Rasmussen: Consumer Confidence Falls to New 2 Year Low and other Polls
Sure you do, champ; sure you do...
More of the hopey-changey-goodness that is RecoverySummer™ Part Deux :
Consumer confidence has fallen to a new two-year low while investor confidence continues to hover just above the lowest levels of 2011.
The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, fell four points on Wednesday to 63.7. That’s down eight points from a week ago, down nine from a month ago and down ten from three months ago. Confidence is now just nine points above the post-9/11 low reached in March 2009.
Just 15% of the nation’s adults believe the U.S. economy is getting better these days, while 66% believe it's getting worse. Those numbers reflect a far more pessimistic outlook than was found at the beginning of the year. The first update in 2011 showed that 30% believed the economy was better and 45% thought the opposite.
Lets see, how about we check out the 2012 Generic election ballot:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows the generic Republican with 48% of the vote, tying the highest level of support earned by either candidate to date. The president picks up 42% support. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
And for good measure, how about the Presidential Tracking Poll:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17 (see trends).
That last one isn't as bad as it's been in the past...But overall, do you think there's any correlation between these numbers? Well, anyone who relies on data, and realizes that figures never lie, but liars figure, would probably be inclined to. Show these links to the malcontents on the professional left, though, and all you'll here is something like; "Sure, but that's only because it's OberGruppenFuhrer McPollster Scott Rasmussen!11!1! (eleventy)"
Which, you know, is factual, but not such a convincing rebuttal in and of itself.
What's your opinion?
[Cross posted at The Conservatory]
New Zogby poll confirms 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of Obama’s job performance are racists
Which is an amazing swing when you consider how just two years ago they were the most enlightened, intelligent, elecorate-EVAR! But enough of my lame attempts at AllahP level snark, let's go straight to Andrew Malcom:
President Obama has passed the Big 4-0 -- going the wrong way.
A whopping 60% now disapprove of his job, up from 51% disapproval Sept. 20.
What!!11!1! 9 percent of the public have gone grand mal, sheet wearin', obviously KKKlan lovin', RAAAAAACIST! in just two months? Malcom continues:
Obama now trails in hypothetical 2012 matchups against Republicans Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and the next Bush, Jeb.
And, oh, my! Lookee here! Obama has even fallen into a statistical tie with none other than Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor. How embarrassing that is because other polls have shown a majority of Americans believe she is unqualified for the presidency. So it appears many have now decided, on second thought, Obama looks that way too.
I mean, of course the racists that Zogby polled would have him trailing behind a bunch of white guys. But seriously, when a pollster who's results are usually favorable, and amenable, to Democrat sensibilities shows the most Brilliant!, Judicious!, Post-Racial!, Posts-Partisan! SIMPLY THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVAR! trailing the Chillbilly from Wassily, Hee-Haw identity politics peddlin', refuter-in-chief, well, it's certainly going to be all hands on deck time. Look for the attacks on Palin to ratchet waaaay up, above the eleventy they're set at to,er, eleventy squared. Also look for the sniping to begin on all the other major candidates who poll even with, or better than, the won ; even though, you know, no one's actually declared their intention to run yet.
Oh, and look for the navel-gazers to continue to obsess with message, marketing, and absurd style-over-substance like forcing votes on the DREAM act, and such, when they should be passing an actual budget and extending the tax rates that are due to sunset on January 1. And as far as running to the center, like Billy Jeff? Don't hold your breath. With the slaughter of the blue-dogs in the mid-terms, and the mask being removed over the last 18 months anyway, don't look for the centrist posing to resume until just before the next election. Though, his pals in the MFM will seize any opportunity to spin things that way.
Waterloo... That's what I said his radical agenda would bring. Certain trolls who will not be named and who used to reside here ridiculed that characterization, especially after Obamacare was rammed through the Congress. But that was only the battle, the slope of the steadily declining approval numbers may foreshadow the result of the war...
And, having mentioned war, I wouldn't be surprised to see some welcome flexing on Obama's part, to try and get a win somewhere. What did the lefties used to say about Iraq and Afganistan? Wag the dog, baby, wag the dog ...
Poll: If you could be a fly on the wall, watching one lib talking head melt down on Tuesday night . . .
whom would it be?
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Which lib would you like to watch melt down on Tuesday?
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Please comment on why you chose whom you did, too!
Crap. I forgot Maher. Just use other and specify in comments, please. (thanks to @jamesonlewis3rd)
Takin’ the O! train
Goin' Down
Next stop: Boooooosh!-ville, if the most recent polls by CBS and WaPo/ABC News can be believed. Both polls show overall public confidence in Obama's leadership in the low 40s, 43% for WaPo/ABC and 40% for CBS; although the WaPo/ABC poll laughably puts his public approval rating at 50/47 (approve/disapprove of the job he's doing). What must be even more troubling for Democrats, of garment rending magnitude in fact, is that the GOP has taken the lead in generic ballot preference; even in the Ragin' Cajun "Corporal Cue-Ball T." Carville's poll! And Ace pretty much hits the nail on the head regarding the truth contained in the generic ballot numbers, in his usual inimitable style:
if this type of poll shows Republicans a little behind, they're tied. If it shows them tied, they're a little ahead. If it shows them a little ahead, they're solidly ahead.
What happens if the poll shows them solidly ahead?
Vote-a-geddon, the Democrat Votocalypse, that's what. Yep, that would be bad enough on it's own, but the piece de resistance is that the WaPo/ABC news poll skews Democratic in it's sampling by the margin of victory the President enjoyed 18 months ago! How crazy is that, when, the trend has been observed to be a continuum of decline for at least the past year. And who knew that both of these organizations would join in confirming the data that the much reviled, Reich-winger, Obergruppenfuhrer McPollster Scott Rasmussen has been saying for months now; surely they're all a bunch of racist h8terz, and should be roundly denounced along with the Tea-Party by the NAACP.
Cap'n Ed at Hot Air has a great analysis of the results of both sets of polling data, WaPo/ABC and CBS, and gleans from it the impression that it's indicitive of the fact that in the eyes of the American public Obama finally "owns" the economy. Oh well, so much for the old saw of blaming everything on BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
So, how long is it until we can regulary bandy about the phrase, "Obama's failed economic policies"? Well it might not be long, if the Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove's analysis is correct:
You’d think the well-heeled and enlightened eggheads at the Aspen Ideas Festival—which is running all week in this fashionable resort town with heady panel discussions and earnest disquisitions involving all manner of deep thinkers and do-gooders—would be receptive to an intellectually ambitious president with big ideas of his own.
In a way, the folks attending this cerebral conclave pairing the Aspen Institute think tank with the Atlantic Monthly magazine might even be seen as President Obama’s natural base.
Apparently not so much.
Grove cites Mort Zuckerman, in the headlines most recently for admitting to penning one of Obama's speeches for him, as speaking of the administration's, "hostility to the very kinds of business culture that have made this the great country that it is and was"; by the way, thanks Mort, for being one of his most vocal supporters during the 2008 election. Then Grove quotes Niall Ferguson, of Harvard business school:
Ferguson called for what he called “radical” measures. “I can’t emphasize strongly enough the need for radical fiscal reform to restore the incentives for work and remove the incentives for idleness.” He praised “really radical reform of the sort that, for example, Paul Ryan [the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee] has outlined in his wonderful ‘Roadmap’ for radical, root-and-branch reform not only of the tax system but of the entitlement system” and “unleash entrepreneurial innovation.” Otherwise, Ferguson warned: “Do you want to be a kind of implicit part of the European Union? I’d advise you against it.” [emphasis-ed.]
I know...I know...SHOCKING! But the worst for the President?
This was greeted by hearty applause from a crowd that included Barbra Streisand and her husband James Brolin. “Depressing, but fantastic,” Streisand told me afterward, rendering her verdict on the session. “So exciting. Wonderful!”
Brolin’s assessment: “Mind-blowing.”
In a word? Heart-ache!
But, who really gives a tinkers-damn about what's going on in the minds of vapid glitterati like Mrs. and Mr. Streisand anyway. The answer? A whole lot of other glitterati, their hangers-on, and some of the intelligensia, that's who. These people shape a lot more opinion than I'm comfortable with, and as a group, their ilk can effect the opinions of a lot of, what I call, low information voters. And worse yet, the Democrats rely on these folks for big buck$; especially since they've burned a few bridges among their more traditional big donors in the business, finance, and wealthy American Jewish communities.
It really begs the question of just how long it will be before the wholesale distancing from the President begins by the members of his alleged base. But the most burning of questions?
Is this some of what's going through Bab's mind at night, in her nightmare's perhaps? Let's hope so, because of the fairness ...
Oh my; 49% of Americans think Democrats are too liberal
The Brain Trust?
That is, according to the notoriously Reich-wing OberGruppenFuhrer McPollster...Gallup ?!? I mean, I'm shocked, SHOCKED! at this result, as I'm sure you are too.
Not only is this figure currently signifigant, it is only 1 point lower than the all time high of 50% recorded...wait for it...following the upset 1994 mid-term elections !
In the past two years, Americans have become increasingly likely to describe the Democratic Party’s views as “too liberal” (49%), and less likely to say its views are “about right” (38%). Americans’ views of the Republican Party, on the other hand, have moderated slightly, with a dip in the percentage saying the GOP is too conservative from 43% last year to 40% today, and an increase in the percentage saying it is about right, from 34% to 41%.
