What a Difference Nine Months Makes Part II

[Poundingtherock]

EPIC▪MRA STATEWIDE POLL – MARCH 2009
http://www.epicmra.com/press/Stwd_Survey_Mar2009_Media_Freq.pdf

Barack Obama favorable/unfavorable: 67/26 [+41]
Barack Obama approval/disapproval: 54/39 [+15]

EPIC▪MRA STATEWIDE POLL – DECEMBER 2009
http://www.epicmra.com/press/Stwd_Survey_Dec2009_Media_Freq.pdf

Barack Obama favorable/unfavorable: 49/45 [+4]
Barack Obama approval/disapproval: 44/55 [+26]

What a difference nine months makes.  This one was too good to just place in the Obama approval ratings thread.

[Poundingtherock]

Also, if you look at the crosstabs from the November poll when his favorable rating was 51/45 and his approval rating 48/51, the drop in his favorable and approval rating is not due to a drop among Democrats as 89% of them still had a favorable opinion of him but 48% of indies did not while 48% did.

http://www.epicmra.com/press/MIRS_NOV2009_ARTICLE.pdf

[pbrower2a]

We have just had some ugly politics surrounding the health-care debate. We have seen some vicious street theater in teabag rallies. The President had been without a legislative victory for a couple months; now he has one. As the old saying goes, victory has hundreds of fathers; defeat is an orphan.

The GOP gambled and lost, badly.  So it felt good for a time? That's how gambling is if one loses. Casino gambling is for suckers; the House knows how to make people feel good while losing. Once the loser leaves the casino, the House doesn't give a damn about how the loser feels, The House has the money, and it is happy.