Gibbs Bashes Gallup Daily Tracking Poll

Ignore the polls at your own peril Mr. Gibbs. They represent what the public which elected your boss now thinks of him. I’d imagine your own approval ratings are below Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

Apparently the Marist poll is 46. That’s tied with Sarah Palin – but they are headed in opposite directions.

Wait till the middle class taxpayer discovers that 15million illegals WILL be covered under Obamas healthcare plan

He is such a buffoon!

Gibbs is loosing it and I love it!

I am very disgusted thus far with Obama. I voted for him, raised money, sent money, and took people to the polls.
He, Pelosi and and Reid have failed to change the tone in washington and sound just like the GOP in control did. Its time for divided government again.

Obviously, Gallup is like Rasmussen, not a serious polling organization–just like Fox is not a serious news organization. Time for the liberal boycott of Gallup to begin. These flat-earthers are like climate change deniers and birthers, they should be isolated and demonized. You know, the way Alinsky taught us to do.
Gallup, we hereby revoke your Bob Gibbs seal of media approval.

Tell Gibbs to stop whinning. And his attacks on women and on anything he does not like is getting old but then again that is this administration style and mentalty. I think that is a big part of his poor poll numbers.

Bagdad Bob is attacking Gallup? That’s hilarious. His credibility is already shot but he keeps digging.

“these polls still rely too heavily on land lines”
The robo callers do because of some state laws but many other live operator polling organizations are including cell phone samples in their polls including Gallup.

There was a time when I would read Jake Tapper’s Q&A for the WH and get soooo angry because I could not figure out how a washed-in-fabric softener frat boy got away with giving “answers” like he did. The smart ass, condescending, “beneath me” responses he gave were nothing more than spin, spin, spin.
Then I realized that he’s actually a HELP more than anything. He brings to the forefront exactly how arrogant, egotistical and elite this administration really is. They have no clue what the pulse of this country is, and I couldn’t be happier…it makes 2010 and 2012 so much better to look foward to.
For the record, make sure you all check out the biggovernment website by Andrew Brietbart. There is a FASCINATING article on the health care bill and who might have been involved in putting it together. Oh, and take a peek at the Kevin Jones story while you are there. These two articles might give you a little more insight into the Obama administrations actions.

Nothing like a little bit of DENIAL. It’s one of the 12 steps, isn’t it?

Posted by: Mike in Costa Mesa | Dec 8, 2009 2:43:18 PM
Ronald Reagan’s approval ratings fell BELOW 40% during his first term. At about the same time the unemployment rate hit 10.8%, Reagan’s approval rating hit a low of 35%.

This mentality of ignoring the public has been the standard mode of operation since Obama seized power. The more Marxist he is, the worse his numbers go. There is a direct correlation in it that even a 6 year old with crayons could point out with their eyes closed. The White House and ruling party operate with complete contempt of the people to advance their agenda. It’s exactly why Obama has Marxists, Communists, Socialists, and Maoists as his personally chosen, closest advisers and administrators of the agenda. He’s building a a radical leftist machine inside the government. It’s already infiltrated the EPA and the NEA. The FCC is infected as well. The longer the radicals are allowed to control the White House and the ruling party, the worse his their numbers will continue to fall and the more they will hurt the nation. They are not “recovering what Bush did”. That’s only lie to cover the agenda which was euphemistically and ambiguously referred to as “Fundamental Change”. Obama purposefully neglected to state what he was changing the government into, but those who paid attention to his proposed agenda clearly saw the socialism of it all. Most others were fainting, crying, lusting, or struck dumb in awe at Obama’s massive cult of personality. He was more popular than Michael Jackson, John Lennon, and Jesus, combined. Now, people realized, he’s not John Lennon, he’s Vladimir Lenin. Chains you can believe in comrade! Debauching the currency, grinding the bourgeois between the stone do taxes and inflation, striking the death blow to the government, using the media for propaganda, using the media as leverage to create the illusion of consensus and thought organization, the indoctrination of our children in to worship Obama and government. All these things are happening right now and all were direct agenda items of Vladimir Lenin. I never thought I would see this in this country. I thought we were past being enamored with communism as we once were under Wilson. We were told back in the 1960′s what’s coming if we as a nation are not vigilant to guard against it. Nikita Khrushchev warned us about this. He said, “You Americans are so gullible! We don’t have to invade you! We will destroy you from within without firing a shot! We will spoon feed you socialism until your Communists and don’t even know it! We assist your elected leaders in giving you small doses of Socialism until you suddenly awake to find you have Communism. the day will come when your grandchildren will live under communism!” With Obama and the ruling party’s help, that promise will be made true. With willing help from the socialists of the democrat party. The moderates of the party aren’t enough in number as too many of them sell their votes to the socialists. The real moderates have been forced mostly form both parties. Firs tthe republicans ran them off, but it took 4 years to do it. The democrats are running them out now at a record pace. Some of the socialist democrats have actually stated that the agenda now now longer requires them and they are not even wanted anymore. The moderates in the party actually are threatened for refusing to support the socialist agenda.

