Gallup: Obama gets low marks on economy

[YoungDemCA]

President Obama continues to get low marks for his handling of the economy, says a new Gallup Poll.

Only 37% of those surveyed approve of Obama's performance on "creating jobs," the poll said. His marks are lower on "the economy" in general (36%) and "the federal budget deficit" (30%).

Obama gets higher marks on battling terrorism (58%), education (49%), and foreign affairs (48%).

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/gallup-obama-gets-low-marks-on-economy/1#.UC1pYqPF98F

[Politicalboi]

1. If only people knew

That they should blame congress for the economy. How is that not clear?

[gollygee]

2. The economy is bad and people will blame anyone in the government for that.

It's better than it was when it started, but with a bad economy he'll get bad poll numbers for that whether the economy is his fault or not, just because he's the guy on top when the economy is bad.

[independentpiney]

4. bye nt

[Zoeisright]

5. In other news: Americans are stupid.

I mean really fucking stupid.

[Lionessa]

6. If Clinton gets the kudos for the surplus, and he does,

then I guess it's fair to suggest Obama gets pegged with this stagnant one.

[CJCRANE]

7. Didn't it take Clinton 8 years to build the surplus?

That's a genuine question, I'm not sure, except that there was a surplus at the end of his second term.

[HiPointDem]

8. clinton had a recession his first term and a boom his second. the surplus in the budget was a

product of the economic boom, not any clinton policies.

clinton's economic policies included "reform" of welfare, the telecom bill, nafta, increased taxation of social security, and other dubious crap.

[Lionessa]

12. You've got it, however, most of us (Dems) refer to it as Clinton's economy and surplus,

so all I'm saying is that I understand the historic ignorance that is allows for such promotion or demonization.

I don't agree with the ignorance, but I understand it having seen it in many election cycles. It's Bush's economy when it fails, it's Clinton's when it succeeds, or so the average joe seems to think, and hence I understand the outcome of this poll.

[Lionessa]

11. Yes, I believe that's correct however, there were stronger signs @ re-election then than now.

[gkhouston]

9. "Republican challenger Mitt Romney is making the economy a major issue in this election."

Straining every nerve not to mention Medicare or taxes.

[gollygee]

10. Yeah I honestly can't understand him talking about money

when every single time he talked about it I'd be asking him about his taxes. I hope the pressure keeps up on him about that.