AP-GfK Poll: Obama More Popular Than Congress

[SuperEnoughAlready]

Millions of disillusioned Obama supporters are now wishing they had known better.

Turns out that their Black messiah prefers to rule by bribery, force and fear, instead of thru the will of the governed.

Obama is now preoccupied with redistributing your wealth to create new entitlement programs, while he grows big government that will devour what little of value that you have left.

Now take a big bite and enjoy the shit sandwhich which he has diguised to look like health food. SUCKERS!

[ostormbringero]

slightly my ass the man is hated just as much if not more than bush was

[quizerry]

It is time to fire every last one of them. They are all bad. Bush was bad enough with spending and taxing Obama has taken Bush policies and put them on steroids. As it is right now we will have a 13 trillion dollar deficit in ten years. Fight all you want over sides that will solve nothing. They are all corrupt.

[reg373]

It's morally wrong to leave 100 million Americans un or underinsured, 1 illness away from financial ruin. It's wrong to expect small business to absorb the outrageous insurance costs also -- saw a cool site; Balkingpoints ; incredible satellite view of earth

[drinkcokeatdaveshous]

What is it with you americans. Don't you see that this guy is going to sort your country out. these things take time. It seems the rest of the world think this guy really has the right ideas but americans dont like him. you'd rather have some gun slingin cowboy in the white house? jesus you must be insane!!!

[libsarecommies]

Sorry, but tyrants always make matters worse. Want utopia? Get rid of big government.

[xpandergt]

That AP poll is a joke. Check out the lastes Gallup poll. Obama approval is down to 45%. Stop licking Obama's butt AP!!

[combat1856]

This fuckin guy needs to be tried for treason. What a piece of shit. Thats what you get for electing a community organizer that never had a real job in his life.

[SUZUKIGSXR100047]

blah blah blah... obama has taken this country for a nose dive and bush jr. started the spiral... dems and rep. are both to blame..

[DillonX]

More & more Americans are realizing we have many CORPORATE WHORES in DC.

[Wildkkat1]

AP makes poll numbers fit what-ever they want! Obama is not liked, and it is getting worse! If he was liked then the last 4 elections he campained for would have went to the Dems. Scott Brown etc. Dems. are falling like flies because of Obama! Bye-bye liberals!

[MrSTANDFORAMERICA]

Damn you can tell AP is state ran media.

when they take "the nation detest Obama and is getting upset with congress".

and somehow word it as "Obama More Popular Than Congress".

Obama is now claiming that all those that fish for fun or by living are now terrorist of the nation.

[EndOfTimesProphecy]

MrSTANDFORAMERICA

When Obama's victory news made headlines in 2008, Illinois' Lottery drew 666 and shared Obama's front page

So Obama was destroyed

Why ?

Because the whole religious groups automatically saw Obama as the Antichrist

Our mission as messengers of Truth and of the Apocalypse is to reveal this simply: the 666 revelation destroyed Obama

The Lottery's 666's money/the Mark of the Beast of Obama's his money

Sentence him to death for forging his birth ID thus accessing Army nukes by fraud

[crazy7come11]

Obama news reporting propaganda pushing reporters. Reporter give me a break. Whatever happen to really reporter like Cronkite. I will tell you they all died and what we got saddle with is ignorant liberals.

[Asymmatrix]

Shut the hell up Barry you absurd sellout. You've done NOTHING to get real reform passed, go back to Chicago let Grayson run things you phony wh*re.

[shampoovta]

Lets see, next years campaign slogans,...

"Back with new and improved HOPE!"

"Hope never dies!"

"Change,.. I have some left."

No, no,..

"That other candidate is just like Bush!"

Eh,.. they will never buy that.

[luverdude]

who gives a fuck!

[crazy7come11]

Idisapprove of everything this Administration has done and would gladly have the Republican back in power. I would not vote for John McCain for the is also a progressive just like Obama and Hillary Clinton. The people in AZ would think twice before they would let another leftist Republican join forces with Obama. McCain is more like Obama then many of you are willing to admit to yourselves. Mcain is a RINO clear and simple,

I'm Independent but was once Republican until McCain.

[crazy7come11]

This is like saying a rattle snake is more popular then a piggy rattle snake.

Both will kill you and this White House, Congress and Senate now run by these progressive Democrats are out to destroy America with our Constitution. Obama has not change being a communist. It is the American people that are saps.

