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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama's Approval - 50% [View all]
Poll: Rising economy boosts Obamas standing on eve of the State of the Union
http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/01/19/National-Politics/Polling/release_384.xml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-rising-economy-boosts-obamas-standing-on-eve-of-the-state-of-the-union/2015/01/18/e66a2f18-9f28-11e4-9f89-561284a573f8_story.html
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If President Obama were to govern as an FDR Presidency, his approval rating would go even higher.
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#1
FDR had something else Obama doesn't....white skin, and the privelege that entails.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#26
Bush was mid 30's at the same point and Congress is 10..... But that is not the media plan, the plan
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#2
Obama lost the Senate? How did he manage that? His approval numbers were 3% on average less.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#6
Under 50 percent is not good for any President at election time 3 points or not.
yeoman6987
Jan 2015
#7
Obama's critics conveniently omit the 24/7 FearBola; unaccompanied brown children at the border;
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#27
FEAR is what lost the election, pumped out desperately by the fucking GOP racist media that pumps
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#30
It needs to stay around 50% for the Democratic presidential candidate to remain favored in 016./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2015
#11
So impressive! How many Presidents are at 50% at this point in their second terms?
oneview
Jan 2015
#22