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First Thoughts: A turning point for Obama?
By NBC’s Chuck Todd, Domenico Montanaro, Brooke Brower, and Natalie Cucchiara
*** A turning point for Obama? Six months of positive to semi-positive economic news is starting to have an impact with the American public, according to the latest NBC/WSJ poll. And that uptick is benefitting President Obama. This poll showed important one-year highs on the direction of the economy. By a 37%/17% margin people said it would better in a year vs. worse. That’s a seven-point jump in a month and a 16-point improvement from October. Right track, wrong direction is still just 30%/61%, but that right direction number’s an 8-point boost from a month ago, a 13-point bounce from October. And -- excluding the bin Laden bump in May -- the right track is the highest it’s been since February 2011.
Obama in positive territory for first time in six months: The president’s approval rating is at 48%/46%, the highest since June. There have been upticks like this before and the White House won’t be celebrating – remember, when there appeared to be “green shoots” in 2011 or 2010, something out of the president’s control -- whether it was the BP oil spill, the Greek debt crisis, or the Arab Spring -- derailed that optimism. But this poll does feel different. The positive economic data has been on a more consistent trend.
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LadyJazzer wrote: If I want lies, I'll watch a Republican debate...
Obama's so-called lies from the right-wing, are music to my ears...
First Thoughts: A turning point for Obama?
By NBC’s Chuck Todd, Domenico Montanaro, Brooke Brower, and Natalie Cucchiara
*** A turning point for Obama? Six months of positive to semi-positive economic news is starting to have an impact with the American public, according to the latest NBC/WSJ poll. And that uptick is benefitting President Obama. This poll showed important one-year highs on the direction of the economy. By a 37%/17% margin people said it would better in a year vs. worse. That’s a seven-point jump in a month and a 16-point improvement from October. Right track, wrong direction is still just 30%/61%, but that right direction number’s an 8-point boost from a month ago, a 13-point bounce from October. And -- excluding the bin Laden bump in May -- the right track is the highest it’s been since February 2011.
Obama in positive territory for first time in six months: The president’s approval rating is at 48%/46%, the highest since June. There have been upticks like this before and the White House won’t be celebrating – remember, when there appeared to be “green shoots” in 2011 or 2010, something out of the president’s control -- whether it was the BP oil spill, the Greek debt crisis, or the Arab Spring -- derailed that optimism. But this poll does feel different. The positive economic data has been on a more consistent trend.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... -for-obama
Is it all good news? Nah... Not yet... But the more Abbott & Costello trash each other in GOP primaries, and the better the jobs & economy numbers look, the less likely it is that Obama is going to lose. If the choice boils down to Newt vs. Mitt, you guys are so screwed...
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BearMtnHIB wrote: LJ- Thank you for you're socialist response.
Here's a few more "truths" about Obama the messiah.
HISTORIC "FIRSTS" FOR OUR PRESIDENT!
First President to refuse to show a valid Birth Certificate,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to have a social security number from a state he's never lived in,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to preside over a cut to the credit rating of the United States Government,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to violate the War Powers Act,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to orchestrate the sale of murder weapons to Mexican drug cartels, ,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to defy a federal judge's court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to spend a trillion dollars on "shovel-ready" jobs--and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his Union supporters,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to bypass Congress and implement the DREAM Act through executive fiat,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to demand a company hand over $20 billion to one of his political appointees,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to terminate America 's ability to put a man into space,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First president to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce It,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak out on the reasons for their rate increases,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state they are allowed to locate a factory,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN, etc),
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to propose an executive order demanding companies disclose their political contributions to bid on government contracts,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to appoint 45 "czars" to replace elected officials in his office,
How many czars did President George W Bush appoint?
Bush had a total of 36 positions (many temporary) filled by a total of 46 different individuals over the years, of which 21 were confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The number of 46 is still highly objectionable, as some of the alleged czars were only nicknamed czars by media outlets. For instance the Director of National Intelligence was a position created by Congress, that required President Bush to fill. The Homeland Security "czar" was a temporary position until the Dept. of Homeland Security was formally created and funded. At least two other czars were appointed to serve emergency and temporary positions; Federal Coordinator of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort, and Special coordinator to respond to health effects of September 11 attacks.
