50-50
Zogby poll due out in the morning will be reporting the Obama admin’s latest grim milestone. As many people don’t like him as do. Boston Herald:
The honeymoon is over, a national poll will signal tomorrow as President Obama’s job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy.
The sobering numbers come as the president backpedals from two prime-time gaffes – one comparing his bowling score to a Special Olympian and another awkwardly laughing about the economy, which prompted Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes” to ask “are you punch-drunk?”
Pollster John Zogby said his poll out in the morning will show Americans split on the president’s performance. He said the score factors out to “about 50-50.”
Some polls show Obama coasting with a 65 percent job approval, but not in Zogby’s tally.
“The numbers are going down,” Zogby told the Herald. “It’s not because of the gaffes, but a combination of high expectations and that things aren’t moving fast enough with the economy.”
Maybe, but the vast presidential gaffe repository Obama is amassing can’t be helping. The guy’s only been in 60-odd days and he’s tripped more than Ford.*
As for the president’s love of the limelight, it could backfire, according to a media watcher.
“I thought he overexposed himself weeks ago,” said Tobe Berkovitz, associate dean of Boston University’s College of Communication.
“I wonder when the public will say ‘Instead of being in front of the camera, be in front of a spreadsheet.’ ”
To judge by Falcone’s reaction, soon, if not already. But we won’t know until the media organizes itself to do some gaffe polling. What’s the holdup?
* All Ford ever bonked was his head. Obama’s stubbed his toe on disabled kids, backed into bonuses, tripped over mullahs, and walked right into the Ivans.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:29 pm Comments (12) on Monday, March 23, 2009
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March 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
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March 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
All Ford ever bonked was his head. Obama’s stubbed his toe on disabled kids, backed into bonuses, tripped over mullahs, and walked right into the Ivans.
And stumbled over his words. Or are you going to to blame TOTUS for that one?
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March 24th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Obama’s numbers are getting worse, but they’re not as bad as Zogby makes them out to be – yet. I think it’s been obvious for a long time that Zogby polls are politically motivated, and the motivation here seems to be a desire to send Obama a warning that he really will be in trouble soon if things continue down this same path.
March 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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March 24th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Jules Crittenden, originally a Rupert Murdock hire at the Boston Herald.
When Rupert had to sell the paper, because of too much exposure to the media markets in Boston who did he sell to?
Rupert sold the paper to one of Rupert’s top executives.
Jules Crittenden is little more than one of a plethora of Rupert Murdock sockpuppets.
The right rails against Soros while Rupert Murdock has an obsequious hand in most of the right-wing hackery we see today.
March 24th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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March 24th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Just think: three months ago everyone was assuming that it would be Joe Biden who would be the reliable gaffe machine. Now ol’ Hairplugs McGee is looking like the seasoned politico and it’s Lord Unicornus the First who looks like the tyro. Who’d'a thunk it? Well, me, actually, since I never bought the whole Hopeychangey pixie dust flim flam, but I seem to have been in the minority.
And davemartin987 – nice try, son. When confronted with an unpalatable opinion, go ad hominem. You stay classy, y’hear?
March 24th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
The DaveMartin model 987 Obamabot is an efficient, all powerful cleansing machine. Watch this demonstration. A subject will toss a bit of dirty household doubt or an honest question towards Obama and Whammo!, the DaveMartin model 987 Obamabot will smother the subject with meaningless pseudo innuendo and cries of, “Look over there! A unicorn!”
March 24th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
davemartin987
So, tell me boyo, how much does ol’ hopeychanget pay you to troll the ethernet looking for disbelievers, eh?
You need to get to bed before yo mama finds you messin’ round on the intertubes and breaks her foot off in yo ass…..
And kid, you might wanna look up the definition of “sockpuppet” before you go accusing Jules of being one. I guarantee you that there are a LOT of vets who know he’s his own man, and will be happy to readjust your attitude if you don’t believe that.
Just sayin’…..