Obama: Lowest Rating To Date

[Sinatra]

The government has created a Gordian Knot which is damaging the economy. History has shown again and again that raising taxes and increasing spending in a recession makes things worse.

Five Myths About the Great Depression - WSJ.com

Burt Folsom: Did FDR End the Depression? - WSJ.com


The real answer is to relieve the burden of government so that the private sector can create jobs. Even JFK recognized this. Instead, Obama has increased the size of government from the historical peacetime level of 20% of GDP to 25% (even without ObamaCare). After every other recession except for this one, small businesses created the majority of new jobs. With the government sucking all of the oxygen out of the credit markets to fuel Obama's increase in federal spending, small businesses are not hiring.

Without the Stimulus package, ObamaCare, the increase in the scope of government, the end of the bush tax cuts, the threat of a VAT, real job creation would have begun in earnest in the third quarter of last year. Obamanomics has stalled this recovery. They are now desperately manipulating the unemployment stats with bongus Census jobs - and walking back their claims that unemployment would peak at 8% if the Stimulus were passed.

Greece is the prequel - it would behoove you to study the effect of their policies and compare them to Obama's.

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Great post.

What is going on in Europe now - and the Soviet Union prior, is a perfect example of how Statism simply does NOT WORK over the long term.

November 2010 has become so critical to the future of this country...

 

[Wicked Jester]

I certainly agree there is deep dislike between the Obama and Clinton camps given Obama played the race card during the primary.

But to take on Obama in 2012 would require that the groundwork for such a coup would already be laid out by now from within the party - and no word on that is circulating yet. Perhaps this summer such plans could be put into place - we shall see...

The dem's are reeling right now. Obama is 0-4 in trying to save incumbents at this point.
If the trouncing of incumbents happens in november, and it's looking like it's a no brainer that it will happen, all of Obama's cards come off the table. The dem's will realize that he's nothing more than a lame duck within his own party.

You can bet the Clintons are eyeing all of this.

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You make a good point - if the political reset button is indeed pushed in November 2010, the moderates within the Democrat Party could rise up, push off Pelosi and Reid, and court the likes of Hillary Clinton to try and "save the party". That is how it would have to play out for Hillary to take such a huge political risk. You are correct - it could happen. At present a longshot - but certainly possible.

Jimmy Carter......Ted Kennedy......Ring a bell?

 

[rightwinger]

Lowest rating?

How do you reconcile that Ronald Reagan had a lower rating at this point in his presidency?

How do you reconcile Obama's rating compared to Bush's 26% rating?

Spin much?

Reagan's policies actually led to an improved the economy and his approval levels rose accordingly.

Obama's are destroying it. The metrics that matter are unemployment, real GDP growth, real wage growth, and deficits/debt. He's headed in the wrong direction on all of these.

This is not good news:

Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds.

At the same time, government-provided benefits — from Social Security, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other programs — rose to a record high during the first three months of 2010...

Private pay shrinks to historic lows as gov't payouts rise - USATODAY.com

Kind of jumping ahead of the game aren't you? Reagans economy was still going down at this point while Obama's has an upward trend. Employment numbers have been positive for three straight months, GDP up three consecutive quarters......Reagan could not say the same at this point.

 

[Sinatra]

The dem's are reeling right now. Obama is 0-4 in trying to save incumbents at this point.
If the trouncing of incumbents happens in november, and it's looking like it's a no brainer that it will happen, all of Obama's cards come off the table. The dem's will realize that he's nothing more than a lame duck within his own party.

You can bet the Clintons are eyeing all of this.

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You make a good point - if the political reset button is indeed pushed in November 2010, the moderates within the Democrat Party could rise up, push off Pelosi and Reid, and court the likes of Hillary Clinton to try and "save the party". That is how it would have to play out for Hillary to take such a huge political risk. You are correct - it could happen. At present a longshot - but certainly possible.

Jimmy Carter......Ted Kennedy......Ring a bell?

Indeed - though Teddy had not yet run against Carter already, so the motive appeared more "sincere" at that time. If Hillary were to step up, and against the first Black President, that would take HUGE BALLS on her part. She certainly swings far bigger balls than does Obama, but not sure they are that big.

