Shodan
September 10, 2009, 3:39pm
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It comes down to what it usually does - people like you when you promise them pie in the sky. Then your popularity drops when the baker sends the bill.
Specifically, 63% of voters agreed with the president earlier this year when he said, “We must make it a priority to give every single American quality affordable health care.” Yet while they agree in theory, only 28% are currently willing to pay higher taxes to achieve that goal.
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It’s not Obama’s only letdown. While pessimism about the economy’s future has eased, fewer than half give him credit for improving it. Americans disapprove of his handling of the deficit by a record 12-point margin, 53-41 percent. And after sharp gains following last fall’s election, views of the country’s direction have soured; 55 percent say it’s seriously off on the wrong track.
One additional figure shows the extent to which the Obama star has faded: At his 100-day mark in April, 60 percent of Americans expressed confidence in him “to make the right decisions for the country’s future.” Today, just past 200 days into his presidency, it’s 49 percent.
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Obama came into office with an artificially high approval rating. Then he started doing things.
Regards,
Eonwe
September 10, 2009, 3:58pm
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Alessan:
Tell me - how many victories can the Obama Administration take credit for?
Becaseu that’s what it’s all about. The American center doesn’t care about right or left, it cares about winners or losers, and rightly or wrongly, the Obama administration is perceived as falling in column B.
What idealists never realize is that moderates don’t really care about ideology, they care about competance. If the President is seen as someone who sets an agenda and follows it through, they’ll back him; otherwise, they’ll bail.
Obama needs to pass healthcare reform. Not because people want the reform, but becasue he said he’ll pass it, and if he can’t do what he says, what is he good for?
Well said, and basically what I wanted to say.
It’s not about being too far left or not left enough. It’s about accomplishment. If you wallow around and can’t get things done, even if it’s no fault of your own, people will bail.