83% of liberal democrats of approve of obama

[DesertFlower]

and debt ceiling deal. gallop poll on MSNBC.

[DCBob]

1. nice number.

:bounce:

[Number23]

42. Beyond nice. That is absolutely UNREAL.

He should be very happy with that.

[DURHAM D]

2. What percent of the voters self-identify as liberal? nt

[DesertFlower]

18. good question. the first thing

that came to my mind was they didn't ask people on DU.

[flamingdem]

3. Good, people realize we need to keep fighting and Obama is going to turn this around nt

[peacebird]

10. wish i had a pair of your rose-colored glasses...

Because I just don't see Obama "fighting" for anything - except fighting to bend over backwards to give the R's everything they want in the name of "compromise".

[seabeyond]

12. obviously, not everyone interprets it the same as you. further, the majority doesnt seem

to interpret it the same as you

[Dr Fate]

22. The majority thought Saddam had WMDs too.

Thank God we were able to fool them, or the Liberals would have stopped Our Glorious Freedom Wars.

[seabeyond]

26. geeez. bah haha. ok. nt

[DesertFlower]

27. exactly. nt

[peacebird]

24. : ) that would be good news for dems and Obama. Personally I am disgusted

by the way he rolled over and gave the tea party a victory on this, especially a victory that is going to screw the "recovery" and hurt so many not-rich Americans.

Hubby and I are wondering whether we will remain employed - he because the gov contracts his firm works on only have funding til Oct, and me because the economy sucks so fewer people are buying the language learning software the company i work for makes. And with all the govt cuts I can easily imagine our govt contracts drying up as well.

But hey - I guess Obama knows what he is doing giving in to demands to extend the bush tax breaks to the rich, and passing "health insurance reform" that is a huge giveaway to insurance companies instead of passing Health CARE reform which might have included single payer in the mix and had a CHANCE of bringing down costs.

but then again - what do I know.

[DesertFlower]

19. i agree. i hope i'm wrong

but i haven't seen him fight for anything.

[flamingdem]

40. I'm a liberal, but I'm a realist and there is an anti-democratic attack going on

against Obama and against the American people.

We need to fight not become divided

[JVS]

4. hmmm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1647261

[nc4bo]

7. Numbers numbers everywhere and not a drop to believe? Why so many

different #'s? What's up? :shrug:

[derby378]

5. Because they didn't read the fine print, that's why

How large was the sample size? How were the questions worded? Can't just take Gallup's word for it.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Must be the European use of the word liberal

(which I'm told means laissez faire capitalist)

[peace frog]

8. A poll can be manipulated to provide the desired result

Not saying this is the case here but there will be polls that show the exact opposite on the same subject, so take it all with a very large grain of salt.

[SidDithers]

9. They're not real Liberal Democrats...

They put sugar all over their porridge.

Sid

[seabeyond]

14. i was gonna say, but they really arent liberal or democrats

and decided, nah... why bother.

[Dr Fate]

16. They are probably long time DEM activists and donors.

I'm BETTING on it.

[leveymg]

25. Not the ones I know. Gallup calls the same "liberal D" in Caspar, Wyoming over & over

Okay, maybe there are two.

[Scurrilous]

11. So much for the revolution. n/t

[fascisthunter]

13. lol. sure

ok then.... he's doing fine. Meanwhile Americans continue to get fucked... I don't know who was polled, but liberals I speak to are not voting for the man.

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[Pale Blue Dot]

17. lol. Which is why they're in spin control now.

Do you agree that if the job situation gets worse it's worse for the President?

[tblue]

20. Oh great. Then he won't change a thing.

Nothing will change how he goes about it now. This is as good as it's gonna get.

[leveymg]

21. All the stats that the GOP wants, subject to a marginal of error - Gallup delivers

Liberal Democrats just loved that Compromise. More, please . . . More!

[Auntie Bush]

23. I wonder how many DUers approve. I'll bet it's a lot less than 83%.

[Fumesucker]

28. Haven't you figured it out yet?

About 90% of us are Republican operatives running in deep cover mode.

;)

[Auntie Bush]

32. Oh! Now I understand.

[leveymg]

29. I'll bet it's less than 8.3%

And, I bet we're more representative of the Democratic activist base -- you know, the ones who actually knock doors for the Party (or used to) -- than the self-identifying "liberals" that Gallup interviews.

[Auntie Bush]

39. I hope you change your mind or this country is going to be f****d by the ReThugs.

We old people depend on people like you...don't let us down. I think Obama failed us many times too but look what he has to work with...those damn tea baggers and a majority of thugs in the house, before that a congress that filibustered everything! Plus a party that has nothing but contempt and is unpatriotic enough to actively work on destroying the president. Hard to get anything don with a group like that. He's not a magician but I repeat...he has made many mistakes trying to be Mr. nice guy and a compromiser.

I think if he wins re-election he'll be more liberal as he won't have to depend on wall street etc. to finance another election.

[Scurrilous]

37. DU is a 'special' place. n/t

[EFerrari]

41. Nope. DU is in line with the general disapproval of this bill.

Why people constantly try to discount DU, I don't know. But, they are usually wrong.

[EFerrari]

38. Here's a poll thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1647407

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[PufPuf23]

31. The poll is either phony or else there are people being polled that

are faux-liberal Democrats.

No one ever polls me by phone except RW push polls.

I have been a Democrat in voting all my life and always vote.

This poll result doesn't mesh with my opinion nor most of the liberal Democrats I know.

The polling firms are every bit as compromised as the debt rating agencies like Standard and Poor, and Moody's. One of the two -- can't recall -- a major ownership is Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffet).

Why weren't the debt rating agencies prosecuted over grotesquely understating the risk of derivative ("synthetic") securities where there is not a rational nor empirical scientific method to value nor assess risk?

Yet they are offering opinions not about the national debt of the USA now?

[Junkdrawer]

33. You are getting sleepy....very sleepy....

When I snap my fingers, you will awake loving Obama....

[Bluebear]

34. No, I heard it was 96%, or 122%

I forget which

[October]

35. B.S. - imho

[EFerrari]

36. CNN ORC poll

Obama's overall approval rating holds steady at 45 percent, but his support among liberals, at 71 percent, remains at a record low and more than half of all Democrats say he gave up too much in the debt ceiling deal. Just one-third of Republicans polled said their party's leaders gave up too much in the agreement.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/02/cnn-poll-three-quarters-believe-politicians-acting-like-spoiled-children/

PDF here:

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/08/02/rel12a.pdf

[DainBramaged]

43. Ignorant non-political Dem's who should never be classified as Liberal

Bullshit on that poll

[Scurrilous]

44. I say we purge them from the party.

:thumbsup: