Two years ago, Bill Clinton was receiving blame for his wife losing the Democratic presidential nomination.
Now? He's the most popular political figure in the land, according to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Fifty-five percent view Clinton favorably, versus 23 percent who view him unfavorably.
By comparison, President Obama’s fav/unfav is 47-41; former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee’s is 26-25; House Minority Leader John Boehner’s is 14-17; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s is 12-18; former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney’s is 21-30; former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s is 24-35; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s is 15-32; former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin’s is 30-48; and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s is 22-50.
One of the main reasons for Clinton’s positive score is that he no longer remains a GOP target. In the survey, 47 percent of Republicans view the ex-president negatively, compared with 78 percent of them who view Obama negatively.
The full NBC/WSJ poll -- which was conducted of 1,000 adults from Sept. 22-26, and which has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points -- will be released at 6:30 pm ET.


Sarah Palin’s is 30-48; and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s is 22-50.
Race to the bottom...
Guess who?
She has that "dazed, doe-eyed, deer-in-headllights", look about her!
Cannot walk in even moderate highheels, but, does well in snow-shoes.
phony smile, phony demeanor, laced with very real ignorance.
A pig wearing lipstick, thrashing on the floor and speaking in tongues!
ya' betcha' >wink< >wink<
Denny - Pelosi? no, She wouldnt be a pig in lipstick, she would be a corpse in lipstick. The pig in lipstick has to be Palin.
But thats a tough one, they are both so close in their ineptude.
EH? denissr-1? Re-read the article please.
Polosi 22-50
What's more, your math is off...
Boehner has about 1:1.2 ratio
McConnell has a 2:3 ratio
Reed has about a 1:2 ratio
Polosi has about a 1:2.3 ratio
Note... the two Democrats have a ratio of approval less than 33%. That is terrible.
hey...danger....I found ya.....still spreading the word ???....love how your side keeps comparing the dems to people not even in office......pathetic.
I feel sorry for your keyboard, Dennis.
well ....I truly thank you for having so much concern for my keyboard.
More than I would ever give you, that's for damn sure.
oh....not that is just plain hateful......shame on you.
You can tell this country is in trouble when somebody with no useful facts about any issues concerning Our Country is going around Our Country being popular to Our Country's voters.
Facts or no facts, she's still popular. Start paying serious attention to her or you'll get blind-sighted. The problem with elections is that the two opposing sides loose sight of what they themselves are looking for in a candidate. I'm hardcore conservative... but the problem is that most politicians lie about their agenda. That's why, I look for quality of character, honesty, in a candidate above all else. Polosi's character is spiteful at best... and Obama has back-tracked on such a huge amount of his promises. I can say similar negatives about just about every other political figure (yes i know republicans are just as bad, but at the moment, the dems are front and center). What I believe defines someone is not so much what they do, but what they choose to refrain from doing. In this case, a candidate who will refrain from making unrealistic promises, or will refrain from making statements he/she doesn't believe in, is one whom I will take more seriously.
No surprise there. It is much easier to be popular when no longer in charge; for one thing the right wing media FOX is too busy spewing lies and targeting President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid to bother with former President Clinton.
yeah....it is all Fox's fault......ggggg
Perhaps if Bush had gotten a few hummers when he was in office, the economy as well as the entire world would be better off. With the posible exception of Kennedy, no preaident had the keys to the White House turned over to them with the nation in better shape than it was when Bush took over. And no president since FDR has the keys turned over to them with the nation in worse shape than President Obama.
Good Point Jody...
You know given President Clintons current approval ratings - maybe HE SHOULD replace Rahm Emmanual as COS...
Just a thought... not to mention the entertainment factor of watching the right wingers heads EXPLODE! lol
Clinton was a DLC corporate shill who sold out the middle class to make buddies with the repubs (Glass-Steagall anyone).
You know, one of the issues I have with the Democrats is the way the Clintons were treated-like lepers.
I have had conversations with Democratic women who would not support Hillary because she did not leave her husband.
Huh?
Whose business is it? And what, pray tell, does it have to do with running the country? Lord knows, she would have done a better job than Obama.
Just goes to show you-sexism is alive and well. The sad thing is that so many women participate in it.
looks like , any day now ,....bill is going to drop the bomb and start pushing for Hillary to run......again......ggggg
Well ya got to figure 80% of the 55% were about 10 years old back then......gggg....."Fifty-five percent view Clinton favorably, versus 23 percent who view him unfavorably"
Yeah, the country just can't get enough of an impeached, disbarred, cheating, womanizing, serial liar wagging his finger in our faces.
