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Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama announces that Biden will lead an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shooting, during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington.
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As he prepares to pitch an expansive new package of gun restrictions to a bitterly divided Congress, Barack Obama has the majority of voters on his side. A new TIME/CNN/ORC poll that will be released Wednesday afternoon finds that 55% of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as President, compared to 43% who disapprove.
That ratio mirrors the public appetite for tighter restrictions on guns, with 55% of respondents favoring stricter gun control laws and 44% opposed.
Obamas approval rating, mired in the 40s for much of his first term, has improved in the wake of his re-election and an acrimonious fight over the fiscal cliff, jumping three percentage points from the 52% he registered in a December CNN/ORC poll. The new poll also shows that Vice President Joe Bidens approval rating has spiked to 59%, up from 54% in December, amid high-profile turns negotiating the fiscal cliff deal and spearheading Obamas firearms task force.
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)And still Repubs in Congress think it's intelligent to try and block everything this President does
John2
(2,730 posts)as long as we stay engaged and are vigilant. I just informed a few older people today that the Republican House intends to stop their Social Security checks in March in exchange to cut their Social Security Benefits. The only ones standing in their way is President Obama and Joe Biden. That is all you have to do as long as the Republican House keeps it up. They are playing right into our hands as long as they keep it up.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)None of this bullshit, whoa is me I ain't voting crap. GET OUT AND SUPPORT HIM AND THE DEMOCRATS. Get that majority and let's end his second term on an extremely high note.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)right!
Cedric the Clam
(35 posts)...goes to show that having a spine is popular.
It doesn't matter if your policy will make the opposition rabid.
Just make sure you know what you believe in, and then stick to your principles.
Good advice for the Pres. Good advice for all of us.
The public is looking favorably on Obama's newly found spinal column.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Welcome to DU.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Better late than never.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)For some reason, clams and even the word "clam" cracks me up!
Happy as a clam that you're here!
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Sandy Hook is the last straw.
I hope that responsible gun owners can put aside their fears and anger and work with this new situation. Times have changed. The density of our population has changed. Gun owners will have to adjust.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)But for the most highly propagandized nation on earth practically blacked out to actual fact based reporting, it's pretty amazing.