[hosweetim89]

53% approve? I'd thought it'd be lower...

[myeyepie]

It is lower. This the state run media your listening to. They also say we are in a recovery....without jobs! lol Like the pied piper

[merrimac291]

people are just afraid to say they don't approve of a nigger president.

[JIMDUNNIGAN]

No merrimac....there just aren;t that many hateful racists out there....your ignorance and irrational fears are not shared by most of us

[lenny380]

AP media is less popular than either!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HemiHead66]

According to a right-wing freak article I just read, 8 out 10 Americans trust the Repukes on everything over Democrats. They started with abortion (as usual) and eased into policies on the economy. To Funny! What policies on the economy? The shitbags haven't done anything all year. They did propose a stimulus that would've filled their rich friends pockets, but that's it. Blank slate!

[Drumboy5165]

@HemiHead66

And what glorious standards have the liberal democrats exalted us into? Let's hear your amoral standards for success please................Or do you bitch without idea or thought?

[HemiHead66]

Their standards are a lot higher than the PNAC Mafia's. I know both party's are corrupt, but those asshole neo-freaks think our Government is here to serve them. I've seen this game played several times already. They're going to feed you as much bullshit as it takes to get back in power. And you people are so hung up on the socialist commie catch phrases, you'll believe every word they're saying. You watch - they're going to suck this country dry till the end.

[Drumboy5165]

I don't think you've seen any game played yet...but you think you have..so I'm not gonna rain on your parade there.However, you wouldn't know a socialist even when they took your freedom from you, which by the way IS what is happening.

If people such as yourselves do not open your eyes, you, your kids and the rest will be slaves to a communist dictator in a communist country that used to be the hope of the world.

But apathy such as yours is OK as long as you get your check...right?

[HemiHead66]

Czars?? You didn't have a fucking problem with Bush's czars - did ya? At least Obama don't got a 1000 lobbyists selling of America. And you want to talk about Communist Dictators? Who shredded the Constitution? Who pissed on the Geneva Conventions? Who fired all those Judges? Who refused to testify about the events of 9,11? Who freed HIMSELF of fucking war crimes going all the way back to 2001? Who had countless people murdered with the cuffs on without charge or trial? You're brain dead!

[Drumboy5165]

Who is sucking this country dry? Who had quadrupled our debt in less than 1 year? Who is attempting to cripple the free market in this country with massive regulations and private company take-overs? Who is attempting to enslave the future of this country by saddling them with taxes they will not be able to afford? Who has by passed legal procedures to appoint czars, who have been proven to be communistic in their sympathies. I mean if it looks like crap & smells like crap, it isn't cotton candy

[humanisall]

Propaganda drum boy. Your fear is betraying your focus. The attempt to change america lies in the face of the fearless. what you are not seeing is opportunity. the act of blaming has its limitations. remember we are in this together,each of us. and not all are fearful. This does not mean lay back, this means moving forward with the motion of each american, not the exculsive act of self-preservation. otherwise your ranting will lead to an empty voice in the computer screen. dumbass

[Drumboy5165]

Wow, did you come up with 'dumbass' all by yourself?

What you are saying is that we should change this country into a socialist paradise?

According to your logic we should then move forward into forcing some to work to provide for the rest, instead of requiring independence, self reliance and true freedom. Move forward yes, but not at the expense of someone else...I have no fear of the future or what it holds for me..I do fear stupidity and those who promote it..Obama is one of them.

[HemiHead66]

Hey dumb-boy, who was it that stopped tax breaks for companies outsourcing our jobs? Who stopped those corrupt trade deals with Panama, Columbia & South Korea? Who stopped Bush's Mexican trucker program? Who hit the Chinese with a tariff protecting American jobs? Who's pushing the Chinese on their currency & exports? Who's making sure we're not getting sucked into trade deals that benefit the few at the expense of the whole fucking country? I'll give ya a hint - it's not those GOP freaks.

[HemiHead66]

Well - are ya going to stop hiding and put up? I happen to know for a FACT, 99% of what those PNAC Mafia neo-freaks say is BULLSHIT! Come on out and I'll have your whole friggin belief system screwed up in an hour. Just like I said yesterday, you dumb bastards will believe anything they tell you. This country is their cash-cow, and they'll do anything to keep it.. Go look up - Rumsfeld 2.3 trillion of taxpayer money missing - on You Tube. Lay off the FOX - and smarten up.

