Rock-Solid Arrogance, Rock-Bottom Popularity
Local Editor, 15-01-2010
US president Barack Obama's popularity hits a new low with his first year in the Whitehouse coming to an end.
When voters were asked in a CNN survey to rate Obama's performance during a crisis-marred first year in the Oval Office, 48 per cent said he had been a failure.
A CNN/Opinion Research Organization poll released on Tuesday showed his approval rating at 51 per cent - but that was down three points in a month.
A CBS News poll released the same day showed Obama's job approval rating at 46 per cent, marking the first time he had polled below 50 per cent in the survey.
Obama still has fewer people disapproving of his job performance, with that number at just 41% in the CBS findings. Just 36% like the way he's handled health care reform, against 54% who disapprove.
CBS commented on the ratings considering the results, "not good, especially since the poor ratings seem linked to the President trying to make good on his biggest campaign promises, bringing change and passing health care reform."
The irony is that President Obama's job approval ratings have suffered even as he has tried to push through an ambitious agenda in Congress to force the very change he promised," Cooper says in his analysis. "If you interpret the numbers as an interim report card, this isn't one to trumpet."
US president Barack Obama's popularity hits a new low with his first year in the Whitehouse coming to an end.
When voters were asked in a CNN survey to rate Obama's performance during a crisis-marred first year in the Oval Office, 48 per cent said he had been a failure.
A CNN/Opinion Research Organization poll released on Tuesday showed his approval rating at 51 per cent - but that was down three points in a month.
A CBS News poll released the same day showed Obama's job approval rating at 46 per cent, marking the first time he had polled below 50 per cent in the survey.
Obama still has fewer people disapproving of his job performance, with that number at just 41% in the CBS findings. Just 36% like the way he's handled health care reform, against 54% who disapprove.
CBS commented on the ratings considering the results, "not good, especially since the poor ratings seem linked to the President trying to make good on his biggest campaign promises, bringing change and passing health care reform."
The irony is that President Obama's job approval ratings have suffered even as he has tried to push through an ambitious agenda in Congress to force the very change he promised," Cooper says in his analysis. "If you interpret the numbers as an interim report card, this isn't one to trumpet."
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