CNN Poll of Polls: Obama approval at 52 percent

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Four days before he gives his State of the Union address, an average of the most recent national surveys indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 52 percent.

According to the CNN Poll of Polls average, compiled and released Friday, 42 percent of Americans say they disapprove of how Obama's handling his duties as president. The release of the survey comes one day after the second anniversary of Obama's inauguration as president.

The 52 percent approval rating is up five points from the last CNN Poll of Polls, which was conducted in mid November, after the midterm elections.

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The newest CNN Poll of Polls is an average of five national polls conducted in the past week: Gallup tracking (1/17-19), CBS/New York Times (1/15-19), CNN/Opinion Research (1/14-16), NBC/Wall Street Journal (1/13-17), and Washington Post/ABC News (1/13-16).

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/21/cnn-poll-of-polls-obama-approval-at-52/

[sharp_stick]

1. That's gotta hurt

the pride of the new weeper of the house just a bit.

[JaneQPublic]

2. Any guesses what it'll be after the SOTU Bump? (nt)

[nyy1998]

3. Hopefully in the 55 approve-40 disapprove range

These numbers should help him in dealing with Republicans the next couple of months, especially with the budget fight coming up soon.

[Frisbee]

4. Unless of course...

He mentions anything at all about touching Social Security. Then his approval rating will sink faster than the Kursk, and rightly so.

[sharp_stick]

5. Being as he has never once

mentioned taking apart Social Security I'd bet pretty big that he won't say anything about it at the SOTU.

To those endlessly humping this line of crap, here and elsewhere, the lack of comment will be taken as solid evidence that he plans to personally eradicate S.S. by the end of the summer.

[w4rma]

6. Too low to win back Congress. (nt)

[kenfrequed]

7. Hmm... well strategically

The blue dogs were responsible for shitting in their own bed on that score. They gave themselves almost nothing to run on by constantly compromising their already compromised positions in the mad quest to get Olympia Snowe to approve of them. Oddly those that voted for change from the Republican regimes in 2006 and 2008 did not want this sort of thing.

I would drop most of the blame right where it belongs, on the DLC and Blue Dog tools that ran to the center even after a majority of Americans voted for progressive change, and particularly right in the lap of Evan Bayh who did more to screw over his own party than anyone I can possibly think of. Comparatively the only thing Rahm Emmanuel did wrong was not understanding the environment or have anything resembling a political strategy.

[kenfrequed]

8. That said...

I think our chances of holding what we have and picking up a bit are better than you think. The remaining democrats are more cohesively progressive and will probably create a better unified message that has a bit more populism tossed in. I also think the Weeper of the House will make an ass of himself fairly often and easily and when the specific issues are brought up people are gonna get a case of Deja-Bush and realize these guys are more of the same.

Of course that will require a very active and progressive communications system.

[AndyTiedye]

10. It Will Also Require Tens of Billions of Dollars

to match all the corporate and foreign money that will be flowing to the Repiglicans
thanks to the Supreme Court and their "Citizens United" ruling. :cry:

[theFrankFactor]

9. What are the odds Obama becomes a Liberal?

[mvd]

11. He seems to have gone more to the right, much to my chagrin

Corporations are making record profits while not creating enough jobs. The President seems to be catering to corporate America regardless. If I was polled, I'd say "approve," because I don't want to help the Repukes. But my grade would be a weak B- at best.