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Jen the Michigander · SuperModerator

Obama's Job Rating in RCP Average Goes Net Negative for 1st Time (Real Clear Politics 3/18/10)

Sanders · Diamond

Jen, Thanks for the article.

Obama also declined into the negative for the first time in Gallup poll on 3/17. "Obama's Decline" (PPP, 3/17/10)

This was even before his disastrous interview with Brett Beir - did you watch that? I mean he was long winded, with little to no new substance. And Brett Beir was cutting him frequently (which was disrespectful but Pres.Obama's way of speaking almost invited that).

I expect the ratings will further slide until the HCR is sorted out one way or the other. In fact, unfortunately, it has a greater chance of increasing with HCR passing bec there is about 35% of the population unhappy with him because it is not passed. The other 65% has a split portion that will stick by him regardless. So, he is going for it.

He has indefinitely postponed his Indonesia trip; I wonder if it means that the vote on HCR is more shaky than they had previously let on.

Currently, with the CBO report coming yesterday, they can vote as early as Sunday morning. But it is possible that they will just slide this to Monday to give people time over the weekend... but of course, that can be disastrous too!

Home base of all reps is streaming advertisements (funded by the Chamber of Commerce) asking people to call their rep... the advertisement is so tailored that our own advertisement had the name and phone number of our rep. I bet this is airing everywhere.

It will be interesting to see once the HCR thing is "behind" us (whatever that might mean!!) how that will impact the approval numbers. For sure he will move on to Student Loan as the next biggie.

-- Edited by Sanders on Friday 19th of March 2010 08:45:52 AM

rachel · Platinum

Student loan is attached to this healthcare bill

Sanders wrote:

Jen, Thanks for the article.

Obama also declined into the negative for the first time in Gallup poll on 3/17. "Obama's Decline" (PPP, 3/17/10)

This was even before his disastrous interview with Brett Beir - did you watch that? I mean he was long winded, with little to no new substance. And Brett Beir was cutting him frequently (which was disrespectful but Pres.Obama's way of speaking almost invited that).

I expect the ratings will further slide until the HCR is sorted out one way or the other. In fact, unfortunately, it has a greater chance of increasing with HCR passing bec there is about 35% of the population unhappy with him because it is not passed. The other 65% has a split portion that will stick by him regardless. So, he is going for it.

He has indefinitely postponed his Indonesia trip; I wonder if it means that the vote on HCR is more shaky than they had previously let on.

Currently, with the CBO report coming yesterday, they can vote as early as Sunday morning. But it is possible that they will just slide this to Monday to give people time over the weekend... but of course, that can be disastrous too!

Home base of all reps is streaming advertisements (funded by the Chamber of Commerce) asking people to call their rep... the advertisement is so tailored that our own advertisement had the name and phone number of our rep. I bet this is airing everywhere.

It will be interesting to see once the HCR thing is "behind" us (whatever that might mean!!) how that will impact the approval numbers. For sure he will move on to Student Loan as the next biggie.

-- Edited by Sanders on Friday 19th of March 2010 08:45:52 AM

Ebinger · Platinum

This is significant because RCP will always keep in any outlier poll that makes Obama look good, and now he's gone south even there . . . Gee, I wonder why? He hasn't figured out that everytime he opens his mouth about healthcare, he loses support.

I still think Obamacare will crash and burn, that Obama and his allies in the MSM keep trying to give an impression of momentum for their side, but that's just more smoke and mirrors on their part.