More than anything else, voters would be happiest if Congress and President Obama focused on creating jobs, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll. And they don’t care if lawmakers use Republican or Democratic ideas to do so. … The survey is a wake-up call for Congress. […] Read more »
Americans Don’t like Obama’s Job Performance—Or Him
November has not been kind to the Obama administration. Piece after piece of the Affordable Care Act has very publicly fallen apart or failed to function as promised, and voters have punished Obama in the polls accordingly. … Yet what has made this last month different is not that it […] Read more »
Damage Control
Hardly a day or two goes by that a new poll isn’t released showing President Obama with the lowest job-approval rating of his presidency. … Democrats and Obama-backers protest loudly when any comparisons are drawn between the debacle surrounding the launch and first impressions of the Affordable Care Act and […] Read more »
Obama’s Weekly Job Score Ties His Lowest
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating averaged 40% in Gallup Daily tracking for the week ending on Sunday. This is down slightly from 41% in each of the three prior weeks, and from 43% in late October. The latest reading ties Obama’s lowest weekly average, measured in late summer 2011 […] Read more »
Can Obama Recover? He Did Already
It’s a dark time for President Obama. His approval ratings are sliding as confidence wanes in his competence and the government’s ability to do anything right. His allies squirm, his critics circle and lick their chops in anticipation of a kill. National newspapers wonder if this is “Obama’s Katrina,” even […] Read more »
President’s marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll
Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll. And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning also indicates that 53% of Americans now believe that Obama is not honest and trustworthy, the first time that a […] Read more »