Obama's Approval Numbers Plummet In Just One Week

change as we knew it

He is the fallguy after all.... no?

Bush puts together 23 bailouts worth $8.5 trillion, and all I keep hearing is how Obama's gonna ruin the country with his stimulus package. The MSM gave Geoge a pass on it while they get ready to skewer the black guy.

America! Awesome!

It has nothing to do with his RACE you idiot. He is the f**king President. Black, White, Yellow, whatever. It is his policies, his character, his initiatives, his performance. He is graded on all of these and more. This f**king race thing has to stop. If it doesn't then all critical analysis of his Presidential performance is off limits.

He has so far not performed AS HE PROMISED!

Realize Obamabot. They are ALL THE SAME!

buyers remorse

he is still arresting the terminally ill for weed, hard for me to believe he just hasnt gotten around to changing things yet, he managed to sign a bill closing gitmo on day one, i guess so he could replace them all in prison with sick weed smokers.

He is on pace to beat Jimmy Carter for the fastest fall.

I smell a general malaise speech coming this June.

Since the OP didn't provide the link to his article, I will do so here. (The bolding in the original post was done by the OP and not the original author.)

[link to www.newsmax.com]


It's not exactly the most unbiased article either, as the author fails to mention the other aspects revealed in this latest Gallup poll. Hence, I will do so here:

76% of respondents approved of Obama's naming of special envoys for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

76% of respondents approved of Obama's tightening of ethics rules for administration officials

74% of respondents approved of Obama's limiting of interrogation techniques for prisoners

74% of respondents approved of Obama's instituting higher fuel efficiency standards

66% of respondents approved of Obama's action making it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination

44% of respondents approved of Obama's ordering that the Guantanamo Bay prison be closed

35% of respondents approved of Obama's action allowing funding for overseas family planning groups that provide abortions


Here's how Gallup actually reported these polling results:

PRINCETON, NJ -- Of seven actions Barack Obama has taken during the early days of his presidency, five are supported by large majorities of Americans.

The Jan. 30-Feb. 1 USA Today/Gallup poll asked Americans to say whether they approve or disapprove of seven specific actions Obama has taken as president. Americans' general support for most of these is in line with Obama's initial overall job approval ratings.

The public is most supportive of his decisions to name special envoys to oversee the administration's efforts in the Middle East, and Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to tighten rules on people working as lobbyists either before or after serving in his administration. Both of these moves are favored by 76% of Americans.

Americans are nearly as supportive of Obama's actions to limit the interrogation methods that can be used on military prisoners -- actions designed to ensure the United States does not resort to torture to find out information from prisoners. Seventy-four percent of Americans favor that decision, the same percentage who favor his executive order to institute higher fuel efficiency standards.

Two in three Americans approve of his signing a bill to make it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination, the first legislation he has signed into law as president.

The public does not agree with everything Obama has done, however. For example, more Americans say they disapprove (50%) than approve (44%) of his decision to order the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba within a year.

Further, Obama's decision to reverse the prohibition on funding for overseas family-planning providers may be the least popular thing he has done so far. This was an executive order that forbade federal government money from going to overseas family-planning groups that provide abortions or offer abortion counseling. Fifty-eight percent of Americans disapprove of Obama's decision to lift this ban, while only 35% approve of it. The ban on federal funds to these groups was put in place by Ronald Reagan, but lifted by Bill Clinton. George W. Bush re-instituted the ban after taking office in 2001, but Obama has once again lifted it.

The abortion and Guantanamo Bay prison decisions are especially unpopular among Republicans; only 8% approve of the former and 11% of the latter. But these are also the least popular decisions among independents and Democrats as well, though a majority of Democrats still approve of both.



Republicans are in general less supportive of all of Obama's important early actions than are Democrats and independents, as would be expected. But a majority of Republicans do approve of four of the seven decisions, including 58% who approve of limitations on certain interrogation techniques, something the Bush administration resisted.

Implications

While the public has not supported everything Obama has done in his presidency thus far, he continues to receive strong overall job approval ratings around 66%. It appears that Americans believe the good outweighs the bad to this point in the Obama presidency.

Admittedly, many of Obama's early actions have been noncontroversial, and ones that did not receive a great deal of continuing news coverage. His work in passing an economic stimulus plan is a departure from that, and may provide a stiffer test of how strong his public support is. The U.S. House version of his plan met with opposition from the entire Republican caucus, and the Senate will work this week to craft a different version of the plan that enjoys broader partisan support.

Still, like prior presidents, Obama appears to be enjoying solid public support during this early stage or "honeymoon" phase of his administration.

Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,027 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2009. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

[link to www.gallup.com]

wow, from 69 to 64, that's a real plummet.

It's stupid as fuck. He's only been in office for 3 weeks and everyone is still forgetting, he cannot clean up Bush's mess in 3 weeks. It cant be done, no matter who won the election. It's all fucked up, and it's not Obama's fault.
He was only running for president when all this doom happened. Bush was in office, not Obama.

Honeymoon is over now. The savior of the free world is apparently just another corrupt political hack out of Chicago.

What bushtard started, O will finish..........

