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Even a 7 point increase would surpass the boost he received following the assassination on Rep. Giffords.
So, how high can it go? 10 points? 20 points? Will he surpass Bush's 90%?
If Americans were smart. They'd realize that this news has zero positive impact on Americans well being --- if it is even true. Therefore it should have no impact on Obama's approval ratings.
I'm sure Obama is grasping at straws trying to figure out a way to get some of his supporters back and figured a strategy of announcing fake news like this might work....
However, IF it was true, how has anything changed? In fact if it has changed, it may have changed FOR THE WORSE. There may be BLOWBACK now. It could cause an INCREASE in terrorism as Muslims now probably want revenge against Americans that "killed Bin Laden" (if that is indeed how he died).
So keep this in mind. Even if there isn't any blowback. Unemployment is still just as bad; our freedoms quality and cost of living is STILL at an all time low. Food and Gas costs and utilities are at an all time HIGH. Nothing Has Changed!
If Americans were smart. They'd realize that this news has zero positive impact on Americans well being --- if it is even true. Therefore it should have no impact on Obama's approval ratings.
I'm sure Obama is grasping at straws trying to figure out a way to get some of his supporters back and figured a strategy of announcing fake news like this might work....
However, IF it was true, how has anything changed? In fact if it has changed, it may have changed FOR THE WORSE. There may be BLOWBACK now. It could cause an INCREASE in terrorism as Muslims now probably want revenge against Americans that "killed Bin Laden" (if that is indeed how he died).
So keep this in mind. Even if there isn't any blowback. Unemployment is still just as bad; our freedoms quality and cost of living is STILL at an all time low. Food and Gas costs and utilities are at an all time HIGH. Nothing Has Changed!
I believe it will have an impact on his approval rating of "Adults". But, of "Voters", the ones that are more in tune to the economy, it will have only a minor bounce.
Why shouldn't his approval rating go up? He did what Bush could not or most likely would not do.
Didn't care to do.
I saw a post earlier where it was suggested that President Obama should credit W with helping get rid of Bin Laden. It must really suck to be a republican today. I can't imagine how it must suck.
I saw a post earlier where it was suggested that President Obama should credit W with helping get rid of Bin Laden. It must really suck to be a republican today. I can't imagine how it must suck.
I saw a post earlier where it was suggested that President Obama should credit W with helping get rid of Bin Laden. It must really suck to be a republican today. I can't imagine how it must suck.
Why should it suck to be Republican? Im proud today as I was yesterday. Should we be not proud because some fools wish to politicize absolutely everything, including the killing of a terrorist most of us wanted dead, no matter who was in office when it occurred?
Hmmm, no. maybe a 5 point ratings boost, for a week or two. Big for Obama but not huge. There are too many other problems right now and Obama can't take much credit for this anyway. And its already being wondered if the political aspects of it were bungled, not the military operation. Or if it happened at all.
Bin laden was off the radar for a long time. Gas prices are high, food prices are climbing, unemployment is still high and might be getting worse, foreclosures are still a problem. If things were just barely getting better they might have stopped whatever recovery was going on. No, Obama won't get much out of this.
he's still a one term president thank god the most useless one iv'e ever seen in my life and the one that spent the most money and now we all have to pay for it including out great grand kids.
That would be Bush you're talking about. This would be a garden variety recession without the TRILLIONS or our tax dollars squandered in Iraq.
Tonight, I am thanking God that Obama is our president and will go to sleep tonight knowing that I made the right decision when I decided to support and vote for Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
If something had gone wrong then Obama would be taking the blame - like Carter did with the failed Iran hostage rescue. If Osama wasn't there, if there were civilian or US military casualties, then Obama would be blamed. He could have played it safe and opted for an air strike but weighed the risks and sent US troops deep into Pakistan to attack an urban fortress. He is Commander in Chief, not a rubber stamper, and with that responsibility comes the blame and the rewards. The buck stops here.
Exactly!
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