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CNN: Obama Approval at 63%
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
New poll from CNN/Opinion Research shows President Obama with a 63% approval rating, with one out of three disapproving of the job he's doing as president. CNN polling director Keating Holland noted an interesting trend, saying, "Now that Obama is president, the number who agree with his views on the issues has gone down, while the number who say he has the right personal qualities has gone up." With only a couple of major polls left to weigh in with results on the President's 100 day assessment (CBS News/NY Times and USAT/Gallup being the most prominent), Obama's job ...
Obama's Just..... Different
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
It's 100-Day pollapallooza this week, so we'll be highlighting only some of the more interesting findings. CNN highlights the now CWish finding that Obama is more personally popular than his policies. (Rahm'll take that.) And CBS News/New York Times's surveyists found that nearly 70% of Americans believe ...
POLITICS: Slash and Burn
Baseball Crank —
... Obama still retains the personal popularity that comes with the political honeymoon - how much, depends on how you read the polls, which can vary - but at the end of the day, his policies are going to be less so. If you would be happy with Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank or Charlie Rangel as president, you will of course be happy with Obama, and if you wouldn't, sooner or later you won't be happy with him. Obama, of course, is gambling that he can restructure the American electorate and electoral system into one that is more supportive of that faction of his party before we get ...
The Celebrity President
American Thinker —
... (conducted April 16th-20th) indicated that for the first time in years Americans believe that the country is headed in the right direction (48% to 44%). Also, the latest CNN/Opinion Research Poll (conducted April 23rd-26th) finds that Obama has a 63% job approval rating, and 75% of Americans believe he has the personal qualities that the leader of the free world should have. The established media have played a leading role in providing a foundation for the president's celebrity. In the first 50 days since his inauguration, the network evening newscasts have featured almost ...
A Tale of Two Reform Plans
The Next Right —
... Obama with a 51-26 advantage on health care job approval. By August, he had a 42-43 disadvantage - quite the fall from the earlier numbers. The idea that "the president is more popular than his policies" held true then as it does now. (Just take a look at Mara Liasson's February 2005 NPR story, titled: " ...
