Gosh and my first thought was that the expectation of performance must have been really low when he took the oath of office.

You Betcha Rick!

Sit back & watch the 'Spinball Wizards' come out of the wood work to make this bad news for President Obama! lol

Where's 'granny' when you need her?

Care for some popcorn?

Rick, that is assuming Americans had high expectations.

Unless you "expected" him to be a socialist train wreck.

And they're not legislative successes if you had to tear up the constitution to ram them through without reading the bills.

I've been working on the US Congressional campaign in the NJ 12th. It's shocking how many registered voters don't even iknow the name of their US Congressman even after 6 terms! Would you call this an engaged or educated public? Worrisome.

bs detector, I think GWB did a fantastic job...of tearing up the Constitution.

I support President O. But Nancy's gotta go.

Two years in...

*looks around* Yep, still not a socialist state.

People are going to call Obama a socialist even after his first four years in office and no socialism. Fear mongering at its best.

Waterdog: "Would you call this an engaged or educated public?" And that's exactly how we got cursed with Obummer! Maybe this time, after the suffering we've been through, voters will become more engaged and educated?

Leave it to MSNBC to generate it's own wishful-thinking poll results, the ABC/Washington Post poll from last month was far more accurate.

"Just 40 percent approve of Mr. Obama's handling of the deficit, while 56 percent disapprove.

The poll also found that 54 percent disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. And when respondents were asked how much confidence they had in the president to make the right decision for the country's future, 57 percent said just some or none at all."

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec10/obamapolls_07-13.html

The majority disapprove of his handling of the deficit and his handling of the economy and have little or no confidence in him making the right decision....that makes it clear that expectations were extremely low or the NBC poll results are manipulated... either way the ABC poll was much more detailed and explanatory than a vague question about "expectations". Typically when you know the answers are not what you want to hear you don't ask for details.

"Performed as expected" ? As Obama had no experience even running Wasilla, Alaska, how could I expect anything at all from his performance as President of the United States? Yeah, I'd say "performed as expected", but that's not a good rating. Don't have time to list everything. I'd be here all day.

I think technically I fall into the 58% who feel he's performing as expected. But the train wreck I expected him to be is really not a vote of confidence. But then that's the funny thing about statistics. You can make 'em say anything depending on your spin.

FACTOFTHEMATTER? The government will or in the near future CONTROL: 2 out of the 3 Auto Companies, The Health Industry, The Student Loan Industry, The Financial Industry and coming soon ALL Energy related Industries. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SOCIALISM IS? THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTROL YOU!!

the "performed as expected" number shouldn't be seen as the same as approval since it includes those who expected him to perform poorly and believe he did.... it's kind of like how the GOP takes the 58% who were opposed to health insurance reform to vindicate their position, which it dosen't since about 20% were opposed to the reform bill because it didn't include a public option. to everthing spin,spin,spin....

Anthony-

Where exactly do you get your information from? The government will control 2 out of 3 auto companies? Such as? Chrysler is owned by Fiat, not the Goverment, and GM is preparing for it IPO by this fall, I.E- it will be a publicly traded company again. The Student Loan Industry has ALWAYS been backed by the goverment. The fact that this admin. was smart enough to take out the middle man is a GOOD thing. The Health Care industry isn't going to be any more or less owned by the government than it already has been- they just want to make sure everyone buys insurance.... from PRIVATE companies. Perhaps you'd rather have things like they were back in the 1800's when companies could make you work for next to nothing for 70 hours a week with no benefits, you had no real access to a decent education unless you were wealthy and there was good chance of you getting sick from either the food you ate or the water you drank? I think its funny how everyone decries the horrors that take place when their preferred polital party is out of power and conveniently forgets all of same things that were done when they WERE in power... In case you forgot- Medicare Part D was passed with George Bush Jr. in White House and Republicans controlling both houses of Congress. THAT was an example of pure socialism- and it was paid for with 100% deficit spending and costs more than the Healthcare bill passed this year.

Thomas Jefferson said "any goverment big enough to give you everything is also big enough to take it all away".

Suzy - funny, excellent.

WaterDog - 100% agreed

pjam09 - I was thinking some of those same points as I was reading this article.

Factof the matter - forcing me to help pay for a health care bill I didn't want, to pay for those too lazy to get off their behinds is...... socialism. I don't mind helping people who really need or desevre my help but I should never ever be forced to pay for a socialist program. I can't believe that thing even passed, considering how many Americans were against it. Now they are forcing a mosque down our throats and we are paying for a trip so the planner can run all over the muslim world and brag to his buddies.

God what we have come to? Please help us see the way!

I'm not sure I'd take as mostly positive. The key phrase is "as expected". To you, "as expected" may be positive. It's the opposite for me. For many who read his books and his quotes about loving and learning the communist way, I EXPECTED him to espouse the same leftist nanny state agenda (yes, the not-coincidentally same agenda pushed by the 11 Russian spies we just caught in their effort to destroy America) like forcing those who don't want Obamacare to pay for it anyway, and appointing activist justices who interpret the Constitution according to the leftist flavor of the month rather than original intent, pushing carbon taxes (that scientists say have zero affect on greenhouse gases), and intentionally diminishing the role of the US (though admittedly I had no idea he would overspend so wildly). So my "as expected" is hugely negative.

TexRat. I ask myself what have we come to everytime I read the right wingers comments.

I find the wording of the poll on the President kind of questionable. How many of the people that said he has done as well as they'd expected, expect him to do poorly?

"Factof the matter - forcing me to help pay for a health care bill I didn't want, to pay for those too lazy to get off their behinds is...... socialism.

You have always paid for the healthcare of the uninsured, because their costs are passed on to you through higher premiums and doctor's fees. What the healthcare bill will do is make sure everybody is covered, so medical costs go down and nobody goes into bankruptcy aggain due to uncovered expenses. You know, universal health insurance, like they have in the rest of the developed world.

TexRat,

Under your reasoning, here are a list of socialist programs:

Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, K-12 education, Unemployment benefits.

Basically, because you don't want to pay for it, we should let our elderly live on the street, poor people with sickness die, poor go hungry, poor children go uneducated, and unemployed lose everything.

I think your vision of America would be a scary, sad place to live.

Also, the mosque 'being rammed down your throat' (what's with the ramming in throats analogy all the time?), is an Islamic Cultural Center, and we still have the freedom of religion in this country. People who purport to be proponents of the Constitution of the United States want the rules to only apply to their religion, their freedom of speech, but not others.

Just because they're building a mosque near the site of WTC (the place used to be a Burlington Coat Factory and it's a few blocks away), obviously that means the people there are all terrorists. By that same rationale those antigovernment militia types should be outlawed because of Timothy McVeigh.

Hypocrisy.

People are going to call Obama a socialist even after his first four years in office

If he continues his Socialist Agenda we will most certainly lose our freedom of Speech and he won't allow us to call him anything but Emperor!

Keep up the good work Comrade - I'm sure Obama is most proud of you!!!

I'm not sure if it's a flaw in the poll format or in your logic (or both) but that 58% could represent 29% of people who thought Obama would do a good job and he's met their expectations AND 29% of the people who though he would be the worst thing to ever happen to the White House and he's met their expectations, they could both answer in the affirmative that Obama is performing as expected with vastly different ideas of whether that is good or bad.

Area 52,

Wait so is Obama a socialist or a communist? I'm sure you have a list of names of other purported communists in a briefcase that only you know about, and I must be on that list.

Btw, my family grew up under communism and they literally took all the property we owned and my grandparents had to live on the street. I know what communism is about, and our president is not interested in it.

Congress..Congress, not Obama

Obama met all my expectations...I expected a socialist and he performed as one. That question was worded to make BHO's numbers look better

NBC poll-- all lies. No other poll shows that, all others show Obama at 40-42% approval.

Notice worst Congress of all time-- notice this Congress is mostly Liberal Democrats.

Waterdog49

Would you call this an engaged or educated public? Worrisome.

More than 60% of Americans don't know the words to the Star Spangled Banner!

80% of Americans read at an 8th grade level (and with PMSNBC's obvious deficiencies editing this is obvious).

A recent survey of 72% of High school seniors found that they thought New Mexico was a foreign country.

In the US, about 25% of 15-year-olds fall into the lowest proficiency level on assessments of skills and knowledge, meaning they are unlikely to study beyond high school, the report shows. , and this share has not changed substantially over the past 25 years."

These are just some of the horrors of our education system for the past 25 years. But we create some of the greatest Pop/Rap singers and video game players. We have the world champion hot dog eater and cup stacker here though.

Worrisome is an understatement.

That's not what it says, it says "as expected". If you thought he would perform badly, and still think so, that is "asa expected".

Most of the country knowing how immature and inexperienced Obama is probably expected him to be an abysmal failure so he met their expectations.

Btw, my family grew up under communism and they literally took all the property we owned and my grandparents had to live on the street

So, They took my families property right here in the good ole' USA !!!

And yes Obama is a Communist and a Socialist! If you don't want your family to go through this again why are you supporting an openly Socialist / Communist government ??? Half his cabinet are radicals, some have communist leanings, most are admitted Socialists - Van Jones and many others!!! Bill Ayers, Reverend Wright!!

Show me your friends and I'll know all about you ----- Your actions tell us all we need to know!

Geeze Rick... Did I call it or WHAT?

Absolutely fascinating that these right wing nit wits can get out of bed in the morning without being told to do so... yet they manage to find their way here to parrot the daily squawking points!

Here's some more popcorn - I added a dash of garlic to help ward off the Beckerheads...lol

I actually thought he would fail miserably concerning the mess of our economy when he took office. I think he's actually doing fairly well at this point in his first term. And I think he will be doing wonderfully when he is voted in by a landslide on his second term.

Dear TexRat: NO, Thomas Jefferson most certainly did not say that. Gerald Ford did in 1974. Why does the right wing always put words in Jefferson's mouth?

Of course we all had lower expectations, after 8 years of Bush Hypocrisy with soaring deficits (not including the two wars that were kept off the books for some reason) and larger deficits to come thanks to the way the books were cooked during his reign (lets massively cut taxes but not account for it for a few years - but hey, deficits didn't matter back then), we figured even if Obama was a miracle worker, there was only so much he could do. And even though we heard for 8 years about the overwhelming mandate Bush had by getting an extra 100 votes in Dade county FL, and Dems in Congress had to get on board and follow the will of the people, the minute a Dem gets in the WH, by a real majority, we suddenly get the party of NO. We would give the right a little more credit if it weren't for the double-speak.

Most people apparently fail to remember how the country's economy was left when dubya left and Obama entered. How can this be? Dubya flat out lied to this country and still people forget that. For the record: If not for Obama and the bailout of 2 of the only 3 american car companies. the economy would be far worse than it is. I believe he was misguided when he bailed out all of the banks and then they give their CEO's big pay packages. He hit the healthcare nail right on the head, this is good news for everyone. insurance prices will go down 1 because of all of the people required to buy insurance, and 2 because medical bills will go down at such a rate that doctor visits will be back to $50.00 like when i was growing up in the 80's. Obama definately out performed what I thought he would. The rest of the american public however, has not. everyone is "ME, ME, ME! remember this: "UNITED WE STAND, AND DIVIDED WE WILL FALL" this is happening now. want to stop the big businesses from running our government? BOYCOT THEM!!! if they cant make money, they cant give it to their pilitical allies, if the political allies stop getting funds from them, then it is our money funding the economy again and the government will be for US!

Hey Feisty, What's the PowerBall #'z gonna be tonight?

Poor wording of question! I may agree Obama has done as expected, but I sure as heck do not approve of his accomplishments.

There is a difference between performance and approval ratings. Check out the realclearpolitics.com averages to get a more accurate picture. His job approval ratings are still in the negatives, and thats what really matters.

Personally don't care anymore, the POTUS is not the power in this country, Congress is.

Red Head I don't think you need anymore popcorn.

Perhaps a gag ball would be more appropriate for you.

Actually the numbers would be down because there were only 1,000 liberal respondants to this poll and only 58% agree - when during the election it was 100% of liberals agreed. So Obama is actually down 42% - sorry to burst your liberal bubble but only a left wing narcacist woud look at these numbers and find the good in them!

RogueUSA

80% of Americans read at an 8th grade level (and with PMSNBC's obvious deficiencies editing this is obvious).

70% of those either work at or post on FoxNews website.

A recent survey of 72% of High school seniors found that they thought New Mexico was a foreign country.

True story, I was in West Virginia doing an install at the hospital of a small town which I'll refain from naming. The rental car I picked up at the airport in Charleston had New Mexico plates on it, several people, including the town sheriff, told me that "foreigners like you aren't welcome in these parts". And I'm a pretty pasty looking white guy. These were adults 40ish and older so it isn't just the kids that are stupid, trust me.

In the US, about 25% of 15-year-olds fall into the lowest proficiency level on assessments of skills and knowledge, meaning they are unlikely to study beyond high school, the report shows. , and this share has not changed substantially over the past 25 years."

These are just some of the horrors of our education system for the past 25 years. But we create some of the greatest Pop/Rap singers and video game players. We have the world champion hot dog eater and cup stacker here though.

Great example of why No Child Left Behind is a failure. And just to be fair, every attempt to "fix" our education on a national level has failed. It's time to return the education system to a local level.

Whoa whoa whoa wait a second. Really? I expected him to be terrible and he has been therefore he's done as expected. You realize it's not an approval rating right? RIGHT? HAHA I love the leftist media spin trying to make it look like 58% approval when he's actually closing in on Bushies numbers. and all you good little libbies take it hook line and sinker. HAHA wow.

I didn't expect much out of an Alinsky student, community organizer with little else going for him. And I pretty much got what I expected. He'll be neutered quickly but not soon enough for me.

Aren't Feisty Redhead's contributions to this topic worth their weight in Gold?! haha Typical stupid lib backed into a corner, blah blah blahing and offering nothing to the discussion. You know what that poll means but just cant take it can ya!?

What a shock that some people would not only disagree that the President has done a good job, but they would also call him names and even state how the Constitution has been torn to shreds! Boy, I guess you just can't please some people, can you? ;-)

I wonder if BS Detector can detect him/her self? Has he/she even read the Constitution or care to deliver a deliberative discourse on how un-Constitutional the Democrats are? (Only if there is much more BS!!!)

If we all try a little hard, Democrats and Republicans alike, we just might be able to start another civil war! Maybe this time we can kill each other in millions; boy, wouldn't that be fun!!! The trouble is, just like after the last civil war, the people didn't get to have their very own way in a land of diverse interests and political opinion. What a waste!!!

Red heads freak me out...

I think after careful analysis of this poll we can conclude with a significant amount of certainty that liberals suck at life... and MSNBC sucks at Obama.

The regulars here are starting to sound like a broken record saying the same thing over and over and over again. If somebody doesn't agree with you they are a right wingnut. It's time for some new material. I find it funny that I only see them post to the articles from First Dweebs. Try to expand your knowledge a little more and take a look around the real world. Go talk to business owners and neighbors and ask them what they are experiencing and stop believing everything they write here at First Dweebs.

