OMG Teh Panic?

3:02 pm EST July 20th, 2009 | News | 10 Comments

So lemme get this right. This poll that shows some drop in support for Obama on health care, even though he hasn’t taken the lead on the issue until late last week, still has him with a 59% approval rating and shows he’s far more trusted than the Republicans on practically every issue (GOP health care plan: pray). This is supposed to be bad somehow?

Clearly this is good for John McCain.

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10 Responses to “OMG Teh Panic?”

  1. jr says:
    July 20, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    “You don’t need health insurance if you’re a Christian”-GOP

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    July 20, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    “If you do need health insurance, clearly you ain’t Christian enough.” -GOP

  3. durablend says:
    July 20, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Excellent news for both John McCain AND Sarah Palin!

  4. News Reference says:
    July 20, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Steve Benen adds up some poll numbers:

    “president [Obama] has a 23-point lead over the minority [Republican] part[y] on economic policy, a 20-point lead on health care, and a 19-point lead on the deficit. Overall, just 36% approve of how Republicans in Congress are doing their job — 11 percentage points lower than the congressional [Democratic] majority.”

    Cue innumerate right wing propagandists (and their slavish corporate press) explaining how lower Republican numbers is a bad thing for Democratic leaders…

  5. SaveFarris says:
    July 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Oliver’s post is the very definition of whistling past the graveyard. All the trendlines are pointing in the same direction and his response is “What, Me Worry?”

  6. Jesse Ewiak says:
    July 20, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Yes, Obama doesn’t have 70% approval ratings anymore. Nobody here thought he would. He still has a solid majority of the American people on his side.

  7. News Reference says:
    July 20, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    Depending on which polls you look at, Republican President Bush’s disapproval was rating higher than the current President’s approval ratings.

    Even FOX/Opinion polling, which grades Republicans on a curve, had Republican President Bush’s disapproval rating about the same as Obama’s approval rating.

    Republican President Bush poll from FOX/Opinion Dynamics January 2009 (1/13-14/09) :

    Bush Approval: 34

    Bush Disapproval: 58

    http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

  8. Duros62 says:
    July 20, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    All the trendlines are pointing in the same direction and his response is “What, Me Worry?”

    No, his response is the same as it has been since January; pointing and laughing.

  9. Indeed says:
    July 20, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    Republican President Bush’s disapproval was rating higher than the current President’s approval ratings.

    OK, but to be fair, George Bush, Jr. is fuckin’ idiot douchebag royalty and the current President is, by all reputable accounts, a highly intelligent and inquisitive person who can think and speak in complete sentences.

  10. News Reference says:
    July 20, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Even right winger Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal showed Republican Bush’s disapproval rating waaay higher than Obama’s approval rating:

    Republican President Bush poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal January 2009 (1/9-12/09) :

    Bush Approval: 27

    Bush Disapproval: 67

    http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

    Right wingers operate on the assumption that facts won’t be brought into the discussion.

    Which means that for those politically “awake”, they must constantly bring the facts back into the discussion.