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Should Obama's Face Be Added To Mount Rushmore??

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  • #102
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    RichieC wrote: »
    No, it has not, far from that. he is still hovering in the 40s approval, remarkable for a country where the houses and the senates are breaking all time records and single digit approvals.

    Ron Paul will never get near a direct debate with the President.

    Which is pretty poor in comparison with other presidents at this point in time in his presidency. I know he inherited a mess, but he's entering his fourth year now, other presidents like Reagan and Clinton were getting towards 60% and in fact were achieving above that by the end of the year.


  • #103
    K-9
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    Gnobe wrote: »
    Which is pretty poor in comparison with other presidents at this point in time in his presidency. I know he inherited a mess, but he's entering his fourth year now, other presidents like Reagan and Clinton were getting towards 60% and in fact were achieving above that by the end of the year.

    I don't think Clinton was seen as a success on his first term and he didn't have near the same problems to deal with. He got elected by default by the lack of quality opposition candidates, which is probably likely now as well.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #104
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    K-9 wrote: »
    I don't think Clinton was seen as a success on his first term and he didn't have near the same problems to deal with. He got elected by default by the lack of quality opposition candidates, which is probably likely now as well.

    No but his approval ratings were still stronger than Obama's at this moment in time which is what the poster was talking about. Infact Clinton ended up having some of the best approval ratings in history in his second term.

    70% of Americans believed the country was heading in the right track when left office, 70% of Americans as of today, believe its heading in the wrong direction. Some turnaround.


  • #105
    K-9
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    Gnobe wrote: »
    No but his approval ratings were still stronger than Obama's at this moment in time which is what the poster was talking about. Infact Clinton ended up having some of the best approval ratings in history in his second term.

    70% of Americans believed the country was heading in the right track when left office, 70% of Americans as of today, believe its heading in the wrong direction. Some turnaround.

    Ah Yeah, but obviously Clinton's rating were going to be way higher, considering the challenges he faced compared to Obama.

    Approval ratings don't really matter that much, especially if he gets re-elected!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #106
    smash
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    They should make an Obama face out of Onyx and attach it to the mountain.


  • #107
    AngryBollix
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    Upon his election it was practically inconceivable that he wouldnt secure a second term in the white house. The GOP were in trouble at the time.

    The fact that they now have even a fighting chance shows how disappointing a president he has been. I heard a statistic that only one previous president has been re-elected with a similarly low approval rating (Richard Nixon)


  • #108
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    AngryBollix wrote: »
    Upon his election it was practically inconceivable that he wouldnt secure a second term in the white house. The GOP were in trouble at the time.

    The fact that they now have even a fighting chance shows how disappointing a president he has been. I heard a statistic that only one previous president has been re-elected with a similarly low approval rating (Richard Nixon)

    His approval ratings weren't low at the time, they only became low after watergate. He was near 60% at the time of reelection believe it or not.

    According to Gallup the lowest ever approval at the time of reelection and won was....G.W.Bush with 48%. (He got 50.7% of the popular vote against Kerry so about right).


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