[HemiHead66]

I didn't get your post because of problem with msn messenger. Give me a few to reboot and fix this and we'll play.

[HemiHead66]

You FOX followers are all alike, stupid. Quadrupled our debt in less than 1 year? Why don't you try backing that shit up with some actual numbers. Cripple the free market with regulations? You haven't had enough yet, have ya? How many more times does Wall Street have to fuck you in the ass before you wake the hell up? And those regulations aren't just happening here. And there's nothing free about our corrupt market. Enslave us with taxes? What fucking taxes? Obama cut taxes! And extended Bush's

[HemiHead66]

Oh - I left something out. What fucking private company take-overs? Show me one company that the Government runs? And the only reason GM got a fucking bailout was because of the amount of people it would've destroyed. The parts suppliers would've been talen out too. But you really give a shit about the people it effects - as long as it's not you. You assholes won't be happy until the Chinese are making everything.

[Drumboy5165]

You are one seriously deluded, ill-informed complete leftist propaganda believer. Everything you have attempted to show as fact is HuffPo/DailyKOS conspiracy bull crap.

FYI the government owns ownership stakes in over 500 companies...in other words, it owns them....gee, I'll betArriana never told you that to say huh?

Take on piece of information, use what brain cells you have left and try giving me an actually independent bit of thought, then we can talk..I don't argue with propagandist tools.

[HemiHead66]

Is that all ya got, dumb-boy? What happened to tripling the debt in one year? I'd of thought that would be an easy one for you to prove. And bull-fucking shit the Government has ownership positions in 500 companies. Where the hell do you get your info from, the PNAC Mafia press? First of all, Obama didn't pass TARP. He only had the second half of it. And he didn't piss it away like Bush. And most of those banks paid back the fucking money already. Show the proof or get lost.

[Drumboy5165]

I find it hilarious that everyone of you leftist liberals must call people names when you have no argument to stand on, no logic, just insults and spin.

O.K. you wanna play...let's go

1)Who QUADRUPLED our national debt in 6 months?

2)If you're to stupid to look it up, me telling you what companies the government owns will not convince you.

3)Who passed tarp and for what reason...Who passed the forced banking procedures that bankrupted the banking system?

I won't be a child and call you names.

[HemiHead66]

Alright - I keep the name calling in check if you do. Now, where in Gods name are you getting this triple the debt crap in 6 months? When Bush left office we were a little over 10 trillion in debt, tripling it would make it 30 trillion in 6 months. Do you think I was born yesterday? And I already know what Banks / companies the Government has stakes in. You said it - so you should be able to back it up. Just send a link. And TARP/ bailout kept the country from the abyss. How about 1 at a time?

[Drumboy5165]

The government ran up the largest monthly deficit in history in February, keeping the flood of red ink on track to top last year's record for the full year.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the February deficit totaled $220.9 billion, 14 percent higher than the previous record set in February of last year.

The deficit through the first five months of this budget year totals $651.6 billion, 10.5 percent higher than a year ago.

[HemiHead66]

And those programs were Bush's Single-Family Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act, in 2002, Dubbed "Renewing the Dream,"the program would give nearly $2.4 billion in tax credits over five years to investors and builders who develop affordable single-family housing in distressed areas. And On December 16, 2003, Bush passed his American Dream Down payment Act, a program to to help home buyers with down payment and closing costs.

[Drumboy5165]

Actually that's incorrect, you're talking about the Democrat banking rules that forced banks to loan to illegals, person who worked at 7-11 and couldn't make the payments etc.

Bush's incentive was in tax credits for home buyers, it did not require banks to make high risk loans. This was thanks to liberals in congress who thought everyone should own a home regardless of income.....

[HemiHead66]

You see what I mean, I show you facts, and you bring me FOX news. Wake already. He pushed those programs. He had a bill for reform and chose to kill it. Now - do you want me to go into predatory lenders and the 1000 of cases they have open? Lo-income people didn't buy more home than they could afford. That community reinvestment act originally passed in the 70's, where were the foreclosures then? They were suckered into Adjustable Rate Mortgages & couldn't make the payments when rates reset.

[HemiHead66]

Then there's this one - Bush tripled the funding for organizations like Habitat for Humanity that help families help themselves become homeowners through 'sweat equity' and volunteerism in their communities - and substantially increasing, by at least $440 billion, the financial commitment made by the government-sponsored enterprises - (Fannie & Freddy) involved in the secondary mortgage market specifically targeted toward the minority market.. And I can even show you where he was against reform.

[Drumboy5165]

I get my info from the government websites such as the taxes, 15% pay 85+% of all taxes, on the IRS web site.

I placed 2 posts with Congressional and treasury dept. debt stats which comes in a approx. 4X what it was when Bush was in and left office.

As for TARP, the banks would not have failed if Congress IE; Frank, Dodd etc. would not have forced unethical lending practices on loans that would never be repaid, and haven't been either.

Fannie, Freddie and the rest should fail.

[HemiHead66]

I don't what you're talking about with taxes. The middle class got cuts, the rich are getting payback. They been looting this country for years. Tax breaks to move overseas. Caiman Island subsidiary tax loopholes. Hiding money off-shore. Bush's tax cuts for the rich. They're the ones that make out on reduced taxes on dividends and profits. You need to look at the real tax rate. Now give me a minute and I'll take care of Fannie & Freddy.

[Drumboy5165]

Ahh the old 'rich envy' ploy....it doesn't hold water, the 'rich' as you liberals call them are the ones who created business's, which increases the job market which creates a greater tax base increasing government income as it were.

Show me one person under 45k who created jobs, then you'll get my vote. I'll give you my standard example, I made 100k a co-worker made 50k, I paid 45% in taxes, he paid 25%..I got back $2500, he got back $10000...how's that tax breaks?

[HemiHead66]

I'll do Fannie and Freddy in a minute. First let me take care of the one I missed. What you're looking at regarding the treasury dept. doesn't have anything to do with Obama. And that isn't debt. It's backing securities and shit. As the market recovers their lending recovers. I think the Fed pushed out about 12 trillion. But that's not Obama. Look it up.

[Drumboy5165]

Actually it is Obama and the effect his policies are having on the country and deficit.

If you know someone is going to shank you for billions, why would you invest there?

Now, when it went up a fraction of this during GW's admin, the numbers were because of his policies, not it doesn't count? How's that?

[HemiHead66]

Now - Fannie, Freddie. The biggest Republican bullshit story of them all. Frank & Dodd etc. my ass. Greenspan's low interest rates that fueled a tonne of easy money, and Bush's programs for lo-income people created a bubble the size of the Hindenburg. They took outstanding mortgages in the U.S. from $4.45 trillion in 1999 to $9.1 trillion in 2005. There's more.

[Drumboy5165]

So basically, showing the paper trail means nothing except when it goes to a conservative?

It doesn't hold water.....everything bad is a conservatives fault when they are in office. When a liberal gets into office and destroys the economy, it is still the conservatives fault? Uhhmm...no.

[HemiHead66]

Look bring me facts or leave me the hell alone. Why don't you show me where the Liberals FORCED banks to make loans? And Bush was standing right there saying right-on. Come on - give me a break. Bush's Presidenvy was like the wild west. Naked shorting banks into the ground. Go look up Washingto Mutual. The biggest cover-up going. And did you just see where the REPUBLICANS are already crying about stopping earmarks? In the senate they're flipping out. They're lying shit-bags.

[Drumboy5165]

I showed you facts, but you don't want to accept it. This is par for the course so I will leave you alone.

Just for the record, like most liberals you need to understand that the President cannot enact anything without Congress...the Congress makes the laws, not the Pres., so when you had democrat controlled congress, who is to blame? Right now you have an ultra lib congress, and a marxist president and the only thing done is to put this nation into massive debt. Blame bush? No, blame Obumma.

[EndOfTimesProphecy]

HemiHead66

When Obama's victory news made headlines in 2008, Illinois' Lottery drew 666, sharing Obama's front page

So simply said Obama was destroyed

Why ?

Because all the religious groups saw Obama as the Antichrist instantly

He's a death-cult

Our job as messengers of Truth and Apocalypse is simply to reveal this: the 666 revelation destroyed Obama

The Lottery's 666's money/Mark of the Beast of Obama's his money

Sentence him to death for forging his ID so thus frauded Army nukes' access

[HemiHead66]

Please spare me of your bullshit. You people fell right off the damn turnip truck.

[EndOfTimesProphecy]

HemiHead66

When Obama's victory news made headlines in 2008, Illinois' Lottery drew 666, sharing Obama's front page

So simply said Obama was destroyed

Why ?

