The Teleprompter Isn’t Working!
After two weeks of using the unbridled power of the Teleprompter … err Presidency … to relentlessly pimp his socialist health care proposal, U.S. President Barack Obama has actually lost ground on the issue.
A new NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll taken last week shows that pluralities of American voters now believe that the President’s “socialized medicine” plan is a bad idea and will result in the quality of their care getting worse. Both categories registered double-digit losses for “Obamacare” from previous polls.
Additionally, only four in ten approve of Obama’s handling of the issue – a big reason his approval rating is down to 53%.
Other reasons for Obama’s ongoing slide?
Concerns over excessive spending and his handling of the economy.
On top of all that bad news, Obama’s needless (intentional?) exacerbation of racial tensions last week isn’t helping his Presidency, either.
According to a nonpartisan Pew Research Center poll conducted Wednesday to Sunday of last week, 41% of Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of the Louis Gates affair, compared to just 29% who approve.
The Pew poll mirrored the NBC/WSJ poll as it relates to Obama’s declining popularity, putting his overall approval rating at 54% – down from 61% in mid-June.
“His people need to plug some new stuff into the Teleprompter,” a prominent Republican consultant told FITS. “It’s not working right now.”
We’ve been gleaning some other interesting stats from these numbers, so stay tuned …
Comments
By Pat Hendrix on July 30th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
So he won with 53 percent of the vote, which was considered a landslide, and now his popularity is down to 54 percent and the sky is falling? Hmm, not really. However, you do have to expect that if the jobless figures stand at nearly 10 percent for much longer, his numbers will fall under 50 percent and Dems will lose seats in Congress. It’s inevitable. Look at Reagan’s numbers in 1982 and 1983 when jobless claims and inflation were hurting the economy.
By Pat Hendrix on July 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Oh, and the polls you cited also showed the majority of Americans supported the Democrats on all the major issues of the day. What can you glean from that, fits?
Yep, as bad the Democrats suck, the public thinks Republicans suck worse. Welcome to the recession of 2008-2009.
By K Trane on July 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I was upset at Obama prematurely calling the Cambridge police officer’s arrest “an act of stupidity.” But I am really pleased that he invited them the the White House to “have a beer.” I respect that. But I believe it was overwhelmingly due to the fact that most people realized the officer had reason to arrest Gates, and was siding with the police officer.
By poser on July 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Running Clinton playbook. Go left for first two years weather the storm then come back to middle last two years which will likely coincide with a better economy (because of or in spite of his policies) and unless the Republican Party can get a new face with new ideas in next three years (Sanford–out Palin–out–Jindell–not sure he can catch fire, Romney–only if Obama is a complete disaster) then reelection will be his to lose.
GW was at 80% approval– and lost.
Regan dropped to 42% and won
Clinton dropped to 42% and won
So now does not matter but I know plenty of Dems who are wondering what the hell is his health care plan?
By Silence Dogood on July 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
On a brief side note to the “teleprompter” jabs often thrown towards President Obama. Does this fall hand in hand with the Rovian approch of making sure to attack some one on their strenghts? The guy is a good public speaker…OK…but then I started to hear it percolating up through Rush Limbaugh et cetera that “he’s the teleprompter president…”
Well, I guess the curious thing for me is that most President’s and high level elected officials use teleprompters, BUT during the debates (against McCain and about 1000 other ones against Hillary Clinton and about a pack of 6-7 other Democratic candidates), Obama seemed to do just fine…No teleprompter. So every time I hear that line of attack, I am not sure what the reason for it is. Anyone got some explanation on it? Thanks.
By Baiter on July 30th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Hey buddy ~
Its time for a beer and a lot of cool heads…. or mayybe time for some cool aid….
By Ed on July 30th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I liked how the Republicans lied about how Sarah Palin’s teleprompter broke during her first big convention speech. The little minions believed it and thought highly of Palin . Of course it was all Republican bullshit.
And so is the teleprompter cracks about Obama.
By Chris on July 31st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
And don’t forget the freedom fighting Republicans ran and hid on an amendment that would end actual socialized health care. C’mon Fits, you can do better than this. I pimped you out forever and this is all I get??