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Michelle Obama eclipsing president?
The Swamp —
... And now Michelle Obama is drawing a slightly higher favorability rating - 72 percent - than her husband's - 69 percent - in the Gallup Poll. ...
Poll: Michelle Obama viewed more favorably than Barack
News —
... Stop the presses. First Lady Michelle Obama now appears to have a higher favorability rating than her husband. A Gallup poll released Thursday shows that she edges the president by three percentage points, a statistically insignificant amount. She also has a lower unfavorable rating. [image] First ladies are often viewed more favorably than their husbands. First Lady Laura Bush, for example, left the White House with ...
Michelle Obama just got more popular than Barack.
Althouse —
According to this Gallup Poll. Not surprising, really: It is not uncommon for first ladies to be more popular than their husbands, in terms of either their favorable ratings or their job approval ratings. To illustrate, Laura Bush averaged a 71% favorable rating from 2001-2009, compared to George W. Bush's 56% average. Hmmm. I knew Laura was popular — what did she ever do to offend? — but it's interesting to see that Bush's overall average was 56%. He seemed so famously hated. ...
Michelle Obama's Favorable Rating Beats Her Husband
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Gallup: "Americans view both Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama very positively, but the first lady's favorability rating of 72% edges out her husband's 69%. Michelle Obama's rating has steadily improved over the past year, while
the president's has come down after spiking to 78% earlier this year."
72
The Reaction —
... That's the percentage of people who look favorably upon our first lady, Michelle Obama. That's slightly higher than her husband who stills hold the favor of 69% of the people (despite turning America into a bastion of communist/socialist/fascist thought). With numbers like these it's clear, Rush, Sean, and Glenn need to pick up their game. ...
Michelle's recovery
Ben Smith's Blog —
The newest Gallup numbers show Michelle Obama as more popular even than her husband, with a 72% favorable rating to his 69%.
Her transformation in the public eye is one of David Axelrod's great successes, and really a remarkable thing. She was, for a moment, a serious vulnerability for the campaign. She was the subject of her own set of hostile rumors, many centered on race: There was the imaginary "whitey tape" and the rumors about her (actually pretty dry) college thesis. She did herself damage with a comment about how her husband's success made her ...
Obama Has 61% Approval on Foreign Affairs
The Democratic Daily —
... and and a new Gallup Poll shows that he is “enjoying a 61% job approval rating at home for handling foreign affairs, up seven points since February.”
The poll results on foreign affairs show his approval rating is just a bit higher that the approval rating “for handling the economy — 56%” and “ the federal budget deficit.”
Gallup also has a new poll out that shows that First Lady Michelle Obama has an even higher approval rating than Barack Obama.
Tags: Barack Obama, Economy, Federal ...
Stunning, Exclusive, Breaking News About Michelle Obama!
Comments from Left Field —
... Sit down and prepare yourself for a shocking revelation about Michelle Obama: She is likable! I mean, who knew? ...
Video: Michelle Obama sails to Britain on a sea of media slobber
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... daily on MSNBC. Incidentally, Mrs. O’s favorable ratings are near majority levels even among Republicans . Just sayin’. Click the image to watch. ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... ? * And finally, Michelle Obama's favorability rating is slightly higher than Barack Obama's. Take that, Juan Williams. Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.— ...
More Republican Fail
Balloon Juice —
... during the campaign when the Republicans collectively decided that the Obama Achilles heel was his wife, Michelle. Remember when we heard loads of nonsense about her “proud” remarks and the Neanderthals in the Tennessee GOP cut a couple ads going after her? And McCain trotted out his wife to tell us she has always been proud of her country? Remember all that?
Like everything else the last few years, this endeavor has turned out really well for the GOP:
Americans have very positive ...
Angry Negro Lady Remarkably Popular
Library Grape —
It looks like the po American-hating angry negro lady in the White House is pretty popular right now: Americans have very positive impressions of both President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. But in the latest Gallup Poll, Mrs. Obama receives a slightly better favorable rating, 72% to 69%.People are obviously falling victim to a concerted terrorist plot by Hamas, radical Black Nationalists, Bill Ayers and ACORN. ...
Michelle and the Queen
The Moderate Voice —
... After his first foreign trip as President, JFK said, “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris–and I have enjoyed it!” Barack Obama may be feeling that way in London this week as the Gallup Poll shows the First Lady’s favorable ratings eclipsing his own. ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... A new Gallup poll shows that Michelle Obama has taken on the traditionally popular role of a first lady, with a 72% favorable rating -- ahead of her husband's own 69% approval rating, thanks to support among some Republicans who don't approve of the president. Last summer, in the heat of the campaign, Michelle's favorable rating was only 43%. ...
Fail!
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Despite constant wailing and and gnashing of teeth by The Ruchpublibot party that Obama is not a popular President, Americans are not buying their bullshit: ...
America has not forgotten
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... The last reading on Bush's favorability that Gallup recorded during his presidency came in a Jan. 9-11, 2009, survey. At that time, 40% of Americans viewed him favorably and 59% unfavorably. However, this represented an unusual spurt in positive feelings toward Bush, possibly due to changes in media coverage of the embattled president as his term ended, or because of Americans' generally buoyant mood leading up to Inauguration Day. (Barack Obama's favorable reading in the same survey was also higher than in previous and subsequent polling.) ...
First lady joins health care fight
Political Intelligence —
President Obama called on his better half today to help make his sales pitch on health care as his overhaul plan faces brickbats from both the left and right.
First lady Michelle Obama spoke to a family-themed event sponsored by the White House Council on Women and Girls after women had told their stories of health care hardship.
According to the press pool report, the testimony came from a widow with a teenage son who had trouble finding affordable coverage, a cancer survivor who had to declare bankruptcy due to her copay and out-of-pocket costs, and a woman who has a non-cancerous lump in her breast but no insurance and who sat in the first lady's box for ...
