Wow Obama's approval falls below that of Jimmah Carter !
 

I knew his approval was slipping but holy smokes ! That dident take long.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...al-tracker.htm

The same logic you are applying here can be (re)twisted to say that Obama's current 55% approval rating puts him well above Reagan.

Carter fell to about 29% on the low end according to the graph. He also ranged to as high as about 73%.

PD

By the same logic Obama tracks quite similar to Bush's first few days in office.

Dance around it anyway you want Obama's support and trust is waining and rapidly so.

And almost every other President on that chart. It's very regular for approval rating to take a dive several months after election.

Not dancing around anything, I'd look far more ridiculous if I was dancing. Of course Obama's approval is going down. It will continue to unless there is a sustained upward movement in employment numbers.

PD

interesting chart...

i cant seem to verbally speak to a single person who voted for him... for lack of them "claiming" him :nope:

on a side note take a look at the Bush's

the elder on March 1991

and the younger on October 2001

two of the highest approval ratings on the board

wonder why?

When it drops below that of GWB, kindly PM me.

There will be rioting in Watts before President Obama's approval rating drops that far :arrgh!:

i wish you were wrong

i know you are right

:nope:

The only poll I worry about is the one in Nov 2012, hopefully this chump will get the boot.:up:

How does it matter? Not your opinion, but how high/low ratings Obama has at the present time?

approval rating matters because his approval rating now could determine how much pull he has with congress in the coming months or years.

congress has its own careers to think about - they tend to disassociate themselves with unpopular presidents

1 - Gulf War
2 - 9/11

Freedom of speech spells the low's and the high's of popularity

PD.... You hit the nail right on the HEAD. Employment Numbers.

When you have high employment and everyone is prosperous the Government can pretty much do what they want and no one cares.

Now we have Unemployment that rivals the Deppresion while Banks and Auto industry gets Bailouts and inept CEO's get GOLDEN PARASHOOTS so they can continue to live their Lavish lifestyles at the few remaining Taxpayers expense.

And Joe and Jane Shnook have to hire a lawyer to get the same banks to refinance their homes that the money was earmarked for in the first place.

The fix to get this country out of debt and get back on track is so simple an IDIOT could figure it out.

PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK = MORE TAX DOLLARS.

Those are interesting statistics. Both Bush senior and junior had a similar trajectory, first great success and support from the people only to really go sour.

Although I'm no big fan of Clinton I can't understand why Americans don't see his skills. Also he was able to sort of plateau his popularity on a higher level then when he started. That's always a pretty good sign of a successful reign.