So. Turns out maybe “hope and change” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be:
Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama’s leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
The survey also shows grave and growing concerns about the Gulf oil spill, with overwhelming majorities of adults favoring stronger regulation of the oil industry and believing that the spill will affect the nation’s economy and environment.
Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just one-third think the economy will get better over the next year, a 7-point drop from a month ago and the low point of Mr. Obama’s tenure.
Amid anxiety over the nation’s course, support for Mr. Obama and other incumbents is eroding. For the first time, more people disapprove of Mr. Obama’s job performance than approve. And 57% of voters would prefer to elect a new person to Congress than re-elect their local representatives, the highest share in 18 years.
The results show “a really ugly mood and an unhappy electorate,” said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC poll with GOP pollster Bill McInturff. “The voters, I think, are just looking for change, and that means bad news for incumbents and in particular for the Democrats.”
— Well, that depends. To those cynical Dem pragmatists who are all about power and their own jobs, sure, the news is bad — as it is for many GOP incumbents.
But for the true believers — the progressives, the liberal fascists, etc — the structural transformation of the US into a European-style soft socialist, middling power is nearly complete: federal control over industry has entrenched itself (unless the GOP suddenly grows a set, or is taken over by the Club for Growth), be it in mortgages, banking, auto-making, or healthcare — and the crisis in the Gulf has been spun in such a way that we’ll likely see more growth-strangling regulation on the oil industry, as well as the immediate and pressing “rationale” for all sort of green-energy initiatives and boondoggles.
— And really, once the left is able to fundamentally alter the structure of government — as well as our very epistemology (through perversions of language, control of education and the mainstream press — losing a few immediate elections while they wait for their new client state to take root is a small price to pay. As in Europe, once people become dependent on the government, they’ll begin more and more to vote “in their own economic best interests,” until eventually all the money runs out — or until the leadership emerges that is perhaps capable of turning the tides.
Of course, the true believers don’t see it that way. In their minds, it is they — using the power of their ideas and the force of their own genius — who will finally corral all the people into their proper pens, creating an American Utopia where things are run by the “good” and the “smart” (which, naturally, is at least partially defined by an affiliation with progressivism), and everyone will be happy in his historically-determined place in the social order.
Which, if that’s the ultimate end game, who cares about a few election losses in the meantime — particularly when you’ve got your opponents apologizing for their own ideological positions, and their opinion leaders counseling them to learn to keep their heads down and don’t say anything that might sound “controversial” to the progressive press, or the politically retarded…?
(h/t TerryH)
in the meantime also you have a majority of Americans thinking our failshit dirty socialist government what has done nothing but piss on itself during this whole accident is somehow competent enough to manage oil drillings better than oil companies.
Confidence waning? I was always confident that he would be horrific.
These are the same inept failshit losers what are now thinking they can manage oil drillings, no?
You fucking nailed it, Jeff.
The proles still want what they want unfortunately. The slow steady march to “comfort in stupidity” continues apace. When is Texas seceding? I’m there.
The voters, I think, are just looking for change, and that means bad news for incumbents and in particular for the Democrats.”
I believe that expression should be banned from politics. Forever and ever. If you’re political insight and voting disposition are limited to wanting “change” you shouldn’t be voting.
now if baracky could find some product placement for ACME™ products in his speeches the cartoon would be complete.
That’s there plan, happyfeet. Do you think the jug eared doofus in chief really gives a shit about debts? About deficits? Everything is going to plan. Liek Jeff said, so they lose a couple of elections. BFD. The slow steady path to the socialisms is linear and steep.
We’re having a nationwide Tea Party Nov. 2. All are invited.
OUTLAW!
History suggests that the hostile International Bolshevik elite who rule the USA aren’t going to be kind to White America.
Prepare!
Who is this Anne thingie?
I don’t think color has anything to do with this, Anne. It’s the hatred of all things capitalism that we’re seeing; completely color blind are the dirty socialists.
well, I should rephrase that. Dirty socialists use color and culture differences to affect CHANGE. Those of us who are capitalists first and foremost don’t care about color. Culture, now, that’s important, because capitalism flourishes in TANSTAAFL-aware people. Dirty socialists just want their palms greased.
he will ask you to sacrifice
politically retarded
I am pregnant with anticipation over what the reasonable men among us will have to say about that one.
#14 – shall we begin apologizing and distancing now, or wait for a “pragmatist” to instruct us…?
As the oil continues to GUSH. Obama says….”see!!!!, oil is bad, we need to change to my new MAGIC UNICORN ENERGY”.
Obama is angry and emotionally disturbed. He is both Marxist and Corrupt.
Capitalism is EVIL and BAD. Except when he Axelrod and Emanuel profit from it.
Oil is AWFUL HORRIBLE and EVIL. Until SOROS invests in it.
Obama may well believe in the fantasy of Marxism. He just doesn’t want to be a SUBJECT to it.
Oh, hey, LTC John, got back to it late but thanks for the answer on the McChrystal question I had.
DIRTY COMMYOONISTS ARE STEALING ARE WAY OF LIFE!!!!11
AJB – what? No link to some leftist drivel? You are slipping.
Better watch out AJB, progressives want to euthanize retards like you.
Either a nation is ruled by a dictator or it’s governed by the rule of law.
