Friday, November 20, 2009

Gallup - Obama BELOW 50%

Gallup: Reports that on its daily tracking poll for President Obama the President has fallen below the magic 50% mark. Those that approve of the job performance of the President is at 49%, those that have a negative view is 44%. As Politico notes that Gallup points to the fact that Reagan fell below the 50% at about the same time in his Presidency. Thus if your a Republican don't break out the drink just yet, Reagan came back in 1984 to smash former VP Walter Mondale, but there are major difference, Reagan's tax cuts came in to effect and the defence spending was a major boost to the economy. In the case of President Obama we have seen an economic stimulus that has not worked, those out of work has reached over 10.2%, the War in Afghanistan is not going well, the USA is still in Iraq and Iran is very much on the horizon. Thus the question is the Man from the Windy City, Chicago, a man made of steel who can take a political punch or is he a light weight. The reaction of the Obama White House will tell the voter, can Obama prevent major losses in 2010 on the Hill. Also will Obama actually run in 2012 if his poll numbers are in the tank. At the present the RCP average of polls is 50.6% approve of Obama's job performance, while 43.4% have a negative view, thus it will be interesting to see how Obama gets his numbers up or else his agenda is dead on the Hill, that simple and brutal folks. Lets see if Obama cant get health care reform passed by Congress before the 2010 elections.