Wednesday, November 11, 2009
AP-GfK Poll: American People Losing Confidence In Obama
They put the best spin on it they can with a headline claiming that the people are sticking with Obama. True, at 54%, down from 74 some time back. Contrast with the details that show the public is losing confidence in Obama across the board, including on Afghanistan and Iraq. They even go on to use the dreaded work "malaise." Ouch! Even AP National Political writer Liz Sidoti is having flash backs to the Carter daze. If you're losing the AP Obama, you aren't exactly on the right track. And the infamous Right Track/Wrong Track numbers are headed the wrong way, too.
People were gloomier about the direction of the country than in October. They disapproved of Obama's handling of the economy a bit more than before. And, perhaps most striking for the commander in chief, more people have lost confidence in Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan over the last month. Overall, there's a malaise about the state of the nation.
Read the whole thing at link above. It isn't exactly a love fest currently going on between the people and the White House. If anything, the trend is still going down, fast.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it's an increasingly pessimistic nation.
The public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy, continuing the slippage that has occurred since Obama took office, the latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
This comes at a time when he is trying to revive the struggling economy, considering sending more troops to the 8-year-old Afghanistan war, muscling a health care reform overhaul through Congress and hoping to push through other ambitious measures like legislation focused on climate change.
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