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Obama Approval Rating Drops To Record Low
It seems like it was an eternity ago that Obama was doing his post-government shutdown gloating media tour, when day after day the world was bombarded with news of the GOP's record low popularity rating, paradoxically following their attempt to do what even the president is now desperate to achieve: delay Obamacare. Well, the tables have turned and now that the government shutdown is history, at least until January, and the public focus has shifted to where it should have been in the first place - namely the embarrassing ponzi scheme experiment that is Obamacare, and the epic failure surrounding its rushed rollout - it is Obama's turn to suffer a record low rating, which is precisely what happened according to a just concluded WSJ/NBC News poll.
The WSJ reports that "the popular discontent that engulfed Republicans amid the partial government shutdown has now washed over President Barack Obama, whose job approval rating has sunk to an all-time low. Americans just weeks ago heaped scorn largely on congressional Republicans over the dysfunction in Washington. But the new poll found a sharp turn against Mr. Obama, during a month in which lawmakers tiptoed up to a potential debt default and the White House fumbled the rollout of its signature health-care law.
Specifically:
Mr. Obama's job approval fell to 42%, with 51% of respondents disapproving of his performance as president. That marked a drop in his approval rating from 47% in early October and 53% at the end of 2012.
At the same time, more Americans now view Mr. Obama negatively than positively, for the first time since he emerged as a national political candidate.
In all, the poll of 800 Americans captured an extraordinarily deep and widespread public distaste for the two political parties, those parties' leaders and the state of politics in the nation's capital.
Elsewhere, it appears that Americans just have given up on the government system, whose increasing corruption and cooption by moneyed interests is now obvious to everyone:
Optimism about the U.S. system of government, at 30%, was at the lowest ebb in 40 years. Just 29% said their congressional representative deserved re-election—a new low—while nearly three-quarters said Congress was contributing to the problems in Washington instead of working to solve them.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, both Republicans, hit their highest negative ratings, as did Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.
"Americans are voicing their frustration at a Congress that cannot keep the government open for business and an administration that cannot get health care open for enrollment," Mr. Hart said.
Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducts the survey along with Democrat Fred Yang, described the findings as a "shock wave" that showed the depth of "anger and frustration with everybody in Washington."
Frustration... and yet nobody will dare to change anything for fear of losing their precious entitlements, which are unsustainable as is and like in Detroit will end up with pennies on the dollar, or for fear of infringing on their Dancing with the Stars TV time.
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Bullish!
Maybe mr. transparency,benghazi,fast and furious, constitutional lawyer, ndaa, patriot act, nsa, osama killer- giggles, war monger, drone striker, is being called out on his FUCKING LIES.
Obozo's approval rating should be below Cheney's nadir. He'll get there soon enough.
Hell...I'm just warming up to the son of a bitch.....and now you guys are leaving?
Still not enough % of people calling him to be lowered 6 ft into the ground
Is he still there? YES. Then this news is irrelevant. Let me know when two armed security men escort him out of the Whitehouse.
Don't hold your breath...you'll only get a headache...
The only way that asshole is leaving is if a mob drags him out...
I'm just waiting for the gay bath house photos to surface with Barry doing a line of blow while taking it up the keister. That should stick a fork in the balance of his administration. Photoshop anyone?
Calling Dr. Banzai... Calling Dr. Banzai...
He may be up to it if he's had enough cocktails.
Just ask the NSA, they have them already.
pods
I see Obama ending up like Mussolini.
Just think of all them government workers pissed off at losing their pensions and unemployed, it will not be a pretty sight. Lazy people having to work for a living, oh the pain.
Bloomberg: The Obamacare rollout is leading to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of health insurance plans nationwide, contradicting President Barack Obama’s repeated pledge that people who like their coverage can keep it.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-29/health-policies-canceled-in-lat...
The banksters having the bath house pictures would explain a lot of of the last 5 years...
It's pretty easy to see what the strategy is here. He'll say that he didn't take away your insurance coverage; if it were up to him you could keep it. It's those greedy for-profit companies that are screwing everyone and it's about time we found a better way than capitalism, which has never worked.
I have adopted the lazy lifestyle of late. I no longer have taxable employment, and I don't mind it.
Could we get a photoshop of Obama as Dr. Zachary Smith?
Oh, the pain!
More than any sitting President I can recall, Barry simply doesn't care about what anyone thinks of him at this point- he's set for life, with all the free golf he can play, so he'll say and do whatever he pleases-
And THAT is what makes him truly dangerous.