The guy is a walking, talking sitcom.
JoAnnaSmith1
If Bill Clinton is a sitcom, then the Republican Party is the 5:00 am traffic report on the local station in Minot, Maine.
Jo ANNA I assume you got these facts from FOX. What an Idiot!
Yea but 23 million jobs, left a operating surplus,
i know when he was president my income went up, on the other hand when Bush was president my income went down, i lost in the market, and on my paycheck, dispite the tax cuts you JoAnna love to talka bout and gas was 4.30 a gallon.
don't be a hater, if bush has created 23 million jobs, McCain would be president right now.
Joe Anna Smith1,
I have to hand it to you, you pick either the cheap shots or low ground, when you could have had the high ground with your comment, by first stating that Bill Clinton WAS the best president we ever had. Maybe you are missing Bush, is that the problem? 17,000 million unemployed, a failed corrupt financial system, millions of manufacturing jobs transported overseas, and guess what, the jobs sent overseas were subsidized by the U.S. taxpayers, supported by the tan man himself. You right wingers will have to slow down and rather than listen to Glen Beck and his insane garbage, you guys will need to learn how to read, then maybe you will finally get it correct.
Have a nice evening
dennispaul
hey...danger....I found ya.....still spreading the word ???....love how your side keeps comparing the dems to people not even in office......pathetic.
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Now try to find your gluteus maximus with both hands...and let's hope you do better there....it's right above your neck btw-
I am a democrat and you are pathetic in your overzealous labeling....try reading more than you post next time...
And Let's Hear it for President Clinton!
spoken like a true democrat......gggg...btw,.....Clinton is NOT the President.......ggg
You chose to ignore this one :
One more for Dangerfield and his point of view.... Please explain to me , in a thousand words or less, why you feel Clinton has NO responsiblity for what happened on 9/11 considering the following.....according to Woodward (Bush At War) , Clinton was so distrustful of the CIA that he made it his mission to GUT the budget to the point where it became useless in trying to collect human intelligence and even then , when the CIA did give Bill actionable intelligence he chose to ignore it AND on more than one occasion when the CIA and its operatives had Bin Laden in their sights at TARNAK FARMS he refused to pull the trigger because he was afraid of the political fallout due to the fact that he was preoccupied with the Monica affair.......hmmmmm.....that pesky Woodward guy just won't go away.....kind of like the truth.
Okay, Dennis? You're retarded. That's all there is to it - you're completely retarded. You make NO sense in your posts, you tow a particular viewpoint without displaying any ability to comprehend or consider opposing ones and you bring NOTHING to the discussion.
Please throw your computer out a window for all our sakes, yours especially.
spoken like ANOTHER Democrat....can't rise to the debate at hand sooooooo.....name calling begins.....pathetic.....btw,....what do you do , follow Dangerfield where ever he goes ???
My God. What are you, twelve?
dennis, what? I agree with exodite dragon, you are incoherent. Also, all presidents retain the title, even after leaving office. It is President Clinton always. For some reason I doubt you'd object to someone typing President Reagan or Governor Palin (even though it's my opinion she forfeited that title since she QUIT her elected responsibilities to make $ from Fox)...
all presidents retain the title, even after leaving office. It is President Clinton always.
You are correct...on all counts...:)
no kidding....man...you guys need to try and read for comprehension and satire....duh.....anyway ...twelve ??.....I haven't used the R word since I WAS twelve.....btw,......don't think your side would approve of you even using the R word anymore......google that topic....Einstein.
well if Palin forfeited her "title" than I guess Bill should do the same for being IMPEACHED.....oh,...forgot ....that is the fault of FOX news.....right ???
Nevermind, Dennis. It was a mistake of mine to assume I was talking to someone who possessed sapience in any measurable degree.
I'll be certain to ignore your meaningless drivel henceforth.
sapience ......wow....I am impressed....where did you find that fancy ass word.
ok, gotta respond to this moron. bill was impeached by the house for getting a hummer, and not the kind of hummer that was 75% tax exempt in the november 2002 Bush tax cuts... alas, he was not removed from office. speaking of tax cuts, the Feb 2001 tax cuts that are on the table now are a major reason we've gone so far into debt, now the Nov 2002 tax cuts were just to rub it in even more. if i hear anyone debating to save that one i'm going to hit them in the face with a frying pan.. hey dinnispaul, read more woodward.. he's got a new one.. no wait, don't. you'll just miss the point again..
oh, and WTF is ..gggggg.. ?
