Comments on: Obama polls continue to melt during Recovery Summer

By: mvherring

mvherring — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:02:30 +0000

The same people that say, “the Fed Gov doesn’t do anything right” are the same ones criticizing it when it doesn’t instantly accelerate a $13T battered economy (worst since 1933) in 18 months. I would have more respect for their arguements if they had any logic or consistency to them.

Gov is only 1 component of GDP, about 25% of it. It can only do so much when the other components, Consumer+Investment+Trade spending are still hung over from 2008. I’d have to say Fed policy (equal amounts of infusion of $$ by deficit spending and tax breaks) has helped the recovery (at a minimum). It would be difficult arguement to say the policies have hindered recovery. In other words, it would have done better on its own, with no Gov investment or tax breaks.

The recovery is slow bt it IS a recovery. I wish every company in America instantly had demand to hire all the unemployed people but I also live in reality. Its more of a function of economics like supply-demand rather if the president is a Democrat or Republican. Politicians know this but they still BS you into thinking its greener on the other side. Don’t believe the hype.

By: Yellow105

Yellow105 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:05:06 +0000

Gotthardbahn–Republicans are all over the TeeVee saying they want to bring back Bush’s economic policies, extend his tax cuts, etc. So, sorry, but Bush is still president as far as they are concerned. And he still polls pretty poorly.

By: mynamehear2

mynamehear2 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:40:06 +0000

@GotHard Old Boy- The big question is who you going to be pushing? Ronnie can’t be resurrected and if even if he could be, you’d kick him out of the party.

@Wisehimer- Tea Party- what a bunch of blowhards, are you sure Ahmadinejad doesn’t write your rhetoric?!

Bottom line- at this point it’s all about who sucks less and republicans are legends in their own shower.

By: STORYBURN17

STORYBURN17 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:31:24 +0000

Obama needs to tax Wall Street pay at 60% rates

By: wisehiney

wisehiney — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:13:37 +0000

We, the Tea Party, are gonna kick out the liberal bush-likes and the obummer gang. Quit whining. An ounce of sweat is worth an ocean of tears. Live free or die.

By: Gotthardbahn

Gotthardbahn — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:58:36 +0000

Yellow105: George W. Bush won’t be on the ballot this coming November. Find another bogeyman to distract the masses.

By: Yellow105

Yellow105 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:16 +0000

I wish the liberal media would stop selectively editing stories to push a certain point of view. Obama may be polling poorly, but Republican opposition is polling much, much worse. Americans aren’t about to turn the country back over to them, and here are the numbers that prove it.

As congressional Republicans promise a return to President Bush’s economic policies, a new National Journal/Pew Research poll finds that Americans believe “President Obama’s policies offer a better chance at improving the economy over the policies of his predecessor.”

More Democrats favor Obama’s policies than Republicans favor Bush’s, while Independents overwhelming side with Obama. Overall, despite continued tough economic times, 46 percent of Americans say Obama’s policies will do more to improve the economy, compared to just 29 percent who say the same of Bush’s:

http://congressionalconnection.nationalj ournal.com/2010/07/despite-tough-climate -public-p.php

The poll also found that only 30 percent of Americans support retaining all the Bush tax cuts, while a similar portion believe they should all be allowed to expire. Twenty-seven percent favor repealing the tax cuts for wealthy, while maintaining the rest, as the Obama administration has proposed.