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In reply to the discussion: I'm I the only Person Surprised at Pres. Obama's Gallup Numbers? [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)I agree with Fire Walk With Me's hidden post. It's very surprising that #22 in this thread was hidden. Its substance is nothing more than a fairly common criticism of U.S. government policy -- a criticism from the left. Its tone is harsher than most but, really, the DUers who are whole-heartedly in favor of Obama need to have a tougher skin, and to recognize that many of us are only half-heartedly in favor of him.
Nevertheless, if I were ever a respondent in one of the polls referred to in the OP, I would give Obama approval rather than disapproval. I would look as if I had just bitten into something sour, but I would do it. His differences with the Republicans are more important than his differences with, say, Alan Grayson.
Therefore, I'm not surprised that any hit Obama took, in terms of disgruntled progressives, is small.