New CBSNews Poll Pres. Obama's job approval rating 57%, highest since Killing of bin Laden

[Hissyspit]

Source: CBS News

@CBSNews: BREAKING: In new @CBSNews Poll President Obama's job approval rating is 57%, highest since the killing of bin Laden http://t.co/z9SFaRIT

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[calimary]

1. Good news, but it should be higher.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Well that is about to nosedive

if he cuts a deal with the GOP that sells us out yet again. It seems that Social Security cuts are now on the table despite being "off the table" a few weeks ago.

After turning left for the election, the President is turning right again for reasons I cannot fathom.

[totodeinhere]

6. I just clicked on this thread so I could say that same thing that you did. n/t

[Doctor_J]

7. A lot of the bounce is probably from Newtown

which was an excellent appearance. I think after he signs off on a Republican-type benefit cut (maybe Christmas Eve, to keep it under the radar), some will still be taken in by the speech (How could a man who gave a speech like that really harm seniors & indigents?) But when it's done the teabaggers, Fox Nation, and gunsters will still detest him, and some more traditional Dems will hop off of the bandwagon.

[alp227]

15. Seems that December=the worst month to be President Obama.

December 2010 = extending the Bush tax cuts
December 2011 = indefinite detention
December 2012 = Selling out seniors!

[HERVEPA]

3. Not worth much unless he's a hell of a lot stronger on the budget deal

[bowens43]

4. sure now that he has caved again...the cons like him.

[Doctor_J]

5. I predict he will spend this political capital on

SS & Medicare cuts.

[Liberalynn]

8. +1

[Exultant Democracy]

9. The question is f he can win the most jury-rigged house I've ever seen back in 2014?

While I am also concerned about the current negotiations, I wonder if the populace at large will remember/ hold anyone accountable for a lame duck session deal.

[robinlynne]

10. wait till tomorrow. My approval rating of him is lowering by the minute.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. And for damned good reason. You go Mr. President. Fuck the rumormill.

[olddad56]

12. Could it be because he is beginning to appeal to so many republicans?

If he flips on SS, he is still a better choice than Romney, but he is no democrat.

[Proletariatprincess]

13. Obama is a Blue Dog Democrat...

by his own admission. He said today that in the 80s he would have been a moderate Republican.
This is no surprise to many of us who wanted a more progressive candidate. His popularity is a surprise to me given his record.

[democrattotheend]

14. I read the 80's comment

to be pointing out how far to the right the GOP has lurched.

Sadly, we are not such a progressive country. We have a strong spirit of individualism and less emphasis on collective good or taking care of each other.

[RBInMaine]

16. And deservedly so !

[Fearless]

17. Because he took an emotional stance on gun control.

He needs to back it up with action and also with not touching my future Social Security investment.