Obama’s poll numbers hold up despite the storm of scandal

[ProSense]

Obama’s poll numbers hold up despite the storm of scandal

By Jonathan Easley

President Obama’s approval ratings have increased since a trio of controversies involving his administration began dominating the news cycle.

Fifty percent of those surveyed in Gallup’s three-day tracking poll released Wednesday say they approve of the job the president is doing, compared to 43 percent who said they disapprove.

The 7 percentage-point positive margin is better than where the president stood in the poll over the two weeks before the IRS and Department of Justice scandals broke, and is near Obama’s rating over the waning days of the 2012 campaign when voters convincingly elected him to a second term in office.

Obama’s Gallup numbers are up three percentage points since the pollster’s May 23-25 survey, and suggests Obama’s approval ratings held steady even as the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Tea Party groups made headlines.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/302451-obamas-poll-numbers-hold-up-despite-the-storm-of-scandal

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Howard Dean: Republicans "doing everything they can to make sure Congress goes Democratic in 2014"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022790812

[thucythucy]

1. At this point I'd say its more a drizzle

than a "storm.'

[spanone]

2. it's misting and the uber media calls it a storm

[ProSense]

4. The media and

"it's misting and the uber media calls it a storm"

...and opportunists are trying to create a storm. The RW wants Holder out of the way for two reasons: 1) He is a threat to their agenda and 2) They see this as a way to stall the President's agenda.

[gollygee]

3. People must be able to tell

how manufactured some of these controversies are.

[Scurrilous]

5. Oh, darn...

[ProSense]

6. I know, right?

[Zoeisright]

7. "Storm" of scandal??

Biased much, The Hill? More like a tempest in a teapot. Literally.

[Cha]

8. And, the republiCons are giving it their all.. every bit of energy that should

be used towards strengthening our country is going to Scamdals.

thanks ProSense