Do you approve of President Obama?

[ProSense]

On edit, to clarify: Do you approve of President Obama's performance as President?

[msongs]

1. in what way? nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Yeah, exactly.

On an issue-by-issue basis, yes and no.

There have been times when he's really done well, and times when he's really pissed me off. I expect that to continue through the rest of his first term, as well as his second, if that's in the cards.

[ProSense]

9. "On an issue-by-issue basis, yes and no."

Somewhat approve or Somewhat disapprove?

Issue by issue is typically how it is.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. 100% disapproval of the Bush...now Obama...Tax Cuts for the Have-Mores.

That's one issue. I haven't made a list and averaged them out to see if I somewhat approve or somewhat disapprove overall, but that tax cut thing is like a fat butcher's thumb pressing down on the scale at the meat counter.

[Lasher]

22. That was a real big deal for me too.

And I'm not going to forget it.

[mkultra]

25. 100% approval of those tax cuts as they were neccesary to get our tax cuts and UI extension

So the deficit suffers some. I would rather have the UI extension.

[CakeGrrl]

17. Maybe we should ask that when

people say they "can't stand him":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x596979

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they'll probably put up a vote in the "Strongly Disapprove" category here.

:rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

2. Two already express "strong" disapproval for this Democratic president...

in a Democratic Underground poll. Priceless!

[HockeyMom]

3. Although I like Clinton, and Carter, better,

after 8 years of BUSH, you must need your heads examined if you don't even give minimal approval.

[jonnyblitz]

4. you'd get a different result in the other forum, GD.

Many in that forum avoid this one like the plague.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. As a person, yes. Some of policies I like, some I don't.

I'm not sure what my approval or anyones approval of Obama as an individual means.

[ProSense]

8. Approval of his performance as President.

Guess I better edit the poll to make it clear.

[Ozymanithrax]

12. I give him a 70% as President, a passing grade, but just passing.

He could do much better.

[Cleita]

7. I appreciate that he can speak in complete sentences,

that he doesn't have to be carried out drunk from a stadium seat at a sport's event and that we can be proud of his family.

[Sherman A1]

10. The jury is still out, but

I am not pleased thus far.

[Jakes Progress]

11. One of the more inane polls yet. Means absolutely nothing.

Approve of him as person? As President? What part of being President? As a husband? As a father? As a black man? As a Christian? As a scholar? As a strategist? As a politician?

And no mention of actions or issues. This is the kind of crap that republicans do. Blind approval with no context.

A new low. But very telling.

[ProSense]

13. Hmmmm?

"Approve of him as person? As President? What part of being President? As a husband? As a father? As a black man? As a Christian? As a scholar? As a strategist? As a politician?"


From the OP: Do you approve of President Obama's performance as President?


Do you think the range from "strongly approve" to "strongly disapprove" is too narrow?

[Jakes Progress]

20. Glad to see you took my advice

and edited your post so that it was less inane.

Then of course you pretend in your reply that that part was there all along. Oh well.

As President - I prefer him to any republican. Approve of him as president? I do not approve of the job he is doing. It is far too timid and gives away too much of the Democratic legacy to the republicans. He was not ready for the job. Given his skills and his experience, he is probably doing the best he can. He needs to stop acting like he thinks he shouldn't be in the office. He won with overwhelming support and frittered away that advantage and our best hope for decades to actually try to free the country from the mess of the preceding 8 years. He should have learned quicker. He should have been wiser about picking his advisors.

[ProSense]

21. "Glad to see you took my advice and edited your post so that it was less inane." Or

maybe you failed to read it before you posted: Sun Jan-23-11 11:44 PM

Edited on Sun Jan-23-11 11:37 PM by ProSense

It happens.

[Jakes Progress]

24. Maybe you failed

to take time to write. I don't pop off replies without thinking. Maybe you do. I write my post and paste it after reflection. I often check to see if similar posts have already been made. Maybe you don't. I have been known to edit my remarks after posting, sometimes because of my own typo and sometimes at the suggestion of those who have replied. I don't go all huffy and puffy because someone points out something that I am willing to acknowledge with an edit. Maybe you do.

Seven minutes is a very short time to actually compose and post a reply unless you don't really think about what you write.

Some people are overly sensitive to criticism. It happens.

Some people avoid addressing the issue of a post with diversions and by changing the subject. It happens.

So you seemed to respond to replies 1 and 6 about the inanity of your OOP. Good for you. Sorry I bother the think before I write. When I don't, I don't mind owning up without whining.

Any response to the actual point of my post?

[CakeGrrl]

18. My reply to this? Post #17.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Somewhat disapprove

- Gitmo is still open and people are being held indefinitely without trial.

- Bush tax cuts extended for the wealthy going against his campaign promise and likely to result in even more deficit spending

- Health care bill that will push millions of uninsured Americans into private plan resulting in windfall profits for the insurance industry.

- Keeping many US soldiers, contractors and bases in Iraq even though the war is supposedly over. Who knows how long they will be there for

- Expansion of the war in Afghanistan (yes I know he promised this, but it doesn't mean I have to approve)

- Expansion of predator drone attacks against civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

- Having a former executive at JP Morgan become your chief of staff.

- No real effort on gun control

- Working with republicans to reduce regulations in the name of "job growth"


There are other reasons I could list, but I'm lazy.....

[ProSense]

16. Yeah,

he needs to do a lot better.

I'm hopeful.

[trayNTP]

19. "Neither approve nor disapprove" because none of it is about him individually to me

[niceypoo]

23. Obama is not the guy I voted for

I will just leave it at that

[FrenchieCat]

27. You voted for Hillary, then McCain.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

26. The edit makes a big difference.

I think that Obama is doing a reasonably good job as president - the US is in a much smaller economic crisis than it would have been otherwise, DADT was repealed and so on - but I don't approve of him as an individual: he appears to be arrogant and messianic, and seems not to take it well when left-wingers don't have as high an opinion of him as he does himself.

If the "Hope" and "Change" posters with him staring off into the distance were just cynical manipulation of the electorate, I'd have been fine with them. But I worry that Obama may genuinely see himself that way.

[RoadRage]

28. Compared to the alternative (McCain / Palin) I friggin LOVE him...

And for those who "Strongly Disapprove".. I wonder who you think would do a better job, and still have a shot in hell at actually getting elected. It's great to talk about how a very far-left liberal would be a better option.. but since they have no shot in hell in actually getting elected - it's kind of a moot point.