Because all the religious groups saw Obama as the Antichrist instantly

He's a death-cult

Our job as messengers of Truth and Apocalypse is simply to reveal this: the 666 revelation destroyed Obama

The Lottery's 666's money/Mark of the Beast of Obama's his money

Sentence him to death for forging his ID so thus frauded Army nukes' access

[Drumboy5165]

OK here's just some all based on Dept. of Treasury.

On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said this years budget deficit is now nearly $1.7 trillion, more than $400 billion larger than it forecast two months ago. Next years deficit will be nearly $1.1 trillion, $430 billion more than its prior forecast.

The US budget deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion (£877bn) in the year to 30 September, US Congress estimates say.

Analysts had predicted a $1.6tn deficit but revised the estimate.

[HemiHead66]

Okay, you're looking up some numbers, now you're talking. Did they tell you that before Obama stepped into office the projected deficit was 8 trillion over the next decade? Even if Obama wasn't President it would still be there. And did they also tell ya the reason why Obama's racking up debt so fast? It's because he's got shit for tax revenue. Bush's last year before the collapse tax REVENUE was about 2.8 trillion. Obama has over 700 billion less than Bush. He don't have enough to pay the bills

[Drumboy5165]

OK, you better pull the numbers because your statement does not jive with the current numbers on hand....you can spin it any way, but Obummer is destroying this nations economy one socialistic step at a time....

[rungsat1]

Yea its B.S. He's still campaigning. Anybody who thinks anything is better than nothing for health care is using "Old Toyota Brakes" as a guide to running U.S. Health care. It has to work and be an improvement to be needed reform.

[2bRealist]

To better use your analogy..

At the moment we HAVE NO BREAKS.. in fact, as insurance rated go up.. Our car is going faster..

Single payer would slam the breaks for sure.. but we may be stuck with this current bill.. which is like pulling on the e-brake.. but at least we will be slowing down.

It's a start, and I for one would take that over nothing...

[Drumboy5165]

I don't think so, the reason rates are up is due to government interference and being forced to pay for someone who comes in with cancer or another serious pre-existing condition. Also, drug companies are being told how much they can charge etc., get the government out as well as lawyers and the rates will drop big time!!

[treid100182]

Bullshit...

... they are both unpopular.

[BertGriffin88]

I see: American health care costs rising, Americans losing their jobs & losing their health care, Americans having their health care cancelled, Americans losing their health care due to preexisting conditions, etc. I see Obama working hard to give millions of uninsured & poorly insured Americans health care. I see the Republicans who have never wanted millions of Americans to have health care & continue to work to make it so. The Republicans are OK with killing Americans. Alone, Obama fights on.

[2bRealist]

Thats pretty much how I see it as well...... though im sure Republicans will have us believe our eyes are lying to us

[Drumboy5165]

@BertGriffin88

Where is it stated any where you have a right to health care paid for by others?

America has the best medical treatment anywhere in the world...but why is cost high? Government regulations, lawyers and frivilous lawsuits and many other factors.

Obama is working hard to redistribute money from working peoples hands into the hands of welfare bums, non-achievers and 7-11 workers.

This is unconstitutional and socialistic...basically rewarding laziness and low standards.

[ryen1992]

2bRealist

YOUR BLAMING REPUBLICANS BUT obama and the democrats HAD TOTAL CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND STILL COULD NOT PASS A HEALTH CARE BILL.

YOU HAVE TO BE BRAIN DEAD.

[Movies96B]

First of all, you're*.

Secondly, no, they didn't.

[Drumboy5165]

@ryen1992 but they ARE brain dead.....to lazy toget it for themselves.

I have to get my own...they should quit crying and do the same.

[ryen1992]

obama is the Worst President EVER.

When obama and the democrats Pass this Health Bill, The Working Middle Class WILL BE TAXED TO DEATH.

IF YOU BELIVE THAT PAYING FOR THOSE WHO DONT HAVE HEALTH CARE WILL NOY TAX THE WORKING MIDDLE CLASS YOU ARE BRAIN DEAD.

[Drumboy5165]

@ryen1992

AMEN!! Redistribution of the money to the lazy non achieving generation.

[christmas254]

@Drumboy5165 Obama is great he wants more money for abortions for black people & he has higher rating than congress

[Drumboy5165]

lol

[krazy45cat]

Was this pole takin in South America ? ob=0

[GeminiAzules]

Obama is on the same team as the democrats in congress. If people dislike congress, they should feel the same about Obama.

