New Poll: ABC/Wa Po = Obama 57%

[Undercurrent]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_101909.html

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?
10/18/09
-------- Approve --------
NET 57
Strongly 33
Somewhat 23

------- Disapprove ------
NET 40
Somewhat 11
Strongly 29

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. where's drudge's siren?

.

[Undercurrent]

2. Don't need no stinkin' siren.

:-)

[Arkana]

21. His poll numbers aren't sliding--so it's not important to Drudge.

[PinkOwl]

3. SNL FAIL: Only 23% say Obama has accomplished "little or nothing"

49% say great deal or "good amount." 27% say "not much," and 23% say "little or nothing" making Saturday Night Night a clueless under-informed TV show, at least that day.

[Xipe Totec]

4. I commend SNL for prodding our President to do more

I do not want him resting on his laurels.

Especially not now, so early in the game.

I want him to always worry that he is not doing enough for us.

I want him to try to please us as hard as he can...


ALWAYS!

[PinkOwl]

6. lying≠prodding n/t

[Xipe Totec]

12. Do you read your posts before you hit the "Post message" button? n/t

[Cha]

15. Lying doesn't "prod" anything ..it just makes the

Liars look stupid and ugly.

[Xipe Totec]

16. It's not lying; it's hyperbole

exaggeration to the point of absurdity.

This is SNL we're talking about, not CBS news.

Let's keep some perspective.

[Engineer4Obama]

9. Seriously I think we can let the SNL thing go

We have more important things to deal with than SNL.

[ginnyinWI]

10. yeah the day SNL influences President Obama is the day

he'll have lost MY respect.

I wish somebody would poll me! I'd give him a "strongly approve" !

[Engineer4Obama]

11. My demographic doesn't even get polled

young no land line. And nobody even mentions that when it isn't an election year.

[Cha]

17. I agree..snl's lying did nothing

for President Obama.

[Clio the Leo]

18. But it's up from the 100 day mark....

.... of course there's no way to know (from looking at that poll) when that increase occured. I believe that meme was born soley out of that skit and the press gave it legs.

[Pirate Smile]

5. A +6 swing. Approval up 3 and disapproval down 3.

[ind_thinker2]

7. Why is Gallup showing fluctuations, today was -2 with 51/42?

One -2 on a rolling 3 day average is a big drop, also there was that infamous -4 drop after nobel boost.

[PinkOwl]

8. Because daily polls have fluctuations

A -4 drop shouldn't be read too strictly, as these polls contain "noise."

[Obamacare]

13. Its just a biased liberal poll

Thats what the freepers would say.lol

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. How odd.

In a thread yesterday attacking Obama, somebody claimed that I was the last person still on the Obama bandwagon.


Could he have had his information wrong? Gee whiz.

[Clio the Leo]

19. I strongly encourage everyone to read all of those numbers....

.... some VERY important sections that I see.... (it's a little hard to read the way I've posted it, so go read it yourself! lol)

Do you think things in this country (are generally going in the right direction) or do you feel things (have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track)?

**Opinion of whether the country is headed in the right direction has improved considerably since Obama has been in office**
Right Wrong No
direction track opinion
10/18/09 44 54 2
1/16/09 19 78 3


**Approval of the Congressional GOP continues to plummit**
How much confidence do you have in to make the right decisions for the country's future - a great deal of confidence, a good amount, just some or none at all?
The Republicans
in Congress
-Grt deal/Good amt- ---- Some/None ----
Great Good Just None No
NET deal amt NET some at all opinion

10/18/09 19 4 15 79 46 33 2
1/16/09 29 8 21 69 49 21 2



**Not to bash Clinton, but to compare to another Democrat, Obama 13 pts higher than Clinton and roughly the same stage.**
Obama has been president for about nine months. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much or little or nothing?
-Grt deal/Good amt- ---Not much/nothing---
Great Good Not Little or No
NET deal amt NET much nothing opinion
10/18/09 49 14 35 50 27 23 1

Compare to: Clinton

-Grt deal/Good amt- ---Not much/nothing---
Great Good Not Little or No
NET deal amt NET much nothing opinion
8/16/94 36 6 30 64 39 25 *


**Support for public option slipping a bit, but opt-out plan somewhat popular with those who are opposed to a PO**
Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?
-------- Support -------- --------- Oppose -------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion
10/18/09 57 36 21 40 9 31 3
6/21/09 62 NA NA 33 NA NA 5

(IF OPPOSE/NO OPINION FOR GOVERNMENT PLAN) What if this government-sponsored plan was run by state governments and was available only to people who did not have a choice of affordable private insurance? In that case would you support or oppose this idea?
Support Oppose No opinion
10/18/09 45 49 6


**Support for mandates much higher than I would have thought**
Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?
Support Oppose No opinion
10/18/09 56 41 3


Obama admin doing a CRAPPY job of selling the public on the notion that HCR will decrease the deficit***
Just your best guess, do you think health care reform would increase the federal budget deficit, decrease it, or have no effect? (IF INCREASE) Do you think that would be worth it, or not?
---------- Increase ---------
NET Worth it Not worth it Decrease No effect No opinion
10/18/09 68 31 37 10 18 3


Lots of VERY good news IMO.

[Jennicut]

20. Thanks for the details Clio!

Very good news all around. Rethugs are dropping like a rock.

[Drunken Irishman]

22. This poll is bullshit...

Because I've been hearing for months now Obama's numbers are tanking and his presidency is in peril and how the GOP is surging and how we're all fucking doomed like the goddamn BETAMAX.

So WTF?

[cliffordu]

23. Reverse those numbers for the latest DU ....poll figures..