AP: Obama approval rating plummets to 37%

[Jacob1983]

Obama's transformation to Bush is complete.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Obama's transformation to Bush is complete.

Oversimplifying and equating is what stupid people do to try and understand things. 'Try' is the operative word in that sentence.

Bush never dealt with a situation in Congress like this. His foreign policy was based on unilateral measures while Obama won't take a piss if NATO doesn't hold his for him. For example, do you think that Bush would have hesitated to go into Syria? Do you think he would have allowed France to act first in Libya? Bush used cruise missiles and Obama likes drones. Obama actively uses his bureaucracy for political gain while Bush let his administration do its own thing.

They are both ty and I guess that simplification is all you can understand.

[Spurminator]

Congress' approval rating has also plummeted over the last few weeks, and they were working from a smaller base. AP was right to focus more on Congress' approval rating. It's 5 ing percent. That's astounding.

LOL Liberty News

[boutons_deux]

Repugs and tea baggers in gerrymandered districts and deep red states fear nothing, and any moderares are primaried out of Congress, so they all work hard, as a block, to make govt, Congress, Obama look as bad as possible, fulfiling their philosophy that all govt is bad.

iow, "5% approval? we got more ing up to do!"

[boutons_deux]

Mike Lee’s Popularity Dipping After Anti-Obamacare Crusade

He may be a Tea Party favorite, but Utah senator Mike Lee is losing support among voters in his own state.


A new poll conducted by Brigham Young University’s Center For the Study of Elections and Democracy finds that only 40 percent of Utah voters have a favorable impression of Senator Lee, down from 50 percent in June — 51 percent of voters view Lee unfavorably.

Lee’s declining approval is likely due to his role in the crusade against the Affordable Care Act that resulted in the ongoing government shutdown. Lee’s callous response to questions about his own paycheck — last week he told KUTV, “I’m working. I’ll continue to be paid” during the shutdown — certainly hasn’t helped. (He later clarified that he was misquoted and intends on donating a portion of his salary to charity.)

Trying to justify his role in the shutdown, Lee released a statement on Thursday in which he claimed he does not care about how voters perceive him, because his only concern is the “percentage of Utahns who are feeling the negative effects of Obamacare through lost jobs, wages, hours, and health care.”

Chances are he will start caring once 2016 approaches, and he realizes he has lost significant support from Republicans and Independents in Utah.

Although 90 percent of those who identify themselves as “active in the Tea Party” say Lee “should stand by his principles, even when the result is a government shutdown,” Lee’s favorability among Republicans overall dropped from 71 percent in June to 57 percent today.

Among Democrats, 99 percent believe that Lee “should be more willing to compromise, even if that means passing a budget with funding for the Affordable Care Act.” A large number of Independents – 65 percent – agree. Overall, 57 percent of voters want the senator to compromise.

The declining support for Lee could be a problem if he seeks re-election 2016.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/poll-mik...acare-crusade/

[SA210]