Obama’s Poll Numbers Falling to Earth?

In my small part of the US, we have 13.9% unemployment. Yes his numbers are going down. Where are the 3 million jobs he promised?

Obama has no chance, the democrats are running everything and at the end of the day we will all lose. As for Obama he will blame everyone else. Never take blame or responsibility – did one democrat take any blame for what has happened to our country and they were in charge of both houses. NO

Some ARE slow to catch on. They will when they’re taxes sky rocket next year.

His poll numbers would be expected to drop due to the recession and his necessary involvement in the messy business of getting his agenda in place. Democrats will loose seats in the House in 2010 and hold or add 1 or 2 in the Senate in the midterms – as is normal for midterm elections.
Obama will be judged on the economy in 2012.

“The halo on the messiah is slipping. Maybe some of the “anti-Bush” voters are now realizing that what they got was a bag of nothing.” Posted by: jim 234 | Jun 22, 2009 8:06:20 PM. I doubt it’s a bag of nothing. All you’re seeing now is the typical impatience from people who want Rome rebuilt in a day. Beyonmd that, this “bag of nothing” is a tremendous improvement over the last bag, left on the porch, on fire, and full of the same cr- ap one associates with a Halloween prank.

old citizen…at some point, you’re going to have to quit blaming Bush and Rush. They have nothing to do with Obama’s job performance.

Uh oh, the Kool-Aid buzz is starting to wear off.
According to Real Clear Politics, poll numbers for Congress, led by the PARTY OF YES, are also dropping.
Tends to happen when you have over 25 million unemployed/underemployed people who are realizing that the 3 million jobs promised by Obama and Congress aren’t materializing, despite all the lofty rhetoric and reckless deficit spending. Rhetoric doesn’t pay the bills once unemployment insurance runs out.

JR: “Ever notice that only neo-cons call Obama “Messiah”…”
Not true.
On February 24, 2008, Louis Farrakhan made the following remarks while addressing a large crowd at Nation of Islam Saviour’s Day 2008: “You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking. Brothers and sisters, Barack Obama to me, is a herald of the Messiah. Barack Obama is like the trumpet that alerts you something new, something better is on the way.”
To the best of my knowledge, Farrakhan is not a neo-con.

larry, unlike the GOP, the Dems understand that you can’t spend money unless you make it. And the only way governments can make money is through taxation.
A big part of the mess we’re in right now was because the Bush administration kept spending money like there was no limit, while — at the same time — pushing through tax cuts for the wealthy.
So you can fund programs like extensions of unemployment insurance, food-stamps, Medicaid, etc., or you can let those people die. (My guess, if you have a job, YOU’D rather just let people die than see your taxes go up a bit.) And Obama has repeatedly said that he intends to raise taxes on the wealthy (basically eliminating Bush’s tax cuts) not those of us who are poor working stiffs.
Yes, I, too, am concerned about all the deficit spending. Yet, I can see where a lot of it is necessary. Our “fiscal policies” over the past decade are finally catching up to us, and it’s now time to “pay the piper.”
I’m still trying to figure out the whole GM bail-out deal. I can’t understand how anybody, let alone highly trained and experienced economists, ever thought a bail-out was ultimately going to keep GM out of bankruptcy. We could have saved ourselves a whole lot there.
But what a lot of people in this country don’t seem to understand is that the average American doesn’t have enough in savings to make it through this economic mess. Obama is attempting to help keep them going until the economy rebounds.
I don’t particularly enjoy paying taxes any more than I think the next guy does. But I also understand that I have a responsibility to help pay my fair share. We’ve gotten away with spending what we didn’t have (both personally and via government spending) for far too many years. Pay off your credit cards and start putting money into your savings account. That’s the BEST thing you can do to keep this from happening again.

“Farrakhan is not a neo-con.”, Jenn
No, and he isn’t a spokesman for the democrats either or do you recognize Limbaugh and Hannity as the spokesmen for the GOP?

“unlike the GOP, the Dems understand that you can’t spend money unless you make it. And the only way governments can make money is through taxation.”
That defies common sense. Tax-and-spend liberal Democrats are economic idiots. Their policies guarantee lower tax revenues. They are putting MORE pressure on businesses through higher taxes and regulations, which results in less hiring and more outsourcing.
Obama’s policies are INCREASING unemployment. The higher the number of unemployed, the lower the tax revenues. That’s exactly what’s going on right now. And since there isn’t enough wealth at the top to pay for the unsustainable debt, the bill will ultimately be paid by the middle class (through higher taxes and inflation).
This isn’t exactly rocket science.

