Shhh! Another poll spike for Obama. Or, good news is no news

[babylonsister]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200912090023


Shhh! Another poll spike for Obama. Or, good news is no news

December 09, 2009 1:48 pm ET by Eric Boehlert


Support for the U.S. role in the war in Afghanistan jumped 9 points following Obama's West Point speech last week, according to a new Quinnipiac Univ. poll. It will be interesting to see what kind of media play that gets, considering how lots of pundits panned Obama's address, and how the press this year has shown an overwhelming interest in Obama polling data when the numbers go down for Obama.

Not so much when they go up, though. (Off message!)

UPDATED: An even more recent Quinnipiac survey puts Obama's approval rating at 46 percent, while a new Bloomberg News poll puts that number at 54 percent. Which result do you think is getting more media attention?

UPDATED: This is kind of priceless. Time's Mark Halperin does highlight the Bloomberg poll, but not the good news for Obama. Instead, here's the news Halperin found in the poll that showed Obama with a robust job approval rating:

Poll: Majority See Nation on Wrong Track: Despite reporting 54% approval for Obama, new Bloomberg survey shows 59% think country is heading in the wrong direction.

So, if you're following at home, the Quinnipiac poll that showed Obama's Afghanistan policy receiving a spike in support is of little interest to the press. But the Quinnipiac poll that shows Obama's approval rating falling is of interest. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg poll showing Obama's approval rating remaining strong is of little interest to the press. But the portion of the same Bloomberg poll showing bad "wrong track" numbers is of interest.

In other words, good news is no news.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. There's going to be a revolution any minute now.

There has to be.

[Cant trust em]

2. A lot is going to happen over the next 3 years.

I'll start paying more attention to the polls in Summer of 2012.

[Clio the Leo]

3. I threw my houseshoe at Mika this morning....

.... (I was laying in the bed) when she said that Palin and the President's approval numbers were getting closer! EEeeek!

She cited Palin's favorabilty number which was 41 or something vs. the President's Gallup job approval number from the other day which was 46.

She was talking about two different polls .... while his job approval numbers float around 50, his PERSONAL favorability (what people think of him as a person) rating remains where it's always been since the election, in the 70s.

So when asking the SAME question, there's an almost 30 point spread.

I invited Mika to "suck it" and rolled over and went back to sleep.

[jenmito]

4. She showed Palin with 46% vs. Obama with 47% (they chose his lowest approval, of course,

even though it was a different day than Palin's approval). Their MO is SO obvious it's ridiculous.

[Phx_Dem]

5. Mika belongs on Fox right next to with Gretchen Carlson.

Two twits trying to out-bimbo each other.

[Pushed To The Left]

6. Is she the one who did the radio show with Scarborough and is supposedly a Democrat?

I swear she seemed to agree with Scarborough 90% of the time!