Zero Is at Zero In The Polls…
Obama, or O (Zero) as many of us like to refer to him as, is now at that magical number in the polls. The difference between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove is a big fat 0%!
Obama’s approval:disapproval gap has been diminishing at a steady pace over the last several months. It’s about time that some people begin to take the kool aid goggles off.
The unemployment rate continues to rise, and although it is a lagging indicator on stock markets, it has a long-lasting effect, especially on the jobless lower middle class and middle class voters, who find it difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Clinton played with the formulas for unemployment back in the 90′s, so although drudge is reporting 9.4% (the highest it has been since 1983), it’s probably closer to 12/13% nationwide and between 15-20% in certain regions/states, like California and Michigan.
Obama is still seen as highly popular on a personal level, but his policies leave little to be desired by the American public. It is only a matter of time, if this trend continues, that Obama will lose much of his personal popularity, due to the grating effect of negative policies passing. Obama’s voters, namely the moderates, decided on Obama due to the media bashing of George Bush, Republicans, and the economy. Historically speaking, when there is economic turmoil, the party in office, will usually lose. Obama’s success will come from the economy and our national security. I foresee both being vulnerable and the outcome in the future to be less than optimal. If inflation (which I believe is inevitable) hits, health care passes, and people wake up to realize that we still have to pay for it and the quality of care goes down, if cap and trade/green policies pass and weigh down businesses or cause them to go out of business, if oil prices sky-rocket (they are on their way already), if we get attacked (releasing nuclear sites to the public and CIA memos does not help) – then Obama’s overall approval will go down dramatically.
Politicians like Sarah Palin, Newt, Sanford, etc. need to continuing speaking out against Obama’s policies and the liberal Democrats who are in the majority, pushing their agenda through. The more Republicans communicate to the people, that these policies are dangerous for our future, our economy, and some of our freedoms, the better chance they will have at winning in 2012 and gaining support from independents, moderates, and conservatives.
Awww Shucks… Harry Reid Looks Un-Electable in Nevada
I guess people are waking up and wiping the gunk out of their eyes! Harry Reid’s approval ratings today show that his disapproval rating has hit the place of no return, 50%!
45% say they would DEFINITELY vote to replace him while 17% say they would consider voting for another candidate – WOAH! That’s huge!
Nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign, a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds.
About a third of the state’s voters would re-elect Reid if the 2010 election were held today, according to the poll, but 45 percent say they would definitely vote to replace him. Seventeen percent would consider another candidate.
The findings are echoed by another poll question about Reid’s popularity that finds the four-term incumbent to be a polarizing figure in his home state.
Half of Nevada voters had an unfavorable view of Reid, while 38 percent had a favorable view and 11 percent a neutral opinion.
I have no idea what’s wrong with those 33% who would vote for the man again, but I say give it time, 2010 is still a ways away. This is still very good news for a state, who otherwise went for Obama by a whopping 55-45 margin.
The state is regretting the Democratic swing and past elections of liberals, including Obama. The buyer’s remorse was evidenced in Nevada Governor Gibbon’s statement today after he requested to speak with Obama, who turned him down. Nevada is still holding a grudge directed at Obama due to his Las Vegas remarks a couple months prior. Gibbons is claiming that since Obama made those remarks, the city’s tourism, convention, and business meeting revenue is down.
I personally have no sympathy for anyone in that state who voted to turn to it blue in November.
You reap what you sow…
The Puppet Makes Budget Cuts… To Help Unions
We all know that Obama is bought and paid for by the unions and he once again proves that he is in their pocket. He makes these grandiose overtures to try and pass off budget cuts of historical proportions or market himself to appear to be improving the national debt.
Those who research and do our homework know that those overtures fall flat, especially when one of the largest cuts from the federal budget is the 9% budget cut of the union regulations department. This comes from the Department of Labor via American Spectator:
…buried in the budget documents released by the White House today is a 9 percent cut in the unit of the Department of Labor that is in charge of regulating unions.
Under the leadership of Elaine Chao during the Bush administration, the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards took its job of policing unions seriously. Its actions led to 929 convictions of corrupt union officials and to the recovery of more than $93 million on behalf of union members. Yet the Obama administration has proposed slashing its budget from $45 million in 2009 to $41 million in 2010, citing an insufficient “workload” for the office.
Instead of using the money to make sure unions play by the rules, the Obama administration proposes shifting resources to the department’s Wage and Hour Division, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — all areas of the agency focused on regulating businesses.
Not like union regulation matters anymore when the Department of Education is growing at a rapid clip and the UAW owns GM and Chrysler. I guess the unions can all manage themselves – no corruption there/sarc.
Half of the budget cuts under Obama will actually come from the defense budget:
About half of the cuts are in the Defense Department’s budget, and the White House readily concedes that Defense Secretary Robert Gates already had proposed much of this as part of a new, and bigger, Defense budget that he is seeking. Defense is growing, not shrinking.
Funny how a recent Rasumussen Report just showed the majority of Americans do not believe the unions or the government will manage the auto industry well.
Another funny side note: Bush actually cut more from the budget than Obama.
President Obama announced fewer budget cuts and for a lesser dollar amount than President George W. Bush did in his final budget – and is counting on being able to eliminate some programs that his predecessor repeatedly tried, but failed, to slash.
Obama administration officials said they’re convinced they’ll have more luck eliminating programs such as Even Start, an early childhood education program that Mr. Bush put on the chopping block year after year but which both Democrats and Republicans in Congress refused to cut.
