Obama's average approval rating

Something that is both interesting and disrurbing is that Obama the man, is more opoular than his policies. I can't cite the specific numbers off hand, but it was by almost 10 points. Personaly, I think everyone should have been holding him accountable from day one. I am tired of the argument "he has only been in office for X period of time", it doesn't work. It only takes two minutes to determine an unconstitutional act when one sees one and with him continuing many of the same unconstitutional policies from the last administration, this is looking more like a 3rd Bush term, in fact, he is Bush on steroids. I hope now that the "honeymoon" is over, those still clinging pitifully to the idea of obama start looking more at the president Obama.

I didn't vote for Obama, I was disappointed when he won office, however unlike many of my friends and family, I was willing to "wait and see". Problem is the "wait and see" option is kinda long. I don't think Obama is, in the end, going to do any better than Bush did. Most of his policies and "wants" for our nation, I don't like thus far. He hasn't given us much as a whole. But I am willing to still wait. What choice do I have? We have him for 4 years minus 100 days.

Actually, his approval ratings are in the toilet-right now he is less popular than Carter was during his first 100. Who give a crap about the first 100 days, anyway? What is this guy, Superman? Give me a break!

I don't think it matters much. I mean, it's nothing but a popularity contest. Most polls I've seen supply numbers of loaded and misleading questions, meaning that the answer you want to give about a President's performance is used as nothing more than semi-factual filler to pad the numbers up or drive them down. The tactics used against Bush II may not be used against Obama, but the approval rating is meaningless, nonetheless. And I already see a gigantic liberal slant where applicable. The war, well, this is reaffirming that Bush was right. I know that's something that a lot of people don't want to hear, but even though Obama's base is wholly anti-war (so long as it's America at war), that's one area he can't impose an ideological change on. At least not yet. But as far as enormous government being part of the progressive philosophy, we see this happening big time. The government is basically the owner of the auto industry and the housing market, and they're trying to take over the energy enterprise and cannot wait to take healthcare over completely. They're also setting the groundwork to take more control over individual states, and when it comes to the free market, the government is all in and just waiting to close the door and private ventures. Since the waning years of Bush II, the country has drastically moved to the left in terms of attitude and media precense. Although the policies of Obama have yet to take full effect in the real America, it's only a matter of time before the big changes do hit and some may be irreversible. I don't know what this will do to his approval rating. The truth is that Obama supporters just want Obama, policy be damned. In the world of hardcore Obama supporters, thinking that he can do any wrong at all makes you a dirty neo-con racist. And there are plenty of public figures who attempt to drive this point home on a daily basis. So, in my opinion, his approval rating - though it still doesn't mean much in the end - will rise or fall based only on what real Americans (the ones who work and struggle to get by) can see, touch and feel. If their lives get worse, Obama could lose in one of the biggest landslides in history. If their lives get better, Obama and his administration could ammend the Constitution and he could be serving 12 terms.