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This happened a little over a year ago:
It’s Zbigniew Brzezinski, a.k.a. Mika’s pop, making as tin-eared a gaffe as you’re ever likely to hear from an elder statesman. The very last president Democrats want Obama being compared to on morning television ahead of the midterms is Carter, and the very last word they want used to make that comparison is the one for which Jimmeh will forever be remembered (even though he never actually uttered it during the famous “malaise” speech). Is Brzezinski so clueless about his own boss’s legacy and liberals’ sensitivity to it as to stumble into this choice of phrase, or is he obliquely drawing the comparison deliberately for whatever insane reason? Lucky for him and his party that he’s as relatively obscure now as he is; had a more prominent Dem said this, the RNC’s soundbite machine would be in hog heaven.
As for the Great Organizing Idea that America is looking for, it should be “retrenchment.” The country’s tired of being overextended fiscally and in theaters of war, so cutting waaaaay back on both would probably be a winner. “We need to regroup” is clunky as far as political slogans go but I bet it’d touch a chord. The One can’t do that, though, or rather, he won’t do it; as he said last week of his last statist agenda, “I know it doesn’t poll well. But it’s the right thing to do for America.” Guess we’ll have to wait for Carter’s successor — er, I mean, Obama’s successor — for that. Click the image to watch.
Then, there's this:
The writer looks for a precedent of a president with low economic approval ratings diverging from his own approval ratings, and finds one in George H.W. Bush; Bush's approval ratings were 70% or higher following the huge success of the Gulf War, but even then, only 36% approved of his handling of the economy.
Eventually his approval rating collapsed.
Go read the whole thing.
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Video: Jimmy Carter’s NSA actually uses the word “malaise” to describe national mood under Obama
This happened a little over a year ago:
It’s Zbigniew Brzezinski, a.k.a. Mika’s pop, making as tin-eared a gaffe as you’re ever likely to hear from an elder statesman. The very last president Democrats want Obama being compared to on morning television ahead of the midterms is Carter, and the very last word they want used to make that comparison is the one for which Jimmeh will forever be remembered (even though he never actually uttered it during the famous “malaise” speech). Is Brzezinski so clueless about his own boss’s legacy and liberals’ sensitivity to it as to stumble into this choice of phrase, or is he obliquely drawing the comparison deliberately for whatever insane reason? Lucky for him and his party that he’s as relatively obscure now as he is; had a more prominent Dem said this, the RNC’s soundbite machine would be in hog heaven.
As for the Great Organizing Idea that America is looking for, it should be “retrenchment.” The country’s tired of being overextended fiscally and in theaters of war, so cutting waaaaay back on both would probably be a winner. “We need to regroup” is clunky as far as political slogans go but I bet it’d touch a chord. The One can’t do that, though, or rather, he won’t do it; as he said last week of his last statist agenda, “I know it doesn’t poll well. But it’s the right thing to do for America.” Guess we’ll have to wait for Carter’s successor — er, I mean, Obama’s successor — for that. Click the image to watch.
Then, there's this:
ABC's The Note Asks: How Much Longer Can Obama's Approval Rating Defy Political Gravity?
Interesting piece, excerpted at Hot Air, hitting on the preference cascade effect I keep predicting. (And you know my stellar record on predictions.)Psychologists talk about “cognitive dissonance,” the tension that people feel when their thoughts are inconsistent with one another. In this case, it’s feeling as if the president is doing a pretty lousy job on the economy, but still giving him decent (though not glowing) marks when it comes to his overall presidency. At some point, psychologists will tell you, relief from the tension comes only when you try to restore consistency.Something has to give; one rating has to movie, eventually, to more closely match the other.
The writer looks for a precedent of a president with low economic approval ratings diverging from his own approval ratings, and finds one in George H.W. Bush; Bush's approval ratings were 70% or higher following the huge success of the Gulf War, but even then, only 36% approved of his handling of the economy.
Eventually his approval rating collapsed.
Go read the whole thing.
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The First Muslim President From Politico: President Barack Obama’s approval rating is higher among Muslims than any other religious group, a new poll says. According to a Gallup poll released Friday that tracked responses for the first six months...
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The Nation today rushed to defuse comparisons of Obama to J Carter, by defending Carter and his ‘malaise’.Republicans love to compare Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, for no apparent reason other than that Carter was the last Democratic one-term president....
-
CNSNews: Gallup: Obama’s Approval Highest Among Muslims—78 Percent Friday, August 27, 2010 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief While President Barack Obama’s overall approval rating averaged 48 percent for the first seven months of 2010, it was...
- Obama's Poll Numbers Worse Than The Outgoing Bush Numbers
Obama Jumps The Shark: Actually, it's one point worse than President Bush's final job approval at the beginning of January 2009: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly...
- Power Is A Beast - Does Bush Have Any Authority Left? Could He Order An Attack On Iran?
As we all know, Bush's approval ratings are in the toilet, and about to be flushed. How bad is it? Well, Tom Van Dyke of The Reform Club puts it all in perspective: Poll Gives Bush His Worst Marks Yet So sayeth the NYT headline. OK, though a bit...