But than again I'm guessing they are all also going to cash in on the 3 billion Obama is going to give out to those unemployed who haven't been paying their mortgages. It's no wonder you want to have Obama's baby. Heck it's better than welfare now because you really don't have to do anything. Good for you.

Dave - Kentucky

Great example of why No Child Left Behind is a failure.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!

You Liberal Progressives are a great moment of fun on these boards. You obviously fit into the category of illiterate as my statistics showed these results have not changed for 25 years. I assume you think No Child Left Behind was started in 1985.

And I'll just ignore your cute little FOX News (who leads all cable news ratings even the coveted 25-55 demographic now) as your attempr to be fair as we know they work at PMSNBC and CNN.

"In the poll, 58% think the president has performed as expected, 29% say he's done worse than expected, and 12% who believe he's done better than expected."

That's one of those "tricky" questions.

If 58% of people expected him to do a lousy job, and they now agree they were right, what does it really mean?

Now "Rick, KY", there you go again ... trying desperately to spin reality into your fantasy! I was IN Kentucky all last week on business, and you and I know that 6 of 10 of your fellow Kentuckians, and 6 of 10 of your fellow Americans nationwide see the truth of America's decline; scoff at your fantasy and puffery; and fear the endpoint of the schemes of your Anti-Lincoln and your anti-Heritage, anti-fiscal sanity Congress.

It gives me no pleasure to relate to you, Rick, what I heard in Kentucky last week, and it is what I hear in all corners of America, from Rockport to Reno, from Austin to Albany. I travel quite frequently and make an unofficial "listening tour" of America, by real Americans, part of my travel routine. Some of us still respect America and Americans; are interested in their real voices, their real struggles and their reality as human persons rather than checkbooks for a profligate central body. Many of us, Rick, can raise our hands into the wind and still know which way the wind blows. What real American citizens outside the Beltway and non-spinners share with me is that they are scared. This is a time of fear in America, fear from the centrally manufactured divide. When I asked a middle-aged, middle-America (Indiana) airport agent in Louisville last week how he views this moment in our country he said to me, "I am wondering if there will be a "united" states." That is the sort of thing that is distressing to hear in public, from a clean-cut looking stranger. Asking the follow-up probe question, "what do you mean?" the practical implications of that thread were not welcome and, again, distressing.

And as usual, even the "polling question" was a counterfeit, a set up. The question is "as expected" - and the reality behind that is "we expected the worst - and we seem to be coming close to that dull-line". Ask the poll question in a courageous and honest way, "how much confidence do you have in this elected official to make the right decisions for the country's future?" and you will get the same low - (or now lower as the economic reality is inescapable even for today's fed and the market is beginning its inevitable slide) -result as reported by the Washington Post, top story above the fold on July 13, 2010, (and I quote the headline), "6 of 10 Americans lack faith in Obama." Have a nice day in Kentucky, Rick, if you can, and if you can continue to deny the suffering of your fellow Kentuckians, and again many or most Americans outside the Beltway. - Elaine.

Great post Elaine.

That's what I'm talking about. Believe your own eyes and ears and not what you read on ANY of the news networks.

"performed as expected" is an incredibly misleading number. The article hints that it's a positive indicator, but since it doesn't take into consideration individual's expectations it's basically a junk poll. It's disappointing to see trash journalism like this...hopefully they'll do a better job next time.

Of course, the obvious first question for non-partisans who think----is-----What was the responder's expectation?

He's performed as expected in my mind, so I'm in the 58% of the poll here on "First Read"... but... I'm also a part of Real Clear Politics 50.4% that disapprove of the President. I expected this sort of mismanagement and bad legislation.

Roy,

You're 100% correct. I never seen a poll that say "Expected" LOL WOW, what does that mean? Simple mind people can just Google "Indepentant Polls" and they will find the true facts. I looked and most have Obama in the 40s%

Expected??? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm lets take a poll, lets say what percent would "EXPECT" that the job market won't improve next month. Or what percent would Liberals blame Bush for this Congress take 12 Billion from food stamps, which will effect 41 million people?

It's fun seeing the rant and the SPIN.

The "Spinball Wizzards" do not have to come out of the woodwork to make Oboma look bad. He makes himself look bad, but don't tell him or his followers that because they will come out of the woodwork and spin things to make those who do not agree with Oboma or them look bad.

These First Read vines tend to have a group of people who are on the "left" that like chirping about how terrible the business is and GOP, etc while patting each other on the back for unopposed discussion. Looking down this page, it seems to be rather void of their insight on how to justify these polls.

Ironicly, whether you get it from First Read (which is really just an editorial section anyway), MSNBC, Fox, or the White House... there will always be a spin. Much like how whether they are a Democrat or a Republican... you'll find that they're all just simply "politicians" (in the derogatory sense).

Yeah he has performed as expected, as you would expect an empty suit to perform. He has redistributed money to the unions and poorly run states and borrowed trillions we do not have.

I think he has performed as expected. Had they asked me, that's what I would have told them. Of course I expected the worst and that's pretty much what we've got. It's hard to point to anything that BO has done over his tenure that actually helps to protect and/or furthers the freedoms entitled to the people. He has done well, however, at diminishing the people's incentives to achieve any kind of success.

Obama has been complaining about the previous Administration's “Driving the car into the ditch”, but let's take a closer look at the facts.

During Bush's first 6 years, when Republicans had control of the White House and Congress, we find the following, in spite of the dramatic bad effects of 9/11;

The economic growth rate of Gross Domestic Product averaged 5.5% per year.

The Deficit averaged $231 Billion per year.

The average Unemployment Rate was 5.28%.

A net of 4.3 million jobs were added to the economy.

Since the Democrats took over Congress (including the legislative and spending agenda) in 2006 (4 years ago);

The economic growth rate of Gross Domestic Product averaged only 2% per year.

The Deficit has averaged $890 Billion per year.

The Unemployment Rate has averaged 7.5%, and is currently stuck at 9.5%.

A net of 5.2 million jobs have been LOST to the economy.

And remember, the “financial meltdown” happened 2 years AFTER the Democrats took over all legislation and spending.

So the question should be asked “Who REALLY drove the car into the ditch?”

I think people in general and politicians especially need to stop relying on polls as though they're the be all and end all. First, the wording of the question is poorly done, just from all of the people griping about the "performmed as expected." Second, assuming that there are about 200 million people in the USA aged 18 or older (read: voters), if the poll only contacts about 1000 people then there is no way you are going to get an accurate representation of the country overall. I am tired of listening to politicians be suddenly pro (anything) that they were against a week ago only because a new poll came out claiming that out of 3200 people surveyed, the majority of responders are for said (anything). There were plenty of people who wanted to tear down President Obama before he had a chance to do anything, and now that he has actually gotten things done to help people (see: financial re.form, START etc..) these same people claim that no one wanted these things in the frist place. Can you really point me out a single person that did't want the "Big Banks" to pay for the damage they caused. When the system is broken, it's better to fix it than to have to learn to work within a broken system. I'll end on this, I am Canadian and I wonder how many high school grads can find my country on a map. I admit that our political system is kind of a joke, and our health care system is at least adaquate, our financial system is in great shape. The Canadian banks did not make their own risky sub-prime mortgages, added to the fact that we can't claim mortgage intrest on our income tax gives us more incentive to pay our debts off sooner. I'm not trying to be condesending, but anyone who can look at the current state of America and claim that it's The greatest country needs to leave that country once in a while and travel the world. If you really think that Obama is a totalitarian despot needs to go live in North Korea and learn the real meaning of Despot.