Meanwhile, you have the “purveyors of rational discourse” like Harry Reid out there comparing opponents of Health Care Reform to supporters of slavery.

What Gibbs should have said: “The President realizes that the public is very unhappy with the current economic environment. This is quite naturally reflected in the current approval ratings. At the moment the only numbers the President cares about is the unemployment numbers and the deficit numbers.”
Instead Gibbs said, “Wahhhh I don’t believe these numbers. Wahhhh Gallop isn’t trustworthy. A bunch of 6 year olds with crayons. Wahhhhh”
Does anyone see Gibbs lasting all 4 years? I am sure Rahm loves him so he will be here for a while.

I’d rather hear what Gibbs had to say in response to a compelling and important question on something that acutally matters.
Posted by: Serafina | Dec 8, 2009 2:00:08 PM
You’re rationalizing the whole situation. Gibbs represents the current administration and especially the President. Support of Gibbs by not sending him packing is a black mark on the President – whether he’s pushing a big agenda or not.
And you (and they) better start dealing with reality. You can name all the “agenda” items you want. Without jobs, you’ve got nothing.

His approval is higher than Reagan’s. And this economic recession is way, way worse.
Posted by: Jake | Dec 8, 2009 2:24:48 PM
Snap out of your dream state, Jake! This is the here and now, not some classroom discussion of past presidents. It’s what Obama IS doing and ISN’T doing that’s important. Not some unicorn comparison to make you feel better about the inexperienced Senator you voted into office. Time to man up Jake.

“Does anyone see Gibbs lasting all 4 years?”
You’d be hard pressed to find a press secretary who lasts that long, McCurry was the last to make it 4 years (not in a single term of office).
Its got to be one of most reviled jobs one can have.

What Gibbs should have said: “The President realizes that the public is very unhappy with the current economic environment. This is quite naturally reflected in the current approval ratings. At the moment the only numbers the President cares about is the unemployment numbers and the deficit numbers.”
Instead Gibbs said, “Wahhhh I don’t believe these numbers. Wahhhh Gallop isn’t trustworthy. A bunch of 6 year olds with crayons. Wahhhhh”
Does anyone see Gibbs lasting all 4 years?
Posted by: den | Dec 8, 2009 3:09:57 PM
___________________________________
Interesting points den. I’m not sure what the thinking is on Gibbs, other than some kind of loyalty factor. Is it possible he saves all his hissing for Tapper – that there is some problem between the two of them? Does the whole press corp behave childishly?
den your explanation of the Gallup numbers seems to be the sensible one.

“Likewise, unemployment crested at 10.8% in 1982 under Reagan, however he also had to deal with double digit inflation for a few years.”
And when it hit that level in 1982, Reagan’s approval rating went as low as 35%.
So why did you try to conflate Reagan’s 1981 Dec rating with the conditions in 1982?
_________________________________
Yes, Reagan’s approval ratings were FAR worse – and he got elected to a second term.

