SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Sully- who wrote (34526)6/9/2010 8:19:04 AM
From: Sully-1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 35834
 
Obama's Approval Rating on Handling the Spill Hits 40 Percent

Jim Geraghty
In Barack Obama

The latest numbers from Gallup aren't quite a crisis for the Obama administration, but they suggest one might be in the works:

<<< By a six-point margin, more Americans disapprove than approve of President Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president's 40 percent approval rating on the oil spill trails his overall job approval rating by seven points. >>>

He campaigned as a problem solver and as Mr. Fix-It, and he's proving that there are some problems that can't be solved or fixed.

In and of itself, the spill wouldn't be a presidency-defining problem. But when you place it alongside high unemployment . . . and a lousy housing market and high foreclosure rate in much of the country . . . and a runaway deficit, even by the standards of our usual runaway deficits . . . and a stock market starting to slump more seriously . . . and no sign of Iran's nuclear program slowing down . . . and no serious consequence for North Korea sinking a South Korean ship . . . and smelly backroom deals involving executive-branch positions and Democratic senate primaries . . . and daily reminders that the health-care legislation won't live up to the hype . . . and a series of near-misses on the war on terror, where large bureaucracies fail to intervene in time and only sharp-eyed and fast-acting citizens prevent terrible consequences . . . well, it all starts to add up to a pattern.

.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News