PS. I live and work in Fort McMurray, home of the oil sands. Anyone care to start a fight about dead ducks?

Anyone of you besides Union people ever get a raise on a Did better than expected review. 35 years in the IT industry and I haven't seen one. Hell I had a Exceeds all expectations review last year with NO raise.

I've covered 3/4 of the globe captain thursday and got home less than a year ago from three+ years in Germany and I still believe that the U.S. is the best nation (although Canada is a not too distant 2nd). Our problems have a lot to do with politicians of both parties selling us out, which is the reason behind their low poll numbers !!!

His approval is at 41%. Step away from the Obama propaganda machine "news channels" and gulp up some reality. He has failed miserably on almost everything. Now he leads the Congress of liberals which actually has an 11% approval rating. I guess he needs to run up the debt more for our children with more hundreds of billions of dollars slush funds to keep feeding bribes to his followers.

With 91% blacks approving of Obama, it's a no-brainer his propaganda machine "news" is going for the polls in the prediminantly black areas.

You got your hopeless change....breathe deeply so you stay under the Obama gas and don't wake up.

Depends on what your expectations were. If I expected him to rule like a socialist then I got what I was expecting!

Well, I guess a lot of people expected his approval ratings to drop. the big 'five percent raise' you are touting because 53% voted for him and now 58% say he was doing better than expected doesn't mean that more people approve of him now than during the election. There is the difference between voters and people that answer the phone to take a poll.

The Media Poll

Accurate and unbiased reporting...10% approval

Stories are accurate and not made up...5%

Really really good at pushing opinion versus facts...5%

Forgot to report the last 8yrs in AfPak...100%

Ability to whine extensivley when POTUS pushes back on the bu&*sh*t... 100%

Highly accurate when reporting the impact of oil in the gulf affecting tourism and thus wrecking it...100%

Highly accurate when reporting the impact of light crude and corexit on the enviroment and possibly crippling the fishing industry...100%

Having a clue about what they are talking about in the gulf...2%

Overall clueless rating on all issues..5%

Ability to jump the riechwing shark no matter what the issue...100%

Overall approval rating..12%

Nice try Richard, gghheeeessssshhhhhh.

FR: The attitudes about President Obama are slightly better, however. In the poll, 58% think the president has performed as expected

Oh, now this is rich!! "Performed as expected" Is this like those "Saved jobs" Obama and the media have come up with? So no more "approval/disapproval", now it's "Performed as expected"! I guess if you expected Obama to suck, you're part of the 58%.

"Performed as expected". Sounds like something a teacher would say about a third grader.

So, did they poll only Democrats? I can honestly tell you that if I had been polled I would have said he has performed as expected.

"Do you approve of the way he has performed?"

Now that's a different question.

I'm actually with Nash and her viewpoint on polls.

sort of like this:

bush performed better than expected because there is still an America left.

He has performed about as I expected! Of course, I thought he would be incompotent when elected and he has performed up to those expectations.

I expected Obama to perform this badly and he has.....so I'd be considered as "approving" of him???

Who are the 40% that think Congress is doing a good job?? Do they even live in this country?

NBC and the Wall Street Journal can't come up with a legitimate poll question? The press should be able to be sued for malpractice.

Joanna: ""Performed as expected". Sounds like something a teacher would say about a third grader." And that's how the Progressives think. No one loses; everyone is a winner; can't hurt any feelings; we all have to feel good about ourselves. My vote for Obama is F! Based on my research before he was elected and his lack of experience or any real-world job experience, my expectations were low but I never, in my wildest dreams, believed he would take us where he's taken us so quickly. God help us for the next 2+ years until we can rid ourselves of this nightmare!

But you wouldn't be repeating the stereotypical rants of the ignorant right wingers at Fox now, would you Mary? Poor JoAnna is just breathless with jealousy at what President Obama has accomplished during his time in office.

I agree a very stupid question. Is there a story here? After all these years of having the Dems run Congress people have figured out they are crooks. Ya so whats new? How about Obama and his kind giving our money to a union again to buy votes. Now that is at least current if not anything new. What a joke Obama is. He is still protecting the unions"organized crime" and his Butt Buddy Barny Frank! Yeah way to go Obama way to crack down on those thieves or at least the ones your not in bed with! By the way Mr. President how do you take your Frank? Ha Ha he is too funny too funny. As always keep those comments coming. I can be contacted at work http://www.bestmichiganbusinesses.com were still in Beta so me and Granholm and Obama are all doing the same thing. Watching the paint dry. I wish my boss would give be enough time off the get in some golf, oh well.

I know I am but I blame the spineless members of congress for most of the problems.

Here is a Better Question,,

Do you think the Democrats that posted on this page responded as expected?

of course.. everyone would say yes.. and then the Democrats would say.. See most agree with us.. Go figure

Actually, Richard is correct. If you are a republican and believed before the election that Obama is a communist, and you believe that all his accomplishments so far as a president are in line with Karl Marx, then yes: he has performed as expected. It's really just a very badly worded question for a poll.

hopefully a lot of these questions will be cleared up when the details are released, which will hopefully include some of the actual questions. until then it's just a festival of spin....

Yeah....It's a little vague I think.

Performed as expected. Guess if you're a right wing deniar, your expectations were tainted by Bush 43. As for the 53% of Americans who elected Pres Obama--our expectations were very high because WE recognize intelligence when we see it, hear it and read it.

The right on the other hand thinks Sarah Palin is the answer to the conservatives prayer, even though she had to call him "Joe" because she kept calling him Senator O'Biden, has the same "nucular" affliction as Bush 43, and cannot string sentences together that make any sense unless you have a Palin decoder ring.

As for the numbers on the economy and the deficit, of course they are down; these numbers would be down if McCain had won; in fact, the numbers would be worse for McCain because we would have fallen OFF the cliff rather than standing on the edge. Reagan's numbers on the economy were no better. This is the most painful and deep recession in my lifetime--the closest comparison is the Great Depression and we were awfully close to another one.

Holy Moley!!!

Who opened the floodgates...???

The substance of the poll is yet to be released, First Readers...

Why are you so afraid its findings?

I'm completely ready to hear the latest verdict on our President's performance...

Why all the anxiety...?

Jody, thanks - you made me spew pop all over my screen with...

our expectations were very high because WE recognize intelligence when we see it, hear it and read it.

Sure - when Obama said he visited all 57 states? Maybe it was the 52nd state in which he was born (watch, I'm might be called a "birther" for that). And how he cannot get through a speech/question without his teleprompter without saying "uh, um, um, um, um, I, uh, um". Boy that's superior intelligence, you betcha. Wake up, he's no different than any other politician. The whole lot needs to go.

A clue - the right doesn't think Palin is the answer. Liberals like to bring her name up. I don't know why. It's really quite comical and entertaining. She may "stick her feet in the water" since she has some followers, but I don't see her getting far.

Me too Loo-e poor Jody was dropped a lot as a child and has been in the "lost" locker for a while. If you really want a laugh check out the local demojokic stuff going on in Detroit today......again. Let me give you the gist. Only relevant to ineptitude! The Mayor Mr Bing (Democrat) fired the old police chief for sleeping with one of his junior officers (a LT) So yesterday they find that his underling was sleeping with the same woman. AND he is going to make him the new chief. You cant make this shyt up!

Dream on, Alder. You can go back to reading "The Daily Koz" now.

I just wonder what the percentages are concerning how good/bad people think of the Repubs in Congress vs. how good/bad the Dems in Congress are. The last set of numbers I saw on this the Dems were faring MUCH better than the Repubs were: the Repubs only had a 16% approval rate.

Once again, it's all the Republicans fault. You people are simple mindless sheep, aren't you? Keep believing everything you see on TV and read on politically skewed sites like MSNBC. Sure, the Republicans are acting like a bunch of children throwing a tantrum, but the Democrats are just as much at fault by trying to ramrod pork laden legislation down everyone's throats, then bitching like crybabies whenever someone says no. Now before you get your boxers in a bunch, yes, I am aware that the Republicans do the same thing. The game of partisan politics is too ingrained. We need people who will think for themselves, and not what the party charter tells them to. We need people who will stand up for their districts and not to get some stupid pork initiative put into major legislation.

At least the Republicans had it right when they insisted on proving where funding for these new social agenda's was going to come from. Sounds like something that President Clinton was successfully doing in the 90's. It's amazing how things work out that way.

Alder, Obama should consider having the pitchmen from QVC pitch his programs. They seem to do well selling 5 dollar brooms for 12.95 and 10 dollar drills for 39.95. If ole Billy Mays was still around I bet Obama would have him pitching healthcare. See a pitchman doesn't really lie, he just doesn't tell the whole truth. He focus's on the good parts and leaves out the bad parts. That is no different than the Obama pitch on the healthcare plan. Only problem is in able for a pitchman to be sucessful he has to be believable. Obama is just not believable, thus no ones buying what he's selling.

The President and Democratic policies are view by about 60% of Americans as not working. So if Republicans got out of the way, they would be more incompotent? When your policies are an utter failure, the idea of more of the same does not instill more confidence.

Ray you're assuming people liked it so much better under the GOP. We've been down that track before.

Why is it the democrats keep expecting the republicans to fall all over themselves with glee at the democrats bills again? I honestly don't get that. DO you think that the people who voted them into office for being republicans actually WANT them to vote yes on every single democrat boondoggle that comes down the pike? Cuz I'm pretty sure when the tables were turned and the republicans were the majority party, the dems weren't tripping all over themselves to go against their constituents and vote yes for everything the republicans proposed either.

B honest.. Since all of the Senate is polling at 11 percent. and the Republicans are polling at 16 percent.. that would mean that the Democrats would be Even Lower then 11 percent to bring that 16 percent the Republicans are polling at down..

so all that time dems had a super majority, the reps somehow did what again? I like how even when the dems have a majority, which they've had the entire time obama has been in office, they still blame the reps??? wtf?

Yeah he could have done much better- by not forcing it on us. We should have had the right to a vote! Anything this big and important should be put to the people for a vote! I don't like paying for other people's laziness, sit around smoking dope, collecting welfare while I'm out busting my as$... I don't think so!

I dont know about not being able to sell it. Many Presidents have tried for healthcare reform, he is the only one that actually did it.

Texrat,

You are so right. Why don't the misinformed uneducated masses get to make policy decisions based on their vast knowledge of economics, health care, foreign policy, ect. It makes perfect sense to do this! After all we know that the masses are never wrong, right? *end sarcasm*

If Republicans were obstructing everything, then how did Obama Care get passed? The Republicans can vote no on everything right now and if all the Democrats vote yes, it doesn't matter. So, Alder your obstructionist comment is completely off base.

Obama doesn't need to sell his programs. They are all crap and Americans with a brain know it. As far as the gOP being the party of NO, well 70% of all people here are against the health care bill.

Congress would even be rated worse if the GOP didnt say NO

Maybe if Obama had not lied to everyone and had the health care debate televised on C-Span the way he promised people might trust him. There was only one reason for him to lie to the American people. He was to busy taking money behind closed doors. So much for transparency this is certainly not change you can believe in! Also what about his promise that you could keep your doctor and keep your plan and the big lie of them all "your health care cost will go down not up" Admit it folks I wish it wasn't true but Obama has proven time and time again that he can not be trusted. At least his promise that unemployment would never go over 8 percent was true....oh wait yeah he is a worthless liar and deserves no ones respect.

GedePrime - "At least the Republicans had it right when they insisted on proving where funding for these new social agenda's was going to come from. Sounds like something that President Clinton was successfully doing in the 90's. It's amazing how things work out that way." - Using this same logic, should Bush and the Republicans have proved where the $Trillions to destroy/liberate and then rebuild infrastructure, socialized food/medicine, etc for Iraq, Afghanistan (and if McCain had won - Iran) would have come from? Should they have raised taxes to pay for it? Why does the right overlook these trillions that go to "liberate" then socialize services for foriegners (many of whom want to kill us), but balk at a few million that actually help Americans? If ANYONE on the right would address these issues, you would make headway with independents like me!

Yes...because he needs to SELL his programs.... I need his programs like an Eskimo needs a refrigerator.

I agree with you Adler. I think he's done a remarkable job - especially when he is up against a brick wall (Republicans) and some Democrats who don't know whether to poop or get off the pot. He needs a better PR machine for sure.

Ha! Poop or get off the pot, that's funny. The rest of your post is poop. :)

GeDe Prime "At least the Republicans had it right when they insisted on proving where funding for these new social agenda's was going to come from."

So the social programs have to be funded but two wars halfway around the world don't need to be?

Michael, you are polishing brass on a sinking ship. Stop trying to sell ice to eskimos!!

The tracking polls indicate one thing: The mood of the American people. The peoples' mood depends almost exclusively on the state of the economy & jobs. As has been stated many times, polls are simply a snapshot of the current mood.

In two years, if the economy has shown significant improvement, people will feel better about their own lives, and the polls will reflect that in their confidence in government. We've been suffering through an historically low recession for years, and we're all feeling depressed and frustrated. There is no way the government is going to be well thought of in this circumstance.

Michael, please remember that Dems controlled the congress for the last two years of Bush's administration. Dems controlled the banking and commerce committee's in Congress for years. They are the ones (Frank & Dodd) who told everyone Freddie and Fanny were just fine. I'm not defending Bush, he spent too much money and he 'folded' to Dem's demands way too much. He was more like Dems than a true Republican. Yes,I believe in smaller government, strong defense; ect! SO WHAT! You liberals make these sweeping statements that 'conservatives left us in this mess'. Got news for all of you. WE didn't leave anyone in any mess. It's the FOOLS IN CONGRESS, BOTH PARTIES, WHO LEFT US THIS MESS. So get off the finger pointing! The issue now is what to do and it's obvious that this clown of a President and his 'posse' of economic idiots, don't have a clue as to what to do. He does not understand that 'jobs are the issue', he turns around and does everything possible to give away more money for any group who supported him, bails out car companies and banks, and not spend a minute on seeing that the stimulus money goes where it was intended.....JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.

"It's the FOOLS IN CONGRESS, BOTH PARTIES, WHO LEFT US THIS MESS. So get off the finger pointing!"

Amen NY John

Hopefully fewer people still have your attitude because the Obama administration and political era is going to be looked on as probably one of the worst for this country in decades

NJ John. Anyway you spin the GOP, you only succeed in making yourself dizzy. Everything the dems tried to do in those two years was vetoed or threatened veto by none other than Bush, and that includes trying to fix the banking system. The republicans just voted NO on fixing the system so tell us, please, what the GOP would have done to solve the crisis except absolutely nothing.

NY John - You claim to be a Republican, but get upset that Obama hasn't created jobs? So, big brother has to help you out and take my tax money to give you a job? If you are really a Republican, I will give you the repub answer - "Start your own damn business and get off the govt dole!" Also, a strong defense needs a large government, thats why half our deficit is defense related.