If he were actually a threat he would come down with some disease like Ronnie.
Is Vichy DC still there? Yes? Then this news is irrelevant. Let me know when a fleet of garbage scows carries the entire city and its denizens off to China as scrap.
The survey only asked if he should be put 0, 2, 4, or 6 feet deep. Most people's wanted him much deeper than 6 feet.
meanwhile gold smack down for yet again a buying opp. all while syria gets a little smack down by anon missles.
hmmm, just guessing tingys heatin up- mankind comin unglued. just need a saudi bid away from da dolla for a real romp.
den we hava real situation where ben is "outa da game" and the real powers step fwd...
They always bury lawyers 10 feet under. Why? Because, deep down, they're actually good people.
Mr. Obama enjoys a base of support from a group of supporters that will never flag. This unwavering support comes from a small-one might even call it a minority-of citizens.
I agree but he does not like rejection and low poll numbers are a public disgrace. I fear what he may do in an attempt to recover lost loving sycophants.
rhymes with biggers
whiggers? them too I suppoe
You mean naggers. He is always nagging anyone who disagrees with him.
Yes, the mainstream media/entertainment complex.
Gee, maybe this could be part of the reason he's going down the drain:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-29/health-policies-canceled-in-lat...
I love how that article you linked claims the web site will be working come the end of Nov. Many others are claiming the same thing. Even the Prezzy is claiming that. Does anybody think it will be working by the end of next month?
I sure as hell don't. They had three years what's 1 month going to do for them?
Meanwhile they expect us to add all or personal information into a site that a 3rd grader could hack. Wait until those stories break. The only thing keeping identities safe currently is that the site is constantly down and out of service.
It will not be working...they have their head up their azzes and are trying to deflect criticism and the MSM is trying to save face and keep the heat off of their god. They cannot even keep the servers up and running for this pos. When/if they do get it worked out Obomba's ratings should drop more when people see that 1) their exchange options in most markets are limited to two insurance providers; and 2) that their insurance cost is about 3 times what it was prior to this ridiculous law.
It WILL be working. Just because a significant number of American citizens cannot do so does not imply they have failed other than to under estimate our intelligence...again. Don't you understand, our benevolent leaders are never wrong and all naysayers are simply haters? Trying to point out their lies and failures is hate speech and will not be tolerated. It is WORKING...as planned.
End of November, what year?
That month is not to get Obamacare fixed, it is to get the propaganda campaign straight...
I like to poke fun, but all jokes aside, when elderly people are left in a position of frightened uncertainty, it's deeply sad.
You mean the elderly people who lived during the biggest credit bubble in the history of the world and didn't have enough sense to save anything?
Yeah, poor them.
What about the unborn who will still be paying off the debt of the Iraq war when they retire in 80 years?
Just because they will be born with two heads from Fukuppy doesn't mean they will earn twice as much.
Yeah, sure.
Kenyan monkeyboy needs its skin sandpapered off n buried in salt.
I put my wife's Obama/Biden campain sign out in the park strip as my scariest Halloween decoration.
A new record low, that's okay, there's always tomorrow to get it worse.
Me thinks the "tingle running up the leg" has turned to "tinkle running down the leg". Obama has finally pissed himself in public.
Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"
I not sure about all the poll data, where I live a NY Republican is a left wing fanatic....
move
i am
He doesn't care cause it's all about him ya know!
I didn't know that I was that far gone.
All the best despots have low (or no) approval ratings.
So Zero's ratings are headed in the right direction?
Approval ratings have no real meaning or impact in a one-party system which masquerades as a two-party system. Elections merely serve to cultivate the illusion of choice.
Exactly. A truly visionary leader would fly into the face of public opinion and consider that if "we" wanted it, it must be bad, like a 64oz big gulp. Like a parent that should be first feared, then respected, but never the child's friend.
Part of the problem is that people see him as their "leader" at all.
He leads the executive branch. He's not my leader. He's not your leader.
A free people do not have a leader.
Well, clearly this poll shows that Americans really want a single-payer solution.
/ s
lol...we should start a petition to have these pollsters arrested for treason!!!
Just these two?
After 50 years of fighting communism.....America sez screw it.....let's just do it.
If you can't beat 'em...
That's exactly what communists say...if you can't beat 'em, fuck'em. Communists are like all of the losers in a foot race banding together to break the legs of the top three finishers. Obviously they cheated and deserve it, right? That's what Democracy looks like!
Americans don't care about keeping the govt open. This Hart fellow is just another soprano in the tone deaf choir that surveys DC.