The recent increase in perceptions of the Democratic Party as too liberal could be a response to the expansion in government spending since President Barack Obama took office, most notably regarding the economic stimulus and healthcare legislation.
The 49% of Americans who now believe the Democratic Party’s views are too liberal is one percentage point below the 50% Gallup measured after the 1994 elections, the all-time high in the trend question first asked in 1992.
This doesn't look too good for the most ethical party-EVAR!-going into the midterm election cycle. So, not only have O!&Co. pretty much lost the independants, with their approval deficit standing at 19% (33/52 on Democrat ideological position "about right" vs. too liberal), but this seems to auger a coming fail in their strategy to paint the Republicans as too extreme and to, once again, blame the nation's woes on Boooooooooooooooosh!
Cap'n Ed at Hot air opines that those strategeries might have had a shot before the post-partisan President and most Transparent!, Effective!, and Ethical! Congress rammed through Obamacare, and he goes on to observe:
In November 1994, the split for “too liberal/about right” was 42/40. Post-election, it was 50/32. That bodes ill for Democrats in this cycle as it stands today — but Democrats haven’t stopped spending in 2010, either. If Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid try pushing cap-and-tax through the Senate, they may get to the 1994 post-election number sooner.
Looks like if public opinion keeps trending this way then, you know, some of the usual suspects in Washington are gonna have to start thinking about getting a real job...
(H/T Hot Air on the story, and to Ace on the Obergruppenfuhrer McPollster snark!)
Gallup nukes the “predominantly white, racist” tea-partier meme
With a poll released this morning that examines the demographics of the group. And considering that the Obamites have desperately attempted to portray Tea-Partiers as a bunch of unemployed, malcontent, bitter, clinging, hick-tard haters, and homophobic, misogynistic, knuckle-dragging RAAAAAAACISTS!, the results are all that much more surprising; especially when compared to the overarching demographics of the nation in general.
You know, the very diversity and multi-culti balance that MUST! be somehow exhibited by every facet of our society, and especially by groups that will be showcased as props by politicians who profess the belief that it somehow enhances the absolute moral authority of the connivance scam flim-flam hokey-doke point they are making at that moment.
So without further ado, I present for the edification of the, "I don't see anyone who looks like me up there!", identity politics card playing set, the central results of said poll. A study conducted by the bastion of left-wing metaphysical certitude Gallup; and not the heinous and assuredly biased wingery-WINGERED! crpto-nazi SKKKott RasmuSSen...
Damn the truth! Full OUTRAGE! ahead
Notice how in just about every category the Tea-Party folks match the country-wide demographics. There are small, notable exceptions. One is that it does seem like there are less black folks in the movement than nationwide, but only about by half; and indeed that is no surprise since upwards of 90 percent of that same group voted for Obama in the general election. Another is that there are actually less unemployed that self identify with the movement than there are nationally, shattering another talking point and bit of pipe-dreaming by the far left; that when employment picks up there will be less folks attending these rallies.
I hope that Axelrod, Plouffe et al aren't planning on betting the farm on that last one...
Make sure you read all of the poll comparisons to taste the sweet, sweet, All-American goodness.
Ace, in high snark form, deliciously askes the question; " If a poll falls in the forest without reinforcing 'the Narrative' will anyone hear it?" And then follows it up with;
For purposes of comparison, it's more white than a Kwanzaa Greeting Card Salesman Convention, but much less white than the all-white country club known as "The MSNBC Anchor Team."
That.is.snark-o-licious.
Cap'n Ed also has an interesting post on the same poll, and as a bonus throws in results of another that indicates more Americans would vote for a candidate that espouses the Tea-Party principles of less government/less spending and job creation than the sooper-groovy, almost messianic, Conniver-in-chief.
Now That's ! change I can believe in...
More! from the “picture is worth a thousand words” department
'Nuff Said!
This sign, recently seen in Colorado speaks volumes on the public's discontent with Obama across the nation. But, more importantly-at least for some folks-dows the acceptance of the signage by the occupants of the homeless camp mean that they are in fact "unconscious racists"? Or, are they just tacitly accepting of racism? And I don't recall this kind of thing ever happening to JFK or FDR, and while probably racist to do so, is it fair that Obama be taken to task, that he be made to "own" the economy that he's taken "command and control" over?
Or does it just mean that the narrative construct that is Barack Obama has finally jumped the shark? Based on an experience I had over the weekend in deep blue Long Island, I'm thinking so; but more on that later.
Of polls and Presidents
Past, present and maybe future. While I've been very busy over the last few days, among the items that piqued my interest were the results of several national polls; some surprising, others not so much.
