Obama's approval rating over 50% following bin Laden mission
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[url]http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/158907-obamas-approval-rating-jumps-into-positive-territory[/url]
[list][*][url=http://people-press.org/2011/05/03/public-relieved-by-bin-ladens-death-obamas-job-approval-rises/]A Pew Research Center poll[/url] released today found that 56% of Americans now approve of how President Obama is handling his job, while just 38% said they disapproved. [url=http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/cnn-poll-bin-laden-killing-gives-obama-boost-on-terrorism-afghanistan-approval/]Another poll for CNN[/url] found 52% approval against 43% disapproval.
[*]The result is a marked change from polls conducted before the announcement of Osama bin Laden's killing, which had consistently shown that slightly more people disapproved of Obama's Presidency than approved of it.
[*]Pew also found that approval of Obama's handling of Afghanistan was at 60%, up from 43% in April, and approval of his counter-terrorism actions were at 69%, up from 55% in April.[/list]
[quote=The Hill]President Obama's approval rating jumped into positive territory, according to polls done Monday after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Fifty-six percent of Americans said they approved of how Obama was handling his job, up nine points since last month, according to a Pew Research Center/Washington Post poll released Tuesday. Thirty-eight percent of U.S. adults said they still disapproved of Obama's job performance, while six percent said they didn't know.
A CNN/Opinion Research poll showed a more modest bump for Obama, but still had his approval rating in positive territory. Fifty-two percent of Americans said they approve of the way Obama is handling his job in that poll, up one point from over the weekend, but up four points from early April.
Obama enjoyed dramatic bumps in how Americans' see his handling of the situation in Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism in the Pew poll. Sixty percent favorably rated the president's handling of the situation in Afghanistan, up 17 points from Pew's early April poll. Obama's numbers on the threat of terrorism similarly jumped; 69 percent of Americans said they approve of the president's work to combat terrorism, up from 55 percent last month.
Like the Pew poll, Obama's numbers on the situation in Afghanistan and terrorism jumped in the CNN poll. The president got a seven-point bounce on both Afghanistan and terrorism.


The president is still plagued by stronger disapproval numbers on his handling of the economy and U.S. debt, which drag down his overall approval rating. Fifty-six percent of Americans said in the CNN poll that they disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy, and 61 percent said they disapproved of his handling of the federal budget deficit.
It's not clear how long Obama's bounce, which many strategists in both parties had expected, will last. While both parties spar over whether Obama and his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, deserve credit for bin Laden's weekend assassination in Pakistan, the Pew poll made clear that the military and the CIA enjoy the credit in most Americans' minds.
Eighty-six percent of Americans said the military deserves a "great deal of credit" for bin Laden's killing, and 66 percent said the same of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies.
Obama and Bush received less credit. Thirty-five percent of respondents said Obama deserved a great deal of credit, 41 percent said he deserved some, 13 percent said he deserved not much, and eight percent said Obama deserved none at all. By contrast, 15 percent said Bush deserved a great deal of credit, 36 percent said he deserved some, 15 percent said he deserved not much, and 31 percent said he deserved none at all.
The Pew poll, conducted May 2, has a 4.5 percent margin of error. The CNN poll, also conducted Monday, has a 3.5 percent margin of error.[/quote]
Interesting twist to the whole situation.
People are stupid as shit. They've been chasing Bin Laden for 10 years now, I doubt Obama really did that much to intensify the chase. In a couple of weeks it'll drop again when all the people who can't think forget about Bin Laden.
[QUOTE=sp00ks;29593728]People are stupid as shit. They've been chasing Bin Laden for 10 years now, I doubt Obama really did that much to intensify the chase. In a couple of weeks it'll drop again when all the people who can't think forget about Bin Laden.[/QUOTE]
Well, he must have approved the operation as far as I know. In any case, I'd be more comfortable with Obama in office for the next few years than any of his republican opponents.
[QUOTE=sp00ks;29593728]People are stupid as shit. They've been chasing Bin Laden for 10 years now, I doubt Obama really did that much to intensify the chase. In a couple of weeks it'll drop again when all the people who can't think forget about Bin Laden.[/QUOTE]
Didn't he say that he made getting Bin Laden the number one goal or something like that?
[QUOTE=demoguy08;29593802]Well, he must have approved the operation as far as I know. In any case, I'd be more comfortable with Obama in office for the next few years than any of his republican opponents.[/QUOTE]
The development that occured to lead to Osama was approved by Obama. It has his writing all over it.
[QUOTE=Explosions;29593819]Didn't he say that he made getting Bin Laden the number one goal or something like that?[/QUOTE]
Yeah in his (first) statement about this he said that shortly after taking power he made capturing or killing Bin Laden the number one goal in the war on terror.