It has always amazed me that complete jackasses get elected to office in the first place. All part of the American experience.
stick a fork in him, he's done,
Now, Time to watch the R's snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
This soap opera never ends
Because only the inept run. When you are not talented, public office gives you power, which in turn gives you respect, something you could never have on your own. People that garner respect for the right reasons look to thos in office and say to themselves, why would I associate with them?
My dad always said he was too busy working for a living to make any money. Most of us just want to focus on the things we are good at that make us feel better about ourselves. I wonder how it feels to be a politician, who's only skill is playing on people's fears and weaknesses. I'm sure its empowering but how can you have any meaningful relationships if everyone is a muppet, including spouse and children? This is why so few will ever serve in positions of power that can do good for anyone but themselves. They are the shepherd and we are the sheep and ultimately it is still about the meat and wool.
This is something even Ben can't fix.
Never fear! Yellen! To the LiquidiCopter!
Yeah Will,too bad,if only Obama was a loss making blue chip stock then.........
...BTFATH?
Are the people who approve of O'Bumma stoopid or what?
WTF else does he have to do before people wake up and smell the coffee?
people (sheeple) that voted for him will NEVER admit they were wrong or that O was bad. Plus they only listen to MSNBS so they only hear the cheerleaders...
I heard one admit she was wrong the other day. I was driving down the road listening to Hannity as he was interviewing the pregnant lady in Fullerton whose insurance rates tripled and deductible quintupled. She was whining like a 3-year-old. Then Hannity asked her if she voted for Obama. She said, "Yeah, twice."
I couldn't stop laughing. I was cackling like a crazy person for the next 10 miles of freeway. It was music to my ears.
Not so much stupid.....just addicted to free crap.
America was a great experiment....while it lasted. We're literally hanging by a thread now.
Two distinct possibilities: a) they have EBT cards b) they are banksters benefiting from his tenure in office
Heard and read this today, not new news:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3899
Those billions of lead supplement 'pills' may begin to come in handy now.
I hate the President and Congress but they better not cut off my free stuff.
I would gladly give up any right to any future entitlement I would get if they would just STOP TAKING MY MONEY NOW.
I felt that way up to a point in my life. You would think that eventually you would be done putting into the system, but that hasn't happened yet.
I would actually be willing to pay More taxes if they would all simply promise to leave and not come back.
No problem! Next up on your list of free stuff:
- Free 365 days/nights no expenses paid (one-way?) trip to...the steppes of Iran
- Free internet traffic check-up, just mention special promotion word "jihad"
- Free civil rights disposal, just leave them out by the curb
Hummm....
Does the Iran option include a layover stop in Tel Aviv? I'd like to meet the bosses before I get my ass shot up, fighting for freedom.
It would be torches and pitchforks by now if it weren't for all the modern day bread and circuses.
The difference being that Rome didn't also have to contend with multinational corporations extracting rent from their economy.
So many want to think that this is about Big Gov simply enriching its friends, but is much worse. Big Gov uses its powers of enrichment to "buy" the dependency of huge corporations just like it does those receiving food stamps and rent subsidies. Health Insurance companies are Obama's Bitch now. They are being threatened and "told" what they can say and do if they want to stay on this gravy train, But they all know the gravy train is heading towards Hell. There is no way back or out of the coming disaster that Obama and his sycophant friends, especially in media, are driving us toward. Everyone, from corporations to the poorest of poor are trying to game this mess and figure out a strategy of survival if not profit, and be it BTFD to gold bugs, most here are doing the same regardless of if it accelerates us towards our ultimate demise.
And can you believe it, Obomba just found out about his record low approval rating from the newspapers, just like the rest of us. He had no prior knowledge.
no one could have seen it coming
"Americans are voicing their frustration at a Congress that cannot keep the government open for business and an administration that cannot get health care open for enrollment," Mr. Hart said.
Mr Hart, you are either a fool or just another statist tool.
The majority of Americans have consistently said, (and now more than ever) that they don't want .gov healthcare at all. Having it "open for enrollment" is the last thing that is wanted. And Americans are increasingly, though much too slowly imo, realizing that .gov is the problem and having it shut down is a better alternative to having it "open for business"; it is obvious that the "buisiness" of this government is to take away the peoples rights and enslave them to a rulling corpro-politico elite.
I waa going to add a hearty "Fuck you, Mr. Hart." but decided against it.
How can 42% still like this dummy?
