{"id":7478,"date":"2009-03-13T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2010-06-26T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T17:49:41","slug":"if-the-congenitally-big-hearted-american-people-were-to-fixate-upon-a-moderately-competent-administrative-assistant-and-make-that-man-president-of-the-united-states-what-would-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7478\/if-the-congenitally-big-hearted-american-people-were-to-fixate-upon-a-moderately-competent-administrative-assistant-and-make-that-man-president-of-the-united-states-what-would-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"If the congenitally big-hearted American people were to fixate upon a moderately competent administrative assistant and make that man president of the United States, what would happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

They’d wake up and catch a clue, that’s what. From the Wall Street Journal:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true. The American people are coming to express increasingly significant doubts about his initiatives, and most likely support a different agenda and different policies from those that the Obama administration has advanced.<\/p>\n

Polling data show that Mr. Obama’s approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001. Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama’s net presidential approval rating — which is calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve — is just six, his lowest rating to date.<\/p>\n

Overall, Rasmussen Reports shows a 56%-43% approval, with a third strongly disapproving of the president’s performance. This is a substantial degree of polarization so early in the administration. Mr. Obama has lost virtually all of his Republican support and a good part of his Independent support, and the trend is decidedly negative.<\/p>\n

A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely has to do with doubts about the administration’s policies and their impact on peoples’ lives.<\/p>\n

There is also a clear sense in the polling that taxes will increase for all Americans because of the stimulus, notwithstanding what the president has said about taxes going down for 95% of Americans. Close to three-quarters expect that government spending will grow under this administration.<\/p>\n

Recent Gallup data echo these concerns. That polling shows that there are deep-seated, underlying economic concerns. Eighty-three percent say they are worried that the steps Mr. Obama is taking to fix the economy may not work and the economy will get worse. Eighty-two percent say they are Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They’d wake up and catch a clue, that’s what. From the Wall Street Journal: It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-group-therapy","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6893,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6893\/keeping-it-light-for-friday-the-13th\/","url_meta":{"origin":7478,"position":0},"title":"Keeping It Light For Friday The 13th","author":"Doug Quance","date":"February 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes You Have To Push The Seriousness Away. Seriously. Fellow blogger April Winchell posted this little tidbit a few days back: If you\u2019ve ever read President Obama\u2019s Dreams From My Father, good for you. I couldn\u2019t get past the foreword. I wish I had. Because today I discovered that there\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6950,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6950\/the-bad-news-obamas-housing-relief-plan-is-a-giveaway-to-lenders-not-homeowners-the-worse-news-it-wont-work-anyway\/","url_meta":{"origin":7478,"position":1},"title":"The bad news: Obama’s housing relief plan is a giveaway to lenders, not homeowners. 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