CNN Poll: Obama approval up after Iraq speech (50%

[kpete]

Source: CNN

CNN Poll: Obama approval up after Iraq speech
Posted: September 3rd, 2010 12:40 PM ET
President Obama’s approval rating is up, according to a new CNN Poll.
President Obama’s approval rating is up, according to a new CNN Poll.

(CNN) - A new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating has edged up three points, and it appears that the war in Iraq is behind the bump. But according to the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, Americans are giving the president bad marks on the economy.

The survey, released Friday, indicates that 50 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama's doing as president, up from 47 percent in last month, with 49 percent disapproving, down two points from August. And Obama's approval on how he's handling the conflict in Iraq now stands at 57 percent, an eight point jump from July. The poll was conducted Wednesday and Thursday, after the president gave a prime time address from the Oval Office on Iraq.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/03/cnn-poll-obama-approval-up-after-iraq-speech/

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[tridim]

1. Have they mentioned this on air yet?

Or is it only being reported on their "blogs"?

[mike r]

2. Get out of Afghanistan

and it'll go higher.

[Arrowhead2k1]

3. I wouldn't give that speech too much credit.

I think it was actually the Glenn Beck nutball rally that woke a few people up.

[heliarc]

17. That rally was bat$h1t insanity... nt

[chelsea0011]

4. Anytime Obama gets out there and speaks to the public and informs

them of his accomplishmnets and what he wants to do will increase his poll numbers. The republicants are running the media speech. Obmama needs to shut it down.

[hollowdweller]

8. I agree with you

When he's on TV or the news acting reasonable and explaining his policies it's harder for the opposition to paint him in another way.

[Tx4obama]

5. Real Clear Politics has the new CNN poll listed in their average - link below

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

[onehandle]

6. Speaker Boehner says too late. nt

[underpants]

7. He, and we, are getting killed in the media

the point, obiviously, is to declare victory and diminish interest in actually voting

They HAD to include the negatives in the story right beside (and after) the positive

[Yeahyeah]

9. I heard Obama's been smuggling in his fellow Kenyans so they say they like him in poles.

[Zax2me]

10. Trend is up....

So, can't complain... Still, numbers appear much lower than what I would guess is a much higher overall approval number.

[golfguru]

11. The REAL approval number will be on Nov 2nd 2010

If we retain senate and maintain parity in house then I will believe
the numbers.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. If we didn't have a media with an agenda, they'd be much higher. But 50% is respectable. (nt)

[gophates]

14. The number would be closer to 70% if he told the Pukes to screw off.

Be nice if he worried about the country more, and not making Republicans happy.

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[Arkana]

13. Helps when there's no conflict to handle--people are more likely to approve of it.

[provis99]

16. every president gets a temporary bump in the polls after a speech.

It's just the rally around the flag effect. But his approval numbers were pretty good before the speech, anyways.

[TomCADem]

18. But, But, The Pundits told Me He Did Not Talk About The Economy...

...even though he actually did.