Eh? What transistion? I thought he took over in Jan? He's made a few BS speeches, made a partial downpayment on his IOUs to Hill (to be paid in full with Bill as a member of the USSC), not much more.
I guess you meant his genius proclamation that things will "get worse before they get better". I give him a B for accuracy but a D for articulation. Does that help? On Dec 10, 6:54 am, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back to the original question, who here disapproves of Obama's > handling of the transition so far, and why? > > On Dec 9, 8:30 am, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > WOW! So who is in the other 21% and what are your specific reasons for > > not approving? > > ************ > > > Poll: 79% approve of way Obama is handling transition > > Story Highlights > > CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey finds only 18 percent > > disapprove > > > Obama's numbers eclipse those of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton in > > same period > > > CNN's Schneider: Type of figure seen when nation rallies for leader > > after disaster > > > Michelle Obama and Joe Biden also garner favorable opinions in poll > > > From Paul Steinhauser > > CNN > > WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- With six weeks before taking office, President- > > elect Barack Obama is having one heck of a honeymoon, a new national > > poll suggests. > > > Nearly eight in 10 Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research > > Corporation survey out Tuesday morning are giving the president-elect > > the thumbs up when it comes to his handling of the transition. > > > Seventy-nine percent approve of Obama's performance so far during > > transition, with 18 percent disapproving. > > > Obama's approval rating is 14 points higher than the approval rating > > for President-elect George Bush in 2001 and 17 points higher than > > President-elect Clinton's rating in 1992, CNN Polling Director Keating > > Holland said. > > > Obama's current approval rating is also more than 50 points higher > > than President Bush's current approval rating, which now stands at 28 > > percent --- with 71 percent disapproving of the way Bush is handling > > his job as president. > > > "An Obama job approval rating of 79 percent -- that's the sort of > > rating you see when the public rallies around a leader after a > > national disaster," said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political > > analyst. "To many Americans, the Bush administration was a national > > disaster." > > > The poll indicates that 79 percent of the public thinks Obama will do > > a good job as president -- up 4 percentage points from last month. > > Eighteen percent think Obama will do a poor job as president, down 3 > > points from November. > > > And 78 percent of those questioned said they believe Obama will be a > > uniter -- 20 points higher than those who felt the same way about then > > President-elect Bush in 2000. Twenty percent say Obama will be a > > divider, 16 points lower than those who said the same about Bush. > > > "Bush came in promising to be a uniter, not a divider. That's a > > promise Bush failed to deliver -- as he himself acknowledged last week > > in an interview with ABC News when he said that one of his big > > disappointments is that the tone in Washington got worse rather than > > better," Schneider said. > > > "Nearly 80 percent describe Obama as a uniter. So far, so good." > > > Seventy-six percent of those polled have a favorable opinion of Obama. > > "And the president-elect is not the only one who is popular right now. > > Sixty-seven percent have a favorable view of Michelle Obama and 56 > > percent have a positive view of Vice President-elect Joe Biden," added > > Holland. > > > The Democratic party continues to be much more popular than the GOP. > > Six in 10 have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, while a > > majority have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican party. > > > The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted December 1-2, > > with 1,096 adult Americans interviewed by telephone. The survey's > > sampling error is 3 percentage points. > > >http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/Obama.poll/index.html?eref=rss...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