This is administration is a dictatorship who bypasses both houses under the guise of executive order making dictorial changes to existing laws by stealth and spends money against the wishes of the majority and pins that debt on that majority regardless of what the majority states publicly.
This is a rogue regeme that is out of control who cares not for the rule of law while turns a blind on eye on the Constitution and steps all over your Bill of Rights and Declaration of Indepenedence.
Obama rewards the lawless and punishes the law abiding. Someone needs to sit this administration down for a timeout most children need these timeouts and Obama is a child.
For all the whining and bullshit, you’ll notice Obama’s approval has been relatively stable – above 46% for the last several months, a higher approval than GW Bush carried for the last 3+ years of his presidency.
well when the nytwapocbsabcnbcmsnbcnprtimenewsweek propaganda machine is used against you it might effect your poll rating
or affect
the Associated Press propaganda whores got their marching orders in re: instill confidence
this is classic:
Businesses ramped up spending on big-ticket goods in 3 of the past 4 months, boosting recovery
here this is very instilly
a million plus funemployed people suddenly have no monies
OK, so Palin, the big gun for the GOP is toxic, and now the GOP is apologizing to BP! That is sure a recipe for success!
WaPost:
Commentators keep telling us how influential Sarah Palin’s endorsements are, and even if the whole “mama grizzly” meme is clearly overstated, there’s no quibbling with the fact that Palin has pull among GOP primary voters.
But the more interesting point to be made about Palin is how toxic she’s become among the broader electorate. In fact, buried in the internals of the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is an amusing number: A majority see a Palin endorsement as a clear negative.
The poll asked people how they’d respond if a Congressional candidate had various hypothetical attributes. Asked how they’d feel if a candidate were “endorsed by Sarah Palin,” the response was….
Enthusiastic about this attribute 8
Comfortable with this attribute 17
Have some reservations about this attribute 15
Very uncomfortable with this attribute 37
So a majority, 52%, reacted negatively. And an astonishing 37 percent would be “very uncomfortable” about a Palin endorsement, more than four times the eight percent who would be “enthusiastic” about it.
Even better, there were only two attributes a candidate might have that were seen as worse than a Palin endorsement: Supporting Bush’s economic policies; and supporting the elimination of various Fe
…and supporting the elimination of various Federal agencies and/or Social Security.
people who say such things are faggots
I think that is correct about Sarah Palin being toxic in the broader electorate and I think most people understand that she is generally considered to be at least a somewhat annoying person.
annoying kind of like how the 4 hour energy guy with the freaky sideburns is annoying but with more twang
sorry 5 hour energy guy he’s so fucking annoying the correct number of hours can’t penetrate the fog of his annoyingness
I would guess the poll is bolstered about 10-15%.
The mediot press is still carrying his water, but cracks are appearing in the Liberal veneer.
Was rather humerus, watching the Obamamies tap dancing around the McChrystal firing, and just plain head-fucked when he announced Betray-us. One reporter even yelled out the question “Is the war winnable”. Unthinkable even three months ago.
Rodham probably threw up a little in the back of her throat. Any staff even thinks the words “suspend disbelief” will be on the street before lunch.
Sometime in the last two years, it must have occurred to ~O~ that organizing the country is not quite the same thing as running numbers on the lower East side.
Willie, cat-serenading hilljack, still can’t figure out blockquotes, quotation marks or links. The use of a colon was a positive first step though.
Try this:
From Greg Sargent, The Plum Line, WaPo:
You also took away his bold and added your own, without noting it, Willie.
Tenure!
Where’s “Jeff”?
You can always tell the candidates the Libs are truly in fear of by watching who they attack with the most intensity.
oh dispare throwing make work people into the streets
speaking of the moosehunter with fake tits:
My Page Name
oh despair
Businesses ramped up spending on big-ticket goods in 3 of the past 4 months, boosting recovery
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
Willie: STFU. The Dems are going to get slaughtered in November, Palin or no Palin. Note that long line of Dems forming to get endorsed by Obama? LOL!
Yes, its getting pretty ugly out there. Even Harry’s own son won’t use his fathers name in his commercials for his run for governor.
Remember the plagiarism I busted “Jeff” on in that other thread?
Willie uses the exact same quote (this time with attribution) in the latest post at his blog. And the racist hilljack still can’t figure out how we know when it’s him behind the latest sockpuppet.
“Even Harry’s own son won’t use his fathers name in his commercials for his run for governor.”
That may be kinda sweet of the kid though, no? That is, maybe he’s looking out for his pop and attempting to keep the old man’s name from besmirchment in association with himself? Could go either way.
[…] “Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook” […]
Breaking: Palin settles ethics complaint on legal defense fund
Headline should read:
Illegal Sarah Palin defense fund must return $400.000 in donations/b>
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O0AG20100625
Hot Air is bullshit … that is if you want reality
nice try bh. I AM everywhere.
I sure wish we had someone who would somewhat annoy Ahmadinejad.
Actually, Willie, I’d very much like to encourage you.
Good times.
Has this “William” gotten into cynn’s wine stash? “I am everywhere”? Does he think he is Legion? I would hate to break it to him but whe already have a mentally ill commenter (Kate) so the position has already been filled.
Yeah, they ramped up spending so much that the government had to revise GDP downward for the third time to 2.7%.
william lies again.