CNN Poll: Obama approval rating back to 50% mark

[bathroommonkey76]

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's approval rating is back to 50% for the first time in more than eight months, and he currently holds an edge against all the remaining Republican presidential candidates in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups, according to a new national survey.

And a CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday also indicates that the GOP's advantage on enthusiasm has been erased, and that the number of Americans who think things are going well in the country is on the rise. Six out of ten say things are going poorly in the country, but four out of ten say things are going well, up 15 points since November.

"Does that mean it's morning in America? It is for Democrats - a solid majority of them now say things are going well in the country. But overall, six in ten still have a gloomy outlook about the state of the country," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Optimism is on the rise among independent voters, with a notable increase among men as well, although a majority of both groups still think things are going poorly."

Read more here:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/15/cnn-poll-obama-approval-rating-back-to-50-mark/

[Johnny2X2X]

1. FREEPERVILLE

They are a little slow and just got wind of this in the last few hours.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2846980/posts

Hilarious. Responses ranging from denial, to attacking the poll, to claiming this is an out layer. Complete ignorance on full display, as if this poll isn't right in line with every other poll in the country for the last few weeks.

[whathehell]

4. I clicked on the link. Check this:

"It doesn’t matter how insane or wrong - they aren’t going to get rational voters for Obama anyway. They only want to gather the nitwits and easily misled. Added to the blakc, far left, and governemnet workers - and they win".

He calls Obama voters "nitwits" and he goes on to misspell difficult words like "blakc" and "governemnet".

[Mosaic]

10. He attacks our side with extreme evil

And you reply with a soft criticism of his spelling. Your balls need to grow to twice his size, no more of this weak fighting okay!

[whathehell]

11. Ya think?....Sounded like just another moran to me.

As for my sad "weakness", well, I'm not a registered freeper, so I can't

really "fight" him at all.

[Deep13]

2. Three causes, I think.

1. Improving economy.

2. He's just doing more stuff that's publicly visible. People like him best when they can see him doing the stuff he promised to do back in '08. When people think he's not doing much or caving in to the Rs, they don't like him so much.

3. This is the alternative:

[nobodyspecial]

5. Those clowns aren't nearly scary enough.

What the GOP wants to do is much more frightening.

[sarcasmo]

9. Que the circus music, and where are my cirucs peanuts?

[Former_DU_Member]

3. Imagine a world in which the automakers were allowed to go under.... that's

the world Mittens would have us live in. He seems like a cartoon character while on camera... funny that.

[tfrey1225]

6. He has

my approval. Barack Obama is not a perfect President (hell who could be?) but he's the right man for the moment. These are volatile times and a man with a hot temper or a high strung personality may have crumbled or lead us off track. Obama's cool and calm demeanor coupled with his thoughtful and rational approach suit the times.

[eyewall]

7. He's way more than 50% with me.

[mercymechap]

8. That's great news. Republicans don't want to

admit that the economy is doing better. It's amazing that people who call themselves patriotic are all in favor of the country failing in order to be able to claim they should be in charge. I guess Faux News keeps them hopeful by lying to them and telling them that the polls are skewed and everybody loves Romney, or Santorum, or Gingrich, or Cain, or Bachmann, or Perry, or whoever else pops up.