You = clueless

Continue to be a good Obamabot :)

If he continues tanking will the MSM get that ugly asshole off my TV?

More importantly, from 83% to 64% since he took office. He is dropping nearly 1%/day. The curve is steep and is probably why he is using a scare tactic (just like the previous administration) to push through the bogus stimulus package while he still can (may be a vote as soon as today). Just more of the same…

the 83% was the approval rating for how he handled the entire transition, not the approval rating for his time as president. they aren't really the same topics so they shouldn't really be compared as such.

Exactly.

The Obamatroids refuse to confront the fact that their "Messiah" is now responsible for everyone and everything that proves to be a clusterfuck, on HIS watch!

The KKKlintoonistas never cut the (admittedly, appalling) GW any slack, so why should we Obarky-X-dislikers set any kind of precedent?

Obarkyfraud-X is now the designated fallguy.

Everything, from now on, is HIS fault, and HIS responsibility!

83 was approving of his transition before he was even sworn in office. Keep using those statistics that are beneficial to you though. :D

Obamas status from messiah to dumbf##k did not take long at all.. I tried to tell the obamatards that obama was just a con artist , but NOOOOOOO they would not listen .

Well..He is trying to change the HORRIBLE FATE that the MACHINE/SOURCE of this place has for US...
Go against it..

By the way they do HATE US..That is an understatement really..

NOT a small task to do that...And not just anyone can do it either..
Rarely does someone come along that can in this place...

But as I can see..Humanity is insisting on screwing themselves over in the END..YET AGAIN....
Just as they want US to do..
For their BENEFIT and our DETRIMENT....

I guess that many would rather be lunch for THEM it seems...

Ahh well..IF you're not UNPLUGGED and AWAKE then better get ready...

Because TOGETHER WE STAND..DIVIDED WE FALL..
And that is NO BULLSHIT..The time has arrived..AGAIN...
END of program..
"We're going DOWN..In a SPIRAL to the ground"...

And much of humanity seems intent on giving THEM what the want...

Good luck with that..You have NO IDEA what is coming..You can't SEE THEM with EYES CLOSED/ASLEEP...
You don't REMEMBER..They know that you don't..
And have manipulated many into just hurting themselves and their loved ones in the END...

THAT is why he has been trying to do so much in such a short amount of time..Cause time is running out now in this current GO AROUND..
He is racing the clock really..And he has to stay one step ahead...

But hey...WE INSIST..Right?...

I did have HOPE..However..I see that much of humanity is IGNORANT and for the WRONG reasons..
They have been way too conditioned by this place that
seeks to DECEIVE and DIVIDE US for their own EVIL agenda against US...
And now..I don't know..

Well ok then..Just know that the consequence is not only something that you cannot even imagine probably..But you don't REMEMBER it either..And it's HORRIBLE..
They hope that you will bring it on for THEM...

OH I can hear THEM EVILLY laughing at US right now and licking there chops..Seething..


ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME...Maybe it still will this time..
Even when there is an actual chance for it not to THIS TIME AROUND..For a CHANGE..
A REAL CHANGE..

Don't believe me..Doesn't matter really..You're gonna find out for yourself..

Here is the link, first week in office. I thought all of the paid Obama shills were now working at the unemployment offices...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

>>I concur!

here's a link to the actual gallup poll, where it clearly states that it's in regards to the transition, and only the transition. sorry that your source didn't make that specification.

 [link to www.gallup.com] 

anyway, i guess working at the unemployment office would be better than standing in line at the unemployment office. wouldn't know either way, though. ;)

Just keep bitching and moaning about every little thing the MAN does..
At least he's a MAN..Not one of THEM..

THEM that want US to SACRIFICE and DENY ourselves because they HATE us SO MUCH..
WE just have something they need...

The last time we had a chance like this the fucker TURNED on US and became one of THEM and left US ALL PARALYZED in this place..

Most speak just like someone with EYES CLOSED that don't have a clue...

It's all just a bunch of nonsense and you don't SEE what is coming in the meantime...

"ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS TO CRITICIZE SOMETHING FOR NOTHING"...


Just remember..ICE AGE..DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS..

MECHANICAL ANIMALS..

See..But you don't REMEMBER..

That's the whole point!...


Don't let THEM play you...They NEVER loved you anyway..

Newsmax...like they are some centered site.

He is doing what he is instructed to do. We the people will pay dearly.

Indeed, the unfortunate Obarky is merely number 44 in a series of hapless glove-puppets.

No wonder he doesn't like being in the White House any more, with hideous Zionist freaks like the creepy, twinkle-toed, ballet-dancing psychopath, Rahm Immanuel, slithering around in it.

Pure unadulterated bullshit! Of course, you're obviously one of those morons that gladly gobbles up the swill that is shat from the GOP's ass... One of the same 22% that still approved of Dubya's job when he left office. You'd probably shoot yourself in the fucking head if the Party told you to!

Here's the actual Gallup data:

[link to www.gallup.com]

Where exactly is there a "steep curve"?

Didn't G Dub have an approval rating of like 18%?

I think until Obama grows a mohawk and joins the KKK he is pretty safe!

Are we really all that surprised by this???

2 years of his beautiful talking, but absolutely NOTHING said!