 merrie says: One additional figure shows the extent to which the Obama star has faded: At his 100-day mark in April, 60 percent of Americans expressed confidence in him "to make the right decisions for the country's future." Today, just past 200 days into his presidency, it's 49 percent. Tellingly, in a result that's been steady since spring, even among Republicans, fewer than half " 46 percent " have confidence in their own party to make "the right decisions" for the country. And just 25 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, vs. 35 percent Democrats " roughly steady since 2007, as disapproval of George W. Bush pushed the country away from what had been political parity a few years earlier. Obama's best hope is that a less gloomy economic outlook could leaven the public's mood more generally. One risk is that economic expectations can improve long before current conditions follow suit. Another is that when economic discontent eventually does ease, other contentious issues may simply supplant it. Nonetheless, by 32 percent to 23 percent, more Americans say they’d be inclined to vote against rather than for a congressional supporter of health care reform. Narrowing down to those who say it’d make a strong difference, the vote effect is negative by a 12-point margin: Twenty-six percent say they’d be much more apt to oppose such a candidate, compared with 14 percent much more apt to support one. It’s not predictive, but it hardly makes reform a political slam-dunk. OBAMA OVERALL – Obama’s overall approval rating remains better than his approval specifically for handling the top issues of the day, the economy and health care. But its co... I'm in favor of some kind of health care reform, but I want specifics and small increments with full disclosure and debate. Mr. Obama's & this Congresses plan is foolish, irresponsible, anything but transparent, and completely suspicious. I'm 100% convinced that the rush was designed to dupe the common citizens. The longer it's had time to be evaluated and it's long term ramifications explored, the more people realize it spells disaster for American's overall health care. Is there no possibility for Tort reform? |
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