you mean set off a debt crisis.

 

[Polk]

B'loney. SS and Medicare have been snowballing for years. Combine this with demographic changes which increase the ratio of elderly to taxpayers, and we have a growing structural deficit - no matter who is president.

The ratio doesn't decrease constantly. After the Boomers, the rate will stabilize.

 

[Papageorgio]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

LOL!!! And Obama's spending has already led to bigger deficits, and he is still going strong.

 

[Zander]

Obama will have a referendum on his policies in November 2010.

After that he has one poll that counts, it will be held in November 2012. Everything in between is just white noise........

 

[boedicca]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

Reagan cutting taxes was one of the best things any President ever did for the citizens of this country.

If Reagan had had a Newt Gingrinch Congress, the united states would have established a budget that couldve set the united states up for life.


However we must cut spending in social security and in the miltary and in foreign aid. And keep taxes low.

Formula for success.

Like I said, Reagan's policies led to huge deficits and increased debt.

You're neglecting the cumulative impact of SS and Medicare obligations as the demographics of the country aged.

When SS was passed, there were 42 taxpayers per beneficiary. By 1960, that ratio had dropped to 5:1. We are now at 3:1, and will hit 2:1 within a couple of decades. Tax rates have increased while the ratio deteriorated. The sad fact is that the majority of federal spending is mandated entitlements passed by prior Congresses and signed by prior Presidents. We have a structural problem that is getting worse.

 

[Polk]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

LOL!!! And Obama's spending has already led to bigger deficits, and he is still going strong.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the vast majority of the deficit comes from two sources: lost revenue due to the recession and Bush's budget-busting tax cuts.

 

[boedicca]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

LOL!!! And Obama's spending has already led to bigger deficits, and he is still going strong.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the vast majority of the deficit comes from two sources: lost revenue due to the recession and Bush's budget-busting tax cuts.

Incorrect.

It comes from the snow balling of entitlements, and the government's unwillingness to control spending:

Yes, tax receipts are down, all the more reason to not spend money according to Obama's Plan:

 

[Polk]

Meanwhile, back in the real world...

 

[code1211]

I'm not talking about at the similar point. Reagan's approval levels headed higher because his policies were successful. It's highly unlikely that Obama's will emulate Reagan's because his policies are damaging the economy.

If Obama "emulates" Reagan, Unemployment will continue to RISE for the next year before finally going down.

The unemployment rate has already leveled out, and more jobs are already being created, showing a trend towards going down.

Reagan's recovery took 2 1/2 YEARS. Obama's seems to be in full swing now 1 1/3 years into his presidency.

Did Reagan blow a trillion in paybacks, bribes and pork on the way to his recovery?

 

[code1211]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

Reagan cutting taxes was one of the best things any President ever did for the citizens of this country.

If Reagan had had a Newt Gingrinch Congress, the united states would have established a budget that couldve set the united states up for life.


However we must cut spending in social security and in the miltary and in foreign aid. And keep taxes low.

Formula for success.

Reagan didn't have a "Newt Gingrich congress", because the debt issue was non-existent until after REAGAN RAN UP THE DEBT.

The deficit-reduction tendency of the Gingrich congress only came into being as a response to the giant debt Reagan built up.

Reagan was sending balanced budgets to Congress and the Congress was adding spending to his plans.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Obama Approval Rating ACTUALLY at 47%. That's 9 points higher than Reagan was at this point in his presidency.

Wow! Undeniable proof that Obama is better than Reagan!

Obama's numbers are buoyed by Blacks who will vote for Obama even if he's seen drinking the blood of babies as well as stupid Liberal White people who thought they were overcoming their own racism by "voting for the Black guy".

 

[tommywho70x]

Po widdle Pube. Well you only have to put up with President Obama for 6 and 1/2 more years, then you can whine, piss, and moan about the next Democratic President.

are you giving odds?

BO sure looks like a one term prez to me.

he is doing such a bang-up job it wouldn't surprise me if he gotten beaten in the primaries.

actually come to think of it, that's probably where he'll get beaten 'cause the republithugs sure don't have anybody really strong that's sure to knock him off yet.

 

[Polk]

Obama Approval Rating ACTUALLY at 47%. That's 9 points higher than Reagan was at this point in his presidency.

Wow! Undeniable proof that Obama is better than Reagan!

Obama's numbers are buoyed by Blacks who will vote for Obama even if he's seen drinking the blood of babies as well as stupid Liberal White people who thought they were overcoming their own racism by "voting for the Black guy".

Am I the only one that sees the humor of the above post, where it's claimed that "liberal white people" are racist, while the posted is also saying that the numbers don't matter because it includes black people, and we all know their opinions don't count (not that he's the first right-winger to make that argument)?

 

[Toro]

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies led to a growing economy and real job creation - which then caused his approval level to increase.

Obama's policies are dampening economic and job growth. Hence, there won't be similar drivers to improve his approval levels.

You're neglecting the fact that Reagan's policies lead to huge budget deficits.

Keynesianism in drag.

Obama is polling higher than Reagan, and the Republicans were slaughtered in the 1982 Congressional elections, losing 26 seats.

But the lesson here is not that because Reagan came back, so too will Obama. The lesson is that it is far too early to make any prognostications about what will happen in the future.

The economies of today and the early 1980s are vastly different.

 

[Toro]

Obama Approval Rating ACTUALLY at 47%. That's 9 points higher than Reagan was at this point in his presidency.

Wow! Undeniable proof that Obama is better than Reagan!

Obama's numbers are buoyed by Blacks who will vote for Obama even if he's seen drinking the blood of babies as well as stupid Liberal White people who thought they were overcoming their own racism by "voting for the Black guy".

How is that any different than "redneck white guys" who'd rather vote for a tree stump than a black man?

 

[Toro]

Reagan was sending balanced budgets to Congress and the Congress was adding spending to his plans.

When?

Certainly not when David Stockman, Reagan's budget director, was there. In Stockman's book, he details the surreality of the budgeting process during the Reagan administration.

 

[Toro]

This is a disingenuous graph, at least as it pertains to 08 and 09. Those were budgets signed by President Bush. The stimulus program added $100 billion to the deficit in the 2009 fiscal year. That is fair criticism of the Democrats, but the inherited deficit was over $1 trillion.

There were no new major spending initiatives in 2008 or 2009. The reason why the deficit exploded was because of the cyclical adjustments caused by the recession. The biggest spending initiatives of the past decade were Medicare Part D, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican President (though in fairness supported by Congressional Democrats), and the Iraq war. The fiscal balance further deteriorated by the Bush tax cuts. Medicare Part D, war and tax cuts exacerbated the deficits that we are now in.

Going forward, it is fair to criticize the Democrats for the deficits we will incur. There should be no new spending programs that are not self-funded. In fact, we have to start cutting back our current programs, particularly Medicare and SS. But to say that the Democrats caused the budget deficit to explode in 08 and 09 is absolute bullshit. It demonstrates why you shouldn't listen to highly politically partisan people.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

That some people are stupid does not come as a surprise to me.