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Obama Approval Down to 50%

Only 38% approve of his handling of health care, a Quinnipiac poll shows

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2009 2:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama’s approval rating took another dip this week, as health care reform and the deficit continue to trouble some Americans, Bloomberg reports. Exactly half the registered voters surveyed said they approve of the job Obama is doing, according to a Quinnipiac poll released today. That's down from an approval rating of 57% in late June; 42% disapprove, up from 33%.

Voters disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy, 49% to 45%, and object to his handling of health care reform, 52% to 38%. On foreign policy, 52% like the job Obama’s doing, and 38% don’t. A “willingness to give him the benefit of the doubt is, among some voters, evaporating,” said the assistant director of the Quinnipiac polling institute.

President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

President Barack Obama speaks at Monaco RV manufacturing in Wakarusa, Ind. Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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SilenceDogood

Aug 8, 2009 12:18 PM CDT

A good point, however I do not place blame for this economy on any one party. It was under Clinton when the Glas-Stegal Act was repealed allowing banks to morph into risky financial institutions; however Clinton had a Republican Congress. It was Carter, Clinton and Bush that pushed for lower loans standards so that everyone could own a home. The obvious resultant is today’s debacle of sub-prime lending. America is by nature a conservative nation, Barack Obama is by nature a transformationalist, these two are in my opinion incompatible. Barack wants to remake this nation, this nation will resist change. Barack was elected because he said nothing, he allowed people to fill in his blank lines with their own thoughts. It was a brilliant but dangerous ploy. Now he MUST fill in the answers on how to correct the issues at hand. He has none, he is a butterfly in the wind; he is a freshman congressman attempting to wrestle monster issues with a transformationalist perspective. How can we remake this situation to make America better? Nice thought, but as every President learns, Washington has a life of its own and thwarts all attempts to change it.

Fondue

Aug 8, 2009 8:50 AM CDT

Yeah, that's why Obama's at 58% today - he's trending down?

NewserScooter

Aug 8, 2009 3:23 AM CDT

But Pompeii was destroyed in a day!

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