Hey NY John, the stimulus does work me and everyone I work with here owes their job to the stimulus bill. And no I don't work for GM, I'm improving your healthcare even though you probably don't want improved healthcare. Oh yea, and when I bought my home the ONLY company that would give me a good old fashioned fixed rate 30 year loan was...you guessed it! Those evil government funded (not run) mortage companies! All the private companies wanted me to buy one of their scam loans for more money than I wanted to borrow.

BTW smaller government and larger defense that's pretty funny. You did mean that as comedy right??

I have to laugh and shake my head every time I hear Repubs crying and wailing that they want gov't out of their lives and out of their business. First of all, the President himself can't make jobs out of thin air. Period. So enough with the "Where's my job Mr. President?" Second, it seems the height of hipocrisy to claim that you are against big gov't and then turn around and ask why the gov't isn't doing enough to fix all your problems. Everyone needs to realize that the gov't has an important role in protecting the rights and freedoms of all the country's citizens, be they democrat or republican, white or black, christian or muslim. I was stunned when not even 6 months into his first term, Obama was being criticized (I think it was Jesse Jackson) for not doing enough to help black people. Maybe it's because he's president of the whole country, not the pres of the NAACP. If Obama had shown some special favor towards blacks in some way, the right wing would be complaining that he's not doing enough to help white people.

Obama also asserted that future generations would say that "this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal . . . ."

Has that happened yet? Has Obama "Performed as expected" on this issue?

Are our beaches better off then they were 2 years ago?

"Are our beaches better off then they were 2 years ago?"

Oh. that's rich, coming from a cheerleader for the 'Drill Baby Drill' crowd.

McCain/Palin wanted MORE drilling, less regulation and they have denigrated Obama's six month moratorium on deep ocean drilling till we get safety measures in place.

Yea, a plane crashed in Alaska yesterday, let's ground all aircraft too.

amy, I know koolaid drinkers don't know much beyond blame bush, but you obviously forgot that a couple weeks before the gulf spill, your messiah approved more drilling in the gulf. the media has done a good job of sweeping that under the carpet, but it still happened.

Ray - I wonder who "they" were trying to "take out" in that plane crash? Was someone to blow a whistle?

Thats right Obama swam out to the rig and exploded it causing the oil spill. Get a grip.

We're pretty much stuck in neutral as far as I can see, though we owe a lot more on the car now.

Leave it to Rick and Feisty to celebrate the numbers. Clueless doesn't even begin to describe those two.

You Betcha!

Dems have had a majority in both the house and senate for 4 years. 80% of the legislation passed has been Democrat agenda. Lately, nothing has been done to increase jobs. Look at history. great depression - upper tax rate at 75%. millions unemployed - 30%. Tax rate lowered to 30%, jobs started increasing. 2 years later - unemployment under 18%. 19 months after Obama, unemployment still at 10%, not counting those whose benefits have run out, or who have stopped looking. Count those people, and see 19% unemployed. The government now controls 70% of the USA economy. That is scary! I don't want any politician, Repub or Dem. controlling the economy. And remember Obama fans, he is a politican: always has been, always will be. And politicians will say and promise whatever they believe will get them elected.

OLDMAN....... You are wrong, 100% is democrat agenda

Have you read the patriot act? Bush used fearmongering and grandstanding to pass one of the biggest threats to freedom in recent history. Does it bother you that the gov't can tap your phone and record everything you say without any reason or warrant. The line about Obama shredding the constitution made me realize that alot of people don't know what they are talking about. And when you get enough votes to pass legislation, that's called democracy, not "ramming it down our throats." Seriously though, worst pres in history? Worse than the likes of Bush jr and Dick Nixon? Really, pull your head out of your A$$ and go read a book.

Actually, in CA you have done that to yourselves by continuing the ridiculous initiative process that you have as well as not doing something about Prop 13, a Republican initiative.

Right Joe, because when we get rid of them, the new people will be so much better. Of course they won't spend more money and get our fiscal house in order because they said they would.

Basically it comes down to the fact that no one wants to pay for anything. Deficit reduction without raising taxes and slashing spending? Impossible. Even if taxes were raised on everyone, you'd have to essentially slash all the entitlement spending and the DoD budget to make a dent. When faced with the choice of any of those possibilities, the voters push back.

carl, i know it is hard for you, but lets think way back- 8 years is a long time for a republican to remember- how many vacation days did bush take? Im pretty sure it was the most of any president ever. Obama wasnt born rich like bush. How do you figure he hasnt worked a day in his life? Please, if you are going to get any respect use common sense and facts.

Bill, he wasn't born rich? How did he afford college, Columbia, Harvard and never had a job??

Ooooo! *raises hand*

President Obama spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" his first year as President.

President Reagan spent all or part of 42 days away from the White House "on vacation" in 1981.

GW Bush spent...wait for it...all or part of 69 days his first year on vacation.

Now to be fair, Camp David doesn't count as "vacation time". Obama made 11 trips to Camp David (27 days.) But compare that to GW Bush, who made 25 trips (78 days) to Camp David his first year.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

As far as Obama not growing up ric, there are plenty of books and web sites that people can learn. When he lived with his mother, he was lower-middle class. Once he was raised by his grandparents, he lived a comfortable life, but certainly not rich.

He paid for college and law school the same way I did: student loans. He and Michelle both paid back their education loans for years, until the money he made from his best-selling books allowed them to erpay their loans in full.

How sad this country would be, if you could only attend higher education if you were a rich person. Luckily, working hard in school earns the privilege of scholarships and student loans. The idea that only a rich person can be successful is the antitheisis of America. it's more like Charles Dickens' England.

Yes!! A muslim!! How can he possibly not be a Muslim?? I mean, really, that whole Reverend Wright thing. Who ever believed that anyhow? Because Obama is a Muslim. And he wants us to become Muslims too. I can tell. You know how? Because of Healthcare Reform. You know who else reformed Healthcare? That's right. Saddam Hussein. And Hitler. Beyond that, I really can't think of any examples. You know what else? That Stimulus Package? That was all spent on building mosques. I see them all over. Those mosques. The ones that will cause all of us to turn into Muslims. Like Barack Obama.

How much you want to bet that clown Carl will be posting the same garbage tomorrow. I understand if you dont agree with Obama's view points, I certainly dont agree with everything that he has done. But to sit there and say that he is lazy never worked a day in his life is just absolute rubbish. Gee I would say campaigning for president would be hard work enough. And I guess there was some undergound conspiracy passing him through Harvard. I would say you have to be a hard worker just to get into Harvard.

"I expected Obama and his administration to be an utter failure and in that regard he does not disappoint."

Yeah, we know Republicans were rooting for America to fail since the inauguration. That's why they have been running down the economy, in hopes that consumers will lose confidence and the economy will tank. I have never seen "the opposition" behave so boorishly towards a new President and, indeed, towards the whole country since President Obama's election.

No Amy. No one is "rooting for America to fail". We just know that with Obama in the Big Chair, it will.

Also, unlike your side of the political fence, we're not into this Hero Worship thing you and the rest of the Libs seem to have for Obama.

JoAnnaSmith,

Knowing that Obama will fail, what could have Obama done differently that would have made things better? In an ideal world, say if Obama could go back in time and redo everything, what should he have done?

JoAnnaSmith:

You are so full of crap I'm surprised it is not seeping out of every computer screen belonging to those participating on this blog. You disliked and were against Obama before he even took office and since he won the election you have been hoping (and most likely praying) that he would fail. And therefore, you have been supportive of this country experiencing if not failure than great difficulty because you have wanted Obama to fail. You could not wait until he stumbled and therefore you could not wait for the country to stumble. You bash anyone you assume to be an Obama worshipper while you JoAnna practice very well at being an Obama hater. Your dishonesty is sickening and quite obvious.

