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well cnn, you just gotta try harder....
CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama? Has GOP overreacted?
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.
But a CNN/ORC International survey released Sunday morning also indicates that congressional Republicans are not overplaying their hand when it comes to their reaction to the three controversies that have consumed the nation's capital over the past week and a half. And the poll finds that a majority of Americans take all three issues seriously.
According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president's approval rating was at 51% in CNN's last poll, which was conducted in early April.
"That two-point difference is well within the poll's sampling error, so it is a mistake to characterize it as a gain for the president," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Nonetheless, an approval rating that has not dropped and remains over 50% will probably be taken as good news by Democrats after the events of the last week."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/19/have-new-controversies-hurt-obama-has-gop-overreacted/?hpt=hp_t2
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)People don't care about their breathless reporting of fake "scandals."
spanone
(135,831 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)People make an end-run around them, and they call out bullshit instantly and in clever ways.
They're not able to get days and days of traction for their fake scandals like they were in the past.
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)I wonder what sort of difference it might have made, for example, if DU had existed back during the Clinton impeachment?
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)The sites act like big office water coolers where people can compare notes and point out to each other that the emperor has no clothes. Also, since the '90s millions people on both sides of the political spectrum have realized that the media and "journalism" are not the somewhat "objective" fact-providers they tended to be (well, to a much greater extent than now) before the '90s.
Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)You can't even get your heads out of your own asses - much less outside the beltway. Keep puzzlin' over it, know-nothing nostradumbasses!
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)...that has been pretty consistent
unblock
(52,227 posts)they are hardening the positions of many people who have long since made up their minds, but they are not changing many opinions.
spanone
(135,831 posts)and it's not you and me.
dtotire
(1,889 posts)Maybe not great, but better than most
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)All that slander and all those attacks and not even a dent in the armor.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)They're not pissed, they're apoplectic - no clue how it could have gone so wrong. Dog, what a stupid bunch.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)Seriously, folks could learn a lot more about how to think and behave by watching re-runs of "married with children" than most of the MSM shows.
Indykatie
(3,696 posts)tied to the "scandals" without mentioning it being within the poll's margin of error. I think the sheer volume of these "scandals" is causing folks to understand that the republicans are overreaching. Everything doesn't rise to the level of scandal nor can everything be Obama's fault directly and at least half of Americans understand that fact.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Heres the headline: "Scandals taking their toll on the President's approval numbers."
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)And, I strongly suspect that the president's numbers are even better than what CNN is reporting.
Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)The knives have been out for the POTUS lately here on good ol DU.
Kingofalldems
(38,457 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)and those morans already despised the President.