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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (11882)	4/24/2009 6:46:03 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Weekly Tracking Poll: Status Quo Means High Obama Approval At 100 Days Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 10:14:03 AM PDT dailykos.com Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 4/20-4/23/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (4/13-4/16/2009 results): FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE NET CHANGE PRESIDENT OBAMA 68 (69) 26 (27) +0 PELOSI: 37 (37) 44 (45) +1 REID: 34 (35) 48 (49) +0 McCONNELL: 22 (22) 58 (57) -1 BOEHNER: 17 (17) 61 (60) -1 CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: 43 (44) 50 (50) -1 CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: 15 (16) 70 (69) -2 DEMOCRATIC PARTY: 53 (52) 41 (42) +2 REPUBLICAN PARTY: 23 (24) 67 (67) -1 Full crosstabs here. dailykos.com This poll is updated every Friday morning, and you can see trendline graphs here. dailykos.com The graph to see is the right/wrong track, which continues to improve (AP actually has it in positive territory). Also of note is the strong independent support for Obama. The GOP is down to the hard core, so, don't look for support there. Still, Obama would have to get down to single digits with Republicans to match Bush's numbers (the "partisan" discussion is silly without considering how much Bush was despised by Democrats and, in the end, everyone but hard core Republicans.) Congressional Republicans are not faring well. At the 100 day mark (well, more or less), here's my summary: There’s apparently an appetite for both thoughtfulness and competence on the part of the American public. Those traits are powering Obama in four recent polls (Pew, AP USA Today/Gallup, and today’s release of the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll), all of which show strong personal favorability, solid job approval, and high "strong leader" numbers. When compared to recent occupants of the WH, Obama’s numbers are very good, and that’s in the midst of economic crisis, torture controversy and unpopular bailouts. The conclusion? Americans like the way Obama problem solves. They also believe him when he says he wants to be bipartisan (and they don’t believe Republicans — by 65%, AP says the GOP isn’t doing enough to meet Obama half way.) Obama is still seen as a change agent, and most see Obama fulfilling expectations. People really like Michelle, too. Democrats and lower income folks have an improved view of Obama's policies, and that's true (but less so) for Rs and Independents.

To: longnshort who wrote (11882)	4/24/2009 7:16:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

FOX Poll: Obama 62% Approval Rating Posted by Kyle Trygstad April 24th, 2009 realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com A new FOX News poll (April 22-23, 900 RV, +/- 3%) finds President Obama with a 62% job approval rating, up 4 points from three weeks ago. Obama now has a 61.8% RCP Average job approval rating. (+30.4 poll average) realclearpolitics.com In Congress, the poll finds Democrats with a 50%/40% approval/disapproval rating and Republicans at 36%/52%. Democrats lead 46%-33% in the generic congressional vote. Asked whether they were satisfied with the way things are going in the country, 46% now say they are at least somewhat satisfied, up 26 points from January. And 69% say they are satisfied with what Obama has accomplished during his first 100 days in office.