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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:24:24 -0600, "Lib Loo"
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After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%

New low follows slight increase after announcement of Afghanistan policy
by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating is 47% in
the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his
administration to date. His approval rating has been below 50% for much of
the time since mid-November, but briefly rose to 52% last week after he
announced his new Afghanistan policy.
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This is really two convolved questions:

(1) How do you think the country is doing?

(2) How do you think Obama is doing compared to what would be
happening with someone else in the White House, which greatly
depends on who the someone else is.

It is well to remember that "politics is the art of the
possible."


Unka George

(George McDuffee)

The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).

F. George McDuffee wrote:
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:24:24 -0600, "Lib Loo"
wrote:

After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%

New low follows slight increase after announcement of Afghanistan policy
by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating is 47% in
the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his
administration to date. His approval rating has been below 50% for much of
the time since mid-November, but briefly rose to 52% last week after he
announced his new Afghanistan policy.
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This is really two convolved questions:

(1) How do you think the country is doing?

(2) How do you think Obama is doing compared to what would be
happening with someone else in the White House, which greatly
depends on who the someone else is.

It is well to remember that "politics is the art of the
possible."



USED to be, anyway...


Unka George

(George McDuffee)

"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:24:24 -0600, "Lib Loo"
wrote:

After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%

New low follows slight increase after announcement of Afghanistan policy
by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating is 47% in
the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his
administration to date. His approval rating has been below 50% for much of
the time since mid-November, but briefly rose to 52% last week after he
announced his new Afghanistan policy.
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This is really two convolved questions:




Ok, I'll go first...


(1) How do you think the country is doing?

Not very well at all. I think Obama is still surprised he won the election,
although the surprise may be wearing off by now. So far the only thing he
seems to have accomplished was some strides towards abortion and gay rights.
He is more interested in pleasing Nancy than the people who voted him into
office. I doubt I will be voting for him again.



(2) How do you think Obama is doing compared to what would be
happening with someone else in the White House, which greatly
depends on who the someone else is.


Probably worse, only because he seems to be more interested in himself than
the rest of us. Someone else, anybody else, would probably be less corrupt
not being a product of the Chicago mob machine. Whether that's true or not,
that is my perception, thus it's the truth for me.



It is well to remember that "politics is the art of the
possible."


Unka George

(George McDuffee)

The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).