Is Obama finished?

[J. J.]

It is too early, but Obama looks like he is running below the first term numbers of every president since Nixon.

That isn't a good sign.

The better news is that Reagan was the second lowest.

[J. J.]

It is too early, but Obama looks like he is running below the first term numbers of every president since Nixon.

That isn't a good sign.

The better news is that Reagan was the second lowest.

It's not really worth replying since no one takes you seriously anyway, but this statement is blatantly false:



He is at worse tied with Reagan and clearly above Clinton.

Actually, I used the November/December numbers for each President's first year of a first term from Gallup linked a few posts ago.  Obviously, I didn't include Ford or Johnson, who didn't win an election.  http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/presidential-approval-tracker.htm.  Double checking, Reagan tied Obama in December, but Clinton was several points higher (and he had an earlier dramatic drop).

It is too early to tell, but the numbers are not great.  Incidentally, both Clinton and Reagan had dramatic drops in the second year and both recovered.

[J. J.]

Not even close to the 60's and Nixon probably benefited from it.

[J. J.]

Not even close to the 60's and Nixon probably benefited from it.

... and who would benefit from disgust at the teabag rhetoric and symbols?

This little, the Republicans.  This is more of the "construction workers riot" situation.

[J. J.]

No, not yet.

[J. J.]

Yes, he's finished now, wish I could change my vote in this poll.

It's funny, the GOP needs depressed Democratic enthusiasm and turnout... and people like you are contributing to what could ACTUALLY bring Obama down...

Yes, that means you are part of the problem

Actually, it could help increase the sense of hopelessness.

[J. J.]

I think Americans want a president who can solve the economic problems.  I doubt if they care about the amount of melanin in his/her skin.

[J. J.]

I don't really know much about the guy so I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but isn't Marco Rubio white?

He is Cuban American.

Yeah, I know. I'm also aware that in the US Hispanic is considered a race instead of just people from spanish speaking countries. But since there can be white Hispanics like him I wondered if he would still be considered a Non-White president if elected or the "hispanic" part is the one that takes precedence when determining your race.
Sorry, but I'm not really well versed in this area

Yes Rubio is white rather than Amerindian. But the media describes him as Hispanic, and it would be politically incorrect to describe him as anything else.

First, there were a lot of Amerindians in Cuba, so he might be. 

Second, while not a "race," Hispanics are definitely a minority group.

[J. J.]

I thought that all Amerindians died on most islands after the spanish made a visit, so you only had black slaves and the Spanish.

No, they were enslaved (including ones brought in from Central America), though small pox killed a lot.

[J. J.]

In all seriousness, with two weeks to go, things are looking pretty damn bad for Obama right now

But not over.  If we start seeing good polls for Romney in OH and in some of NV, CO, IA, WI and NH, it is over. 

[J. J.]

I thought that all Amerindians died on most islands after the spanish made a visit, so you only had black slaves and the Spanish.

No, they were enslaved (including ones brought in from Central America), though small pox killed a lot.

The numbers in Hispaniola dropped from the hundreds of thousands to a few hundred within about 50 years. They left no trace in the population. I don't expect Cuba would be any different.

Some of that was intermarriage (of which I am proof of a few hundred miles to the north). 

[J. J.]

In all seriousness, with two weeks to go, things are looking pretty damn bad for Obama right now

But not over.  If we start seeing good polls for Romney in OH and in some of NV, CO, IA, WI and NH, it is over. 

I think Romney just sealed the deal.  Obama needs some major shake up now. 

He wasn't hurt.