At the moment the only numbers the President cares about is the unemployment numbers and the deficit numbers.
Posted by: den | Dec 8, 2009 3:09:57 PM
Bwwwaaaaahahahahahahahaha! That’s rich. Really rich! That’s what I call C-O-M-E-D-Y-!

“And what does this have to do with the current administration and the decisions the President is making today?”
When looking at poll trends, historical comparisons are useful though not predicative.
And right now Obama seems to be mimicking Reagan’s approval trend (though Reagan dropped like a rock to 35% in early 1982) with some basic similarities in the conditions faced.

You’d be hard pressed to find a press secretary who lasts that long,
Its got to be one of most reviled jobs one can have.
Posted by: Ryan C | Dec 8, 2009 3:16:43 PM
More excuses and goal post moving from “the crew.” I’m sure you made the same statements for all of Bush’s press secs, right?
_________________________________
How is pointing out the history of the position `goal post moving`?

This administration cares nothing about facts. The do everything based on feelings or convention.

The figures never lie Mr. Gibbs, but liars like you sure can figure.

This not a blame game to the millions out of work! And you can’t start blaming the press corps when things start going wrong.
______________________________________
Sorry, the economic crash wasn’t the press secretary’s fault – we know when that happened and who was at the reigns.

Go ahead and wallow in your word semantics while 17% of the country is unemployed if that makes you feel better.
________________________________________
The country was shedding something like 700,000 jobs in a month under Bush.
“Meanwhile, after 21 consecutive months of recording six-digit job losses, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said the world’s biggest economy shed only 11,000 jobs – with the jobless rate moving down to 10 per cent from 10.2 per cent.”
Not perfect yet, by any means – but way better than that complete collapse and chaos left by the last administration.

“the economic crash wasn’t the press secretary’s fault – we know when that happened and who was at the reigns.”
—————————————-
No, it’s not the Press Sec’s fault, he’s just a fool’s errand boy. But we do know who’s been writing the laws since January 2007, and that would be the Dems that have controlled both branches of Congress, which currently has a 27% RCP approval rating and is pushing legislation that the majority of America does NOT want…it’s laughably arrogant that Obama now has the gaul to decry a TARP bill as something that he inherited when it was largely designed by his current Treasury Sec, and he also voted FOR it. This bozo is taking the American public for fools and we are now beginning to the wipe the stardust from our eyes.

“But we do know who’s been writing the laws since January 2007, and that would be the Dems that have controlled both branches of Congress, which currently has a 27% RCP approval rating”
Finny thing about that the GOP ratings are far worse than the Democrats in Congress.
In fact the GOP brand is so damaged by its inherent rank hypocrisy that a mythical tea party candidate kicks their butt.

“The president’s job approval rating is below 50% in several other polls, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today, when asked about the Gallup results, called them meaningless.”
Wow. What a tone-deaf administration. First oblivious to Tea Party protesters and now this. I suppose that for ideologues, ideology trumps information and current events.

“Please provide a quote, source and date for Obama ‘decrying’ the TARP bill.”
You’re gonna be waiting for a very long time.

“Funny thing about that the GOP ratings are far worse than the Democrats in Congress.”
—————————————
The Dems have been driving the bus and writing the laws since January 2007. Spin it any way you want Mr. Ryan C. Gibbs, but 27% is 27% and the American public is NOT happy with what they are doing when they have a 64% DISAPPROVAL rating.
The generic congressional ballot of both Rasmussen and Gallup currently favors the GOP, but no one can argue that “anti-incumbency” is going to dominate for the next few years until some serious House (and Senate) cleaning is done…and there are more incumbent Dems than Reps. People are paying very close attention to what these politicians are doing and how they are voting.

If the economy continues to recover, health care reform energizes the base, unemployment decreases and people start finding jobs, Afghanistan goes well, financial reform goes through, Gitmo gets closed– Obama will likely be re-elected very handily.
Posted by: Gwen | Dec 8, 2009 4:11:36 PM
Wow, that’s a long list – none of which has happened yet (don’t bother arguing about the economy recovering, I’m not buying it).
You forgot “if donkeys fly.”

