hell... it's not even that high
Posted on 10/09/2013 5:59:05 AM PDT by kristinn
Readers have to get halfway into the Associated Press report on its new AP-GFK poll to find this out, but Barack Obama’s job approval numbers have cratered in the shutdown. His overall job approval is now 37/53, and a majority want Obama to start cooperating more with Republicans, as 63% want Republicans to meet Obama part-way, too:
Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll. It’s a struggle with no heroes. …
Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it. Congress is scraping rock bottom, with a ghastly approval rating of 5 percent.
Indeed, anyone making headlines in the dispute has earned poor marks for his or her trouble, whether it’s Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, or Republican John Boehner, the House speaker, both with a favorability rating of 18 percent.
The amusing headline in this instance is “GOP gets the blame in shutdown.” However, the data shows that plenty of blame is being heaped on all sides, by all sides:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Always good to hear from you WesternCulture. You bring hope if your countrymen are getting it.
Just wow, I don’t recall Jimmah carter’s ratings being that low.
hell... it's not even that high
Obama’s approval could fall throught the floor and the damn liberal media would still carry his butt!
Pretty soon Zero’s will be in the single digits like Ehud Olmert’s was before he left office.
- when the twilight is gone
and no coke is left.....
Why isn’t it at zero?????
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