Of course, the President's numbers have been looking bad lately. Not only according to Rasmussen, perhaps the most accurate in the business, but also among other organizations who through methodology or ideological disposition which have yielded more amenable results for Mr. Obama in the past. In fact, Obama's approval ratings are now solidly below 50% in most of the major national polls, see for yourself, here are the results for Quinnipiac, CNN, and Gallup; in fact CBS even has him at a flat 50%! Of course, the result out of the White House has been true to form, with their spokes-tool Robert Gibbs damning the messengers instead:
“If I was a heart patient and Gallup was my EKG I’d visit my doctor,†Gibbs said. “If you look back I think five days ago we were, there was an 11 point spread, now there’s a one point spread.â€
Gibbs continued, “you know, I mean I’m sure a six year old with a crayon could do something not unlike that. I don’t put a lot of stake in, never have, in the EKG that is the daily Gallup trend. I don’t pay a lot of attention to meaninglessness.â€
Typical...
But perhaps what is most interesting, and suprising really, are a couple of results that compare the Presidents to other prominent national politicians. When asked to choose between the current President and his predecessor, Obama, the messianic hope of all mankind, only out polled BusHitler!, the scourge of all enlightened Niebuhr reading, pants-crease-admiring, thinking Americans by a scant 6 points! And in what must be a sign of a coming electoral apocalypse for the far left Democrats, the difference in public approval of Obama and Palin is now 1 point; inside the error margin.
Now that's Change! that I can believe in.
Change! you can believe in.
Some interesting statistics from the folks that get paid to wet their fingers and get a sense of from which direction the winds of public opinion are blowing. I'm talking, of course, about Rasmussen reports; and here are some of today's takes:
The lastest polls on the partisan affiliation of the public shows the percentage of people calling themselves "Democrats" has declined by 7% during 2009. The current breakdown, in percentage, is 36/33/31 (Dem/Rep/Independant). I wonder how the folks at the DNC are diggin' that "change"? Oh, and as a bonus, Scotty R. reminds us:
Keep in mind that figures reported in this article are for all adults, not likely voters. Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats.
Closely related to this analysis is the matter of just who does the public place their confidence in to handle the issues facing our nation:
Voters remain more confident in Republicans than in Democrats this month on virtually all of the key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. But that confidence is not quite as strong as a month ago when the GOP led on all 10 [categories].
Republicans narrowly (within 10 points) inspire more confidence in the public on the issues of Health Care, Iraq, Abortion, Immigration, and Government ethics. And regarding National Security, Taxes, and the economy they enjoy a double-digit margin of trust over the Democrats. I'm no expert, but in 10 short months the Democrats have squandered all of the public goodwill they have spent years, screaming "I Blame Booooooosh!", to acquire.
Next, lets check out how Americans are disposed towards all of the Smart! governance these days. Surprise!
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry.
Oh, and that figure's up 5 points since September. That doesn't bode to well for the Brilliant! idea of the government taking over a substantial portion of the economy...
Finally, there's old faithful, the Daily Presidential tracking poll. Today, 47% of those polled at least somewhat approve of Mr. Obama's performance; and the approval index stands at -13.
Some interesting tidbits, eh? I suggest you bookmark Rasmussen's site, since he's got a demonstrated track record as the most accurate pollster in the business.
An uplifting photo spread
Of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angel's aerial demonstration team, representative of the best-of-the-best; your US Naval aviators. Courtesy of "The Chive"; see more amusing and unusual photos there.
Also from the encouragement department, Rasmussen reports that public support for Obamacare has plummeted to an all-time low, 38/56 (approve/disapprove of Obamacare); a result that might just give some of the participants in Dingy Harry's Saturday night massacre some pause. Cap'n Ed at Hot Air delves into some of the more gruesome crosstabs and what that may mean for any Democrats who choose to commit electoral Sepuku by voting for the bill as written.
And of course there is always the Presidential approval index, a metric that doesn't look too good for the O! team; especially in light of his disastrous and unproductive Asian trip. Add to that the Presidents free fall in Iowa, the state that served as his springboard to the limelight as well as his Democratic primary victory, and the Republicans steady lead in the generic balloting and it all add up to some serious agita for the Democrats.
Exacerbated all the more by prominent Democrat pundits and friendly domestic and  foreign news outlets using the dreaded "C" word when speaking about Obama's foreign policy; Carter-esque !
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But that's OK. I'm sure that the Obama Defense Force of internet operatives will be out in force to obfuscate, misdirect, misrepresent, or derail any thread where criticism of the won! gains too much steam or, you know, speaks too much trooooof! to pow-ah. And, if none of that is consoling? Well I know a good coffee house in Oregon where all of their cares and worries can be whisked away, up in smoke...
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