I call Obama, and people like Blair 'marketing Presidents/Prime Ministers' because that's basially what they're all about, marketing (hair, skin colour, general looks, tell everyone what they want to hear, crappy and banal election slogans etc).
Of course the people lap it up, but then when they get into office they're FOUND OUT.
Why the rest of the world pays to hear people like Blair speak I don't know because he sure as hell doesn't show his face that much in the UK - he knows that the UK now knows his game which is/was complete bollocks....
And it pains me to realise just how much Obama is going to make when he goes on the lecutre/speech tour. Again, how can people be so stupid and want to hear another word from this clusterfuck?
Listen to Obama's rap (pun intended) and you'll hear two very common themes threaded throughout: "it's not your fault, precious" and "the other guys are worse". Compare and contrast these with Repugnicant or Libertardian rhetoric and you'll see why he's still popular with people that have no idea how the economy functions (or doesn't, as the case may be). Would you rather listen to somebody tell you "you coulda been a contender" or "you're poor because you didn't try hard enough like my daddy's daddy's daddy"?
It pains me to realize that people waste energy getting mad at the puppets while the string-pullers get off scott-free and actually make a handsome penny off of your angst. From where I sit, that's like getting mad at the nice lady in the toothpaste commercial for smiling.
I guess we should be happy the approval numbers are sorta low, best number the polsters could manufacture and still not have most people saying WTF?..not on ZH but across the MSM this number is accurate,LOL
The sheeple are getting bleaty. Sort of wandering hither and tither bleating plaintively in a presstitute educated clusterfuck. Sounds like its soon time for an elite mutton feast.
Apparently 42% of Americans are also incompetent affirmative action dolts just like Obama. Obama's only skill is smiling while reciting his handlers' messages from the TelePrompTer.
Does anyone know what the job description is for a Chicago "Community Organizer"?
Does it include collecting bribes from dishonest businesses/businesspersons and distributing the payola to corrupt public officials (i.e., city mayor, alderpersons, cops, etc.)? Is that the skill that most qualified him to be President? Or is it his eager willingness to CHANGE the United States into a coast-to-coast version of Chicago that most qualified him to be President? [Not that I'm picking on Chicago, mind you.]
True--but at least 42% of the rest would approve the job Boehner and the Republicans are doing -there are just as many zombified dumbass Republicans as there are Democrats -even the Tea party has a majority of morons who think someone like Sarah Palin is the answer. Ron paul was (and remains) right. The Fed will lead us to detruction and servitude. That is the Master plan. our Country is soooo F*cked.
big bank goldman s paid 1/2 a mill for hillary to speak english to the elite...payola
I live in Chicago and its quite all reight to pick on Chicago
Community organizer = ward heeler
MSM: "It's almost like there was a reason to delay the ACA implementation until after the 2012 election. I can't quite figure it out though."
From yesterday's bread and circuses, Succubelius caught bold face lying claiming the law prevents her from signing up for an Obamacare plan. That right there should tell you everything if she won't sign up for one. You'd think she would have been pre-signed up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIx_VuUHoZ8&feature=player_embedded
The website right here shows she is lying.
https://www.healthcare.gov/what-if-i-have-job-based-health-insurance/
Just remember the analogy if a chef won't eat food he cooks at a restaurant but pimps it to everyone else like it is greatest thing since sliced bread. You probably don't want to eat there either.
"I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the 2000 members of the faculty of Harvard University."
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Who are the 29% of the retards that think their rep "DESERVES" to be re-elected?
Wow
Those on the free stuff don't like the person giving!
The interesting thing in all of this is that even the ministry of truth affiliated mouthpieces are starting to get down on the administration...... I saw an article yesterday in a tribune owned paper that said Benny needs to stop printing.... Even the libtards are starting to get it.
they know the true numbers are much lower, ergo:
"The Department of Homeland Security is increasing its preparations for domestic unrest by spending half a million dollars on fully automatic pepper spray launchers and projectiles that are designed to be used during riot control situations."
Possesion of more than one gallon of vinegar to be made a felony!
http://armstrongeconomics.com/2013/10/31/nsa-needs-to-be-closed-entirely-now-for-they-are-destroying-the-world-economy/
I have worked with various entity structures over my career. The ONE true maxim I can create is REFORM always fails. Why? Firing the figure-head does nothing. It is the culture at the core that is wrong and it will not matter who you put in charge, the body beneath the head will still be in place and will NEVER change.
And that my friends is the problem
I think these approval ratings should be a lot lower .......the elephant in the room, as always, is one of race ...........the liberal white middle class majority that voted this clown into office are terrified of being labled racist if they say anything bad against the guy......
