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Obama’s post-Bin Laden poll bounce vanished completely
The bounce in the polls Obama got from killing off Bin Laden has also vanished under the seas. Should we give the bounce official burial rites?
From National Journal: Obama’s approval rating is now at 46 percent, equal to his approval rating in the last tracking poll conducted before Obama addressed Americans late on May 1 and informed them of bin Laden’s death. Forty-four percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president.
According to the Gallup poll, Obama’s approval rating crested at 52 percent after the bin Laden killing. His disapproval rating never fell lower than 40 percent.
Obama’s bounce is smaller in magnitude and shorter in duration than the bumps enjoyed by other presidents over the past 70 years, according to a study by Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies. For example, George W. Bush received a 15-point bump after the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003 — a bounce that lasted seven weeks.
The poll also comes the same day as Gallup announced that three in four Americans “name some type of economic issue as the ‘most important problem’ facing the country today — the highest net mentions of the economy in two years. Those numbers, combined with Obama’s fleeting boost, suggest the economy remains — by far — the dominant issue of the 2012 presidential campaign.
The Gallup poll was conducted Friday, Saturday and Sunday, surveying 1,547 adults. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percent.
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about 2 years ago
It’s the economy, not foreign policy driving the electorate right now. Still, it’s important to note that most of Obabam’s Republican challengers are polling in the single digits right now. It’s early, but the Repubs don’t appear to have a viable candidate yet. I am, unfortunately, predicting a second term for Obabma.
about 2 years ago
Most of the Repubs don’t yet have much name recognition (remember, most Americans can’t tell you who their own senate and house representatives are) and the field is winnowing. Problematically though, they don’t have any charismatic, young candidates and the field is full of eh, old nearly flogged to death nags. Paul Ryan would have had an excellent shot –on looks value if nothing else — but unfortunately isn’t running.
about 2 years ago
I’ll bet anyone $100 that Obama doesn’t get re-elected.
about 2 years ago
At this point, despite the real trouble the US economy is in, given the Republican field, I dont think Obama will be defeated.
And two years in politics is a lifetime.
about 2 years ago
A vote for Obama is a vote for destruction of America !!
about 2 years ago
I cannot think of any Republican leaders that are suitable. In the US, we have a paltry selection of even halfway good leadership, and as Yaeli points out, few with name recognition—though that did not hurt Obama. Paul Ryan certainly seems very promising, if he would run.
about 2 years ago
David is certainly right when he says two years is a lifetime in politics. I think Lynne is also right in the dearth of good Republican candidates. Unfortunately, I think either party actual runs grownups — people willing to lead and make unpopular choices — anymore.
about 2 years ago
Well there is one man who once the field settles down and all the nutters have left, he may be persuaded to step up and he is the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. Attaboy!!!
about 2 years ago
Chris Christie has some ties to some very radical muslims. I’ll have to find the posts I did about that but as I recall he appointed a Muslim lawyer who defended Islamic terror suspects after 9/11 for a spot on the state’s top Court. The lawyer had volunteered his time to be the lawyer for the Fort Dix 6.
Christie also defended Mohammed Qatanani, calling him a “man of great good will” and a “constructive force” –despite the fact that Qatanani was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, despite his guilty plea in Israeli court to being a member of Hamas and assisting militants in attacks, despite the fact that he lied on his application about this when he got residency in the U.S., and despite the fact that even in the United States, he had defended a charity that provided funds to children of suicide bombers –Christie moved to keep Qatanani from being deported.
The pioneering terrorism researcher, Steve Emerson called it, “a disgrace and an act of pure political corruption”. He stated, “I know for certain that Christie and the FBI SAC had access to information about Qatanani’s background, involvement with and support of Hamas.” Defending Qatanani required Christie to pit himself against the Department of Homeland Security, which wanted him deported. See http://a12iggymom.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/more-dirt-about-new-jersey-governor-chri-s-christie%E2%80%99s-ties-to-terrorist-connected-islamists-barenak-edislam/ for more
about 2 years ago
Someone has to defend a person being accused and that has nothing to do with being a good enough lawyer to be appointed to a position by a governor.
Nobody ought to be judged on their views but on their actions. And if Qatani has said all thes things it does not make him guilty of actions.
You have to remember that there is a sizeable Muslim population in New Jersery and if Qatani is a prominent member, then he holds power.
Christie is something of a maverick and has excellent political skills. I do not see why that should exclude him.
Considering the utter idiots and nutcases that the conservatives have allowed spealk in recent times, Christie is way ahead of the game.
He does not want to run for president, but he has had verbal combat with Obama and is excellent on retort, something that Bill Clinton was always good at.
I think going up against DHS instead of merely agreeing is a great positive for the governor.
about 2 years ago
Sorry, the guy lied on his application to get into the U.S. He was convicted of, plead guilty to, and served time for aiding terrorists in Israel. He continued to support terrorists. Even one of those should be cause for deportation.
about 2 years ago
The Republicans have no viable candidate yet. That is the tragedy of the hour. Given the state of the economy and the sorry performance of BHO in the last years even a flower pot should be able to defeat BHO.
Yet, the clowns that run around on GOP turf are just that: clowns. Palin. Trump. Ryan. Paul. I shudder thinking that any of them would be elected.
