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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (112215)	9/7/2011 8:34:24 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224728

Gallup: Obama Had Worst Month Ever in August (CNSNews.com) - Over the course of August, Gallup asked 15,343 American adults whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling his job as president. The final result, the polling company reported today, was that only 41 percent said they approved, giving Obama the lowest monthly approval rating of his presidency. That is down 25 points from the 66 percent monthly approval Obama won in January 2009, the month he was inaugurated. Obama also hit his lowest monthly approval among Hispanics during August, and tied his lowest monthly approval among blacks. During the month, Gallup interviewed 1,183 Hispanics and 48 percent of them said they approved of the job Obama was doing as president. Gallup also interviewed 1,137 blacks during August and 84 percent said they approved of the job Obama was doing. During August, Gallup also asked 12,254 white Americans whether they approved of the way Obama was handling his job as president and 33 percent said they did—an all-time low for Obama’s approval among this group. Obama’s overall monthly approval of 41 percent for August was down three points from his monthly approval of 44 percent for July.

To: Carolyn who wrote (112215)	9/8/2011 6:15:22 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

Trumka To Obama: "Go To The Mat" For Labor Tonight AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka tells ABC's "TopLine" that President Obama needs to "go to the mat" in his jobs speech tonight for policies that will benefit union workers. Trumka says if we stop giving the jobless their unemployment insurance (U.I.), or unemployment benefits, then it will hurt the economy. "We need to extend unemployment insurance so that we don't have three-and-a-half million people that are about to lose their U.I., or unemployment insurance, to stop consuming. If we have three-and-a-half million people stop consuming it will be a big hit on the economy that is already teetering as we speak," Trumka said. "American workers have sort of been voiceless in this process," Trumka said about unions influence on the President's policy. "So we've decided to develop an independent voice that speaks for workers."