Obama's 47% approval is freaking amazing.

[impik]

He's taking so much beating from all over, it's 9.6% unemployment, and still he is at 47%???!!!! Amazing.

[Clio the Leo]

1. He's the most popular man in DC....

.... except when Jon Stewart is there (except that's not true either.)

And just wait until the plane lands in Jakarta. ;)

[applegrove]

2. Yes. Obama's interview on 60 minutes was all doom and gloom and I resented that

because Obama has done a lot and he didn't sell that before the elections. I hope he starts selling his legislation soon. Cause he is a good politician.

[impik]

4. That was the editing. You should see the full version

[applegrove]

7. really? Because I can't get videos to work on my internet. So I'll have to take your word for it.

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. he's very sensible and competent unlike some

[Pirate Smile]

6. That both Gallup & Rasmussen have him at 47% while the media plays funeral dirges to him and writes

his obit is kind of, as you say, "freaking amazing". Discussions of his "plummeting" approval ratings which have actually stayed almost the exact same for the past year is pretty much par for the course with the current state of the media.

[KeyserSoze87]

8. It seems like people are finally beginning to understand that Obama is not to blame for the economy.

Under Obama, we went from losing 800,000 jobs a month to having a gain of over 150,000 payrolls this October. That alone wins him my approval.

[GSLevel9]

20. btw, 150k isn't enough hiring to reduce unemployment. nt

[PBS Poll-435]

21. No shit.

But it indicates that there is some hiring.

[GSLevel9]

22. and some people are still buying Ferrari's... so what?

[KeyserSoze87]

26. No, it is not.

But it's definitely a start. We just need strong payroll growth for the next year or so, and if this happens, Obama will be all set for the election.

[Jennicut]

9. I think it will improve by the minute as the spotlight on the Repub leadership in the House gets

actual scrutiny.

[Historic NY]

10. He is still above St. Ronnie's 43-47 approval rate..

[NYC Liberal]

11. Yep. K&R! nt

[displacedvermoter]

24. I thought it was 85%

which is the number I saw folks hammering those who dared to express disloyalty, by disagreeing with him on any point.

As in, WTF is the matter with you, 85% of liberals support our President. If you aren't part of that 85% you are a whiner and a hater!

[NYC Liberal]

27. DU is not the real world. On DU, huge numbers of people

seem to think Alan Grayson or Dennis Kucinich would win in a landslide in a general election. If only all Democrats were just like them, we'd win every election. In the real world, Kucinich gets in the low single digits when he runs for president -- in the primaries, with only Democrats voting -- and has yet to win a single state in two primary seasons.

That's the point. Liberals aren't dissatisfied nor do they think Obama is doing a bad job. Only a small minority do. Not that those in that small minority don't have valid points to make, and not that they're wrong on everything, just that they don't get to speak for all liberals.

[jgraz]

12. I'm sure all the out-of-work Americans are very happy for the president

:eyes:

[elizm]

14. That would be part of the problem...

They are blaming him instead of the Republicans where the blame should squarely lie.

[jgraz]

15. Clearly the pubic agrees with you, which is why we gained so many seats in Congress

Oh wait...

[Scurrilous]

13. Heh.

:thumbsup:

[Enthusiast]

16. Actually it is amazing,

under the circumstances. Two unpopular wars too.

[WI_DEM]

17. The media--loves to talk about his plummeting ratings but he has been remarkably stable

for a year and the chances are his approval will only go higher as the economy grows and jobs begin to be created that are noticable. Hopefully the October job numbers were just the beginning of a trend.

[ampad]

18. Today some here on DU

Woke up and gave this fact the finger. Oh look I see some of them have graced us already. Got nothing better to do I see. Fact is that he is popular and that DU is not a representation of the country. And for that I am grateful. K/R

[displacedvermoter]

19. Clearly DU is not respresentative of the country

because 99% of the people here wanted the Dems to maintain control the house, and to gain seats in the senate.

But that is not how it played out because of failures in Demleadership both in the White House and in Congress.

Obama's personal approval rating is critical to a number of folks here, but it didn't really do a friggin' thing to save Pelosi's job,and that is why a lot of us are not so greatly excited about Obama's popularity.

[treestar]

23. Seems like the House loss had nothing to do with him

then. Local elections as they are.

[girl gone mad]

25. Then you must have been bowled over when Bush was at 90%.

:eyes: