The lame duck just keeps getting lamer. I’d say this is a shock, but frankly I’m surprised anyone who is paying attention to what is going on in this country would consider voting for Obama in 2012. Even the Obama cheerleaders seem a little disgruntled these days.
Buried deep in the internals of The Washington Post’s latest poll, and not reported at all in their front-page write up, is some troubling news for President Obama’s reelction prospects. Fourty-four percent of American adults, and 46 percent of registered voters, told The Post they definitely will not vote for Obama’s reelection. Only 20 percent of respondents said they deifinitely will vote for Obama in 2012. Thirty percent said they would consider it.
The 46 percent that say they definitely will not vote for Obama also matches Obama’s 46 percent disapproval rating. Only 44 percent of respondents approved of Obama’s handling as president.
More than 40 percent of Americans are also ready to call Obama a failure. Asked if “Obama has made progress” toward solving the major problems facing the country, 42 percent of Americans say Obama has “tried but failed.” Twenty-eight percent of Americans are even ready to say Obama “made problems worse.” Only 19 precent of respondents told The Post that Obama has “made progress.”
Despite Obama’s failure as president, the vast majority of Americans still have faith in the United States. Given the statement, “Whatever its faults, the United States still has the best system of government in the world,” 77 percent of Americans agreed.
Hat tip: Weasel Zippers.
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