In Polarized Political World, President Obama Has Most Polarized Approval Ratings For 1st Year President In Recorded History

Well, duh!! Can one speculate that if the Obama record were identical for a first year white president, that president would be viewed as equally polarizing? Of course not. Barack Obama is black, and that’s enough for many whites to view him as polarizing!
Lynn

Simply demonstrates that the Dems are blind followers.
Ask the independents what they think. They hate the Dems and GOP, alike, because they think for themselves.

Polarizing or not, Mr. Obama is a highly developed liar – during the campaign, he had said that he will get the Democrats and Republicans sit together and hold hands away from the evils ways of Washington.

Any minute now Tierra will post Ronald Reagans 35% approval rating from January 1983

Heckuva job, Barry.
Huge majrities in both houses, 10% unemployment, and he wastes a year on a healthcare bill he can’t pass.
Lemme know when the oceans cease to rise and the planet begins to heal…

The R’s get in and we have Cheney’s intransigence. Then the D’s get in and decide to govern exactly the same way. When did the Presidency become a dictatorship where the will of the people did not register.
In a short time, we have gone from policy that can’t be made without a poll (Clinton) to the politicans carrying the water of the poltical and financial elite, and DAMN what anybody else thinks. (Bush AND Obama!!!)
Somehow the people need to get beyond “Freedom Works” and “Move On” and take responsibility for this mess, and hold these bastards Accountable for SOMETHING! ANYTHING! Otherwise, we can forget about a Democracy or Republic and stick with our latest poltical incarnation…. A Corporate sponsored, public/private administered… Dictatorship.
Eight years of right wing fascism, followed by four years of left wing fascism… Forget that, let’s have the Democratic Republic we deserve for once!

The Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a prominent Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids.
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This is a marked improvement over the BILLIONS in no-bid contracts handed out under the last administration.

Tierra-
Clinton started the no bid policy. Bush did it and now Obama. Why would Obama say this would never happen under his adminisration. Tierra, obama is no better than Bush.

Why would Obama say this would never happen under his adminisration.
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He didn’t. He promised to “end unnecessary no-bid and cost-plus contracts”.
You right wingers had a president who wallowed in no-bid contracts and now you expect pristine perfection.
Bill Clinton was president, as much as $139.2 billion in federal contracts was awarded without competitive bidding. The OMB Watch figures show that the practice ACCELERATED SHARPLY during the Bush administration.
For Obama to have curtailed this practise as much as he has is a MAJOR accomplishment.
Hyprocritical right wingers should give him credit for this.

Dr. John…”I won” was Not the President’s words….Nancy Pelosi said those words after being bullied by the Republican party, that seem not to understand that they needed to work with this administration, to take care of America’s business.

This tells me More about this country than President Obama…he obviously didn’t believe that America was still Racist…afterall, he was very young and didn’t go through the civil rights movement, and the mindset of racism in America. he was raised in a diverse home, and went to schools that were diversed. A lot of this is Racism, and I’m tired of the excuse and hiding behind “it’s his policy bullsh!” Which doesn’t hold water since the obstruction began on the first day in office without records of the previous administration being left…Mr. President, we already know….start setting all those jerks out for America and the World to see WHAT and WHO they are.

sara, google obama and “I won” It was Obama who said it. Please use facts when defending your blind addoration of Obama.

“I will finally end the abuse of no-bid contracts once and for all”
Posted by: ted | Jan 25, 2010 4:12:35 PM
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Yes, ending the ABUSE of no-bid contracts . .. which is exactly what is going on.
You right wingers had a president who wallowed in no-bid contracts and now you expect pristine perfection.
Bill Clinton was president, as much as $139.2 billion in federal contracts was awarded without competitive bidding. The OMB Watch figures show that the practice ACCELERATED SHARPLY during the Bush administration.
For Obama to have curtailed this practise as much as he has is a MAJOR accomplishment.
Hyprocritical right wingers should give him credit for this.

tierra, give it up! Everyone is tired of hearing you say it was bad when Bush did it but it’s good when Obama does it. You are boring us. Yawn!

Posted by: whatsgoingonhere? | Jan 25, 2010 4:58:21 PM
Reading comprehension skills low?
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“I will finally end the abuse of no-bid contracts once and for all”
Posted by: ted | Jan 25, 2010 4:12:35 PM
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Yes, ending the ABUSE of no-bid contracts . .. which is exactly what is going on.
You right wingers had a president who wallowed in no-bid contracts and now you expect pristine perfection.
Bill Clinton was president, as much as $139.2 billion in federal contracts was awarded without competitive bidding. The OMB Watch figures show that the practice ACCELERATED SHARPLY during the Bush administration.
For Obama to have curtailed this practise as much as he has is a MAJOR accomplishment.
Hyprocritical right wingers should give him credit for this.

