The Languish Obama Approval Poll

[derspiess]

I know we had a similar poll that compared Obama to the oh-so-high benchmark of the Bush presidency, but I figured it'd be interesting to have a straight-up approval or disapproval poll on the job he's done thus far.

[Kleves]

Yes.

[Viking]

I know we had a similar poll that compared Obama to the oh-so-high benchmark of the Bush presidency, but I figured it'd be interesting to have a straight-up approval or disapproval poll on the job he's done thus far.

Do you remember the results of that poll?

[Eddie Teach]

[DGuller]

Approval rate can be misleading.  You can disapprove Obama's performance while never contemplating anything but voting for him again in 2012.  I certainly think that Obama mishandled the Republican insanity unleashed on him, and failed to use it against them.  That made us all worse off, because his failure enabled the most destructive elements of our political system.

[derspiess]

I know we had a similar poll that compared Obama to the oh-so-high benchmark of the Bush presidency, but I figured it'd be interesting to have a straight-up approval or disapproval poll on the job he's done thus far.

Do you remember the results of that poll?

I don't care about that poll

[derspiess]

Approval rate can be misleading.  You can disapprove Obama's performance while never contemplating anything but voting for him again in 2012.  I certainly think that Obama mishandled the Republican insanity unleashed on him, and failed to use it against them.  That made us all worse off, because his failure enabled the most destructive elements of our political system.

I'm not trying to infer electability (is that a word?).  I just want to know what Languish thinks in terms of simple approval or disapproval.  I have my own expectations as to the results & I'd like to see how that shakes out.

[Viking]

I know we had a similar poll that compared Obama to the oh-so-high benchmark of the Bush presidency, but I figured it'd be interesting to have a straight-up approval or disapproval poll on the job he's done thus far.

Do you remember the results of that poll?

I don't care about that poll

Not very flattering to "W" I take it.

[Tamas]

Approval rate can be misleading.  You can disapprove Obama's performance while never contemplating anything but voting for him again in 2012.  I certainly think that Obama mishandled the Republican insanity unleashed on him, and failed to use it against them.  That made us all worse off, because his failure enabled the most destructive elements of our political system.

That's how it looks to me from the outside as well.

[derspiess]

Not very flattering to "W" I take it.

I guess not, but Dubya is irrelevant to what I want to find out here..

[HVC]

He was left a pretty bad situation and did alright, especially considering all the roadblocks put up by the opposition. This dirty foreigner approves.

[Martinus]

Obama may suck, but Romney is a monster.

[Grallon]

Not as good as we wanted him to be but far better than what the Republicans had to offer.  Can you imagine Caribou barbie in the White house as Vice President to a senile McCain! *shudder*

The current crop of Republicans is even more unhinged.



G.

[Razgovory]

Not very flattering to "W" I take it.

I guess not, but Dubya is irrelevant to what I want to find out here..

What did you want to find out?  That the board heavily frequented by foreigners would approve of Obama when over a candidate who's party is deeply out of synch with the rest of the industrialized world?

[Valmy]

Disapprove.  Big time.  Can hardly stand to look at the guy these days.  But most of the things I disapprove of the Republicans will also do so it does not really matter much.