This morning, Quinnipiac University releases a new poll, in which voters express greater comfort with President Obama’s handling of the economy than with Congressional Republicans’:
American voters disapprove 56 – 38 percent of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy, but by 45 – 38 percent they trust the president more than congressional Republicans to handle the economy, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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The country is in a recession, 71 percent of American voters say, but by 54 – 27 percent they blame former President George W. Bush more than President Obama.
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The president gets a 47 – 46 percent job approval rating, unchanged from the June 9 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. That tops a 64 – 28 percent disapproval for Democrats in Congress and a 65 – 26 percent disapproval for Republicans. Obama outscores congressional Republicans on several points in the deficit reduction battle:
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Voters will blame Republicans over Obama 48 – 34 percent if the debt limit is not raised;
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Voters say 67 – 25 percent that an agreement to raise the debt ceiling should include tax hikes for the wealthy and corporations, not just spending cuts;
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Voters say 45 – 37 percent that Obama’s proposals to raise revenues are “closing loopholes,” rather than “tax hikes”;
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But voters say 57 – 30 percent that Obama’s proposals will impact the middle class, not just the wealthy.
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I'll bet you 20 Obmamabucks that the "registered voters" in this poll are disproportionately Democrat. Big surprise, huh?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThere you are folks. Game, set, match.
This weekend, Weepy and Droopy apologize to Obama on TV and give him everything he wants.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOn the basis of 1 poll? Seriously?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI have had such low faith in the Republicans especially after the McConnell Contingency (there's a spy-novel title for you) of smoke and mirrors and then leave final say to Obama. Even as I type this I can't think of a better example of what is wrong with Washington and the Republicans.
Yeah, one poll. Sadly. One poll.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf this doesnt bring the overall financial ignorance of our citizenry into sharp relief, I dont know what does.
If this is a legitimate poll and not leading or in any way a push poll then allow me to beat Derbyshire to the punch...we quite simply are doomed.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs I've stated repeatedly, the lingering damage President Bush, Karl Rove, the Bushies, and the Republican controlled 108 & 109th congresses did to conservatism is staggering. So much, that even after 2 1/2 years of a Obama being president the American public still has more confidence in a Marxist handling the economy versus congressional Republicans. Sadly, this will be the reason Obama is reelected unless Republicans put up a candidate that with passion & conviction, has the ability to articulate in simple terms why Obama has made a bad situation far worse with his radical left policies.
As an aside, listening to Karl Rove talk about "defending conservatism" on Hannity's show yesterday was laughable and disgusting at the same time. It was the equivalent of hearing Mark McGuire making the case for protecting the sanctity of baseball.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"the lingering damage President Bush, Karl Rove, the Bushies, and the Republican controlled 108 & 109th congresses did to conservatism is staggering."
I agree. All in the name of "compromise," he allowed how many budgets and spending measures to go through without even a hint of a veto?
I understand there was sausage-making in order to fund the wars, but he didn't need to let go of the reins as often as he did. That's his dad's "get along" crew at work.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseKinda useless, without knowing the breakdown of the sample set. All that's provided is:
"From July 5 - 11, Quinnipiac University surveyed 2,311 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones"
How many of these registered voters identified as Republicans / Democrats / Independents? Was this a national distribution, or did they poll as per their regional preference:
"The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a public service and for research."
Not exactly a target rich environment for red states.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSomething is very wrong with party weighting. Check out the R, D and I components. D's are horribly overweighted in survey. Meaning the overall data is worthless. Rs and Is both disapprove of Obama but his overall approval rating is higher than disapproval. Very fishy.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseA whole lot of cognitive dissonance in those numbers.
However, the only lesson the Stupid Party will take under the inept non-leadership of Cryin' John Fakenbake and Vichy Mitch will be, "ZOMG!!! It's going to be 1995 all over when Newt shut down the government and we lost all but five seats in the following election and we had to give handies at the bus terminal to afford greens fees and NEVER AGAIN!!!! Screw those stupid tea-pee'ers and let us hope David Gregory will forgive us!!!"
Smart pols would look at Obama's blowup yesterday and try to goad him into a public tantrum to explode his "No Drama Obama" myth. Too bad the Stupid Party doesn't have any smart pols in positions that count. The House Leadership (yeah, I know; oxymoron) doesn't have anyone approaching the shadow of Marco Rubio in cajones and substance.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWho did ask? Entering freshmen?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's late in the game now. Obama will win if the House GOP leadership does not effectively articulate an alternative and send legislation to the Senate.
The GOP must call Obama's bluff by passing legislation which:
1. accepts $3 in cuts for every dollar of revenue
2. raises revenue by closing loopholes, eliminating subsidies, etc. (sorry Mr. Norquist)
Make it enough of a compromise for Reid to put it to a vote. If it passes the Senate, Obama will have to veto it because everybody knows he is lying when he says he's ready to sign a bill that comtemplates $3 in cuts to every dollar in new revenue.
Somebody please articulate an alternative to this plan that allows GOP to go into 2012 strong.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI agree that the House GOP needs to pass a bill. Obama is dug in but he has overplayed his hand and revealed that he is indeed bluffing.
If there is a bill passed out of the House that cuts spending to allow for an increase on debt, they will be seen as having done their job.
He will be blamed if Granny doesn't get her check. He will be blamed if we lose our credit rating.
If he has indeed staked his Presidency on this, call him out.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI would rather see an 85/15 ratio of spending to revenue, via elimination of tax expenditures and lowering of rates (but not so much that it's revenue neutral - yes, sorry Mr. Norquist).
The only way to get this done, though, would be with a short-term debt ceiling increase (hopefully met dollar for dollar by cuts that both sides can agree to) that would give the parties more time to negotiate the tax reform. There isn't enough time otherwise.
Also, the only way Republicans should allow this kind of revenue raising, in addition, is with fundamental Medicare reform: preferably Rivlin-Domenici (premium support + traditional Medicare option (with IPAB?), both capped at something like GDP+1), or at least Coburn-Lieberman. Allow more revenue to be raised if it's the first option, less if it's the second.
But the problem is that the Democrats won't go for any this. They want rates to go up and for the code to be more progressive. And they'd refuse either of these two Medicare options, instead going for meaningless cuts to providers. See here:
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I think we're left with some rhetorical moves by the Republicans (perhaps this very one we're talking about) that the Democrats reject, and then something like the McConnell deal (because we can't really not increase the debt ceiling, it would be a disaster for everyone, intrinsically and politically).
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOh well. Those pesky voters out there in the mysterious Terra Incognita west of the Hudson don't matter. As long as Grover Norquist is happy, all is right with the world.
Seriously, does Grover have huge stacks of compromising dossiers on all R politicians? If not, what's the source of his cult-like power?
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHow convenient that a poll favoring President Obama comes out now claiming that voters favor his proven-not-to-work handling of the economy, a result that differs quite significantly from other polls. Given the out-of-whack results, the question was probably something like this:
Do you favor President Obama's approach to the economy which will provide everyone with what they need and will be paid for by greedy rich people or do you favor the GOP's approach which will result in senior citizens, children and poor people dying in the streets so greedy rich people can get even richer?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJenna,
I think the president got a note during a bathroom break that talked about this poll to be released.
He went back in and played the bluff, "I'll take this to the people" knowing the poll would be released today.
I just don't think this is a normal issue anymore. I think enough of the House Republicans see this as a defining historical moment.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGreat point, RTP. As usual, the President's champions are helping him in any way they can, hoping to manipulate the hearts and minds of the American people.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs I've written on this site before, I'm a right-leaning independent - I usually vote R but sometimes vote D.
I think Obama has done a fairly bad job with the economy. For example, if anything he has helped make the tax code more complex, and the stimulus bill was an absurd collection of wasteful twaddle.
However, the Republicans strike me as a laughable bunch of buffoons. Exhibit 1: W's handling of the economy. Exhibit 2: the inane debt ceiling bill introduced yesterday by Ms. Bachmann. Exhibits 3-6,000: left for the student.
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