Poll: Majority say President Obama a failure

[JamesL]

A majority of voters believe Barack Obama’s presidency has been a failure, a new poll says.

According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Tuesday, 52 percent of Americans say Obama’s presidency has been a failure, compared with 42 percent who believe it has been a success. Thirty-nine percent believe strongly that his presidency is a failure, just 3 points below his total success score.

The numbers are similar to the president’s approval rating, as reported in the survey. Fifty-one percent of Americans disapprove of Obama’s job performance, while 42 percent approve. More people disapprove than approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, implementation of the Affordable Care Act, international affairs and immigration issues.

A majority of registered voters — 54 percent — say their feelings for Obama will not be a factor in their vote in the upcoming November midterm elections. Twenty-seven percent say their vote will express opposition to the president, while 19 percent say it will express support.

The survey was conducted Sept. 4-7 with 1,001 adults on landlines and cellphones. The margin for error is plus or minus 3.5 points.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/poll-obama-presidency-failure-110746.html#ixzz3CpOfNXPJ

 

[Lucrum]

I knew he was going to be a failure - in 2008

America hating unqualified dope smoking community organizers just don't make good Presidents.

Duh!

 

[Lucrum]

 

[CaptainObvious]

42% believe it's been a success. These people need to be, at a minimum, sterilized so that they cannot reproduce.

 

[DHOHHI]

42% believe it's been a success. These people need to be, at a minimum, sterilized so that they cannot reproduce.

Those are probably the people who get freebies from the government for sitting on their asses.

 

[Lucrum]

Those are probably the people who get freebies from the government for sitting on their asses.

All the more reason for sterilization

 

[Clubber Lang]

42% believe it's been a success. These people need to be, at a minimum, sterilized so that they cannot reproduce.

The problem is, those are the exact people (the Takers) reproducing at many times the rate of the Makers.

 

[Arnie]

As a liberal, when you start to lose the Gray Lady, the party is over....

WASHINGTON — When President Obamaaddresses the nation on Wednesday to explain his plan to defeat Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, it is a fair bet he will not call them the “JV team.”

Nor does he seem likely to describe Iraq as “sovereign, stable and self-reliant” with a “representative government.” And presumably he will not assert after more than a decade of conflict that “the tide of war is receding.”

As he seeks to rally Americans behind a new military campaign in the Middle East, Mr. Obama finds his own past statements coming back to haunt him. Time and again, he has expressed assessments of the world that in the harsh glare of hindsight look out of kilter with the changed reality he now confronts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/u...e-assurances-have-come-back-to-haunt-him.html

 

[Lucrum]

The problem is, those are the exact people (the Takers) reproducing at many times the rate of the Makers.

Hence the need for their sterilization. That's one aspect of their health care I would be willing to subsidize.

 

[jem]

interesting

As a liberal, when you start to lose the Gray Lady, the party is over....

WASHINGTON — When President Obamaaddresses the nation on Wednesday to explain his plan to defeat Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, it is a fair bet he will not call them the “JV team.”

Nor does he seem likely to describe Iraq as “sovereign, stable and self-reliant” with a “representative government.” And presumably he will not assert after more than a decade of conflict that “the tide of war is receding.”

As he seeks to rally Americans behind a new military campaign in the Middle East, Mr. Obama finds his own past statements coming back to haunt him. Time and again, he has expressed assessments of the world that in the harsh glare of hindsight look out of kilter with the changed reality he now confronts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/u...e-assurances-have-come-back-to-haunt-him.html