The Republicans are becoming more and more radical and hateful. Their party is like a religion and it comes before country. Yeah they know Bush destroyed the country, but it’s more important to them to destroy the guy with a D next to his name, than see him try to fix our country. That’s what it always boils down to.

The Republicans are becoming more and more radical and hateful. Their party is like a religion and it comes before country. Yeah they know Bush destroyed the country, but it’s more important to them to destroy the guy with a D next to his name, than see him try to fix our country. That’s what it always boils down to.
Posted by: Gigi | Jan 25, 2010 5:36:37 PM
I agree. I just read a blog post at Think Progress about some Republican official boasting to anti-immigration protesters that he’s a proud racist. Can’t make this stuff up.

Welcome to the glorious post-racial, post-partisan world of Obama.

Tierra-
Dont you see what Obama said. I will end it, it will not happen while I am president. However, it is still happening. Justify by saying its not happening as much. Obama said IT WILL NOT HAPPEN WHILE I AM PRESIDENT! I am not justifying for Bush at all. GET A CLUE!!!! How can you defend him on this.

I don’t recall Acorn’s multi-million role in the census being put out to bid-just one tiny example I can think of in a few seconds of thought
I guarantee you with a small amount of research you would find dozens of similar examples of this in the stimu-pork. So his “no-bid” cry is simply another lie.
ALong with closing GItmo
Health Care on Cspan
Transparant Government (still waiting for transcripts from that union payoff meeting on cadillac plans)
No Lobbyists (Big Pharma reps have been in the WHite House more than the president according to logs)
Could go on and on but won’t –too tired to repeat what you already know

Well, fighters tend to polarize. Obama is a fighter. If he’s on your side, you love him. If he’s not, you don’t.

What your saying is that he ended the abuse, but this 25 million dollar bid he just gave out is a fairytale. I must be dreaming it right. Cause he cant be doing it again.
Posted by: ted | Jan 25, 2010 10:50:00 PM
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Obama said he would end the ABUSE of non-competitive contracts. He did not say he would eliminate them!
Under Bush billions upon billions of dollars were dished out in non-competitive contracts often to Republican cronies.
That is the ABUSE he was talking about.
There are times when non-competitive bids may serve a purpose – but not the wholesale dumping of billions of tax payers dollars into the pockets of cronies in big business.

How about this: We’ll give Obama credit for “bid contracts” which are based on need, and Florida’s issue was an issue of their government not taking the formal proceedures to ALLOW the president and federal people intervene in a STATE issue, which must be done…So the bidding was actually NOT Bush’s fault, but moving on:
We’ll give Obama credit for something when he admits that soft loans, and regulations, caused the banks to ALL collapse. In a competitive market one bank falls, all other banks don’t follow suite, they want money. But ALL fell. You know why? Clinton, 1995, fair housing act. Further reinforced in 2003, 2004, and 2005 when Bush attempted to make changes, and just like Republicans can almost stop health care when dems have a SUPER MAJORITY the dems in a PARTYLINE vote, attempted to block intervention to the bad loan practices THEY STARTED to buy your vote! THAT is corruption. So maybe when Obama up and admits HE and HIS dems caused this crises, we will trust him. How about that?
God. Whenever an entire system collapses, it is ALWAYS that they have been REGULATED to have the SAME system! Get a clue! Government regulation with soft loans caused this crises. Just like in the great depression we established tying banks together to ensure one could pick up the pieces if another fell, and guess what? They all fell. When you tie everything together, and not let things fall and rise accordingly, the whole darn thing falls. For example: Texas CONTINUALLY has a surplus. Tie it into a failing state, and the failing state has no incentive to succeed. Like say: Michigan. Stop blaming the FEDERAL government, for your STATE’s problems. Republicans don’t often force your state to do anything through federal intervention, and yet somehow your states failed too? And this is Bush’s fault? Jesus christ, go back to your governers, your represenatives, and the people who made the federal laws forcing all banks to give soft loans (aka dems in this case) and hit them in the shins!
Now quit the anger toward republicans. It’s really, really, REALLY old. You guys are the ones filled with hate trying to create an enemy in business and economy. Our party is saying this: Politicians who have never owned a business, and just think they can run things based on creating an enemy with religion, economy, and business (who floats your bills) are the crooked ones.

The author of the article really seemed to miss the point. After stating that Mr. Obama has the most polarized rating of any first year President, he went on to discuss the approval rating of the President. Given that approval and polarities are different issues, he should have just stuck to the point. Mr. Obama already has abysmal approval ratings. If he wants to discuss them, don’t start off with polarity stats. Just go with the approval stats.