WaPo reports this morning President Obama's overall approval rating is at 57%. A number any president would gladly take, and nearly triple that of former President Bush's exiting approvals. Yet confidence in the president's ability to make the right decisions has dropped dramatically to 49%. Other notables...
- 53% disapprove of his handling of the federal budget deficit
- 50% disapprove of his handling of health care reform
- 55% think the country is on the wrong track
- 52% support public option, which is a dramatic shift from 62% in June
*Update:
Internals are such an odd thing. They can make your entire headline so inaccurate. As I thought it would, the internals of the WaPo poll show that Obama's drop in support nearly all around is due to drops in Dems and liberals. That means his base is growing reluctant to continue supporting something they are gettting next to nothing from. And why would people like me be upset with the president? Because we want health care reform passed with a public option and we want the president to quit kowtowing to people who spread conspiracy theories that he's a foreign-born socialist enemy of the state wanting to setup death squads. Quit trying to convince these people to support your plan and approval ratings will go right back up.
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