Going, Going….
It’s official. President Obama’s approval ratings are definitely in a tailspin. That’s verified by this morning’s Rasmussen polling:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) now give the President good or excellent marks for handling the economy while 43% say he is doing a poor job.
There isn’t much President Obama or Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel can do about those ratings, either, with the possible exception of keeping Joe Biden away from the cameras. People have heard the speeches. I suspect that they’ve developed Obama fatigue, that they’re no longer mesmorized by his speechgiving ability. I’m positive that the only want thing they want are results.
This administration’s credibility is sinking fast. Karl Rove outlines it perfectly in his weekly WSJ column:
In February, President Barack Obama signed a $787 billion stimulus bill while making lavish promises about the results. He pledged that “a new wave of innovation, activity and construction will be unleashed all across America.” He also said the stimulus would “save or create up to four million jobs.” Vice President Joe Biden said the massive federal spending plan would “drop-kick” the economy out of the recession.
But the unemployment rate today is 9.5%, nearly 20% higher than the Obama White House said it would be with the stimulus in place. Keith Hennessey, who worked at the Bush White House on economic policy, has noted that unemployment is now higher than the administration said it would be if nothing was done to revive the economy. There are 2.6 million fewer Americans working than Mr. Obama promised.
At this point, it’s foolish to trust President Obama’s predictions and statements about the economy. There’s nothing that they’ve done thus far that suggests that they’re competent.
This video is devastating:
Last fall, President Obama’s speeches were pitch perfect. Now he’s saying things that are downright infuriating to people who’ve lost their jobs since he signed the stimulus bill into law in Denver.
The stimulus bill had to be passed ASAP because it was important to get the money to shovel-ready jobs that would jumpstart the economy. Except that the money is trickling out of Washington at a pace that hasn’t gotten the jobs flowing. It’s time we can’t waste.
It’s time for a dramatic change of direction, one in a different direction than the one President Obama and Speaker Pelosi are taking us in.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog