Gallup tracking: Obama confidence numbers still way up, 67%.

[DCBob]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/112006/Gallup-Daily-Confidence-Obama.aspx

Only 24% not confident. America loves this guy!

[lapfog_1]

1. Let's see what they are later this week.

because they used to be 70% approval.

[DCBob]

2. Why would they drop?

BTW, anything over 60% is considered huge.

[lapfog_1]

6. Excellent.

Let's see how it develops.

[democrattotheend]

3. No, that's favorability

Favorability and approval are two different measures...favorability is usually a little higher. His favorability in today's Gallup tracking was 72%. And I'm starting to think the other 28% are coming from DUers and the like, given the state of this board today!

[lapfog_1]

5. No, mostly from Fred Phelps and Rick Warren and their followers

I was wondering if naming Warren to give the invocation will somehow enlighten the Christian right and all of a sudden Obama hits 100% approval ratings.

Because otherwise, it was a bad move.

Actually, it was a bad move anyway. You can't compromise other peoples civil rights even to win over people that don't like you.

I expect to see a 5% drop in the favorability / approval ratings over this.

[mwei924]

7. The 5 points he loses over this will be more than made up.

[lapfog_1]

10. Really. Hope it was worth it to you. - n/t

[snowbear]

11. Who is Fred Phelps...

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And what does he have to do with President-Elect Obama? ~~

[polmaven]

13. Fred Phelps

of the "God Hates Fags" Westboro Baptist Church fame. The ones that travel around the country protesting at soldiers' funerals because they died for a country that tolerates "fags". (God, I find it hard even to type that word.)

[book_worm]

15. unfortunately I don't see the Warren decision by Obama will affect his numbers one

way or the other. I think most Americans frankly don't care, and that's a shame.

[gcomeau]

4. No they didn't.

At least click the link before posting a response. The tracking poll graph of his numbers since the beginning of November is right there. He's had one day at 69% in that entire time. One. and two days at 63%. The rest of the time he's between 64% and 68%. And the 24% disapproval is a single point shy of his all time best there as well.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

8. His personal approval rating is even better!

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111772/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Favorability.aspx

[DCBob]

9. Cool! That a better graph and it's still going up.

Amazing even with all this "negativity" around. :)

[HamdenRice]

12. Much higher than on DU. Go figure. nt

[Clio the Leo]

14. kick and rec NT