Hey A citizen , How responsible was the GOP when they were running this country into the ground . I dont remember hearing then take responsiblity for any thing . And GWB put us all in this position ! all you republicans seem to forget that …

I voted for the guy and now don’t think he is doing anything to fix the problems. Spending trillions didn’t seem to work.
Where’s those millions of promised jobs? Since he signed that bill, more lost jobs in my town. And continue to lose jobs. If you’re (un)lucky and still working, you get a pay cut. Nice huh. That’s right, my company gave out a company wide 11% paycut.
Stimulus??? All talk and not much of anything else. Except for lining the pockets of others with our/my money. I’ve had it with these crooks and liars.

Since the ABC/Wash post poll was considered among the least accurate among last year Presidential election polls and has consistently overstated Obama’s support.
I suspect Obama actual poll numbers to be much lower than what this poll says.
I am not surpised at Obama’s sinking poll ratings, he has proved to nothing more than a typical liberal spending machine, the deficits are soaring and Obama is coming with more ideas to spend more tax payers dollars.
Obama is a disaster for the US economy ever since he announced his campaign for the Presidency more than 2 years ago.

Jaylah,
I agree that the government should stop spending more than they have. Problem is, Mr. Obama is increasing the deficit more than any previous president has. He talks about “cutting” several Billion dollars from the budget while creating over a Trillion in deficit spending. Kind of like buying a new expensive house and saying you are saving money by getting a cheaper bike.

There’s a whoooollleee lotta wishful thinkin’ on this board! A small declaine in the poll numbers doesn’t mean a thing compared to the disaster that the GOP has become. Heck, they can’t even find Mark Sanford anymore! Y’all just keep tellin’ youselves that people are turning against the president–just like the song says: “Don’t stop beleiving…”

65%
You people at ABC have ZERO journalistic integrity.
Stop producing FAKE POLLS that show Obama at 65%.
Even Iran’s state run media is blushing.

He is full of Baloney…maybe all the KOOL-AID are finally getting the PICTURE!
And maybe the “LAP DOG PRESS” WILL START DOING THEIR JOB>>>WATCHDOGS?

If one has been eating poorly for YEARS, there is no diet that can remove those pounds in 5-6 months. The same goes for the direction of this country.

The “general” publc is naive. Unfortunately, most of the major networks are very liberal (they pretend to be middle of the road in order to brainwash the public.) So people continue to hear the slanted version of politics the networks report on. When did things start going downhill? Soon after the Dems took Congress in 2006/2007. The President was a lightning rod while the media and the Dems took shot after shot. Bush will not be mistaken for the Great Communicator, that’s why he couldn’t fight back. Bush was not a great President, but he did not single-handedly ruin this country. The Democratic Congress should at least share in this disaster. It is just now becoming obvious to independent thinkers that the Dems hold as much or more responsibility for what is happening. They will lose seats in both chambers in 2010.

Well , the honey moon is almost over..but the loosers here are the hard working class of americans like me that will end up paying the bill. Obama does not care how much he has wasted. It is easy to spend someone’s elses money isn’t it Mr President ??

People are starting to feel the sky isn’t going to fall after all. The Empire State Building can safely open up its upper floors again. Most of all Wall Street is trying to push against Main Street again. So, GOP’s. If you listen to the talk circuits seemly they have banned to spread negative intentions against the Obama Administration. It’s so easy to get in the eye of that camera just to say I told you so! But, not one is saying we just sat down with the President and this is what we suggested. Senator Mc Cain most of all is the front-runner geared to smear President Obama at most hearings. Do a re-cap on his statements and listen to him. For once I would like to hear him say I sat down with OUR President and left these suggestions with him. Come to think about it. I never hear him refer to President Obama as his or our President, Hmmmm! Reasons like this is why President Obama’s ratings fell some. And if this attack continues it will only strive to hurt this country, and the positives things we all are trying to do to save it and it’s people. We need less running of the mouth and more constructive actions to get things done. When this country is out of the red. Then and only then go back to the old bull crap Politics and bickering. People are watching who is doing what to help. And those that are just running their mouths to hurt.

