Gallup: Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first time

[Religious Dick]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-approval-20110814,0,2481281.story

latimes.com

Gallup: Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first time

By Michael A. Memoli

10:31 AM PDT, August 14, 2011

President Obama's summer woes have dragged his approval rating to an all-time low, sinking below 40% for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll.

New data posted Sunday shows that 39% of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, while 54% disapprove. Both are the worst numbers of his presidency.

Obama's approval rating has hovered in the 40% range for much of 2011, peaking at 53% in the weeks following the death of Osama bin Laden.

But Americans' view of his job performance continued to tick downward as the debt-ceiling debate heated up. By the time he signed legislation averting a federal default, he was mired in the low-40% range.

The polling setback comes as the Republican race to unseat him has kicked into overdrive. The past week has been dominated by the activity in Iowa ahead of the Ames Straw Poll, and the entrance of a new contender in Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The candidates have routinely assailed Obama's leadership in appealing to conservative activists who dominate this stage of the nominating contest.

Obama is set to launch something of a counter-offensive on Monday with a three-day bus tour of the Midwest, a trip that includes two stops in Iowa. The White House denied that the itinerary was politically motivated, however.

The three-day tracking poll was conducted from Aug. 11-13.

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[Kramer]

I'm surprised it's that high.

[Plane]

“I’ll be putting forward when they come back in September a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control our deficit. And my attitude is — get it done,” Obama said in Iowa on the first day of a three-day bus tour through the Midwest.

http://www.alan.com/2011/08/15/obama-to-announce-economic-plan-in-september/

well timed eh?

[Kramer]

“I’ll be putting forward when they come back in September a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control our deficit. And my attitude is — get it done,” Obama said in Iowa on the first day of a three-day bus tour through the Midwest.

http://www.alan.com/2011/08/15/obama-to-announce-economic-plan-in-september/

well timed eh?

I guess that tactic worked well when his homework was late. Maybe the teachers took pity on the boy and cut him some slack when homework assignments were due. Looks like Affirmative Action only works in theory but in real life it's a dismal failure. Now we can see how Affirmative Action not only hurts the individual receiving it but also society as a whole. Too bad the press corps still can't see the obvious.