"Obama hasn't done anything."
Well just now he killed a bad guy.
For many people that's apparently enough.
Yeah none of the work leading up to the killing of osama was done under bush, as far as i know it was all in obamas term.
This has certainly been a great week for him.
I once thought Obama was a pussy but now that he killed Osama, I feel I can stand behind him again.
[b]USA! USA! USA![/b]
It's because all of the republicans are now happy that Obama "TOOK OUT THAT GERD DERNNED TERRORISTS! USA! USA! WE MADE THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE YEEHAW!"
Y'know, at least until the retaliation attack is worse than 9/11 and they all blame Obama for it.
[QUOTE=Garrus.;29594200]It's because all of the republicans are now happy that Obama "TOOK OUT THAT GERD DERNNED TERRORISTS! USA! USA! WE MADE THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE YEEHAW!"
Y'know, at least until the retaliation attack is worse than 9/11 and they all blame Obama for it.[/QUOTE]
You..Take..That...Back... >:{
Still a lot of time between now and next November. People will forget about this soon enough, and the Republican propaganda machine never rests.
Obama will probably win in 2012, but only because Republicans can't seem to find a good candidate.
Donald Trump is an idiot, and he is their most popular guy right now.
If the Republicans run Buddy Roemer then I will vote for him even though I voted for Obama in 2008.
But the rest of the Republican candidates suck.
[url]http://buddyroemer.com/[/url]
can't wait to see how fox will twist that
[QUOTE=Explosions;29593819]Didn't he say that he made getting Bin Laden the number one goal or something like that?[/QUOTE]
He said a lot of things.
[editline]3rd May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=demoguy08;29593802]Well, he must have approved the operation as far as I know. In any case, I'd be more comfortable with Obama in office for the next few years than any of his republican opponents.[/QUOTE]
I'd be more comfortable with Obama in office for the next few years than any republican.
I'm almost sure it'll bump up again if they decide to release the photos.
It would stop a lot of people from creating stupid conspiracy theories.
"Obama sed they dun dropped the body in the oshean but us TRUE AMERICANS know that he's keepin him hidden away as part of his seekret muslim terrorist plot!"
I'll vote for him. The last thing I want is one of the tea party republicans to get elected.
I don't even wanna think about what that would be like.
[QUOTE=I_Forgot;29594696]I'll vote for him. The last thing I want is one of the tea party republicans to get elected.
I don't even wanna think about what that would be like.[/QUOTE]
[I]"You're fired America! China ge' ova' 'ere!"[/I]
Donald Trump is Nixon with a bad wig.
And more money
Donald Trump is the purest form of a republican.
A rich, white businessman.
Fun fact: obama did not kill osama, some soldiers did.
[QUOTE=Lazore;29594864]Fun fact: obama did not kill osama, some soldiers did.[/QUOTE]
and Obama gave the order for them to do so.
and I'm Charlie Sheen. Winning!
Seriously though, this will probably get Obama relected
[QUOTE=Verdana;29594744]Donald Trump is Nixon with a bad wig.
And more money[/QUOTE]
Except Nixon was arguably one of the best presidents America ever had.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;29594142]Yeah none of the work leading up to the killing of osama was done under bush, as far as i know it was all in obamas term.
This has certainly been a great week for him.[/QUOTE]
I've heard they were following this particular trail for four years, but just a year ago it started to actually yield results. Until finally:
[i]"Mr. President we have reason to believe Osama is hiding in a compound outside Islamabad, should we go after it?"[/i]
[i]"Yes."[/i]
Although I find it really hard to believe that [i]nobody[/i] knew he was hiding in plain sight, yards away from a fucking Military Academy. Surely he was paying people to keep their mouth shut.
[editline]3rd May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=The mouse;29595037]Except Nixon was arguably one of the best presidents America ever had.[/QUOTE]
Oh boy here we go.
[QUOTE=demoguy08;29593802]Well, he must have approved the operation as far as I know. In any case, I'd be more comfortable with Obama in office for the next few years than any of his republican opponents.[/QUOTE]
Of course he did. What was he going to do? Deny them permission to go after him even though they were almost positive he was there? Any President would have done it.
[QUOTE=Lazore;29594864]Fun fact: obama did not kill osama, some soldiers did.[/QUOTE]
Osama didn't kill millions of people either, his men did.
So?
By that logic even Hitler was a good guy.
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[QUOTE=Zeke129;29595179]I've made it so you can't be denied coverage by your health insurance company.
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Hey bros just saved the economy from total collapse.
[b]What the fuck bailouts?? You're Kenyan get out![/b]
Just did some financial reform. Banks shouldn't be able to screw us over as easily anymore guys!
[b]Sounds like some kind of communism to me Obongo[/b]
A guy died.
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this is what the media does to people
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