Bill's the BEST!
I agree with you, W
Bill and Hillary are both really sharp politicians and America was a better place because of them both
It's good to hear Bill giving us his take on what's happening.
And you know what- Colin Powell has been speaking to the country, too and he's been awesome- the ONLY Republican I would ever trust
I agree with you too even if don't have a dangerous name with Dragons.
Yes, let's go over his accomplishments:
Signed repeal of Glass-Steagall, furthering Reagan's deregulation agenda.
Signed the repub welfare reform.
NAFTA
GATT
No wonder repubs didn't like him; he was stealing their thunder.
Must have lifted the stain from her dress...
You can like bill clinton
You can dislike bill clinton
But one thing everybody can agree on
He was a lying, cheating, arrogant pos
Proud, you mean like all the presidents before and after him. He was no different than them. But stick to your guns anyway.
proud republican-1888838
When leaders from around the world met to discuss crucial issues, President Clinton was the smartest man in the room.
Ol'Bill sure managed to tamp down the rising terror threat of the Islamic fascists. What a guy! He did all that, and still found time to cruise the intern pool. Again, what a guy!
JoAnnaSmith1
He removed a tyrant on par with Saddam Hussein in Serbia and ended a genocide, without losing one American soldier. All the while Republicans were hounding him and arguing America shouldn't engage in "nation building." I agree, what a guy. PS If your memory fails you, there is this new time machine called The Internet.
Oh my gosh, you are delusional.
Sorry to have interfered with your dream world Amy.
Bill wasn't as arrogant as GDubya
And you are exactly right, Amy B
AND he didn't take us into two quagmires to do it
Oh my gosh, you are delusional.
Sorry to have interfered with your dream world Amy.
JS1-
What is the source of your disdain? Was the genocide not genocid-ey enough? Not enough RAPED?
Saddam better dressed? Better Mustache!?!
It was genocide. We helped end it and brought down Slobodan Milosevic-all over the objections of Sen Lott et al and without a single American casualty...
" Clinton sent a peacekeeping force of 20,000 American troops (part of a larger NATO deployment) into the region to enforce a cease-fire that was to be followed by free elections in September 1996. American and NATO troops enforced an uneasy settlement that stabilized war-torn Bosnia with no American casualties."
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/clinton/essays/biography/5
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If a narrow definition of genocide is used, as favoured by the international courts, then during the Srebrenica massacre between 8,000 and 9,000 Bosnian muslim (Bosniaks) men and boys were murdered and the remainder of the population (between 25,000–30,000, Bosniak women, children and elderly people) was forced to leave the area.
If a wider definition is used, then the number is much larger. For example in a statement on 23 September 2008 to the United Nations Dr Haris Silajdzic, as head of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Delegation to the United Nations, 63rd Session of the General Assembly, said that "According to the ICRC data,
200,000 people were killed, 12,000 of them children, up to 50,000 women were raped, and 2.2 million were forced to flee their homes. This was a veritable genocide and sociocide".[42]
More recently in October 2009, the Research and Documentation Center in Sarajevo published its findings and found 97,214 persons dead, of whom 57,529 were soldiers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Genocide
You can argue that Saddam was worse...but it is open to debate...
Amy,
Well you're wrong on a couple of things. We never went into Serbia, it's was Bosnia and then Kosovo. We did lose a couple of Soldiers. Here's the kicker, we are still in the Balkins 15 years later. Did you know this?
"He removed a tyrant on par with Saddam Hussein in Serbia and ended a genocide, without losing one American soldier."
Hey as soon as Fox News starts telling its mindless, sheep viewers that Clinton is a bad man the poll will change.
yeah....that FOX news is the most powerful thing in the solar system
For the people who watch it, it is.
wow....you know as much as FOX news.
And Fox knows as much about you
This conversation needs more muffins.
OK....how about this:
One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
dennispaul
He didn't mean invade Iraq ALONE, while waging war in Afghanistan, and cutting taxes to less than they were under Ronald Reagan.
Details, man, details.
Amy,.....we didn't invade iraq ALONE....details, lady, details. The tax cuts were all based on Economic projections from the CLINTON years....granted that didn't work out so well.
