POLL: Obama moving US in right direction (63%/35%). Dems too (57%). Repugs not so much (39%/53%).

CNN Poll: Obama moving US in right direction
Posted: 04:05 PM ET

From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser

WASHINGTON (CNN) – As the Republican Party gets ready to condemn what they call the Democrats 'march to socialism', a new national poll indicates that most Americans believe President Barack Obama's policies would move the country in the right direction.

Sixty-three percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday say they think the policies being proposed by the President would push the nation in the right direction, with 35 percent saying those policies would send the country in the wrong direction.

But the poll suggests that Americans don't feel the same way about the Republicans. Thirty-nine percent of those questioned say that the policies of GOP Congressional leaders would move the country in the right direction, with a slight majority, 53 percent, saying Republican proposals would move the nation in the wrong direction.

"The poll indicates that some of Obama's popularity is rubbing off on congressional Democrats," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Even though Nancy Pelosi has a low approval rating and Harry Reid is facing some low numbers in polls taken in his home state, 57 percent think that the policies of the Democratic leaders in Congress would move the country in the right direction. That's not good news for the GOP."

Four months into Obama's presidency, the country remains in a recession, but the poll indicates that Americans aren't blaming the new president or his party for the country's economic problems so far. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed say the Republicans are to blame, with only one in five saying the Democrats are more responsible for the country's economic conditions.

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Now...how 'bout those Pens...

Love it, I kept wondering which club I would fit in, now I know! OTKCC is it!

Well done!

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Thirty-nine percent of those questioned say that the policies of GOP Congressional leaders would move the country in the right direction, with a slight majority, 53 percent, saying Republican proposals would move the nation in the wrong direction.

Slight Majority is obviously up for interpretation....when the numbers are 53 to 39!

My God, the media is going fucking crazy! :crazy:

a bullshit translator for cable news.

What would go in would be:

"Thirty-nine percent of those questioned say that the policies of GOP Congressional leaders would move the country in the right direction, with a slight majority, 53 percent, saying Republican proposals would move the nation in the wrong direction."

What would come out through the speakers would be:

"By a 53-39% margin voters polled decisively said that policies of GOP Congressional leaders would move the country in the wrong direction"

One can dream.