@TheLuckyGeneral
So none of the above posts are from liberal white middle class majority?
Is there any middle class left in America?
The myth that the public voted FOR Obama. They didn't. They voted AGAINST Bush. Anybody could have won for the Dems in 08.
Bush's fault.
Let's just say American politicians' fault and side-step trying to prove that Dubya had the mental accuity required to commit a crime.
@nietsnrem
Your wifes or mine?
So this guy is actually turning people racist?
Obamacare "rushed out"? When I was active in politics in was called RAILROADING.
Well, 0bammycare was called a "trainwreck"! :-D
This piece of crap should be thrown in the dumpster.
llusion of Democracy today.
People sponsored by the rich, make false promises to the masses to get elected. Distribute national wealth amongst themselves and their sponsors (Industrialists) and when that is not enough borrow money from rest of the world and continue the distribution process. The borrowed money has to be paid back by taxing the masses keeping in mind that tax rules are made such that the politicians and their sponsors pay minimum or no taxes.
End of political tenure, rinse and repeat till the whole system breaks down and the world wealth is cornered by a minuscule of the population.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40231.html
The borrowed money will NEVER be paid back. That is the beauty of it. They never intended to pay back any of it. Not the principal, not the interest, none of it.
This was explained to me by a teacher in 1967. Governments don't die and can't go broke as long as they can print money. Therefore they can borrow and spend more money every year and never pay it back, just roll it over forever.
He explained this with a big smile as if it was the cleverest trick ever.
The politicians around the world are nothing more than auction items which can be sold to the highest bidder. They will do whatever they can for the lobbyist paying them the maximum amount of money or votes, be it the unions, the banksters, the richest corporations or individuals. They are in the power seat to extract maximum advantage for themselves in the small time frame they occupy the seat of power.
The rest of the population is least of their concerns. The only activity they do is pacify the majority of the population using false statistics and promises of a better future so that they do not lynch them and their masters while they are robbing the taxpayers.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40231.html
Cue the hag, " At this point in time what does it really matter?"
He could canabalize a third grader and the FSA would still love him.
Obama and his "Syrian friend' Hollande are jockeying for the world's first Nobel Prize for least loved President in a democratic country.
Place your bets as Latakia depot burns under jets "unknown".
How could his approval rating still be dropping? Hasn't it hit zero yet?
Obama told the truth -- you can keep your policy. He just forgot to mention that if there is any material change -- such as the size of the print on the policy -- you lose your policy. It is called a lawyer's answer. His underlings wrote the regulations.
Why should anyone read the legislation before they vote on it? Say the word Congress. Why should anyone consider the effect of the regulations? Say the phrase your leaders.
Golf anyone? Have a nice day.
*yawn*
another socialist fuckup doing socialist things
I'm shocked this fraud was as well approved as he was for this long.
AND JAY CARNEY IS FUCKING ON HERE DOWN ARROWING EVERYONE!!!!! FUCK YOU JAY!!!
The last chart shows the Tea Party is the only group that is confident that their position is correct. They stand on principle that can be defended.
Everybody else is looking for cover. They have abandoned all principle and stand for nothing.
The tide will turn.
42%?
That's more than the percentage of all voting age people that voted for him. Makes no sense whatsoever.
56mill voted for, approx 200 mill voting age not otherwise prohibited (mentally deficient, incarcerated, felons etc) = 28%.
These numbers are more corrupt than the final polling results where 115% of the registered voters voted for Obama, 100%.
More proof that the media is complicit.
Doubt Obama will care too much about ratings now he is cruising on his second term.
I hate these popularity polls. Their only pupose is to tell which politicians to step up the lies.
Set the bullshit guns to Turbo-fire.
I'm sorry, but how can 37 percent STILL believe BarryCare can work?
And how is it possible he has never dropped below 42% in any poll, no matter what he's done? Are they polling the same idiots over and over, fudging the data, or what? He ought to be at Congress' famous 11% by now. If nearly half the country STILL likes him after everything, I guess we're hosed.
They are polling people who answer polls. Lots of people hang up on them now.
Barry liked his lofty approval numbers and thought he would be able to keep his lofty approval numbers.
DP
He's an Affirmative Action POTUS, which means when you adjust the numbers to make up for his being half-black, raised by his grandma, and growing up in an unfair, white man's world, his approval rating is actually 75%.
Grading a black man on the same scale as everyone else be raycisssssssss. Get it?