Obama's Gallup approval rating among liberal Democrats for August 1st-7th remains at 83%.

[LoZoccolo]

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. All those poor deluded people...

...with no notion of what it means to be a real liberal...

They need to come to DU and discover the truth...

[DevonRex]

3. And how they could also be

Teddy Roosevelt or Joan of Arc.

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. Me, I want to be Franz Liszt.

Hot babes -- and I'd finally be able to play the piano.

[Inuca]

12. LOL!!! n/t

[DevonRex]

14. I'd be Joni Mitchell except she ain't dead.

But that wouldn't really matter, now would it?

[Motown_Johnny]

35. It does amaze me that an entire 17% have no clue at all

how very sad

[hfojvt]

97. you think they are not deluded?

What percentage of them do you think are getting their information from the M$M?

Also, back when Bush had 90% approval rating from the whole country, many DUers were proud to have been part of the 10%. I guess DUers must have been deluded then too.

[MineralMan]

2. Well, clearly they're using a different definition of liberal

than is in common use here. What to make of that, I wonder? I'll have to give that some thought...OK, done. Thanks for the poll results.

[Wait Wut]

37. LOL!

I won't ask what you thought.

[Major Hogwash]

48. In Wyoming liberal is defined as someone who voted for a liberal.

Doesn't mean they do anything different in their household as any of the conservatives, but their vote still counts.

Riding a horse is riding a horse.
It doesn't matter if they are liberal or conservative.

[Enrique]

4. liberals have Obama's back

does he have ours?

[CakeGrrl]

34. You're not counting yourself in that number, are you?

Everything you've posted recently screams 'Obama is a failure. Primary him!'

But you claim to have his back?

[Enrique]

39. if i were polled, I would say i approve of Obama

and I will definitely vote for him in 2012.

And I want to know, would it kill him to support an actual jobs bill like Jan Schakowsky's instead of his bullshit imaginary one that will probably end up being the GOP's agenda?

[Scurrilous]

5. This cannot possibly be true!!1!

:o

[awoke_in_2003]

51. If a pollster called me...

I would say I support him fully- I will not give them cannon fodder.

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[readmoreoften]

8. .

[LoZoccolo]

13. Are you talking about my mustache?

[Davis_X_Machina]

10. Not really -- just comparing apples and pears. The differing polling outfits..

...produce two different polling numbers -- self-identified liberals, and self-identified liberal Democrats.

The difference -- and 10% isn't a lot in a sub-sample -- is the liberals who aren't identifying as Democrats.

[LoZoccolo]

11. I was right the last time.

[emulatorloo]

24. No, he was correct. Several people presented proof to you

But apparently you chose to ignore it

[Rex]

47. Yeah he was off...funny how he cannot admit to it even after the

facts are shown to him. Funny that.

[LoZoccolo]

55. I was right both this time and last time.

[demosincebirth]

9. What? How could that be! Here an DU.....

[bluestate10]

40. The people that call themselves liberal on DU are a mix

of republican sock puppets and deluded souls. True liberals understand what is at stake in 2012 and are determined to keep President Obama in office and return the House to firm democratic control, while holding the Senate.

[JNinWB]

46. ..Absolutely

I call this rational group of True D's----the Grown Ups.

The adolescent whining here at DU is both grating and pointless.

To the degree that the haters believe that they are Obama's "base" and that they are "pushing him from the left", they are seriously delusional.

[Number23]

67. Plus a bazillion

You may be a sock or you may not be, but you are spot on with this post. :thumbsup:

[shellgame26]

83. Amen

And welcome!

[SusanaMontana41]

85. Well, if the definition of grownup means

valuing a party chief over a principle that has been in the party's platform since FDR, then I am not a grownup.

Use of that word "grownup" makes Obama's capitulations appear rational. They are NOT.

[Kahuna]

92. Plus a gazillion. Seriously delusional.

But it can be entertaining to watch. :fistbump:

[demosincebirth]

56. Decades ago, we were just Democrats, only. We did not agree on

everything the President did, but our core belief is what united us every four years. I guess 83% of us still believe that.

[Scurrilous]

96. ...

:thumbsup:

[City Lights]

15. Link?

Thanks in advance, LoZ! :hi:

[emulatorloo]

25. Here's the link:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Approval-Center.aspx

[City Lights]

30. Thank you!

I don't understand why LoZ is unwilling to include a link.