Obama behaves more like someone with ADHD than someone who can multitask. He’s all over the map literally and can’t light long enough to correct the jobs situation. The public is beginning to see the ADHD traits, and the media is beginning to backpedal a bit as well. His diehard supporters who double as commentators have a conflict of interest in my view and should be removed from the air until his term is over. Their bias is so blatant, it’s sickening to listen to their free advising minutes for Obama. In November 2010, we’ll dethrone Pelosi and in November 2012, we’ll dethone Obama. In the interim, his aides might want to get him some ritalin to help him complete one task before he moves on to another. He can’t stop moving if you watch him closely.

Oh, I agree Rob. Because his predecessor did such a good job and left everything all nice and tidy didn’t he? I mean, there were no pressing issues staring Obama in the face the minute he took over the office?
Why on earth would Obama ever think the country was falling down around our ears and that he had to tackle several major issues all at once?
Yup, must have been ADHD.
Rob, try learning something about 1) current affairs, and 2) how the government of your country works, before posting any more absurd things.

Methinks thou protests too much, Jaylah. BTW: One of my graduate degrees is in public administration. I’d be happy to have a serious discussion with you on current affairs any time. I stand by the ADHD comment, because it’s not absurd at all. There is a difference between multitasking and what the Obama administration is doing today. Multitasking that’s executed well doesn’t result in nominees who have substantive vetting issues. Multitasking that’s executed according to a clearly defined and delineated plan doesn’t result in a change of position like the 180 degree changes Obama has made since taking office. Finally, it could be successfully argued that a number of the items rescued by Obama since taking office from Bush were actually items that the Obama administration wanted to restore or implement, regardless of need or cost, while they had a stacked deck in Congress that would pass anything put before them. Like I said, in 2010, we’ll restore Congress to a two party system of representation, because what’s happening now in Washington isn’t working and never will.

Obama approval rating is 65% and that is falling to earth!!?!! Ok, if that’s falling to earth what would you call the GOP 25%?

Hugo Chavez gets similar FAKE POLL results from his state run media.
Chavez is about 70%.
Obama is about 65% in this poll.
ABC, you better get your act together.
State run media polls need to be a minimum of 70%.

“And if y’all wanna talk about deficit spending, how about that great Medicare prescription drug program that GWB pushed through….without a CLUE as to how it was going to be paid for.”
Conservatives railed against this spending. Liberals fully supported it and praised GWB for signing it into law. They accused Republicans who opposed it that they wanted senior citizens to die. The result? A fiscal disaster. At this point, Medicare has $55 TRILLION in future obligations.
That’s the state of politics today. No common sense and no fiscal responsiblity but plenty of unchecked deficit spending to maintain political power, even when the majority of Americans are screaming for the reckless spending to stop.
Obama’s spending has dwarfed Bush’s spending. Quadrupling down on stupid is 4 TIMES the stupid.

This poll is not accurate? The number cannot fall..No.

What is this? Why are we just seeing the president’s poll numbers? Didn’t want to report that the repubs are seen favorably by only 25% of us? That is the LOWEST it has ever been! This article was written only to put the president down. I’m sure everybody has a better solution to fix the economy, but if your solutions were put into place, how do you think your poll numbers would reflect? As the president has said, it will take time to get this mess under control. You people need to grab some patience!

Make sure it has a smooth landing on Earth.

This is a no brainer. President Obama is still very well-respected by most Americans, especially those of us that voted for him, but the situation in the country today, which if you were listening at all you already knew was coming since before the election, causes a lot of stress and it is harder to put up great poll numbers when there are problems of this magnitude. While the problems are not of his doing, and he has been working harder than any president I ever saw previously to work through this. There are those who have both short memories (i.e. “Bush didn’t cause this problem” as if) and childish impatience for him to basically “do something to make it all better, right now”. Newsflash, none of us who voted for him thought he had that in his power, we wanted the best man possible to lead us through what we recognized was going to be an unprecedentedly tough and unpredictable time for America. I believe we made the best choice, and President Obama has not yet said or done a single thing to make me think differently.

