Majority of Americans lack faith in Obama: poll - Yahoo! News
"Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.
The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a reversal of what voters said at the start of Obama's presidency 18 months ago when about 60 percent expressed confidence in his decision making."
I think this is what all modern Presidents can look forward to. Until we realize that the President shapes the issues, but cannot direct the actual change (Congress does), this cycle will simply repeat itself. At a -11 rating, Obama is not in a position to even shape the debate. A more conciliatory tone from Obama may open the door for some compromise with the new Congress in November, but he should start now.
The poll is meaningless without any comparisons.
true. but I'd say when media lefty stalwarts begin to jump ship the trend is clear. You won't find anyone in gov. tell you that unemployment will get below 8.0% if that in 2 years, the math doesn't lie.
He will live and die I think on that number.
I read a piece yesterday, tells the tale of the tape, the electoral map ala 12 and lets say absent a total meltdown of the house gop, is stacked against him as is the math of unemployment.....he'll need a special kind of magic I think to even get by without a serious primary challenge...imho.
Democrats have to be more competitive in states that donÂ’t touch an ocean if they want to bounce back.
By Ronald Brownstein
Thursday, November 4, 2010 | 12:01 p.m.
After the first red-blue map entered our consciousness following the 2000 presidential race, I wrote that it was possible to drive east for three days from San Francisco without crossing a county that voted Democratic; it is now possible to do the same thing with House districts. Still strong (if somewhat diminished) on the coasts, but routed in the heartland, Democrats look like a bridge with two pillars, but no span in between.
NationalJournal.com - Heartland Headache - Friday, November 5, 2010