24 thoughts on “Hope”

  2. Ratings tend to swing wildly due to a fickle American Public.

    Note your Savior:

    “Reagan’s ratings while in office rose and fell sharply with events. Approval peaked at 73 percent after he was wounded in a March 1981 assassination attempt, but tumbled to 42 percent in the early ’80s recessions (unemployment hit a 40-year high in 1982). It recovered to 70 percent in early 1986 as the economy improved, but then dived by 26 points in nine months during the Iran-Contra scandal.”

    Oh, and since we liberals love to compare and contrast with Bush, he was remarkably unpopular within his first 9 months…until the terrorist attack that apparently didn’t happen during his term.

  4. Well, Obama still needs to do something to raise those ratings. Screwing up health care isn’t going to cut it.

  5. Other than the use of the word “savior,” what’s idiotic about that comment? He makes a good point, doesn’t he? If you point to every polling fluctuation, in four months’ time you might just be complaining that everyone in America is suffering from an Obama Savior Complex or something. Polls fluctuate wildly…especially when you’re looking at four years of numbers.

  7. Incidentally, Ethan and Mark, do you know each other? I just find it interesting that you seem to commonly post in the same threads.

  11. Ever notice how Ethan and Mark always pop-up around the same time?

    Hmmmm…I wonder what Occam would say….

  12. Well, Obama still needs to do something to raise those ratings. Screwing up health care isn’t going to cut it.

    Actually, the polls for health reform are moving up. Sausage-making isn’t popular; sausage is.

    The main thing Obama will need to do to raise his approval rating is run for re-election, preferably without a major primary challenge. Bush did not succeed in “doing something” in 2004 — in fact it was during that year that it became clear that we were fighting a significant insurgency in Iraq — but Bush’s approval rating rose as he campaigned and voters considered the alternative of a Kerry presidency.

  13. Are you guys serious with this stuff? o.O

    If I had to make a guess, I’d say we both follow this site via RSS, and we find similar things worthy of comment.

  14. Q:How can you tell when Mark is full of shit? A:His lips are moving.

    “Oh, and since we liberals love to compare and contrast with Bush, he was remarkably unpopular within his first 9 months…until the terrorist attack that apparently didn’t happen during his term.”

    Apparently you also like being as wrong a a pervert who sticks his weiner into a sausage grinder or you like to lie like a cheap rug one or the other.

    http://www.slate.com/id/2139376/sidebar/2139409/

    Notice from election till 9/11, Bush’s popularity stays above 50%, in direct opposition to your moronic claim.

  17. I dunno I’m looking at the OP and I see no grand predictions being made that Obama will in fact fail in his reelection. This is merely bringing to light a current poll of adults who today, at this time, would not vote for Obama’s reelection. Therefore, it can indeed be extrapolated that voter’s remorse has set in. Obama’s administration would do well to take this very seriously and, oh I don’t know, actually start telling the truth and being straight with the people for a change. If this proves to be the case then I would assume that his favorability would indeed improve. However, I wouldn’t want to be an adviser in Obama’s administration right now seeing how difficult it is going to be to counter act the large amount of campaign fodder they have already provided to the opposition.

  19. Do you know Carl Pham, and Jim whatsisname?

    I wish I knew Carl. Sounds like he has some awesome parties. 😉

    Ethan, it’s just that most of the threads you post in, Mark posts in and vice versa. And three times just in this thread, Mark posts within a minute of you.

  20. Well rest assured, we’ve never met. Like I said, instant updates via RSS, combined with similar interests is the only explanation I can give you.

  21. I wish I knew Carl. Sounds like he has some awesome parties.

    I gather he makes a tight beer bong, and he’s not far from me. I suspect that should I appear at his crib one Saturday night with a keg and enough booty to go around, I would not be turned away.

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