• American Economy,  Barack Obama,  Polling

    Poll Watch: Americans By a Small Majority Blame Obama for the Economy – But Still Blame Bush More


    According to the latest Gallup Poll.

    A slight majority of Americans for the first time blame President Obama either a great deal (24%) or a moderate amount (29%) for the nation’s economic problems. However, Americans continue to blame former President George W. Bush more. Nearly 7 in 10 blame Bush a great deal (36%) or a moderate amount (33%).

    Gallup found a substantially wider gap in public perceptions of how much responsibility Bush and Obama each bore for the economy when it first asked the question in July 2009, the sixth month of Obama’s presidency. That narrowed by March 2010, caused mainly by a jump in the percentage blaming Obama a great deal or moderate amount, and has since changed relatively little. However, the results from a new Sept. 15-18 USA Today/Gallup poll are the first showing a majority of Americans, 53%, assigning significant blame to Obama. Forty-seven percent still say he is “not much” (27%) or “not at all” (20%) to blame.

     I think Americans realized that after the Bush Presidency they must give President Obama a chance and have given him a honeymoon of sorts. But, the bloom has come off the rose.

    But, more Republicans are willing to blame Bush more than Democrats to blame Obama, so electorally, this does not help the President’s re-election prospects.

    The chart:

    So, what does this all mean?

    President Obama is now accruing blame for the poor economy. Since President Bush will not be on the ballot, he had better find either an economic solution or a better excuse than it is Bush’s fault (particularly with independent voters).

    Former President Bush continues to take a harder hit than President Obama in public perceptions of who is responsible for the nation’s ongoing economic problems. However, that is largely because Republicans are more willing to blame Bush than Democrats are to blame Obama. Because most Republicans and Democrats are going to vote for their own party’s presidential candidate in 2012, this imbalance won’t help Obama much electorally.

    More importantly, about 6 in 10 political independents believe both presidents bear considerable blame. That is not good news for Obama. In his re-election campaign, he will likely try to convince independents that although the economy hasn’t markedly improved on his watch, his policies prevented the bad economic situation he inherited from Bush from becoming even worse.

    Other Gallup polling confirms that the economy is going to be a treacherous issue for Obama to navigate in the coming year. At 26%, his most recent approval rating on the economy, from August, is his lowest to date, and Americans’ economic confidence remains weakened compared with earlier this year, after the bruising debt ceiling debate over the summer. The public may not see Obama as culpable for the economy to the same degree as Bush, but that won’t be sufficient protection from voters’ wrath if the majority — including 60% of independents — nevertheless considers him highly responsible.

  • Elton Gallegly

    Ventura County Star Poll: Should Rep. Elton Gallegly Retire? The Results = NO

    I guess the poll is over or the Ventura County Star took the poll offline, but it is now down off of their main page. Remember I first mentioned the poll earlier this morning.

    Can the results be any more clear?

    The answer to the question as to whether Rep. Elton Gallegly should retire is NO: 54% No Vs. 36% Yes.

    Now, it is not a huge sample and unscientific as well, but as the reader can see there is no groundswell to get rid of the long-time GOP Congressman.

    Here is the poll as it appeared this morning on the Ventura County Star home page:

  • Mitt Romney,  Polling,  President 2012,  Rick Perry

    President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Rick Perry 28% Vs. Mitt Romney 24%

    GOP candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (L) stands with Texas Governor Rick Perry onstage during a photo opportunity before the Reagan Centennial GOP presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California September 7, 2011

    According to the latest Rasmussen Poll.

    As of now, the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary race is all about Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, with no other candidate reaching double-digit support.

    The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely GOP Primary voters shows Perry with 28% support and Romney capturing 24%. Before Perry entered his first debate, the Texan held an eleven point advantage over Romney, 29% to 18%.

    Tomorrow night’s debate looms as a momentum shifter or not for these two front-runner candidates. Rick Perry has lost a step since the last debate and Romney is stepping up the attacks on Perry’s comments about Social Security.

    The other candidate in the field are hpoing to get some traction. But, it does not look too god for them, including Michele Bachmann.

    Trailing far behind the frontrunners are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at nine percent (9%), Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann at eight percent (8%), Georgia businessman Herman Cain with seven percent (7%) support and Texas Congressman Ron Paul who earns six percent (6%). Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, draws the vote from three percent (3%) while ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman draws support from two percent (2%). Michigan Congressman Thad McCotter comes in with just one percent (1%) of the vote. Another 11% of GOP voters are undecided at this time.

  • Elton Gallegly

    Ventura County Star Poll: Should Rep. Elton Gallegly Retire? Vote NO


    Flap’s old Congressional District CA-24 and the new one CA-26

    There has been speculation that Rep. Elton Gallegly (R- Simi Valley), my Congressman, would retire rather than run in the new Ventura County centric CA-26. I shot down the speculation here.

    Today, the Ventura County Star is trying to embarrass the Congressman by asking the question as to whether he should retire or not. The poll is here on their main page about half way down.

    Go here
    and vote AND vote NO!

  • Barack Obama,  National Labor Relations Board

    Video: President Obama’s Summer Assault on American Jobs

    President Obama’s NLRB & Their Summer Assault On American Jobs

    From the Workforce Fairness Institute.

    The Workforce Fairness Institute today unveiled a new web video spotlighting President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and their summer assault on American jobs. Highlighting his recent speech before a joint session of Congress, President Obama said “in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus, and actually do something to help the economy.”

    Unfortunately, the Obama board delivered an onslaught of rulings and regulations in August that will cost American jobs and force more workers into unions.

    Political circus?

    The Obama Administration’s style of governance (Far Left, redistributionist ideology) has hindered American jobs and it is no laughing matter.

  • Mitt Romney,  Polling,  President 2012,  Rick Perry

    President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Rick Perry 25% Vs. Mitt Romney 25%

    Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney

    According to the latest War Room Logistics (R) Poll.

    The Republican race for president is a two-man tie in Florida, but voters think that Mitt Romney has a slightly better chance of becoming president. Romney and Rick Perry are virtually dead even, garnering 25 percent each of the Republican vote, with Newt Gingrich a distant third at 9 percent, according to the survey by War Room Logistics, a Gainesville firm that polls and consults for Republicans

    But in a general election match-up, only Romney matches Obama, pulling in 45 percent of the vote to the presidents 44 percent – a lead that’s well within the overall error margin of the poll that sampled 1,400 self-described likely Florida voters.

    “It appears that Romney has cross over-appeal in this early stage, especially with the fickle Independent vote,” pollster Alex Patton noted in an email. Only Romney bests Obama among independents, 45-39. Obama would beat Perry right now, 48-40 percent.

    Mitt Romney will use the electability issue and Social Security to pound away at Rick Perry in tomorrow night’s Florida debate, sponsored by Fox News, and Google.

    Stay tuned for Quinnipiac’s Florida poll which will be released tomorrow or later today.

    Game on……

  • Day By Day,  Sarah Palin

    Day By Day September 21, 2011 – Never Again



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Sarah Palin was “destroyed” by the Lamestream media and the Far Left in 2008 because she was a threat. She continues as a threat to them today with not only with a potential candidacy but also her ability to frame issues and communicate them.

    Will she be a candidate for the Presidency in 2012?

    Perhaps. The key will be whether she has the ability or popularilty in the polls to beat President Obama in the key battleground states.

    On October 1 when the Republican National Committee finalizes GOP Primary election/caucus dates, we will have a better idea as to what Sarah will do.

    Just a week or so to go.

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