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[bluestate10]

58. The Greens went rip at Deval Patrick in Massachusetts like wild hogs.

Leaving one to wonder whether their problem is skin tone. Greens tried to defeat a good governor and are hellbent on defeating the most progressive President to come along in the last half century.

[WillyT]

18. Yeah... Well... A Lot Of Democrats Think They're Liberal...

But they're what I like to call... NOT!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

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[DevonRex]

21. He seems to think so.

:rofl:

[LoZoccolo]

23. That would only strengthen the case for running moderate candidates.

[Dr Fate]

81. The midterms did enough to prove that centrist policies and strategies are popular.

If anything, we learned that we need to be even more centrist before voters are finally going to get it. We don't even NEED this poll to see that.

K&R

[emulatorloo]

27. Hate to break it to you, but DU is a bubble.

[Dr Fate]

32. I thought we said that DU type Liberals caused us to lose the midterms.

But now we are saying they are just a tiny bubble?

Sorry if I'm confusing things, I just want to have the same talking points as the other centrists.

Are we saying that a tiny bubble of DU type liberals had the power to throw the midterms by staying home, or are we saying that when it comes down to voting- most liberals support him like in the polls we see?

I just want to make sure I'm blaming the correct tiny bubble of people if DEMS lose anymore elections.

[Major Hogwash]

43. People don't have to be liberal to vote for Obama.

You'll see.

More conservatives are going to vote for Obama next year than they ever voted for a Democrat ever before.

[WillyT]

57. LOL !!! - You Are Sooooo Right...

And therein lies the problem.

:shrug:

[Major Hogwash]

66. Yeah, but I'm serious, people are scared shitless of people like Bachmann and Palin.

They don't know what they're willing to do.
Bachmann was talking about going after Iran the other day!
She said we needed to stand with Israel and go after Iran!
That's crazy talk.

Obama isn't crazy or wild-eyed talking about dismantling the EPA or the Social Security system.

But, he needs to keep his mouth shut about guns.
I used to be much more conservative and I didn't like Gore very much, even though I voted for him.
But after seeing what happened to him in 2000, I got pretty gawd damned liberal pretty gawd damn quick.

[mochajava666]

73. +1

[Kahuna]

94. As my friend Bluebear said to me recently...

You have all the answers... :rofl:

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[Kahuna]

93. And you don't get to be the judge....

That's the delusional part.

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Yet 33% of liberals 30% Conservatives/moderates 34 % independents want him to primaried.

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Mark Twain

http://people-press.org/2011/08/10/democrats-not-eager-for-an-obama-challenger/?src=prc-headline

[LoZoccolo]

22. I like the title of that article.

[emulatorloo]

29. Yes, title is very interesting: "Democrats Not Eager for an Obama Challenger"

[LoZoccolo]

54. It also shows that fewer people want a challenger than before.

[emulatorloo]

26. Lib Dem 83% / Mod Dem 75% / Conserv Dem 56%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Approval-Center.aspx

[Dr Fate]

28. These are the people who are going to donate & volunteer too-just like the midterms.

I can feel it in my SOUL.

We dont need the malcontents here at DU for nothing- just the people in these polls.

I hope the DCCC and the DNC is sending them emails.

[emulatorloo]

31. Are you going to work for the election of real Dems to the House and Senate in 2012?

[Dr Fate]

36. I promise to fight as hard for them as they have fought for me.

If you search my DU history going all the way back to b/f Kerry campaign, you will see me bragging about working directly for the DNC in CA and working for the SC and GA DEM parties. You will see me bragging about holding party positions in the Richmond County GA. One summer I raised around $50K for the DNC as a fundraiser-probably my greatest brag.

This is what I have done in the past- for the future, you can be sure that I'm going to fight as hard for DEMS as they are fighting for me.


Point being- Obama does not need people who think like the far left DUers- he needs the people who responded to this poll. I'll bet they have all done as much or more than me or the average DUer, for instance.

[bluestate10]

62. May be you're have better luck with republicans controlling all of federal

government. I am not enough of a damned fool to take a minute chance on that outcome. Democrats all the way in 2012.

[Dr Fate]

76. I'm a centrist, so I have nothing to complain about.

have you done as much work for DEMS as I have?

