TPM: CNN Post-Speech Poll Has Some Good News for Obama

[flpoljunkie]

Post-Speech Poll Has Some Good News For Obama

Eric Kleefeld
September 9, 2009, 11:02PM

The new CNN snap poll from after President Obama's speech provides some preliminary good news -- though the self-selectiveness of the speech-watchers does make for something of a caveat.

Going into the speech, 53% of the speech-watchers favored Obama's proposals. Coming out of it, that support has now risen to 67%. More than seven in ten say Obama clearly stated his goals -- which was of course a key goal of the speech itself. And three out of four think it's somewhat or very likely that Obama will pass most of his proposals through Congress.

However, the speech audience polled was 45% Democratic, only 18% Republican, and the remainder independent. And while Democrats certainly do out-number Republicans, it's not by that much -- meaning that the people who chose to tune in were naturally more sympathetic to Obama to start with than the population as a whole.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/post-speech-poll-has-some-good-news-for-obama.php

[tabasco]

1. The repukes helped a lot, too!

Thanks, pukes, for reminding the Nation just what a bunch of corrupt, stupid assholes you are.

It is only going to get uglier. We are witnessing the death of a political party.

[flpoljunkie]

2. Who 'Unrecommended" this post and didn't have the guts to explain why?

[Cha]

7. Whomever did it ..

I'm guessing it was bc anything that looks good for Obama looks bad for them.

[GivePeaceAchance]

3. Sounds to me that we got independents back with that speech, cleared up a lot of doubts...

This is going to work out fine in the end, it just feels like things are rolling our way again. Howard Dean is optimistic about the prospects of the bill and that's all I need to know. He was right on the 50 state solution, I have every faith he's right now.

[texpatriot2004]

4. k & r for President Obama nm

[TomCADem]

5. It Is Amazing When The President's Message Is Heard Directly, Rather Than Through Fox Sound Bites

[Jennicut]

6. I think his overall approval rating will bump back up in a few days