Tax and spend Democrats.
Borrow and spend Rebublicans.
Either way, we the people lose! Politics is crooked, chock full of greed and a club for liars and crooks. The Republicans screwed themselves and this country with the previous administration. Can’t expect Obama to fix 8 yrs of crap within 100 days. He may not fix it, but he has a plan which is a lot more than any Repub has.
Democrats have historically done better with the economy while Republicans have historically ruined the economy. Of course there are exceptions but right now the odds are in favor of the Dems.

People that complain about Obama when he’s only been president for 6 months, must be the same people who thought everything was ok for the last 8 years!!

Just goes to show you that a nice suit and a good speech will only carry you but so far.

And they will continue to slip when he rolls out his amnesty plan for illegals.

Not even a year and the starry-eyed fools are waking up from their drug haze to see what they REALLY got!
Empty suit. Hahahahahaha

Obama is the most inept President our country has ever had. As far as his new healthcare plan is concerned – it will never work. All he is trying to accomplish is “Socialized Medicine”. I lived in a country with Socialized medicine and it is a disaster. America deserves better. Certainly he will be a one term President – the only people that still accept him are the people who do not want a job, do not want responsiblity, have not worked for years – they depend on the government and want everything for free. Shame on you Obama

I dont’ care if his numbers slip he’s better than any right winged wacko republican!! the republicans suck their a sinking ship. Too bad the media is so engrossed with President Obama no one is listening.

This President is killing this country. This is a government of the people, yet no one is listening. WHERE IS OUR CONGRESS??? This country was built on capitalism and it is disappearing right before our eyes. It is encouraging to see that Americans are beginning to make their voices heard, the polls prove that. I hope his numbers “tank”.

You really expected him to turn around this mess that Bush took 8 years to get us into in 6 months? Get real! He even said it wouldn’t be easy to fix and that things would get worse before it gets better. How quick you are all to judge someone who is actually TRYING to do something about this mess WE ALL got ourselves into.

“Really, is that why the republicans must be bailed out after every GOP administration? You neo-cons claim to be exact what you are NOT. Big government is a GOP concept, along with GOP invasion of privacy and GOP aggression toward the world.”
– At first you feel bad for the useful idiots who spout garbage like this. Then you realize they have the power to vote and the power to donate their trust funds to obama. Then it becomes a bit depressing.

And they will continue to plummet because his policies will not help the economy. History has proven time and again that Govt spending, higher taxes and more regulation do not lead to prosperity and we now have the most liberal Dems in control. Cap and trade is just one of the fine examples of their job killing schemes. Thanks to all the numbskulls for putting these idiots in charge.

danita ABC June 22 According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, 52 percent of the public now think Obama’s signature stimulus plan is helping the economy. That’s down from 59 percent in April.
The president has also seen his numbers slide on the key question of whether the country is going in the right direction.
Since the 2008 election those right track numbers skyrocketed. In April about 50 percent of the public thought the country was on the right track — but that number has slipped back to 47 percent.
It’s the first time Obama’s right track numbers have gone down since the election. It’s all about the economy, high unemployment and real concerns about the growing deficit.
The ABC/Post poll also found that only 45 percent support the bailout of the automakers — an issue that seems to have crystallized concerns about government overreach.

The libs are a bit slower to get the picture than the rest of us that’s all.
Hope they all will wised up and see barrack for who he really is. A con man with narcissistic vision of grandeur.

Me too i voted for Barrack,,,but I was ung over. He may turn out to be the worst US president ever…He makes Bush look very bright

Imagine if McCain/Palin is the one running our country. It will be a waaay bigger mess.

It’s funny how Obama haters are using his poll numbers to show how the population is catching on and yet Obama beats the GOP on every count. We are finally catching on. Maybe the GOP will finally collapse.

Obama help hard Americans get jobs. Stop Foreclosure. Don’t try to be the saviour of the world. Help Americans first. To open a lot of jobs for unemployed Americans, cancel all temporary guest worker visas like the H1b, L1 and EB2, EB3 visas.

If the Repubs keep calling Obama the Dems’ Messiah, it is just the same as the Repubs calling your Ronald Reagan the Messiah. No difference.
I have faith in our President. He was left with a devasting tower of problems left by the Bushies.
I would like to see any “smart” Republican Senator try to get our country out of this mess. Oh, no, I just remembered, they are the party of “NO,” besides there aren’t any SMART Republicans in office.

Obama is not the messiah that pathetic liberal fools though he was he has turned out to be a liberal tax and spend big goverment buricrat and a socialists communists