JoAnna Smith - Yeah, us Republicans don't worship any heroes at all. Like, Sarah Palin. We actually can't stand her. Same with Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush circa 2004. We are clear-eyed realists who know that Obama will fail. He will fail to clean up the gigantic mess left by Bush and his sycophants in Congress. We knew, all along, that Iraq did not have WMD. But we didn't care. Because we knew. We knew the day would come when Barack Obama would come along and really screw things up. I mean, really, really screw things up. So bad that it makes you think "Gee, I don't like him as a person, either." That bad. Worse even. We also knew, all along, that the economy was going to collapse in 2008. Everyone did. We also knew that would be Barack Obama's fault. I mean, how can someone like him run for President? Really, think about it.

workaday joe-1019335

And YOU'RE my hero! Well put!

I am a liberal and just because I support my president does not mean I worship him. And I absolutely believe the gop wants the U.S. to fail to try to gain back power.

Not going to happen. We are seeing in the primaries that in most cases it's the same incumbents of both parties who will be running. If they aren't replaced in the primary it's most doubtful that anyone will change who they will vote for in November. Talk is cheap, but actions take some thought. I haven't seen that happen yet.

Oohh... I'm going to join in on this section. Actually, it was Rush Limbaugh who said I hope Obama fails, not our country you idiots. I hope that for the rest of his one term in office, he does fail, because his policies are crap and they are destructive to a free society. What the morons on the left never seem to comprehend is that when you relinquish your own personal responsibilities in favor of freebies and subsidies, your liberty follows that responsibility shortly thereafter. For example, the idea of no longer have to bother with choosing a doctor or finding a way to pay for it sounds utopian, but eventually, the price of that convenience amounts to limited choice or no choice at all, which is a removal of your liberties. I hope he fails miserably.

Anderosn Cain, very well put although you voted for the wrong guy.

Exactly, unemployment and other entitlement programs have become a way of life for many people. It needs to be something to help get people back on their feet and move on. Unfortunately collecting unemployment or not working to your potential in order to qualify for assistance has become too easy. I recall as a kid when people were proud to be working and not being on the dole. It has become socially acceptable to seek handouts and take advatage of the system. It amazes me that someone who does not pay one red cent in income tax gets a refund.

I was on unemployment for a time when I worked for a large corporation that periodically laid people off to keep from calling us full time employees so they didn't have to give us health insurance. This was during the peak years for the economy, not a recession. That's when I learned that large companies cannot be trusted to insure employees unless the government makes them. PS. I could barely pay my rent when I was on unemployment, it's hardly living the Life of Riley to draw on that safety net, in my experience.

Anderson - I couldn't agree more. People in their mid-50s should be absolutely thrilled to get $7.50 an hour with no benefits to work at Walmart. Like, what the hell do they want? To provide for their families? God, what a bunch of deadbeat hippies and their damned American dream.

Workadayjoe,

I like your style. lol! Please post more often.

Relying on businesses to pull us out of this economic mess is like having a boa constrictor baby-sit for your infant: Any benefit you get from the arrangement will depend entirely upon what is best for the snake...

That's when I learned that large companies cannot be trusted to insure employees unless the government makes them.

Then don't work for that company. It's pretty much that simple. You don't have a right to a job!! Employers don't open THEIR business to give you a job. They create a need for labor, which gives someone the opportunity to get a job.

How will you feel when and if the government makes them GIVE you health insurance, they lay off 30% of their workforce to off set the cost of that insurance and you're one of the people they let go?

Or they just say, "screw you" and close the business altogether.

Oh, well then I guess you'll just have to sue them, won't you.

See, that's your mentality. I'm entitled, I deserve, I'm owed. You're the generation that grew up under Clinton and where this "entitlement" mentality and sue happy country started from.

I have no problem with Clinton, other than his embarrassing the office of the Presidency. He finally got the message and started to govern from the center, instead of the left, but you whiny little scumbags who think you're owed, entitled and deserve whatever you want need a spanking, because you're acting like spoiled brats.

Anderson Cain,

Yeah, unemployed people could take minimum wage jobs. And then you would have more mortgages defaulting, people unable to pay their bills, unable to feed their families, etc. Hey bonehead I'd like to see you do this! I was unemployed for 6 months and I have paid into unemployment all my life and this is the first time I have ever used it! It is my right as an American worker who has been putting money into it for 30 years. But guess what bonehead? It is still way less than I used to make and we are barely making it! Thanks to the stimulus package, I am going to a company sponsored school and have a job waiting for me with decent pay and benefits. You are another 1 of those idiots who seems to believe that most people choose to be unemployed. I hope you are unemployed soon and then can appreciate the G.O.P.'s fruits. GET A GRIP

Reddog...ah...mmm, I believe that your employer pays for unemployment insurance, not you. You do pay dearly for Social Security, Medicare, Fed taxes, and state taxes. And minimum wage can give you a pretty nice pay, as I have friends on minimum wage and they are living on their own. It is not the best pay, but we can always work towards better. We still live in a free country...mmm...ah....well maybe!

Joedakota,

We might agree on the loaded question but all polls are loaded questions. Is that suppose to be "News"?

Other than that one thing.....You have no idea what you are talking about. Go back to your crayons and magic markers. Socialist? Communist? lol!

Just because all of the stupid uneducated people of this country are easily fooled by the minority party doesn't mean we have to treat their opinions with respect.

OK, I'm confused. Are liberals all unemployed welfare recipients, or over-educated elitists sipping lattes? You teabaggers need to figure out your talking points at your next rally, because we're getting mixed messages on the liberal stereotype.

We do know that the Quitter Queen hates teachers and education, but does she speak for all of you people?

Joe - Thank you! You have opened my eyes! Yes, Obama is a Communist!! I never knew it before!!! Just like Bill Clinton!! And Jimmy Carter before him!!! And LBJ before him!!!! But not like George W. Bush!!!!! Or George HW Bush!!!!! Or Ronald Reagan!!! Because Democrats are Communists!! Yes! Um. Ahem....What time does Glenn Beck come on again? I ran out of things to say.

Lol...communist? I thought he was the antichrist...lmao.

Are you trying to say something CA?

And it looks like it's kind of warm today down there in Alibamie CA? You're not making much sense my friend. Might think about wheeling yourself out of the sun and into some shade. Having a little Obama kool-aide may help a bit.

You're not performing as expected CA.

You Betcha!

JoAnnaSmith:

Oh please. I can take your nonsense and have learned it is best just to ignore you unlike many here. But please drop the "you betcha" slogan. It just shows that you possess and exhibit the same idiotic thoughts and comments as your sister Sarah. Here is a bit of education for you JoAnna (and your sister), African is a Continent.

"African is a Continent"? "African" CA?

Really CA, why do you even try? You can't even keep your cheap shots straight. Quit embarrassing yourself.

JoAnnaSmith:

Now we know. You are an English teacher! Does this mean those who bother to read the majority of your comments can now also check for any misspelled words on your posts. Don't make any typing or spelling errors JoAnna. Others will be watching. And yes, Africa is a Continent. And no, you can't fall off the edge of the earth near Africa. Thought I better warn you about that before Palin has you believing the earth is flat. Flatness is that which describes your and Palins brain wave activity. Got that? Good.

The poll does not ask if Obama is doing well. it says "is he doing as expected. So from one point of view, yes he is doing well( as expected). From another point of view he is doing poorly ( "as expected), so both ansewrs say the same thing to different points of view. Clearly what the liberal msnbc wanted. let's do a survey with a different question: are you living any better after 19 months of Obama politics?

