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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:29 PM Jan 2016

Poll: Obama’s approval rating is back over 50 percent; Hillary Running on Obama Legacy

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/18/1471313/-Poll-Obama-s-approval-rating-is-back-over-50-percent-Hillary-Running-on-Obama-Legacy

By Zeta Retuculi

Hillary Clinton was smart to praise President Obama at every opportunity at yesterday’s debate in South Carolina. The President’s approval are on the upswing. Both Gallup and Rasmussen daily tracking have him at 49 and now the Washington Post / ABC News poll has him at 51%.

“A bare 51 percent majority of the public approves of President Obama's job performance in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, while 45 percent disapproves. Although tepidly positive, those are Obama's best numbers since May 2013 in Post-ABC surveys.

Obama's rebound is more striking compared with one year ago. Last October, just before Democrats' major losses in the 2014 midterm elections, his approval ratings ranged between 40 percent and 43 percent — the lowest of his presidency. "Strong" disapproval of Obama outpaced strong approval by a roughly 2-to-1 margin.

Today, not only is his approval rating up 11 points from its lowest point, but strong opinions of him are more closely divided; 35 percent strongly disapprove, while 28 percent strongly approve.”

www.washingtonpost.com/…

Good for Hillary to point out Bernie’s efforts back in 2011 to look for primary challenger to President Obama.

It will be hard for Bernie to appeal to African-Americans with his constant dissing of President Obama by talk of revolution.
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Poll: Obama’s approval rating is back over 50 percent; Hillary Running on Obama Legacy (Original Post) MrWendel Jan 2016 OP
Of all the things I am proud of, standing with Barack and Hillary makes me the proudest. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #1
Ditto and this is why she will win the nomination and the White House. leftofcool Jan 2016 #2
She wants a Syrian no fly zone and to place more sanctions on Iran. floriduck Jan 2016 #3
Obama admin put more sanctions on Iran yesterday emulatorloo Jan 2016 #5
No fly zone? floriduck Jan 2016 #6
No. Still doesn't prove your point. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #8
What a leap that was. floriduck Jan 2016 #21
It would be insulting to him and her to suggest they are a clones of one another. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #7
Only on individuals and some corporations, not the nation. JRLeft Jan 2016 #20
well, you know what they say about pride. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #9
I believe the quote is more about vanity. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #10
Ahh yes, an epoch in the history of the Political Revolution! I get it now. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #11
The revolution was breaking the color barrier of the American presidency./nt DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #13
Nope, that was much needed and belated evolution. The revolution however has just begun. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #14
More of a revolution. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #15
We had forty four non white presidents? Do tell. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #16
I made a mistake. Thank you in for bringing it to my attention. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #17
No thanks necessary. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #18
I approve of Pres. Obama and I will vote or Bernie. Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #4
Yep, Obama did well. Hopefully Bernie will do even better. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2016 #19
and Paul Krugman supports HRC healthcare view. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2016 #22
Watch how fast she runs in the other direction if his numbers go down. Punkingal Jan 2016 #23
too busy watching dems devour themselves. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2016 #24
 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
3. She wants a Syrian no fly zone and to place more sanctions on Iran.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:37 PM
Jan 2016

How exactly does she support the president with those concepts, especially after the recent compliance by Iran? She tends to say one thing and do the opposite.

emulatorloo

(43,982 posts)
8. No. Still doesn't prove your point.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:47 PM
Jan 2016

that somehow HRC secretly hates Obama.

fwiw, HRC is not the candidate who wanted someone to primary Obama in 2011.

 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
21. What a leap that was.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 06:18 PM
Jan 2016

Do you see the word hate anywhere in my post? You used it, not me. I said she is not totally on board with Obama's policies. And that is a correct statement. Stop making crap up.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,706 posts)
7. It would be insulting to him and her to suggest they are a clones of one another.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:41 PM
Jan 2016

"If you have two people who always agree, one is unnecessary."

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,706 posts)
10. I believe the quote is more about vanity.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:57 PM
Jan 2016

I am humbled to share an epoch with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,706 posts)
15. More of a revolution.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 03:07 PM
Jan 2016

Forty four presidents, the preceding forty three white.
That is a radical departure from the past.


But if you want to place any of the current field on the same plane as Barack Obama that is certainly your right.




on edit- original sentence:

The first out of forty non white presidents in forty four attempts was a radical departure from the past.

edited sentence:

Forty four presidents, the preceding forty three white. That's a radical departure from the past.




A special thanks to a fellow denizen of this board for pointing out my error.







DemocratSinceBirth

(99,706 posts)
17. I made a mistake. Thank you in for bringing it to my attention.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 03:13 PM
Jan 2016

I will edit it and cite you.





Yours truly,
DSB

Response to MrWendel (Original post)

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,998 posts)
22. and Paul Krugman supports HRC healthcare view.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 06:21 PM
Jan 2016
The question for progressives — a question that is now central to the Democratic primary — is whether these failings mean that they should re-litigate their own biggest political success in almost half a century, and try for something better.


http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/18/paul-krugman-hillary-bernie-wrong-healthcare.html

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,998 posts)
24. too busy watching dems devour themselves.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 06:28 PM
Jan 2016

I've been there too many times.

President Eugene McCarthy
President Ralph Nader
President Jerry Brown

and on an on. Had we fallen into a depression, Sanders would have across the aisle appeal.

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