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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (34085)	7/21/2010 2:06:07 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 103300

so, here's a poll Generic Congressional Ballot Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 36% Monday, July 19, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, July 18, the widest gap between the two parties in several weeks. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of Likely Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for Republicans inched up a point from last week, while support for the Democrat fell two points. While solid majorities of Democrats and Republicans support the candidates of their respective party, voters not affiliated with either party prefer the Republican candidate by a 47% to 21% margin. Republicans have led on the Generic Ballot since mid-June 2009, and their lead hasn’t dipped below five points since the beginning of December. Twice this year, they've posted a 10-point lead. However, the results were much different during the last two election cycles when Democrats regularly had large advantages. (Want a free daily e-mail update ? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. Results for this survey are compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results and generic ballot trends are available for Premium Members only. When President Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, Democrats enjoyed a seven-point advantage on the Generic Ballot. The two parties were very close on the Generic Ballot throughout the spring of 2009, but in June, around the time Democrats began their campaign for health care reform, Republicans pulled ahead for good. GOP candidates started 2010 ahead by nine points. Since the first of the year, Republicans have earned between 43% and 47% of the vote, while Democratic support has ranged from 35% to 39%. Most voters now believe it is at least somewhat likely that Republicans will win control of both houses of Congress in this November’s elections, and nearly half say there will a noticeable change in the lives of Americans if this happens. If Republicans win control of Congress this fall, voters overwhelmingly believe the nation’s legislature should wait until the newly elected officials take office before considering major legislation. Most, however, expect that Democrats will try to pass new legislation before turning over control. Democrats and Republicans in the Nation's Capital have seldom agreed on anything in recent years, and the majority of voters expect things to remain the same. Most also see the president and both parties in Congress as continuing to govern in a partisan way. The notion that governments derive their only just authority from the consent of the governed is a foundational principle of the American experiment. However, just 23% of voters nationwide believe the federal government today has the consent of the governed. Sixty-one percent (61%) now expect the cost of health care to go up under the health care reform law, the highest level of pessimism measured since the law was passed in March. Fifty-six percent (56%) favor repeal. The frustration that voters are expressing in 2010 goes much deeper than specific policies. At a more fundamental level, voters just don’t believe the Political Class is interested in the opinions of ordinary Americans.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (34085)	7/21/2010 3:16:19 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Yawn. Another New Low for Obama in a National Poll. In Barack Obama Jim Geraghty @ The Campaign Spot Today's national Quinnipiac poll is just a Dagwood sandwich of bad news for President Obama: <<< A year after President Barack Obama’s political honeymoon ended, his job approval rating has dropped to a negative 44 – 48 percent, his worst net score ever, and American voters say by a narrow 39 – 36 percent margin that they would vote for an unnamed Republican rather than President Obama in 2012, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. This compares to a 48 – 43 percent approval for Obama in a May 26 national poll by the independent Quinnipiac University and a 57 – 33 percent approval last July, just before the political firestorm created by opposition to his health care plan galvanized political opponents and turned independent voters against him. American voters also say 48 – 40 percent Obama does not deserve reelection in 2012. Anti-incumbent sentiment slams both parties as voters disapprove 59 – 31 percent of the job Democrats are doing, and disapprove 59 – 29 percent of Republicans in Congress. But voters say 43 – 38 percent they would vote for a Republican in a generic Congressional race. In this latest survey of more than 2,000 voters, independent voters disapprove of Obama 52 – 38 percent and say 37 – 27 percent they would vote for a Republican contender in 2012. Twelve percent of voters say they are more likely to support a candidate for office, if Obama campaigns for the candidate, compared to 16 percent if Palin campaigns. The country would be better off if John McCain had won the 2008 election, 37 percent of voters say, while 35 percent say the U.S. would be worse off . . . Voter approval of the President’s handling of some of the nation’s problems shows: • Disapprove 56 – 39 percent of his handling of the economy; • Disapprove 46 – 43 percent of his handling of foreign policy; • Disapprove 51 – 41 percent of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; • Disapprove 58 – 30 percent of his handling of illegal immigration The 2012 stuff is too far away to be of much significance, but clearly Obama will be no help and in fact quite a problem for most Democrats running for reelection. Quinnipiac understates things. The honeymoon is long over; right now, the voters are sleeping on the couch. .