Obama's approval fell 13 points in about 32 weeks after accomplishing more than most presidents.

[jenmito]

He went from 68% approval Jan. 23rd to 55% today. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx And he hasn't fallen below 50% yet. Not bad. Not bad at all. Yes, I see the trend lines. But once he gets HCR reform passed, I don't think it will continue.

[Cha]

1. Nice to see your

encouraging OP, jen:hi:

[jenmito]

2. Thanks, Cha...

I'm tired of seeing all the negatives threads comparing Obama to Bush. :hi:

[Cha]

3. Oh, the negative screaming

meemies are having a riot..until they get shot down again.

[jenmito]

5. Yup. I posted my OP on one of those threads and it was ignored,

of course.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Thank you so much for this post, Jen. It's been disheartening around

here with so many negative Obama posts that, after a brief hiatus from DU, coming back here made me wonder if I've entered a repub site.

[jenmito]

6. My pleasure, BlueCaliDem...

this place is going crazy!

[customerserviceguy]

7. It was inevitable

There was absolutely no way that the numbers President Obama had on Inauguration Day would hold. At that point, he was everything that many people wanted, when it comes time to actually govern, many people get disappointed when he doesn't match exactly what they had imagined him to be.

[jenmito]

8. Yeah. And he has gotten through so many bills already it's a wonder that his numbers are

still above 50%.

[customerserviceguy]

11. I see a turnaround coming in the economy

Spoke with a couple of friends after the union meeting tonight. They're both from the collections department of the utility where I work. One is inside the office, the other one is an outside collector.

They both agree with me that people are starting to get jobs back, we've had people who have been delinquent for well over half a year coming up with money to start payment plans to pay their back bills.

[jenmito]

12. Good! I hear a lot of that type of story...

and that should be good for a rise in Obama's approval.

[customerserviceguy]

14. I've also talked to a goodly number of people

who have bought or sold houses. They call up to either stop the utility I work for from billing them after the closing, or to start service in their names.

Of course, those homes that don't sell don't generate a call. But I'm getting a LOT more home sale calls than I got six months ago. We'll see if that holds out when the first time homebuyer credit turns into a pumpkin on December 1st.

[jenmito]

15. I just looked at your profile...

and see you're from Nanuet, NY. So am I!

[customerserviceguy]

16. Cool!

Didn't know there were any DUer's around here. Well, I could have imagined it, but I've not met any yet!

[jenmito]

17. If you ever watch CNN...

when Jack Cafferty's on (during 4-7PM), he reads emails to questions he asks and he read about 26 of mine so far. Each one says, "Jenny from Nanuet, New York." :)

You don't work for Cablevision, do you?

[customerserviceguy]

18. Wow, double cool!

I only get up through channel 21, and if you take away the religious, the shopping, and the Spanish language channels, I only get about a dozen of them. However, there are three PBS channels, and that satisfies my former needs for the History and Discovery Channels, and Food Network. I refuse to pay them more than twenty bucks a month!

No, I don't work for Cablevision, I've always worked against them!

[jenmito]

19. Oh, I don't blame you.

I'm hooked on MSNBC. I can't help it. But you seem to have the channels you want, so that's good.

Your nic made me ask that question since I call customer service for Cablevision about once or twice a month. :)

[customerserviceguy]

20. I used to have MSNBC

Wasn't supposed to get it on my cable package, but I did anyway. Then they scrambled it, requiring the dreaded "box" to get it. I miss Rachel! Hell, I even miss Joey Scar and Mika tussling in the morning! The rest of morning TV is such incredible drivel.

[jenmito]

22. Yeah...

when they scrambled MSNBC (we have one tv with the DVR so it wasn't scrambled on that one) we DID get the box. I can't go without MSNBC at any time (but now the mornings ARE terrible with their "Morning Meeting" and "Dr. Nancy."

[Cha]

24. We can't forget about the corporatemediaWhores Swiftboating

him everyday, either.

I am so thankful that they won and we're dealing in reality..I don't care how many deranged enemies the truth has..the Obama admin can handle.

[LooseWilly]

29. You mean when he starts backing away from what he campaigned on?

I guess you're right. We shouldn't've ever thought he would stick by anything he mentioned in his campaign.

We should all just smile as he negotiates his moderate policies with the Republicans... and finds a middle ground between the center and the far right...

[jenmito]

9. Funny how people are unrec'ing my OP but not commenting. I guess they have nothing they CAN say. nt

[marshall]

10. Approval ratings only matter during election periods

Somebody has to do the hard governing--and just as children don't appreciate their parents until they are past their childish ways, the public will not appreciate Obama's actions until we've turned the corner.

[jenmito]

13. I agree.

But there are negative threads up tonight and I thought I'd counter them.

[Hippo_Tron]

30. Unfortunately that's not so...

There's a strong correlation between high approval ratings and a President's ability to get bills through congress. Congresspeople are always running for re-election and thus they want to be on board with a popular President and jump ship with an unpopular President.

[MannyGoldstein]

21. He's Done A Great Job of Re-Regulating The Banks

All of those new rules to make sure another crash doesn't - wait, not a single new rule? Zip? Nada?

Well, at least he's attacked DADT and DOMA like he promised. You say he didn't, and allowed his DOJ to compare gay marriage to incest?

He's started the prosecution of confessed war criminals. Not that either, eh?

At least he doesn't have lobbyists working in the White House. What? He does? Tons of 'em?

Warrantless wiretapping - still going on? "Enemy combatants" held forever with no access to our legal system?

Well, at least we can all agree that he's carried the day on Health Care Reform!

[jenmito]

23. He's done a great job of

passing this legislation among other things:

FEATURED LEGISLATION

Cash for Clunkers Extension

Signed: Thursday, August 6, 2009

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Signed: Monday, June 22, 2009

Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009

Signed: Friday, May 22, 2009

Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Signed: Friday, May 22, 2009

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act

Signed: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act

Signed: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act

Signed: Wednesday, April 21, 2009

Omnibus Public Lands Management Act

Signed: Monday, March 30, 2009

Small Business Act Temporary Extension

Signed: Friday, March 20, 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Signed: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

DTV Delay Act

Signed: Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act

Signed: Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Signed: Thursday, January 29, 2009

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Not to mention the way he improved our image around the world.

[phleshdef]

26. Because I went into this with realistic expectations, lists like that blow my mind...

He has covered a tremendous amount of ground in terms of progress.

[phleshdef]

25. What he hasn't got done detracts NOTHING from all he has gotten done, and you can't change that.

Jenmito's post #23 elaborates. Cry me some more crocodile tears now.

[ProSense]

27. "wait, not a single new rule? Zip? Nada?" That's called seeing only what you want to see.

Obama unveils biggest regulatory overhaul since 1930s

NYT, today:

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called for tougher new bank capital requirements aimed at curbing some of the risky lending practices that have been blamed for the crisis, a position supported by another global banking powerhouse, Britain.

[MannyGoldstein]

28. Which Part Of "Proposed" Is One of Us Misunderstanding? n/t