Barack Obama sees worst poll rating drop in 50 years

The decline in Barack Obama's popularity since July has been the steepest of any president at the same stage of his first term for more than 50 years.

This was expected, especially when you campaign on the platform of hope and change and deliver nothing but the same old washington garbage. Obama had a goldern oppurtunity, like Bush did after 9/11, to rennoouce American Imperialism, but he did not. Obama wants to push for healthcare reform, but everyting is in gridlock because of costs. Why not cut military spending? It's such a simple question.

Obama had the clout to do it early in his presidency to tell Americans that they can no longer spend money on its empire and "peace keeping". He should've told Americans Bush was right that Osama's fighters do hate US freedom, it's freedom to do whatever it wants in the international stage with no regard for anyone else.

The decline in Barack Obama's popularity since July has been the steepest of any president at the same stage of his first term for more than 50 years.

This was expected, especially when you campaign on the platform of hope and change and deliver nothing but the same old washington garbage. Obama had a goldern oppurtunity, like Bush did after 9/11, to rennoouce American Imperialism, but he did not. Obama wants to push for healthcare reform, but everyting is in gridlock because of costs. Why not cut military spending? It's such a simple question.

Obama had the clout to do it early in his presidency to tell Americans that they can no longer spend money on its empire and "peace keeping". He should've told Americans Bush was right that Osama's fighters do hate US freedom, it's freedom to do whatever it wants in the international stage with no regard for anyone else.

majwill24

promise people everything they ever wanted.......and deliver nothing. guess he wasn't the "messiah" he was supposed to be. for the good of the country i hope he gets better.

As bad as I think he is, a large part of it is because when he first started his rating was wildly inflated by all that "hope" and "change" BS. If he had started where most do, there wouldn't have been such a drop.

promise people everything they ever wanted.......and deliver nothing. guess he wasn't the "messiah" he was supposed to be. for the good of the country i hope he gets better.

90xGrad

Well that's not surprising he's dropped the most, he had one of the highest inaugural approval rating of a President in living memory.

So he has the furthest to drop as the honeymoon period evaporates.

According to Gallup he has the same approval rating as Nixon did at this point in his presidency, is higher than Reagan, Clinton and Bush Snr, and is two points behind Carter and Bush Jnr.

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promise people everything they ever wanted.......and deliver nothing. guess he wasn't the "messiah" he was supposed to be. for the good of the country i hope he gets better.

Pirate700

so true. voters believing him was the scariest thing of all. i totally would have voted for a student class president that promised no more homework and ice cream sandwiches for lunch when i was in high school. man! i'm a lot smarter now! college worked! hooray!

Well that's not surprising he's dropped the most, he had one of the highest inaugural approval rating of a President in living memory.

So he has the furthest to drop as the honeymoon period evaporates.

According to Gallup he has the same approval rating as Nixon did at this point in his presidency, is higher than Reagan, Clinton and Bush Snr, and is two points behind Carter and Bush Jnr.

Danm_999

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promise people everything they ever wanted.......and deliver nothing. guess he wasn't the "messiah" he was supposed to be. for the good of the country i hope he gets better.

I'm not trying to defend him or anything, but he was disgustingly overhyped during the presidential race so I'm sure that had the most to do with the poll. I knew this would happen and he would accomplish very little, if at all in his first year in office. I still stand by my prediction that he won't be reelected for a second term.Flame_Blade88

[QUOTE="Flame_Blade88"]I'm not trying to defend him or anything, but he was disgustingly overhyped during the presidential race so I'm sure that had the most to do with the poll. I knew this would happen and he would accomplish very little, if at all in his first year in office. I still stand by my prediction that he won't be reelected for a second term.Danm_999

[QUOTE="Flame_Blade88"]I'm not trying to defend him or anything, but he was disgustingly overhyped during the presidential race so I'm sure that had the most to do with the poll. I knew this would happen and he would accomplish very little, if at all in his first year in office. I still stand by my prediction that he won't be reelected for a second term.Danm_999

So its kinda like when he was awarded the Nobel peace prize for not being President Bush.

[QUOTE="Danm_999"][QUOTE="Flame_Blade88"]I'm not trying to defend him or anything, but he was disgustingly overhyped during the presidential race so I'm sure that had the most to do with the poll. I knew this would happen and he would accomplish very little, if at all in his first year in office. I still stand by my prediction that he won't be reelected for a second term.majwill24

So its kinda like when he was awarded the Nobel peace prize for not being President Bush.

meh.. what'd you expect? you still have a congress and senate to deal with... the president can't do much on his own... and to all the people complaining he hasn't done crap to fix things... i ask them.. what have THEY done to fix things? the president isn't going to solve the country's problems on his own and make gold fall from the sky..

Kinda saw it coming. America's in such a sorry state now.:(

The main problem is that people expected problems to be fixed right away. People are impatient. I expect that probably a third of his promises will come to truth, but he is trying to much all at once. His plans, while I agree with, need a 25-35 year window to be accomplished not the 8 years I think he will have.

The main problem is that people expected problems to be fixed right away. People are impatient. I expect that probably a third of his promises will come to truth, but he is trying to much all at once. His plans, while I agree with, need a 25-35 year window to be accomplished not the 8 years I think he will have.

ttobba07

Obama is overrated and overhyped. Period. th3warr1or

healthcare reform=GOOD Why cant americans see that?> It isnt obama's fault, Americans are destroying their own country. And you guys call yourselves patriotic.Dr_Brocoli

Do something about your military spending and you can have your health care reform.

i was scared Obama would change too much. but he turned out to be a coward for the most part, afraid to make big decisions. Republicans have a good argument next election for why we need someone with executive experience.

i was scared Obama would change too much. but he turned out to be a coward for the most part, afraid to make big decisions. Republicans have a good argument next election for why we need someone with executive experience.

litewo

A president who makes no changes is still a better president than one who makes bad changes. Hence the reason I will never vote for a republican president.

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promise people everything they ever wanted.......and deliver nothing. guess he wasn't the "messiah" he was supposed to be. for the good of the country i hope he gets better.

Pirate700

The decline in Barack Obama's popularity since July has been the steepest of any president at the same stage of his first term for more than 50 years.

This was expected, especially when you campaign on the platform of hope and change and deliver nothing but the same old washington garbage. Obama had a goldern oppurtunity, like Bush did after 9/11, to rennoouce American Imperialism, but he did not. Obama wants to push for healthcare reform, but everyting is in gridlock because of costs. Why not cut military spending? It's such a simple question.

Obama had the clout to do it early in his presidency to tell Americans that they can no longer spend money on its empire and "peace keeping". He should've told Americans Bush was right that Osama's fighters do hate US freedom, it's freedom to do whatever it wants in the international stage with no regard for anyone else.

majwill24