Oct 13, 2008 5:40pm
Can Anyone Fix This Economy? New Poll Sizes Up McCain, Obama and Bush
EmailUSA Today and Gallup are out with a new poll tonight. It asks Americans who they feel is up to the challenges of righting the economy. Americans are not enthusiastic about either candidate or for that matter President Bush. Here is a little from the USA Today: "…50% of Americans say they don’t have confidence in Obama and his advisers to fix the economy; 44% do. That lukewarm endorsement is better than the 31%-63% rating for McCain. Bush scores lowest of all: 16% express confidence in him and his team, 80% no confidence."
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I like the job that Bush has done. All you 80% can just whine about how bad it is as you starve and linger without free health care in this depression.
Posted by: Crawford Rose | October 13, 2008, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is the king !!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN.
Posted by: ilvoter | October 13, 2008, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm
I think they are overrating Obama and his team. I don’t think he has any better chance than McCain. Both could probably do better than Bush.
Posted by: Tom in MA | October 13, 2008, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
I didn’t think that was written that clearly, McCain 31%-63%.
What the poll showed is that 63% don’t have confidence in McCains ability vs 50% that don’t have the confidence in Obama’s ability and 31% believe that McCain can fix the economy vs 44% that believe Obama can.
Posted by: Truth Matters | October 13, 2008, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
Retake this poll after the debate on Wed. Obama put out a plan today that is VERY positive for our future as Americans.
Posted by: Independant American Woman | October 13, 2008, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
I really do think that setting both candidates aside, the market and the economy would skyrise if the President and all of the cabinet members would sponsor and stand behind a measure to forever end the outlandish retirement they have created for themselves.
That one small issue.
Who do we serve ?
Posted by: Robert Edgewood | October 13, 2008, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
Hey Crawford Rose
Bush is the reason we are headed for a recession or maybe a depression. Worst presidency in the history of the United States.
Obama
Posted by: dmeek | October 13, 2008, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm
I agree with our fresh American Nobel Prize laureate for Economics, Paul Krugman: of these three, only Obama has true knowledge and a real clue about finance and the modern economy. Bush has done a pretty good job with the Paulson response to the financial crisis. McCain is the worst (“scary” and “frightening” according to Krugman); he’s has been zig-zagging, flip-flopping and erring on the economy for weeks now, and having him in charge of this country would mean a Great Disaster.
Posted by: you | October 13, 2008, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm
obamas solution give 95% a tax refund- is more like a one time welfare check since only 40% of the population work and pay payroll taxes. he may as well just pay-off anybody who agrees to vote for him, this is a chicago style pay off.
i say only people that have a job and are contributing to the tax base should be entitled to any incentive.
Posted by: landsend | October 13, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
If the experts in Washington keep dolling money out like there is no tomorrow it will not matter who is President. A better gamble would be to give any family reporting income of less than $150,000 in 2007 $15,000 and see what impact they could have on the economy. We just are not getting money into the hands of those who could make a difference.
Posted by: William | October 13, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
I don’t see how people are so naive. The past 30 years of deregulation plus the greedy CEO’ who do not care about the little guy, are the root of this evil. And what about the fat cats on Wall Street and in Congress. They buddy up with these CEO’s and get generous campaign donations. This is where the blame lies. And we are the ones who elect these idiots to Congress.
Posted by: Fran | October 13, 2008, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm
paul krugman built his whole career on the basis of bashing bush/republicans. not on any concrete earth shattering financial analysis or idea. he falls in the partisan category of useless in advancing anything useful except for partisan bashing.
Posted by: landsend | October 13, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm
Bush is so bad he has ruined it for everyone else.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 13, 2008, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
Landsend,
I don’t recall the Republicans shedding any tears when Bush passed the Republican donar welfare act (also known as the Bush Tax cuts for the wealthy).
Yet when a leader steps forward with a plan to benefit the middle class, BOO HOO HOO!
Suppose the Congress passes a $50,000 tax reduction that benefits only popcorn farmers in Indiana. The government now has $50,000 less, the fortunate farmers $50,000 more.
THERE IS NO MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE between this and writing a government subsidy check to these farmers for $50,000.
There is no measurable difference between a targetted tax cut and a subsidy.
Republicans have peddled the lie that there is a difference, but there is not ONE dollar difference to the government. There is not ONE dollar difference to the recipient. There is not ONE DOLLAR difference to the economy.
The middle class is tired of Republican policies designed to concentrate all wealth in the hands of a few.
ENOUGH!
Posted by: John McCain's conscience | October 13, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm
If anyone is expecting instant solution, they had better be prepared for disappointment! The problems will not, and cannot be solved in a matter of months, or even years. It will take time, for what had been destroyed over the last 8 years could take twice as long to fix. HOWEVER, Obama will be able to take the reins and lead us to a recovery. If you think McSame will be able to do anything, think again. He helped GW and gang to drive us to this situation, and you can’t ask the fox into the coop after it has eaten all the chickens.
Posted by: Karen | October 13, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
The economy WILL recover, as it always does. But people should NOT expect an overnight fix. Previous recessions have taken several YEARS to come back from.
These days, everyone is impatient, and we ask for instant results or we get mad at somebody.
Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame for the current credit crisis, but they both have good ideas for making things better. Give it time; the mistakes didn’t happen in one day and neither will the repair or “rescue”.
Posted by: Rhys | October 13, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
Karen, why does EVERYTHING have to be a partisan issue?!?!
At least PART of the credit crisis is due to a lack of PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
I am one who handled my money badly, so my wife and I are in a bind. Our personal financial crisis is mostly MY fault.
But it’s always easier to blame Bush for anything and everything that goes wrong. Who will you blame after January First?
Posted by: Rhys | October 13, 2008, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm
The stock market is up again.
What’s the spin on this one?
Posted by: spinning top | October 13, 2008, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm
Obama is using the tried and tested tactic of simply promising all things to all people; never mind the fact that he can’t deliver. How do you make health insurance affordable, and make them cover pre-existing conditions??? You can’t. Keep your out for broken campaign promises there. How is Obama going to reconcile the huge difference between all the spending he is promising and the taxes he is promising not to collect. Simple, break them campaign promises!!!
Posted by: Stevarino | October 13, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
McCain doesn’t seem to have any answers other than “buy up all those bad home loans.” pfft. Barack Obama is showing leadership and going forward with a plan, a moratorium on foreclosures. This is effecting America.
Posted by: FriendlyFred | October 13, 2008, 10:17 pm 10:17 pm
Everyone wants to blame Bush, but the forget the DOW was at an all-time high, the housing market was booming, the unemployment rate was down and everything was rolling good until Nov 2006 when someone started yelling change. We elected a Democratic congress and in the past year and a half this country has fallen apart. How much more CHANGE can we handle. If you are like me and lost your job due to the economy, you will not only want McCain in office you will want to change congress.
Posted by: Chad S | October 13, 2008, 10:25 pm 10:25 pm