CBS POLL: President Obama's Approval Stays High (64%), despite his handling of AIG bonuses.

[jefferson_dem]

Forty-two percent of those surveyed disapprove of the president’s handling of the AIG bonuses, while roughly the same percentage - 41 percent - approve. Another 17 percent don’t know or aren’t sure.

Yet President Obama’s overall job performance rating appears unaffected by the AIG fallout. Sixty-four percent approve of the president’s performance, roughly the same as last week.

And ratings for the president’s handling of the overall economy are actually up slightly: Sixty-one percent now approve, up from 56 percent last week.

The poll numbers can be explained in part by the fact that most Americans do not think there was much the Obama administration could have done about the bonuses. Only 12 percent think the administration had a lot of control over the payouts, while more than half say the administration had little or no control.

Even so, 56 percent of Americans say the administration ought to have found some way to stop the bonuses from being paid out. Thirty-four percent said it should not have.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/23/opinion/polls/main4886328.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories/div]

FULL POLL RESULTS HERE - http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Mar09b-AIG.pdf

[ecstatic]

1. TeflObama :)

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Oh, lordy, don't start that nickname. We don't need to dredge up that particular past.

[Clio the Leo]

4. I've been reminded of that comparison they made with Reagan...

..... but I think whatever the President is coated with makes what Reagan had look like double-sided tape.

[freddie mertz]

3. Maybe people are smart enough to consider the alternatives

After all the bloviating and posturing last week, Obama just looks better.

I'm no fan of his specific economic programs, per se, but I do hope that that I'm wrong and that something good comes from them.

It's all we have right now, really.

[Jennicut]

5. Obama needs to try as many different things as he can. The time

to try anything is right now when people will let him.

[Beetwasher]

6. Hee Hee, They Can't Touch Him!

Try as they do, he's leagues ahead of the bullshit.

[FrenchieCat]

7. But they sure in the hell can try! They are just getting started, and

we must not lose sight of that.

He's only been in a little over two months......his detractors still have another 3 years and 9.8 months!