Oh, and By the Way, Obama’s Approval Rating Down to 37
By Andrew C. McCarthy
October 9, 2013 9:54 AM
Talk about burying the lede. Seven paragraphs into a report it headlines “Poll: GOP Gets The Blame In Shutdown,” which purports to show how lopsidedly an angry public has come down against Republicans over the so-called shutdown of the government, the Associated Press grudgingly drops this little detail:
Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it.
In fact, the spin notwithstanding, the poll is full of bad news for the administration. While the AP/GfK poll finds that 62 percent blame Republicans for the shutdown, “about half” blame Obama and congressional Democrats. Eighty percent of respondents “felt no personal impact from the shutdown” (even though 68 perecnt say it’s “a major problem for the country”). Fifty-two percent say Obama is not doing enough to cooperate with Republicans.
https://nationalreview.com/corner/360748/oh-and-way-obamas-approval-rating-down-37-andrew-c-mccarthy
I think in general people are fed up with the government in its current state of super polarized rhetoric. There is no sense of country, no loyalty to the citizens. Just positional bargaining from both sides that anyone who’s taken Conflict and Negotiations 101 will tell you: leads nowhere fast.
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I’m surprised it’s that high !