I'm I the only Person Surprised at Pres. Obama's Gallup Numbers?

[cui bono]

59. I'm both surprised and not surprised.

I'm surprised because I would think a POTUS who had the backing and support he had when he first took the oath of office would have a much higher approval rating than that. He had such an enthusiastic public, he was riding a wave and he should have taken it and really done something with it. Instead he pleased the banksters and put Wall Street in the WH, Monsanto in the EPA, etc, etc, etc...

Had he really fought for the people and used the bully pulpit and gone after the crooked banksters and reregulated wall street and tried for a new New Deal, man, he would have approval ratings that matched the level of joy present when he got elected.

Instead he squandered it away. He expanded the warrantless wiretapping of BushCo, he even moved to make what was illegal legal. He increased drone strikes. He sold out on health care, with backroom deals with the insurance companies and never really even trying for the public option. He put Wall Street in the WH.

So now he's got the people who will always hate him no matter what, and he's alienated progressives. So he keeps the die hard supporters who don't care what he does and the centrists/moderate Republicans. If he hadn't alienated his base he would probably still have all those people and the base and a higher approval rating. So not surprised in that respect.