Alone Amy? Really? Well except for the votes in the Senate (77-23, with 29 Democrats) and in the House (297-123 with 86 Democrats). Multiple speeches from multiple Democrats supporting the invasion. 17 UN resolutions. A coalition of over a dozen other countries. Alone Amy? Come on. The kool-aide isn't that strong now is it?
You might think of doing the same sister.
JoAnna....17 UN resolutions IGNORED over and over for more than 10 years.
JoAnnaSmith1
"You forgot Poland"
Amy - you don't know much about history do you. Bush didn't cut rates below the rates that were in place under Reagan except for the very bottom bracket which under Bush went from 15% down to 10%. Now those folks don't pay in very much of the total tax burden but Dubya did give them a big tax cut. As for the votes that the Dems have run from on Iraq - it reminds me of the way the Dems are running from their votes of the Obama agenda right now. Anything to get elected. But you should know the Senate vote was 77-23. With Dirty Harry Reid and Hillary voting with Bush.
What does that mean? Poles have a good Army
"You forgot Poland"
How can Bill make a comeback ???......He never left....he made sure of that.
1000 people polled is only 0.0003% of the US Population (307 million) and that is an accurate depiction of voter sentiment? Puhleese. Until Polls include 20,000 people from each state they are nothing but pure speculation.
How far did you get in skool, oh wyze won?...
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=modalities+of+opinion+polling&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll
You're Welcome
adidas - I take it you didn't take statistics in college??? - I don't think its on the GED test.
Brilliant Dear Watson! Yes I have not taken Statistics 111 and have only 40 college credits under my belt. Add me to the College Dropout rate.
Fortunately I chose a career in IT where managers value experience over a Business degree. I am feeling the glass ceiling however and am working on getting an Associates. Now that i have an 18 month old child, I have no time to acquire a BS.
Back to my statement. Assuming that a poll if conducted a "large number of times" will garner the same results, in my uneducated opinion, is again pure speculation especially in this political environment.
wow just the thought is uneasy.......just no way...... his wife would have to get rid of the cheap clips!!!!
I'm tellin ya....Bills got the balls to start pushing Hillary in that direction ....bookmark it.
I think Hillary will resign SoS by the end of January and start running for Prez saying she had nothing to do with the Obummer agenda. She will be so far ahead by Feb 2012 that Obozo will drop out of the race.
damn....another possibility.
The "Super Pacs" ie American Coporations who the supreme court called citizens have chosen NOT to attack Clinton because he is not running for anything. These Super Pacs will determine who wins this years Election. They will have Billions of Dollars to spend on TV advertising and will be accountable to NO ONE. They can say anything they want reguardless of wheather it is true are not because they are protected by the First Admendment.
This will be the first Election in the History of the United States that will be bought by Pacs financing TV negetive advertising. We will be sick of the ads by November 1st and could take our Government back by expressing our discgust with the advertising. FOX will look like a good citizen by the time the Pacs finish with the Democratic candiates. The Networks will not report the truth because it is their best interest to accept the Negative advertising dollars.
that is why we need to do our own research.....all the news outlets are slanted one way or the other...ratings and $$$$$$
I couldn't stand dollar Bill Clinton back when but he looks pretty good compared to this moron that is in the WH right now. I also wouldn't trust the poll since it is from NBC. They are bought and paid for by the liberals.
Southern Boy
Since leaving office, Billie Bob Clinton probably had sex with half of those answering this poll.
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Well Bush screwed the entire nation, so I guess the man is entitled...:)
When all you can criticize about his presidency is the fact that the man was unfaithful in his MARRIAGE...
8 years of Peace, Prosperity and a balanced budget...and he RAISED taxes!!!
And their marriage SURVIVED , ENDURES and appears to be THRIVING...that must really make you mad...
eight years of peace ???.......really ???....ya want to go there ????
how about we start here :
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Yugoslavia/BillClintonsWar_Yugo.html
It was anything but peaceful during the Clinton years - we just stuck our head in the sand and didn't realize they were at war with us. Somalia, the 1st WTC bombing, the Khobar Tower, 2 Embassies blown up, the USS Cole. Then we go to the Balkans - where we are still at. Do I need to go on?????
Obama Free in O-13
You can go on if you like, but none of those was a war, was it? Let's see how do we define Peace?
In international relations, peacetime is the absence of any war or conflict.
