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Posted By RedRiverJ 10 months, 1 week ago in NewsAnd Barack Obama's poll numbers have slid almost 10% already. According to the latest Gallup Poll, the new president's approval rating of 68% in January has slipped now to 63%, about average for recent new presidents one month in.
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RedRiverJ10 months, 1 week ago
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And Barack Obama's poll numbers have slid almost 10% already. According to the latest Gallup Poll, the new president's approval rating of 68% in January has slipped now to 63%, about average for recent new presidents one month in.
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What isn't average, however, is Obama's new disapproval rating – 24%, or 50% higher than the 16% average for a month-old new presidency.
And it's twice the 12% disapproval rate that Obama had last month.-
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icono110 months, 1 week ago
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And the numbers keep coming in.
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It will be interesting to see how the polls will stand in 6 months to a year. Once people figure out they, not 0Bama and the govt, have to pay for the 'change you can believe in Stimuls Bill' things could turn worse for the young Messiah on the popularity front. -
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RedRiverJ10 months, 1 week ago
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Wolfie200710 months, 1 week ago
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Red, the middle class are begining to figure out that they are in for a screwing just like the evil rich. The folks who haven't been paying taxes better get ready to cough up the dough, too! Obama is going to spend us into a depression.
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icono110 months, 1 week ago
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Could be true. Gotta prop those numbers up irregardless of the consequences. Appearance is everything.......
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However the sad fact of the matter is, because of regional and tribal mistrust, we may have to 'militarily go back in' to Iraq within 2 to 8 years. Especially if Iran makes a play for oil fields through tribal politics. -
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pc2510 months, 1 week ago
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tang good to hear from you haven't seen you around in awhile........
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there is a good comment about that posted in this article today
Hope and change: Obama to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by August 2010
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/24/hope-and-cha...
And so the great “timetable vs. conditions-based” debate finally ends, with security having improved so much as to make it largely irrelevant.
The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama’s inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week…
The U.S. military would leave behind a residual force, between 30,000 and 50,000 troops, to continue advising and training Iraqi security forces. Also staying beyond the 19 months would be intelligence and surveillance specialists and their equipment, including unmanned aircraft, according to two administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan has not been made public…
The 19-month strategy is a compromise between commanders and advisers who are worried that security gains could backslide in Iraq and those who think the bulk of U.S. combat work is long since done.
one of the comments made a great point
"I question the timing.
Why not Dec 2010 or right now? What’s so special about August 2010, other than the exquisitley, purely coincidental two-months of congressional campaigning in which the Democrats will try declaring that they “won” Iraq for America?"
when the libs begin touting that Obama almost made good on his promise to withdraw the troops within 16 months it must be pointed out that security has improved so much (NOTHIND TO DO WITH OBAMA AND THE DEMS AT ALL after all Sen Reid said the surge was a failure. Funny he also said yesterday that the stimulus is working and the economy is starting to recover. Well so much for credibility) that the debate to withdraw troops is for the most part irrelevant. The other thing that must be pointed out is that up to 50,000 troops are GOING TO REMAIN.
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pc2510 months, 1 week ago
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Peoplo who were analyzing this today said the most important statistic is the doubling of the disapproval percentage. His first 30 days in office have been a comedy of errors, a disaster in the making and the libs for all their bravura know it.
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Dionys10 months, 1 week ago
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Aww look. Another Neo-con circle jerk.
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Too bad Jindal sounds like a retarded kindergarten teacher talking to his students, rather than a leader who has any idea of what he's talking about.
2012 isn't too far away. Keep trying to steal all the ideas coming out of Democrats and pretend they're the 'new' Republican agenda. -
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automan90910 months, 1 week ago
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All you lefties have to do is read the poles.
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I know it hurts when you finally realize that the man that you thought walked on water just got wet.
We have been telling you all along that Obama has no substance.
That he is just an empty suit.
That he is a liar.
That he is a Marxist lover.
That his plans for recovery would only make things worse.
That the check you were promised would be more of an insult than the HOPE you were promised.
It's ok to jump ship along with everyone else and watch it sink from the shore.
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Dionys10 months, 1 week ago
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I doubt they'll ever get that low, but I suppose we'll see.
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Let me know when he starts a war for his daddy, starts shoving money into the pockets of his VP's company's executives and sells out to every military industrial complex corporation there is. -
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hathco210 months, 1 week ago
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Obama is well educated and very intelligent, but, as its been said many times, his learning curve is defective. Additionally, he cannot speak to even the Congress without the teleprompters. His bailout bill does nothing for middle class America. His budget amendments fuel nothing but pork barrel spending. This guy is out of touch, totally. Glad I didn't vote for him. I have asked at least 100 people in my field of study a particular question. Did you vote for Obama. All said NO. The way it looks now, hardly anyone voted for him. See where I am going with this. NO ONE IS PROUD OF THEIR VOTE FOR OBAMA.
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MILITA10 months, 1 week ago
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I was counting the days until the Republican's
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response and I was not disappointed.
Gov. Bobby Jindal was dynamic and brillant & most
lefties didn't get it, over their heads. They
didn't pick up on Gov. Jindal's statement that
Pres. Obama's father was born in Kenya and in
my book that renders Obama ineligible for the
presidency. There is only one opinion on the
birth issue: the pres-elect must be born in
America.
Phyllis Kunz-
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distrofcolumbia10 months, 1 week ago
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Give the man a chance. It took years to get us into this mess. I'd rather have President Obama at the helms than any of the other candidates that ran against him. Keep the faith. The race has just begun and some of you are dropping out already. Where is your PATROTISM?
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agoodlibertian10 months, 1 week ago
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Republican's patriotism is seeing America go down in flames. If America succeeds then republicans fail; this is their logic. Remember republicans have no common sense in politics. They only know what other republicans tell them what is. There is no independent thought just stupidity. Need proof read any republican blog.
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