[bluestate10]

78. Yes. A lot more. nt

[Dr Fate]

80. You must be a centrist too then. Nt

Nt

[badtoworse]

33. What difference does that make?

How's he doing with Independents? That is where elections are won and lost.

[Wait Wut]

41. I'm not as sure about that anymore.

I was discussing this with the husband last nite. The majority of Independents used to lean left, but with the cumming of the teapers, many Indies are now really righties. At least, that's how it's flipping in AZ. In fact, two Indie friends of mine are now specifying that they are left-leaning Independents just to distance themselves from the teapers. One is actually about to throw in the towel and register as a Dem.

So, going after the elusive Independent vote may not be as important as it once was. The leftie indies will vote Democratic, as always, and the neo-Indies will vote for their next door neighbor 'cause he's fiscally responsible and weeds his lawn regularly.

[Kahuna]

95. BINGO!!! As much as lefties don't want to believe it, any candidate..

whether repuke or Dem, will run to the middle because the Indy vote is what counts on election day.

[Marr]

38. Wonderful! Then if Obama doesn't win big next year, the moderates are to blame, correct?

[Major Hogwash]

42. And the unrec crowd is active today again I see.

Why let those people even post here, since they obviously are rightwingers!!!

[mochajava666]

74. -1

[Major Hogwash]

87. Yeth, ith true, I am Vincent Price. And I'd like to eat your heart out, if I may!

I'm a zombie from hell, it's true, but the Dr Phibes getup was too gauche for me.

Hhmmm, hhmmmmm, hmmmmm.

[mochajava666]

90. -?

[messiah]

44. People pay attention to politics here but

the majority of the population glances every now and then.
Do you think ignorance is something you should use to support your political position?.

[Dr Fate]

45. We are going to show this poll to swing voters. nt

nt

[Rex]

49. I have no faith in your statistics since you were wrong last time

and wouldn't even correct your post.

- unrec for laziness.

:eyes:

[LoZoccolo]

53. I was 100% right.

[Rex]

60. Again, no you did not fix your post or listen to any of the posters

that told you the correct percentage. Again, you don't listen or pretend to care.

[LoZoccolo]

63. 83% was the correct percentage then and now.

[mochajava666]

75. -1

[BzaDem]

82. Saying -1 (or in fact, even -10000) doesn't change the fact that he was right. n/t

[mochajava666]

84. -1

[BzaDem]

69. When are you going to retract your repeated misstatements?

The OP here was 100% correct, then and now. Anyone with a browser can verify this. Yet you continue to post incorrect information, even after being called out on it. Why?

[SidDithers]

50. Recommended...nt

Sid

[edhopper]

52. I have been polled a few times

I say I approve of Obama. It's more nuanced than that. I disapprove of much of what he does, but I do not want him with poll numbers in the cellar which will only encourage the TPers.
So take polls with a grain of salt.

[mochajava666]

86. Since 2008, we all have been "polled a few times"

[FLAprogressive]

61. It's because they still think that he's "one of us"....and that it's someone else's fault that he's

pursuing conservative policies.

[TNLib]

64. I think it's because allot of Democrats still think he's liberal because Fox News and CNN

keep saying he's a liberal. Unfortunately too many people in this country actually eat the bullshit that they are fed.

[Romulox]

65. PS: Lolololzoloco considers himself a "liberal Democrat"!

:rofl:

[Dr Fate]

77. Me too, and nobody believes me either. Nt

Nt

[Number23]

68. LZ, I am really starting to like your posts

Keep it up! :thumbsup:

[nc4bo]

70. I believe he also had great approval ratings among D's during 2010 elections too

A lot of good that did.

[JackDragna]

71. I don't care if gets elected homecoming queen.

I'm a goddamed liberal and I've seen this man, time and again, sell out his principles. It's damned clear he's part of an elite which doesn't give a damn about average people.

[SusanaMontana41]

88. Well, you fire-breather, you.

:hi:

[Tx4obama]

72. K&R. Keep up the good work LoZo :) n/t

[Shagbark Hickory]

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[itsrobert]

89. uh, 83 percent from your base is not very impressive

n/t

[Kahuna]

91. Negative recs... Well, I tried.

:rofl:

[w4rma]

98. You really don't want to keep going here, bud. Eventually liberals will quit lying to the pollsters.

And it will be because liberals were egged on, like this, to start telling the pollsters their dissatisfaction.

[LoZoccolo]

99. It's pretty common for people here to say that they never get called.