Obama Accomplishes More in 1st Year Than Past 9 Presidents

From the Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/monitor_breakfast/2010/0113/Americans-giv­e-Obama-mixed-report-card-on-his-first-year)
Americans are split on whether Barack Obamas first year as president has been a success, a new national poll finds. Some 45 percent of those surveyed in a nationwide Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday said the presidents first year was a success, and an equal percentage thought it had been a failure.

He is getting a passing grade, but the report card is not that good that his mother is going to put it up on the refrigerator, says Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Americans are split and that is not surprising; they were split about George Bush, they were split about Bill Clinton.

In other findings, the new Quinnipiac survey found that only 45 percent of voters approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing. That is in line with the average of major polls maintained by the Real Clear Politics website, which shows an average 47.6 percent approval rating versus a 45.8 percent disapproval score.

To put Obamas approval ratings in context, "President Obamas job approval in the January 2-4 Gallup Daily tracking was the second lowest in the modern era for Presidents starting their second year in office, Republican pollster Neil Newhouse wrote in a blog post. Obama opened the new year with a 50 percent job approval rating, which was marginally higher than President Reagans 49 percent at the start of his second year.

Obamas approval numbers in the Quinnipiac poll on specific areas of domestic policy are, except for terrorism, lower than his overall approval rating. Only 41 percent approve of his handling of the economy, while 34 percent approve of his performance on creating jobs. In the wake of the Dec. 25 airliner bombing attempt, 48 percent approve of his performance handling terrorism.

Pollster Brown, the guest at Wednesday's Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters in Washington, said that 47 percent of Americans do not think the President is spending enough time on the economy. Whether or not he is spending 100 percent of his time on the economy, it does not matter. They think he is not spending enough time on the economy. And what that reflects is that the economy is issue one, issue two, and issue three in terms of voters concerns, Brown said.

It will be tough for the White House to turn the presidents poll numbers around until the economy is clearly seen to be on the mend. You change numbers by changing people's lives, Brown said.

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[handonrip]

exactly gatekeeper....obama has destroyed the country.......wrecked american morality......pussified the military......lavished himself with gifts.....bowed down and worshiped muslims and the month of ramadan.... taken away all hope.....threatened americans with prison.....used the ol' obama snow shoes to tread through the great global warming blizzard of 2009.....arrogantly claimed a nobel prize...Who in their right mind would take driving lessons from Beerock Obummah?

[GateKeeper50hotmail]

I'm still on the train for another 3 years. He has that long to show me whether he's the engineer driving us or just a conductor taking tickets. Your pathetic synopsis is merely a repetition of the same old elephant dung rolled in little balls by dung beetles like glen beckerhead and slushy limpballs. You should do your mind a favor and quit eating those little balls of shit they try to sell you as "smart pills."

[GateKeeper50hotmail]

the above sent this personal note to me which I feel only fair to share:

your entitled to your warped geriatriac opinion ma'am but I'm sure God will make obama publlicly eat his own shit and fill his stomach up till he vomits it out his nose . Obama plain and simple has proven himself to be nothing but a liar. The train you are on has already de-railed but has not yet fallen 1000 feet off the bridge.

[GateKeeper50hotmail]

this is the remainder of the personal note from the above to me: I have heard obama mocking God and the bible first hand....out of obama's own mouth. You sir...may stay on that hell train as long as you wish....but I gurantee you that I know whwere that train is going..... p.s.

the young turks are a load of crap just like obama...

[Hereisnotwhereyouare]

Idiots like her say that the banking system would have failed if we had not bailed them out. That is a blatant lie.

[BigGsRoadhouse]

@mcdonaldsman1975 and it stabilized our economy did it not? just saying.

[mcdonaldsman1975]

STIMULUS = INFLATION!

[mcdonaldsman1975]

you stupid bitch! THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS NOT PART OF THE GOVERNMENT! It is privately owned! tax payers did not make SHIT!

[ArtisticSpaz]

@DanteUakbar Actually you're just an idiot.

[LerdoBurgerPimp]

14 trillion in debt good job asshole

[handonrip]

@PlaymateMama yanno....i have always considered berrrock obala to be simply a "kharman ghia" president. What i mean.....is that combine him with Larry Sinclair.......and you have sort of a faggy car that nobody wants to drive or look at or listen to. I hate the site of kharman ghias.......I dont like to ride in them.......and they sound like a pussified little car. Hence....barak obama.

[geepgeep567]

@solomanspaming I know it's not JUST obama's fault. I don't like Bush either, Never did even as a little kid...

I'm not racist What-So-Ever... I have black friends and my family has black friends... AND I know congress helped, but he could of vetoed?... Sure he has the chance of being overran but still.

[PlaymateMama]

@handonrip Awww, but isn't solomanspaming giving you a fresh look at why poor Obama is doing so bad? Apparently, Obama is doing an EXCELLENT JOB! We're just silly racists who don't know what's REALLY going on. Didn't you hear? It's George Bush's fault...shhhhh.

All the stuff you cited in your comment? It was GB's doing. Not sure how yet, but I betcha solomanspaming will clear it up for us.