Will Obama's Approval rating go up due to the Kaddafi killing?

[Tiggeroshii]

Poll question: Will Obama's Approval rating go up due to the Kaddafi killing?

[ellisonz]

1. No.

Most Americans neither understand nor follow world news enough to impact opinion polling. ;-)

[MrSlayer]

2. No.

It's not the same as getting Osama.

[Common Sense Party]

3. I don't see why it would.

[bowens43]

4. it might,

there is no shortage of stupidity in the US.

[jefferson_dem]

5. It should.

Not sure it will.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. It could.

[AverageJoe90]

7. I hope so..........

But given how ununformed many of our fellow American are.......it might just go down.........but I'm kinda optimistic here.

[quaker bill]

8. Possibly

but not much or for very long. Less of a bump than Osama. A good jobs report would do far more.

[JoePhilly]

9. Yes. And this also kills the GOP argument that "Dems are soft"

The GOP won't be able to effectively leverage that nonsense for a while.

[wndycty]

10. No, because. . .

. . .for the following reasons:
-unlike the Bin Laden death, this was not a direct US action

-Because this was not a direct action its easier for Republicans not give Obama credit

-Many Democrats/Progressives/Liberals and others on the left were never fans of military action in Libya.

-I'm not sure if Kaddafi was ever viewed as direct threat to US national security they way bin laden was

[rug]

11. No. It hasn't decreased unemployment.

[subterranean]

12. Maybe for a few days.

Qaddafi (sp?) was not a threat to Americans, and he was killed by his own people, not by U.S. armed forces. So I don't see why it should affect Obama's approval rating one way or the other. I would guess at least half of Americans have at best only a vague idea of who Qaddafi was, or where Libya is.

[flamingdem]

13. But not much, the media will still pound on him over the economy etc. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. If it does, it will only be temporary

The unemployment rate is a millstone hung around his reelection efforts.