Romney? So pale, that even after so many years the average guy in the street still asks: Rom-who?
Palin? Should stay at home and watch Russia from her front porch a little longer so she understands foreign policy better. Looks cute but that’s all.
Ryan? Abolishing medicare is just what our seniors need. And since they will die prematurely anyway, because they cannot afford medical care, we can also abolish social security. Good job.
Paul? The ueber-moron? Thinks we still live in the 18th century. But even then George Washington would have defeated him.
The Donald? Found out he can’t simply yell at BHO “You are fired!” even though I would have joined him doing that.
Bachmann? Who?
From what I see today, I am tempted to call Mike on his bet. I think we are seeing 4 more years of BHO.
about 2 years ago
The buzz out today is that Rick Perry (gov of Texas and the nation’s longest serving gov currently) is considering jumping into the fray. Perry in the mix could be interesting.
about 2 years ago
He is a phony who would soon be exposed for who he is.
He supported the NAFTA Superhighway.
He was going to mandate young school girls get a sexual disease drug because the company who made it was a contributor.
He is one big sleazebag.
about 2 years ago
http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20746/Texas_HPV_Vaccine_Mandate_Angers_Many.html
about 2 years ago
http://transtexascorridor.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-texas-land-grab.html
about 2 years ago
Gardasil
about 2 years ago
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/11/cpac-interview-with-rick-perry/
about 2 years ago
I’ve experienced Rick Perry as Governor of Texas ever since George W Bush resigned to run for Pres.
If he completes his term, he will be the longest sitting governor in Texas history. Unfortunately, he is an venal politician to the depths of his ambitious and corrupt soul.
Some years ago he asked the Repub-dominated legislature for several hundred million $$ for an ‘Enterprise Fund’ to use for the State to invest in ‘promising young companies’ doing business in Texas. He got it set up with a governing board appointed by him with no minutes kept of deliberations and no oversight of decisions or administration. As a result, the taxpayers of Texas have blown through several hundred million $$ on companies founded by his own big campaign donors and even by the governing board members themselves. Or it has been given out to large, established companies to establish plants or facilities based on their own predictions of jobs created in Texas. Unfortunately, there was no provision created to check on whether the jobs were actually created from scratch and no provision to claw back monies if the promised jobs failed to appear. Guess what the relationship of these established businesses to the Governor was?
Even the Texas Legislature, which is nearly impossible to embarrass, found it necessary to to put controls and transparency requirements on the governing board this year. And they didn’t refill the money pot all the way.
In addition to the egregious problems documented by Jenny, above, Perrys latest ploy is to ‘reform’ Texas’ only two top-tier public Universities away from research unless that research brings in grants sufficient to not only cover all the costs associated with the research but make a substantial profit. At his own alma mater, Texas A & M, he forced something called the ‘Red and Black’ study which rated each faculty member on whether their work on teaching or research brought in enough $$ in tuition or grants to cover all their associated costs (black), or fell short (red). This study was to form part of their evaluation for tenure/retention by the university. Nice, huh.
Also, he wants to force the U. of Texas, which already has almost 50,000 students, to accept 18,000 more undergraduates.
Lynne, you live in Austin so you can testify to how overcrowded the U.T. campus is already. One Freshman(1st yr) dorm already has its own postal zip code — it’s that big.
Oh, and as one last joke, he wants the State universities to figure out how to grant a 4 yr degree for under $10,000 TOTAL COST. Diploma Factories are us! Might as well write off to Califonia, which has the laxest laws in the nation, and get a mail-order degree for ‘Life Experience.’ That will even cost you less.
Nope, we don’t want Perry anywhere near Washington.
about 2 years ago
Dick, you present a picture of Perry that is quite accurate. I doubt most Texans know this about him, and there were surprises for me and I live in Austin. Gov. Perry is no admirable person.
Yes, UT is so crowded that most college books that describe the merits of each college and university in the US often do not recommend it for undergraduate students below junior standing, and this has been the case for over twenty years. I often wonder about the UT admission criteria, because some really horrible students (murderers who have committed grisly crimes) have been accepted and those who have real merit denied admission. I was once assigned a student teacher to mentor and this unfortunate young woman could not function on a 4th grade level by her own admission, so I had to wonder what on earth was going on there. There ARE outstanding students at UT as well, but the standards are not uniformly high. I guess the likely explanation is that the place is too big and bureaucratic to function as it should.
No, we don’t need Gov. Perry in Washington; we don’t need him in Texas either.
about 2 years ago
The United States government lies to its people, they allowed some of the most destructive nazis to become US citizens. People such as Werner Von Braun who could never travel outside of the US for fear that the British would arrest or assassinate him.
So Christie overlooking anything, if it is true, is not relevant.
Aside from Christie there is no viable Reoublican candidate because it is a patty that has essentially ostrcized itself through bigotry and hatred and self righteous indignation, wrapping itself in the refuge of all scoundrels, phoney patriotism.
The left are no angels, far from it, but the Republicans, by their exnophobia and pretense to be Reaganites, have undermined their own position with the nutters of their party such as Bachman and Palin the most shrill two.
At this stage, Obama is indeed headed for his second term because the oppositon are such rubbish.
about 2 years ago
Is the country ready to elect another Texas governor again? I doubt it.