“These two articles might give you a little more insight into the Obama administrations actions.”
Always gives me a chuckle when right wingers call their manufactured outrages “insights”.
Posted by: Ryan C | Dec 8, 2009 2:56:03 PM
____________________________________________________
It gives me a chuckle when the left wingers ignore the “manufactured outrages” when they have proof that the event happened or the person involved was REALLY involved. But that’s fine, you keep living in your little dream world. I’m not out to bash Obama at every turn, or any other liberal for that matter, but when things are going on that need to be put out there for the public to discern, and the MSM decides to bury it, that’s not journalism, that’s butt kissing. So, again, I will tell the folks here to read the two articles at (Andrew Brietbart website). One concerns the wording and agenda of the current health care bill, the other concerns Kevin Jones pushing his homosexual agenda at some public schools. Go ahead, read them and decide for yourself. I’m not pushing anyone one way or the other, I just want people to see something besides the blinding light of Obama and “his people”.

The more he makes conservatives shriek, the more I like him– and I was just kinda neutral before.
Posted by: Gwen | Dec 8, 2009 4:45:18 PM
Makes sense. You probably raised your hand when the bell rang to remind the teacher to assign homework. You and your “ilk,” that is.
(I had a hamster named Gwen once. It spent the whole day using that little wheely thing. Never seemed to know when to give up, get off the wheel and join the “right-thinking” hamsters. Just kept running and getting nowhere. But I digress.)

It isn’t surprising that Mr. Obama’s poll numbers are dropping-for all the talk of brilliance and competencenthe reality is easy to see-aside from spending money he hasn’t done much.What has happened has come from Pelosi and Reid; executive decisions seem to be coming from Gates and Bernanke-Bush holdovers.What is surprising is Gibbs childish response- he should know that this administration is all peception; if the Obama myth is held up to the disinfectant of sunlight(something that the press has avoided) it is easy to see that there is nothing there.

“The generic congressional ballot of both Rasmussen and Gallup currently favors the GOP”
Gallup’s figure is a month old it should be updated this week.
Last 5 polls in RCP’s poll compilation
Rasmussen: GOP +4
Democracy Corp: Dem +2
CNN/Opinion Research: Dem +4
Gallup(1st week Nov): GOP +4
Pew(from late Oct): Dem +5
Rasmussen had the GOP up 6 or 7 pts for nearly all of Nov.

As his polls continue to decline, the question will arise “Who is this guy?” He was not properly vetted by the press. The press kept mum if the information was not favorable. The demand to see his original long-form birth certificate will be back and soon he will be force to release it. Why not now? What does he have to hide?

There are Gallup Polls and more polls. They change daily BUT they do tell you what people are thinking at that moment. Maybe it is time for Obama, Congress and yes the news media to listen to the People.
You work for us, “WE THE PEOPLE”

Only an inexperienced, ideologically-driven hard-Left demagogue could take job approval ratings in the 70% range upon inauguration to under 50% in <11 months.
While it is true that Clinton's ratings were comparable to Obama's at this point, Clinton realized he needed to move towards the center and also had a majority-Republican Congress to balance power between the two parties. Obama will not move towards center (it's not in his nature) and Pelosi and Reid will not steer towards center either.
2010 midterms will be ugly.

“The demand to see his original long-form birth certificate will be back and soon he will be force to release it”
ROFLMAO!

“At least Dems in Congress actually DO something and attempt to solve problems rather than writing up magic pony job plans”
Posted by: Gwen | Dec 8, 2009 4:23:56 PM
—————————————-
Are you talking about the $787 billion stimulus bill that has “created or saved” all those jobs leaving us at 10% unemployment? Wait, we’ve actually lost 3 million jobs since that was signed but Obama said it would CREATE 3 million jobs…so by my count, we are now 6 million jobs behind schedule. Or are you talking about the $410 billion porkulus bill stuffed full of all those earmarks Obama said he would not tolerate? Wait, maybe you are talking about the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill based on junk, discredited and manipulated “science” that will kill jobs, increase taxes, and reduce GDP? I know, it’s the $1.2 trillion government takeover of healthcare they’ve been working so hard on!
But I get you…as long as they are DOING something, anything…you are happy…nevermind if they are REPRESENTING anyone besides their own special interests.
No matter…I am patient and take a lot of comfort in the fact that some balance and sanity will be restored in November 2010.

Gibbs acts like a four year old….which makes him a perfect match in this WH…bunch of bratty children.

“The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.”
Still waiting for you to expound on the brilliant, private-sector experience of Obama’s Cabinet.
As expected, you avoided addressing the issue and instead reverted to cut-and-paste, knee-jerk response.
How about “Left-wingers always cut-and-paste and then cut-and-run” (?)

“How many tea party candidates will result in Democrats being elected?”
Wishful thinking on your part, not going to happen.

“This is a myth”
So the CBO is lying?
Because that is what they are saying.

The left wing extremists that post in here are nothing more than lying parrots that cannot beging to explain how any of their radical legislation is going to be paid for without driving us all further and further into suffocating debt. We cannot afford any of the outrageous spending programs these clowns continue to dream about.
Social Security and Medicare are nothing more than Ponzi schemes and should be phased out or paid for. But no…the current administration and congress prefers to ignore these unfunded multi-trillion entitlements while adding more of them.

“Social Security and Medicare are nothing more than Ponzi schemes and should be phased out or paid for”
Michael Steele, are you listening?
Please make this message the focus of your campaign in 2010.

My mistake.
Got any answers smart guy?

This just in:
Obama administration predicts $30B loss on auto bailout.
So let me get this straight…the government bails out the auto industry unions to the tune of $82 billion and expects to be repaid $52 billion. With these types of returns and geniuses running out country, why would anyone trust them with government run healthcare?

“Ms. Palin who has had the worst bashing by the media of any politician in recent times has an approval rating of 46 percent.”
That would be her favorable rating.
She doesn’t have a job approval rating because she quit her job.
“Maybe the American people are not so stupid as the media thinks…”
True but the right wingers obviously are if their media is telling them that favorable rating and job approval ratings are the same and they repeat it.

“Ryan C – swapping Medicare for single payer, or turning 100% of the healthcare industry over to the government does not answer my question.”
I would agree it does not answer your question because you do not understand it.
Single payer simply changes the pay mechanism from private insurance to the government.
Its how Medicare operates now.
Except this would be available to everyone.
The healthcare system from R&D to hospitals to doctors would remain largely the same as it is now.
“You could eliminate ALL the salary caps on the payroll tax now and forever and it still would not be enough to cover the long term Social Security deficit.”
Correct which is why I referred to as a short term (short term being for the next few decades) solution.
Long term we need fewer old people and much more young people.
The problem is how do you get there.

“Long term we need fewer old people and much more young people.
The problem is how do you get there.”
—————————————-
Answer: Your single-payer, job-killing healthcare plan will get us there because everyone will die sooner with less money.

Ryan C – I know you are smart enough to know that those life expectancies statistics and healthcare expenses you are throwing around from Europe are totally misleading. Please give everyone here a little more credit than citing statistics lifespan and infant mortality that are measured inconsistently across countries with varying degrees of ethnic diversity.
If you would prefer to have no choice in how much you pay or what type of healthcare you want, then just say so. But don’t come in here claiming that the healthcare you get in Europe is of superior quality and that they live longer because of it.
That is just another blatant, bald-face lie and you know it. But then again, it mirrors the tactics of this administration that knowingly lies to and misleads the public in order to advance the most radical left wing agenda in this nations history.

Geithner in finance-still couldn’t correctly figure out his Income Tax-assuming he wasn’t CHEATING!

Even “Messiah’s” don’t get reelected with a 10-20% unemployment rate… Have we ever seen this fall from grace before… Oh Yeah… H.W. Bush, what does each situation have in common, hmm???
Obama’s first term, is looking a whole hell of alot like H.W. Bush’s first.
Barack, Barack, Barack, haven’t you learned from history? It IS the Economy STUPID!!!

Liar.
So are you saying that America has the same ethnic diversity as Sweden? Are you also saying that African Americans, Asian Americans, Whites, and Latinos all have the same life expectancy in the U.S.?
You better re-check your numbers on that buddy.
Yes I do have employer provided health insurance and yes I do have a couple of choices, but I wish I had more. I could also choose to waive coverage and buy it on the open market for a lot more money if I chose, but no my employer would not subsidize me if I went that route, and neither should the government if I have a job.
Why can’t I buy insurance from another state to increase my options? Even if the insurance is not as good in the state I live in, but may cost less, why can’t I make that decision myself without some bureaucrat making it for me?
You have said in the past that if we were allowed to buy insurance across state lines (like I can buy other types of insurance) all the insurance companies would go to the states with the cheapest costs and then cut services, but this shows your fundamental lack of understanding and ignorance of how markets work. If there is a demand for something, the market will supply it if a profit can be made – barring government regulation prohibiting it. Right now, the health insurance market is anything BUT a free market. Open markets, and costs will come down. That is ECON 101…I suggest you take that class sometime because I am getting tired of teaching it to you and giving you F’s.
The government has already proven it cannot run healthcare as evidenced by Medicare being totally insolvent and financed primarily by the premiums paid by the 85% of the population that currently has private insurance.
You are dead wrong and you know it but your radical left wing ideology continues to guide you.

“So are you saying that America has the same ethnic diversity as Sweden? Are you also saying that African Americans, Asian Americans, Whites, and Latinos all have the same life expectancy in the U.S.?”
No, I am saying your blaming our heterogeneous society and minorities in particular for our lower life expectancy is disgusting.

I blame BUSH for bringing us the war.
I blame Obama for the $ Trillion deficit.
THEY ARE EQUALLY BAD. BAD. BAD.
We were/are stupid to elect both of them.

For example, if you are older than 77 years old, no government financed medical coverage for you (i.e. Medicare)(except for “pain pills”).
_____________________________________
Exactly the kind of paranoid, fear mongering the Anti-Defamation League pointed to in their recent report.

Even “Messiah’s” don’t get reelected with a 10-20% unemployment rate…
___________________________________
Pretty sad when the right wing has to cheer for a high unemployment rate in order to have any hope of getting their Republicans elected.
Not a chance.
___________________________________
Pretty sad the left wing cheered for body bags the last 8 years so they could get elected.
Party cheerleaders are pathetic losers and are solely responsible for the current situation.

At the beginning of this President’s term there was a young conservative that used to contribute to this blog with some regularity. I liked her.
One day in the middle of a debate about Stimulus/the Democratic vision for this country, our economy or something she said “dare I say it?” To which I responded “absolutely.” She then said “The Emperor has no clothes.”
At the time the President was on the upstroke of his popularity – he was new in office and was considered to be a kind of rock star. Critics from the right were considered useless, out of step with the world, old news, wrong. I even remember posters on this blog envisioning the end to conservationism and has visions of the funeral for the Republican Party. her voice – all our voices were muted because of the wave of the President’s popularity.
She said it then – and it looks like the world is seeing it now.
“The emperor has no clothes.”

Is Gibbs the best that this administration can do to enunciate its policies? While I know this would be a mean task for any citizen with any degree of understanding of what is…and what isn’t…happening down in lalaland….Washington, that is…Gibbs serves as a personification of what the Obama administration is all about….totally lightweight. I can hardly wait for the next presidential election. This country HAS GOT TO GET GOING.

“Pretty sad the left wing cheered for body bags the last 8 years so they could get elected.”
Speaking of which I see the right wingers stopped posting about Afghanistan casualties and how much they are pained by them
Guess I was very right when I called that a cynical and disgusting ploy.

Mike, who was “cheering”?