Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

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#4625

Author: Dean Knox
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:22

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Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
First Term

Posted by Lucy Madison
October 26, 2010 2:37 PM

President Obama may not be the most popular man on the campaign trail
at the moment, but the president is still faring better in the polls
than Ronald Reagan was during this stage of his first term, the
National Journal reports.

According to a new study by the Society for Human Resource
Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll (which was
conducted with the Pew Research Center), 47 percent of Americans would
like to see Mr. Obama run for re-election in 2012.

The figure, though short of a majority, is significantly higher than
Mr. Reagan's 36 percent rating on the same question in August 1982 -
just months before his own party lost 26 House seats (but gained a
Senate seat) in the midterm elections.

In an analysis of the poll, National Journal points out not only that
Mr. Reagan was re-elected to his second term by a wide margin, but
that the circumstances dictating his first term are not unlike those
that Mr. Obama has faced over the past two years.

National Journal's Jason Dick points out:

    "Both were elected during difficult economic times and succeeded
unpopular presidents. Both came promising to change the way things
were done in Washington. Both saw their footings slip and their
ratings sag as the economies of their times suffered devastating
recessions." 

Indeed, unemployment rates in 1982 hovered at 9.7 percent - a tenth of
a percent higher than the current national levels.

Ultimately, history seems to show that a president's popularity level
two years into his first term is not a strong indicator of his
re-election prospects: The Journal reports that former presidents
George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter - both of whom lost re-election
bids - enjoyed higher ratings than Mr. Reagan in the months leading up
to the midterms.

The poll also says that 51 percent of voters likely to vote in next
week's elections support the full repeal of health care reform, in the
event that Republicans win a majority in the House and/or Senate.

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

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Author: Butteye Jest
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:20

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In article <jh00d6lfi9upgfdrn12n008h7cej90itg9@4ax.com>,
 Dean Knox <DeanKnox-American@America.usa> wrote:

> Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
> First Term
> 
> Posted by Lucy Madison
> October 26, 2010 2:37 PM
> 
> President Obama may not be the most popular man on the campaign trail
> at the moment, but the president is still faring better in the polls
> than Ronald Reagan was during this stage of his first term, the
> National Journal reports.
> 

He's also doing a much better job than that asswipe Reagan who just 
opened the doors to the fascist neocons.

-- 
Ole Butteye

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

#4627

Author: McGafee
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:24

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On 11/2/2010 5:22 AM, Dean Knox wrote:
>
>
> Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
> First Term
>
Too bad Obama will have the legacy of being the worst and dumbest 
President in the history of the United States. His approval ratings will 
remain high as long as the media is leftist. Unfortunately for Obama no 
one will tell him that the King has no clothes.

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

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Author: McGafee
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:24

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On 11/2/2010 1:20 PM, Butteye Jest wrote:
> In article<jh00d6lfi9upgfdrn12n008h7cej90itg9@4ax.com>,
>   Dean Knox<DeanKnox-American@America.usa>  wrote:
>
>> Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
>> First Term
>>
>> Posted by Lucy Madison
>> October 26, 2010 2:37 PM
>>
>> President Obama may not be the most popular man on the campaign trail
>> at the moment, but the president is still faring better in the polls
>> than Ronald Reagan was during this stage of his first term, the
>> National Journal reports.
>>
>
> He's also doing a much better job than that asswipe Reagan who just
> opened the doors to the fascist neocons.
>
Gee, didn't Reagan get you a new stolen shopping cart? By the way 
parasite, your 99 weeks of handouts from unemployment are running out.

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

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Author: Bob Hammer
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:00

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In article <%n_zo.3752$8m.401@newsfe09.iad>,
 Butteye Jest <bendardund@gotdaTshirt.com> wrote:

> In article <jh00d6lfi9upgfdrn12n008h7cej90itg9@4ax.com>,
>  Dean Knox <DeanKnox-American@America.usa> wrote:
> 
> > Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
> > First Term
> > 
> > Posted by Lucy Madison
> > October 26, 2010 2:37 PM
> > 
> > President Obama may not be the most popular man on the campaign trail
> > at the moment, but the president is still faring better in the polls
> > than Ronald Reagan was during this stage of his first term, the
> > National Journal reports.
> > 
> 
> He's also doing a much better job than that asswipe Reagan who just 
> opened the doors to the fascist neocons.

And now you have the IRS ready to knock on your door with a piss test. 
Funny how things work out.

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

#4630

Author: Bob Hammer
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:05

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In article <iaps15$2ad$2@tioat.net>,
 McGafee <anonymous@not-for-mail.invalid> wrote:

> On 11/2/2010 5:22 AM, Dean Knox wrote:
> >
> >
> > Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
> > First Term
> >
> Too bad Obama will have the legacy of being the worst and dumbest 
> President in the history of the United States. His approval ratings will 
> remain high as long as the media is leftist. Unfortunately for Obama no 
> one will tell him that the King has no clothes.

He has a 95% approval rating from the black community, I dunno if polls 
adjust for this.

All the people he "swung over", including prominent conservatives and 
independents, are no longer there.

I donlt think he'll do well with the new challenge, and will become even 
more like the bastard love child of Richard Nixon and Jimmah Carter. 
Potential epic fail.

For him and the socialists, not the US. When they fail, we win.

Re: Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's & Unemployment is LOWER

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Author: McGafee
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:11

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On 11/2/2010 8:05 PM, Bob Hammer wrote:
> In article<iaps15$2ad$2@tioat.net>,
>   McGafee<anonymous@not-for-mail.invalid>  wrote:
>
>> On 11/2/2010 5:22 AM, Dean Knox wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Obama's Approval Ratings Higher than Reagan's Were at This Point in
>>> First Term
>>>
>> Too bad Obama will have the legacy of being the worst and dumbest
>> President in the history of the United States. His approval ratings will
>> remain high as long as the media is leftist. Unfortunately for Obama no
>> one will tell him that the King has no clothes.
>
> He has a 95% approval rating from the black community, I dunno if polls
> adjust for this.
>
> All the people he "swung over", including prominent conservatives and
> independents, are no longer there.
>
> I donlt think he'll do well with the new challenge, and will become even
> more like the bastard love child of Richard Nixon and Jimmah Carter.
> Potential epic fail.
>
> For him and the socialists, not the US. When they fail, we win.

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