Obviously not they way YOU are. It's okay to be still be so full of bile and spleen, I mean Clinton was and is the most skilled politician of my lifetime, so much smarter than his opposition that he co-opted their ideas and went on to win a SECOND TERM and picked up seats in his 2nd mid-terms..
That FORCED the OUSTED beaten vanquished republicans to VOTE HIS IMPEACHMENT AS LAME DUCKS...that must still BURN...
So I wish you well in that CDS support group and hope that rising bile doesn't keep you up nights...
right....and TECHNICALLY Vietnam was NOT a War....so according to YOUR definition of Peace there were NO conflicts either ................stop drinking the koolaide.
Go Bill....Go Obama...truth wars are all we need.
Such hatred spewed here. It seems that some on the right just can't give any credit at all or just say nothing when they don't like a story that puts anyone from the left in a positive light. I have to agree with retired61 on this one - truly knowledgeable people understand that the country's problems are derived from over thirty years of bad governance by both parties - mainly because of the influence of PAC's and the media. Dennispaul is exactly the kind of example of a person that would insist the earth is flat if it suited his personal political interest versus acknowledging that maybe he's a little off. Truly enlightened people don't act smalltime - even on blogs and newsvines.
Yeah...I just keep making this stuff up as I go along....better than drinking all that koolaid.......
Numerous military events occurred during Clinton's presidency. The Battle of Mogadishu also occurred in Somalia in 1993. During the operation, two U.S. MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by rocket-propelled grenade attacks to their tail rotors, trapping soldiers behind enemy lines. This resulted in an urban battle that killed 18 American soldiers, wounded 73 others, and one was taken prisoner. There were many more Somali casualties. Some of the American bodies were dragged through the streets – a spectacle broadcast on television news programs. In response, U.S. forces were withdrawn from Somalia and later conflicts were approached with fewer soldiers on the ground.
In 1995 U.S. and NATO aircraft attacked Bosnian Serb targets to halt attacks on U.N. safe zones and to pressure them into a peace accord. Clinton deployed U.S. peacekeepers to Bosnia in late 1995 to uphold the subsequent Dayton Agreement.
In response to the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa that killed a dozen Americans and hundreds of Africans, Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan. He was subsequently criticized when it turned out that a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan (originally alleged to be a chemical warfare plant) had been destroyed.
There is a lot more.....just go to wiki....it ain't that hard.....come on ,....I know you can do it....
Hillary has shown her total incompetence in foreign policy with her terrible handling of the ongoing saga in the middle east. She and Obama have thrown Israel under the bus, allowed Russia and China hegemony in the area and allowed every 3rd world tyrant to give us the middle finger. Hillary, ol' Billy and Obama all said they would never allow Iran to go nuclear on their watch-but they did! Now the whole world will suffer at some point in the future because of their incompetent and WEAK foreign policy of appeasement. Their foreign policy is non-existant and should be called the Kumbaya or Rodney King "Can't we just all get along" school of thought. Even though Hillary is an empty pant suit, with no accomplishments (just like Obama), he will have no choice but to throw Biden under the bus and bring Hillary up from the basement to run as his VP in 2012. Toghether they can win and we can have 2 incompetents for the price of one!!!
damn....didn't even think of that possibility ....Hillary for VP.....when Biden runs for the hills like Rahm......gggg
no wonder he is so loved, look at all of the good he does around the world and the 90s were great. check out my Bill Clinton blog http://adugan-billclintonblog.blogspot.com/
>>I also wouldn't trust the poll since it is from NBC. They are bought and paid for by the liberals.<<
Just in case you missed it --- it is NBC/ WALL STREET JOURNAL poll. The Wall Street Journal is owned by the same clown who owns Fox Noise.
Democrates can use some truth from the news media and they are starting to let some out.
It's a little late but even Big Corporate America cares about the middle class. They want us to work for them and buy their products.
And they are talking about Education Reform Again to get some of the lower middle class to vote for them.
No money....just lots of talking.
I would love to see a contest between Pelosi and Palin! That would be great. Palin would have to eat that momma grizzly bs and actually debate real issues with a brilliant woman and talented politician. I can see it now. Palin would rely on attacking San Francisco, because without a city to insult, like the GOP's attacks on Chicago, they have little to actually say. Meanwhile, Pelosi would bring forth the actual facts on any issue and demand that she attempt to refute the facts with substantive knowledge. Given Palin never reads newspapers, she would be adrift.
Palin reads Pat Bucanan columns. That should speak for itself.