"over his head and sinking fast"

[unixronin]

Kevin McCullough on Townhall.com, by way of writerspleasure:

[...] President Obama's most pressing problem with the public is the fact that now 83% of the American people say they are worried that the steps he has taken to fix the economy will have the opposite effect and make things worse.  82% of the American people say they are worried about the monstrous rise in the national debt.  78% of the American people believe inflation will come quickly.  And 69% do not have any confidence in the role of government mandated solutions to the economy.  There is also now no sense in the American people that the stimulus will have any positive effect any time soon.  Only 60% hold out hope that it will have any impact realized four years from now.

Most importantly by a margin of 12% the American people believe the stimulus will only help and unfairly benefit those who have already been irresponsible.

On a related subject, this WorldNetDaily article from October — yes, just after the first most-of-a-trillion-dollars bailout bill — reported on another poll:

If given the choice, a new poll reveals, 59 percent of Americans would sweep Capitol Hill clean of the current batch of senators and representatives to elect an entirely new Congress.

Only 17 percent of voters polled said they would be willing to keep the current legislature.

[...]

The polling firm records a mere 30 percent of voters approved of the bailout, while 45 percent were opposed, and yet Congress passed it, leaving behind some highly critical voters.

The new poll shows only 23 percent of Americans have even a little confidence in the ability of Congress to address the nation's economic problems, and 76 percent doubt that most federal legislators even understand bills before they vote on them.

Further, less than half (49 percent) believe the current Congress is any more capable than a group of people plucked from the phone book, and nearly a third (33 percent) think the phone book Congress would do a better job.

Despite the lawmakers' dismal 11 percent approval rating, Rasmussen Reports pointed out that 90 percent of Congress is likely to remain following this November's election.

Comments

[mzmadmike.livejournal.com]

They have a choice. They can vote that any time they wish.

However, as long as they keep voting for "their" boy and complaining about everyone else's boy, it will never change.

Those whining loudest have the most guilt.

[johnkzin.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, we have this survey that says 80%+ are enraged about the economic plan that Obama is backing. But, they're enraged at their congress person, and not Obama, apparently, because CNN said today that Obama has a 64% approval rating right now (60% when it comes to the economy).

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/obama.poll/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Given the composition of congress right now, the president can do any fool think he wants, likely for the next four years. If that means economic servitude for the next few generations of Americans, that is just the price of prosperity.