[2bRealist]

That shows how much you know about how the Government works

[GeminiAzules]

@2bRealist I know how the government is supposed to work. That doesn't mean it works that way.

[2bRealist]

If you WERE right... then we would all be enjoying single payer as soon as Obama took office!

But... that IS NOT how it works... it was up to Congress to come up with Healthcare.. instead Republicans keep helping out their corporate masters, and Democrats keep going out of their way to play ball with Republicans... and we the people get... NOTHING. Just like the Insurance companies want it.

[GeminiAzules]

@2bRealist You sound like someone who is just repeating a bunch of propaganda.

[2bRealist]

propaganda?.. Saying congress makes laws is propaganda?

Well if you like, we can talk about death panels and birth certificates..

[GeminiAzules]

yes.. lets talk about obamas birth certificate.

[ryen1992]

New Jersery

Virginia

Massachusetts

ALL VOTED REPUBLICAN

obama and the democrats are DEAF AND DUMB

THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DONT WANT THE DEMOCRATS TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE.

[2bRealist]

So why did he win?

I voted for him just on the health care topic alone.

[2bRealist]

Never knew Virginia Massachusetts and New Jersey was "The majority of Americans"??

[Rickyrab]

I'm a New Jerseyan, and last I looked, most New Jerseyans seemed okay with Obama. The vote last fall was to dump Corzine, and I have a feeling that the next vote might dump Christie, the way he's going. As for Scott Brown, he was indeed better than Queen Coakley, although health care (and, in particular, Lieberman's destruction of it) was a major issue. Liebermancare has got to go, not Obamacare!

[Rickyrab]

Massachussetts - voted RINO

New Jersey - voted to replace a bad gov with a bad gov to get first bad gov out of the way (LOL) and voted for a Democratic Statehouse

Virginia - (shrug) yeah, that one slipped back in favor of the GOP.

[ryen1992]

obama is the Worst President EVER.

when obama and the democrats pass this Health Bill, the Working Middle Class Will Be TAXED TO DEATH.

IF YOU BELIVE THAT PAYING FOR THOSE WHO DONT HAVE HEALTH CARE WILL NOT TAX THE WORKING MIDDLE CLASS, THEN YOU ARE BRAIN DEAD.

[moonbaby625]

Maybe they should include the opinion of ALL americans!

[demonicanthonyalbert]

Religion also should be taken out of the eaquation also.

[2bRealist]

Exactly!!

I always hear the far right talk about... "America was founded by Christians for Christians"

Funny.. I thought it was founded by Quakers for Religious Freedom"!

[starcatcher7777]

This is like saying that pigs shit smells worse than bull shit and aren't you lucky to have this bag of bull shit !

[12GaugeLosAngeles]

AP has no real news to report... just bullshit.

[JDaKingman]

There's news their,just not showing it

[santasxgirlfriend]

obama still sucks- he just doesnt suck as bad as congress because there are more of them-

[ThaGenius101]

Corporate lobbyist are destroying the fabric of our democracy down to the rotten core. The supreme court and our politicians need to realize this simple fact and ban all corporate lobbyist from Washington. Any political figure who argues against this measure should be voted out, democrat or republican.

[nostikskull]

labor unions need to be taken out of the equation as well.

[2bRealist]

It's because of corporate greed that we NEED unions... Put the corporations in check and we won't need unions.

It's a 2 birds with one stone situation.

[nostikskull]

union leaders take money from the workers and fund politicians campaigns, specifically democrat campaigns, they do very little for the workers, i used to be in the union, i got no protection our rep was nowhere to be found except for when the elections came. corporate lobbyists and labor unions both should not be involved in campaign finance.

[kingkravan]

I am coming to learn that the AP is full of shit

[TheMetalPerson]

1000+ pages of lobbyist nonsense health care bill.

[Rickyrab]

Which is the REAL reason Americans hate the bill - too much lobbyist influence. The Americans were in favor of Obama's original idea, but his party stabbed him in the back via lobbyist influence, and the Tea Party was only too glad to help the back stabbing.

[kalvander]

yeah ok maybe if he would stop hiring/appointing lobbyists

[d3v07]

Come on Obama! Pass this healthcare. We need to get the lobbyists out of our government, they're controlling too much of our democracy, mostly all of it.

[2bRealist]

As much as I want health care to pass... This bill we have now is not the answer... maybe a start, but not the answer