I will say this - the Clintons could just pull it off. Her campaign could take on a type of "Let's do what we should have done before and vote in experience" kind of thing.

The Obama White Guilt Experiment tour is wearing thin with a ton of folks who voted him in, that is for sure...

 

[Sky Dancer]

More than likely, the President will be re-elected if he chooses to run. It doesn't bother me if he's a one term or two term president.

 

[Wicked Jester]

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You make a good point - if the political reset button is indeed pushed in November 2010, the moderates within the Democrat Party could rise up, push off Pelosi and Reid, and court the likes of Hillary Clinton to try and "save the party". That is how it would have to play out for Hillary to take such a huge political risk. You are correct - it could happen. At present a longshot - but certainly possible.

Jimmy Carter......Ted Kennedy......Ring a bell?

Indeed - though Teddy had not yet run against Carter already, so the motive appeared more "sincere" at that time. If Hillary were to step up, and against the first Black President, that would take HUGE BALLS on her part. She certainly swings far bigger balls than does Obama, but not sure they are that big.

I will say this - the Clintons could just pull it off. Her campaign could take on a type of "Let's do what we should have done before and vote in experience" kind of thing.

The Obama White Guilt Experiment tour is wearing thin with a ton of folks who voted him in, that is for sure...

The Clintons are still hugely popular within the party. William Jethro still has a lot of weight to throw around. If Obama doesn't pull a rabbit out of his ass and start effectively leading, he can kiss this fiasco goodbye!....And that is exactly what it has been. One big giant fiasco on so many levels.

 

[namvet]

im shocked i tell ya ............unbelievable !!!!

how can i fake the numbers back up????

I have to think that his utter lack of any real response to the Gulf Oil spill is finally tipping some of his former supporters against him now. Even some in liberal media members are shaking their heads at Obama's seeming inablility to actually lead. That of course also is a testimony to how out of touch these same media figures are in the first place who made such effort day in and day out to help secure victory for Obama in 2008...

but of course. i forgot !!! his czars are running the country. oh well back to the golf course

 

[blastoff]

Even liberal meathead pundit Ed Schultz is now crying out against Obama...

SCHULTZ (5:57): Mr. President, I'm a huge fan, but this is now your oil spill. It's on your watch. We need to come up with some kind of huge plan on what we're going to do, because we've spent thirty days waiting for BP, waiting for Transocean, who've done a great job of just washing their hands of all of this.

Let me just say this, Washington: It's time to get it on. It's time to get real serious about this.

The real question: why the left waited 30 days to challenge the White House on its chronic laziness when it's clear Bush wouldn't have been given 30 minutes before being subjected to a full-scale partisan attack. Is protecting Obama really worth the cost?

Aw, c'mon, go easy on big Ed. He can't help it he's such an idiot. But even idiots, like blind squirrels, occasionally get it right.

Heard the clown on his radio show the other day thanking his TV audience and bragging about his MSNBC time slot beating CNN's. LOL...gee, the bottom-feeder gets beat by the almost bottom-feeder. Of course, he forgot to mention how badly his MSNBC gig gets slaughtered by Fox's ratings. Prolly just an oversight, huh?

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Even liberal meathead pundit Ed Schultz is now crying out against Obama...

SCHULTZ (5:57): Mr. President, I'm a huge fan, but this is now your oil spill. It's on your watch. We need to come up with some kind of huge plan on what we're going to do, because we've spent thirty days waiting for BP, waiting for Transocean, who've done a great job of just washing their hands of all of this.

Let me just say this, Washington: It's time to get it on. It's time to get real serious about this.

The real question: why the left waited 30 days to challenge the White House on its chronic laziness when it's clear Bush wouldn't have been given 30 minutes before being subjected to a full-scale partisan attack. Is protecting Obama really worth the cost?
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The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney: Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill

Schultz is a silly buffoon but he's right on this one. But wait,it gets even worse. This President is set to take his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Yikes!

 

[Wicked Jester]

Carol Browner just laid it all out regarding the spill.

''The government is in charge"

Obama's Katrina?.........You betcha!

 

[Sinatra]

Enjoy your vacation/fundraising trip Obama...