F--K No! Both of us are unemployed, no health insurance, over 50 & under 63 (no SS), home value is down 30%, 2 interviews in 15 month's, Can't even get a Walmart job because we don't speak Spanish, selling the guns to pay bills (but not all of them), shopping for shoes at GoodWill (better prices:)-, and hoping to hell he moves back to wherever he REALLY came (was born) from!

Exactly right. Very poor question. If you asked if the country was on the right track you would get a significantly different answer. I believe that is about 60% no, 30% yes and 10% who are really clueless as long as they get free stuff and can continue to smoke the dope they get in California!!!

what's wrong with smoking dope?

All of you Kool Aid drinkers are walking brainless zombies following the lead of Obama's spin meisters. You need to work on developing independent thought. Wake up. Community organizer does not qualify as the potential to lead a country.

Like being an actor and the destroyer of California did qualify Ronald Reagan to be President. Short term memory is a terrible thing, but Repubs don't have a mind to waste.

Anyone who spouts off on the party line is a "brainwashed idiot". Dem or Rep, if you can't see beyond the extremist rhetoric, then you are doomed to a life of failure.

Oh, and USBear, your statement "Repubs don't have a mind to waste" just proves how much of a mindless sheep you truly are.

Gary,

You need to quit watch the FOX network...it makes you sound stupid. Go to CSPAN look at voting records quit following the network like a sheep. Your talking point came from Billo last night on FOX you Sir are the one who needs to develope independent thought.

bill oreilly never offends Obama apparently you dont listen if you watch his show.You probably think barney frank is great especially with his continuos record of supporting fannie and freddie . Try to look at thinks objectively do a little honest research on King barney frank.

I give Congress low marks because the current leadership, Nancy, Harry, have set a bad tone, and try blame their failures on the other party. The fact that Nancy and Harry are not trying to work in a bipartisan fashion during a time of financial crisis says a lot about them.

Cameron, yes progressives are really for the people: progressive government control; progressive taxes for all income groups; progressive control of business; progressive control of healthcare; progressive permissive immigration policies, ect!

Congress incorporates all parties and the persons who hold office there now: they all receive low marks...in fact failing marks. The amount of legislation passed has been discussed: this is irrelevant for if all the legislation is poor and does nothing for the growth of the country it is of no value. Very little of legislation that has been passed this year has any value for the country; for the insurance companies, for doctors and pharma companies etc, yes, good value. Both parties have failed to produce programs that can be understood and clearly outline goals to be followed and how to measure accomplishment...the president as failed the same way. Though removing the members is a first step, unless congress and how it is controlled is changed, this also has no value for the new members will come and within 2 weeks, they will be doing the same things. Ask the candidates that are running to replace what they are going to do to change and if they don't include something more than they are going to fight for us (who asked them to fight anyone?), then you know and you have realized the sad fact that we have no way fix things because we don't control them. Change will have to be much bigger than we had expected.

What a unrealistic comment the Democrats have the power to do about anything they want and boy have they used it to screw things up.

Do you really think ONLY the Republicans are a party of 'no'? Hey, wait 'til 1-1-11 when we ALL are taxed to death... oh, I forgot, a new death tax is coming too and if you're married, another tax added to what we already have to pay and if you have a special needs child, you too are taxed additionally too so wait 'til 1-1-11 & then say that only the Republicans are a party of no because when we ALL cry at the amount of tax increases (middle & low class included buddy!), the Dems will also be a party of no when we ALL plead to change America back to how it was; a Nation of Prosperity, not another 3rd world country since that's where we're headed thanks to Obama. Oh yeah, like that us tax payers are paying for the Imam to travel back to the Middle East to ask for enough money to build his Muslim monument where the attacks occured -we can ALL thank Obama & Hilary Clinton for that one. Yes, WE the TAX PAYERS are footing the Imam's traveling to the Mid-East & back. What a crock of sh*t! Obama is/has always been a Muslum; he only campaigned under Christian to get the votes and now all of a sudden, he wants America to welcome the Muslum religion when all the Mid-Eastern Muslums want to kill us all off. -Obama is nothing but a hypocrite. Glad America has finally awoken since the majority of Americans won't vote him in for a 2nd term. Obama will be nothing more than a 1 term Pres. I though Bush was bad but Obama is a complete joke. In the future, the text books will read that Obama was the worst President in history.

Everyone is upset with Congress but love their state senators and representatives. It's very humorous. Everyone sucks except my guy. (:^D

Dan....I have already written to all of mine and told them that no matter what they do, I will vote against them....my guys are no better and unfortunately I don't find much humor in that.

Well Kirk you are a very small minority because everyone I talk to has the opposite mentality. Unfortunately it seems no matter who you vote for we just get more of the same. A lot of nonsense talking points while nothing really ever gets done. Maximum redundancy is now in effect.

I'm sorry you can't find the humor in it all.

Shady, do you have a percentage on that?

kirby, give Shady a minute. He has to poll it!

Uh huh. . . you are so convincing.

Lincoln had his haters too...

HHM Sailor
....and Obama will go down in history as the worst Pres. of modern times. He is in the process of bankrupting this country.

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Not True, Sailor

President Obama ranks #15 and has only been in office less than 2 years.

Survey Says-- Obama 15th Best-- President Bush Among Worst!

http://politics.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/07/02/survey-ranks-obama-15th-best-president-bush-among-worst.html

Here's the full list*:

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. Theodore Roosevelt

3. Abraham Lincoln

4. George Washington

5. Thomas Jefferson

6. James Madison

7. James Monroe

8. Woodrow Wilson

9. Harry Truman

10. Dwight D. Eisenhower

11. John F. Kennedy

12. James K. Polk

13. William Clinton

14. Andrew Jackson

15. Barack Obama

16. Lyndon B. Johnson

17. John Adams

18. Ronald Reagan

19. John Quincy Adams

20. Grover Cleveland

21. William McKinley

22. George H. W. Bush

23. Martin Van Buren

24. William Howard Taft

25. Chester Arthur

26. Ulysses S. Grant

27. James Garfield

28. Gerald Ford

29. Calvin Coolidge

30. Richard Nixon

31. Rutherford B. Hayes

32. James Carter

33. Zachary Taylor

34. Benjamin Harrison

35. William Henry Harrison

36. Herbert Hoover

37. John Tyler

38. Millard Fillmore

39. George W. Bush

40. Franklin Pierce

41. Warren G. Harding

42. James Buchanan

43. Andrew Johnson

*There are only 43 ranking slots since Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th president; he left the White House only to return four years later for his second term.

Any student of history knows that ranking is a load of garbage. For instance, Lyndon Johnson got us further involved in Vietnam and got over 50,000 Americans killed. Bill CLinton was impeached for perjury, Woodrow Wilson was an internationalist who couldn't wait to get us into WWI.

This ranking was probably conducted with people who have no true info on history or what each president did. Even rankin Obama at all is silly since he is only half way through his term.

Where did this come from?

10 WORST PRESIDENTS OF ALL TIMES IN DESCENDING ORDER

http://www.usnews.com/listings/worst-presidents/james-buchanan

10. ZACHARY TAYLOR

9. (TIE) HERBERT HOOVER

9. (TIE) RICHARD NIXON

8. WILLIAM HARRISON

7. ULYSSES S. GRANT

6. JOHN TYLER

5. MILLARD FILLMORE

4. FRANKLIN PIERCE (Former First Lady of the United States Barbara Bush is a distant cousin.)

3. ANDREW JOHNSON

2. WARREN G. HARDING

1. JAMES BUCHANAN

Your sources seem to be in significant conflict with each other.

So they are garbage.