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to play golf 73 separate times in his first two-and-a-half years in office,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to hide his medical, educational, and travel records,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to coddle America 's enemies while alienating America 's allies,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to publicly bow to America 's enemies while refusing to salute the US flag,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to go on multiple global apology tours,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to go on 17 "vacations", including "'date nights" paid for by the taxpayer,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to trade books with dictator Hugo Chavez, and then pat each other on the back,
BearMtnHIB wrote: First President to consider his own military, returning from battle, as "terrorists".
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FredHayek wrote:
Soulshiner wrote:
navycpo7 wrote: Hell the illegals have more rights in this country than you and I.
I seriously doubt that...
In some ways, this is true. If I drive without insurance & a valid driver license, I get fined and face jail time, illegals not as likely.
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BearMtnHIB wrote: The speech was filled with deception, cleaver word twisting- and outright lies. For the liberals out there- after seeing what a snake Obama is with his words- do you trust him? At all?
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LadyJazzer wrote: That's a lie...But thanks for playing.... rofllol
This chain e-mail is a transparent April Fools’ Day hoax. It fabricates an AP news story about an nonexistent group, and makes false claims about Obama and the Fulbright program. (factcheck.org) So, it's a lie...But thanks for playing.... rofllol
That's a lie...But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Why, yes...Thanks to the political games and intransigence of the Teabaggers, you can thank them for the downgrade...thanks for playing.... rofllol
That's a lie...But thanks for playing.... (I believe that would be Bush) rofllol
No, that would be Bush... But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Since there are just as many judges who have upheld it, that's total bullcrap... But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Very possibly true, but we'll find out if it's legal when it's heard by SCOTUS, won't we? rofllol
Oh, pulllleeeeze... rofllol
You meant the Auto Company bailouts?... Uh, no, that would be Bush... But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Uh, no... It hasn't happened... But thanks for playing... rofllol
No, that would be Bush, who demanded that his political buddies be given billions in no-bid contracts for war-profiteering contracts in the two unnecessary wars; more no-bid war-profiteering contracts by Halliburton and KBR in the two unnecessary wars; the billions in a no-bid contract for temporary mobile-homes for Katrina survivors that were declared "unfit" because of formaldehyde...Oh, my, the list goes on and on....But thanks for playing... rofllol
But think of the money it saved in the budget?!?! Are you saying that if he'd kept the spending going that you would have been okay with the billions in the budget that would be spent? I thought you teabaggers wanted EVERYTHING cut? No, this is one of those we'll be p*ssed if he does; and that way we can be p*ssed if he doesn't ... But thanks for playing... rofllol
That's a lie...But thanks for playing.... rofllol
No, that would be Bush... But thanks for playing.... rofllol
No, he's the first president to stop insurance companies from terminating their customers for being sick. And about time, too....But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Actually, the precedent was by Roosevelt... But it was Labor Department's call based on the fact that it was a deliberate attempt to break a lawful union contract.... Good But thanks for playing.... rofllol
No, many presidents have filed lawsuits when states attempt to pass state laws that supercede federal law... But thanks for playing.... rofllol
Oh god, I HOPE so...
Actually, it was Reagan that came up with the term "czar", but if you want to quibble about it, Actually Bush had 46... rofllol
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_czar ... sh_appoint for a complete list of the 46...But thanks for playing.... rofllol
...oh the horror... rofllol
That's a lie...but thanks for playing... rofllol
In your opinion... Obviously, the committee thought differently... but thanks for playing... rofllol
In your twisted opinion... but thanks for playing... rofllol
That's a lie...but thanks for playing... rofllol
In your twisted opinion, but it's a lie... but thanks for playing... rofllol
First? No, that would be Bush, who by this time had spent 180 days at Crawford Ranch...But since going "on vacation" for a president doesn't mean he is not on-the-job, and still connected and meeting every day, that's all bullcrap anyway...but thanks for playing... rofllol
Wouldn't know, but it sounds like more of the frothing-at-the-mouth WorldNutDaily crap... so, thanks for playing rofllol
Bullcrap... But thanks for playing rofllol
But if the best you can come up with is copy-and-pasting from a right-wing blog like http://widmer-peoria-watch.blogspot.com/ you really have too much time on your hands...
rofllol rofllol
But you are right about it being "Lies, Lies, Lies and more Lies"... I'm always amazed that the teabagger knuckledraggers can cram so many lies into one list....
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