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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Lets remember that Obama is still the most popular national politician
People love to jump on President Obama's falling poll numbers as a sign that the public are rejecting his policies. I don't deny that this is partially true. Many of the people originally happy about Obama were supportive his personality and life story rather than his policies. This being said, Obama is still by far the most popular person in Washington DC right now. According to the Reasearch 2000/Daily Kos poll taken last week, Obama has a 55% favorability rating. This contrasts with a 24% and 22% favorability rating for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell respectively. Congressional Republicans enjoy a staggering 22% favorability rate whereas Democrats stand at 38%. So for those of you who jump on the Obama is sinking bandwagon, remember that everyone else has already sunk.
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Totally agree one has to keep focused on the overall picture. Would like to see breakdown of how Daily Kos analyzes the Obama numbers - polities versus personality. Divide between who he is versus his programs is huge, and when people go into a November voting booth, the issues may float to the top and whether people like the person Obama, the propaganda on policies may doom some Democrats.
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