The Titanic is sinking and Obama is measuring the windows for drapes!! Count me among those who feel this way, the Democrats/Unions have their boy in Washington and now you see how goofy and out of touch they all really are!!!
Completely out of touch with main street reality..... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > Transcript of a report on tonight's NBC Nightly > News about the results of a new NBC News-Wall > Street Journal poll: > > > CHUCK TODD, NBC POLITICAL DIRECTOR: By any > measurement, this has been a tough year for the > country, and, by extension, a tough year for the > president. Coming into office, it was clear he > was going to have to deal with a slew of > problems, from that financial crisis to two wars. > > But the public was optimistic and hopeful about > the country and its new president a year ago. > That's not the case any more. > > On his first day in office, the president was > full of optimism. > > PRES. BARACK OBAMA: On this day, we gather > because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of > purpose over conflict and discord. > > TODD: The country responded and grew optimistic > early on. But now, the pessimism is back. > Fifty-five percent of those surveyed believe the > country is off on the wrong track. And less than > half, 47 percent, now approve of the job the > president is doing, down from 60 percent at that > hopeful start of his presidency. > > This grading of the president is at odds with his > own perception, which he shared with Oprah > Winfrey last Sunday. > > OPRAH WINFREY, HOST, "THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW": > What grade would you give yourself for this year? > > OBAMA: Good solid B-plus. > > TODD: And while 54 percent had confidence in > President Obama's goals and policies when he came > into office, just 39 percent say the same thing > now. > > Much of the second half of 2009 in Washington has > been dominated by the healthcare debate. And the > longer this debate has gone on, the more negative > the public has turned. > > Just 32 percent now believe the president's > healthcare plan is a good idea; 47 percent say > it's a bad idea. And for the first time this > year, more folks tell us it's better if the plan > does not pass, 44 percent, than if it does pass, > 41 percent. > > The lone bright spot in the poll for the > president, 55 percent support his decision to > send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In > November, before the president's West Point and > Nobel speeches, fewer than half, 47 percent, had > favored sending more troops in. > > Despite finding common ground in Afghanistan, the > unity President Obama called for in January is > gone. When he took office, nearly half were > optimistic that the two political parties would > work together. Looking back, 81 percent now > believe 2009 was a year of division, where > neither party showed a willingness to compromise. > > Last week, the president acknowledged the > problem. > > OBAMA: For decades, we've watched as efforts to > solve tough problems have fallen prey to the > bitterness of partisanship, to prosaic concerns > of politics, to ever-quickening news cycles, to > endless campaigns focused on scoring points > instead of meeting our common challenges. > > TODD: I can't emphasize enough how pessimistic > the public is, according to this data. Sixty-one > percent tell us America is in a state of decline. > Sixty-six percent have very little confidence > that our children will be better off than we > were. > > Of course, all of this doom and gloom mindset is > tied to one issue, the economy. >
