Healthcare Opposition Dramatic In voting for Scott Brown to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts voters demonstrated:
1. Dissatisfaction with the direction of the country,
2. Antipathy toward federal government activism, and
3. Opposition to the Democrats' health-care proposals.
Those are the conclusions released today (1-22-10) drawn from a Jan. 20-21 poll sponsored by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University's School of Public Health, and released by The Post, which says the statistics show “how dramatically the political landscape has shifted during President Obama's first year in office.”
63% of Massachusetts’ special-election voters said America “is seriously off track,” the newspaper reported. “Nearly two-thirds of Brown's voters say their vote was intended at least in part to express opposition to the Democratic agenda in Washington.”
Among all Massachusetts voters — including those who voted for Brown’s opponent, state attorney general Martha Coakley — 48 percent oppose said they oppose Obama’s healthcare proposals while 43 percent support them.
Among Brown's supporters, however, eight in 10 said they were opposed to Obama’s healthcare proposals, and, 66 percent of them strongly opposed them.
Health plan Opposed 56% of voters oppose Obama's proposed healthcare plan.
"That’s the highest level of opposition found — reached three times before — in six months of polling, according to Rasmussen Reports.
The survey found that 40% of voters favor Obama's healthcare plan.
Obama fails On climate "Obama Has Failed the World on Climate Change"
That was the headline in the 11-17 Spiegel Online, the online version of Germany's Der Spiegel world affairs magazine.
The lead paragraph:
"US President Barack Obama came to office promising hope and change. But on climate change, he has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Now, should the climate summit in Copenhagen fail, the blame will lie squarely with Obama."
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In his fourth ‘final push’ to pass a sweeping healthcare program that is heavily focused on controlling private insurance companies, Obama continues to come up short in the eyes of the majority of American voters. Nonetheless, he relentlessly moves against the popular will.
Three days ago, we reported that the latest Rasmussen poll shows a 53% – 42% opinion split on the oppose – favor sides of the Obama plan
Today, Gallup released its poll conducted March 4-7 that shows 48% of individuals sampled would advise their legislative leaders to vote against the Obama plan, while 45% would advise their legislators to vote for it.
Gallup further stated that the “high point” for Obama’s healthcare plan — since their sampling on the subject began — was last October when 51% favored the president’s plan.
The full Gallup results are available in their news release, including reasons why people are for or against the Obama plan.
Despite a small bump upward after Obama’s “healthcare summit,” the majority of Americans oppose his healthcare package, an endeavor that has now consumed almost one-third of his presidency.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 53% oppose the Obama plan and 42% favor it. These figures include…
- 41% who are Strongly Opposed the plan and
- 20% who Strongly Favor.
In its announcement today, Rasmussen reported that “last week, support for the health care plan inched up to 44% following the president’s televised health care summit. However, that mild bounce has faded, and support is back to where it was for months.
“With the exception of last week’s results, overall support for the president’s health care plan has stayed in a very narrow range from 38% to 42% since Thanksgiving.”
For additional results regarding public opinions on the proposal’s perceived impact on the cost and quality of healthcare that will result from the Obama plan, visit the Rasmussen site.
Obama’s “leadership” rating by American voters hit an all-time low this weekend, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey: 41% gave him a “poor” rating for leadership, topping the 40% who gave him “good or excellent” marks.
A month ago, 47% of voters thought Obama was doing a “good or excellent” job on the leadership front; a year ago, 56% were positive about his leadership.
Of interest, too, is the the split among Democrats…
- 75% of Democrats gave Obama a “good or excellent” rating leadership,
- 68% gave him “poor” marks.
Among Independent voters…
- 29% gave him a “good or excellent” rating, and
- 43% say “poor.”
Sub-sets of the poll show…
- 58% of Democrats said Obama’s style is “about right,”
- 50% of Republicans said he’s “too confrontational,” and
- 34% of Independents said he’s “too confrontational.”
The full Rasmussen poll results are available here.
Obama’s Presidential Approval Index is now at its lowest level, a negative 21%, ever recorded for him, according to Rasmussen Reports for today, 2-27-10. The approval index is the result of the percentage of voters who Strongly Approve versus those who Strongly Disapprove of Obama’s performance as president’s.
Saturday’s poll results show that 22% Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing his official duties and 43% Strongly Disapprove. The net result of the Presidential Approval Index rating is -21.
The Rasmussen report further shows that that 43% at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance — the lowest level yet measured for this President — while 55% at least somewhat disapprove.
Measured along party lines:
- 76% of Democrats approve;
- 86% of Republicans disapprove;
- 38% of Independents approve;
- 61% of Independents disapprove.
Irrespective of party and measured by gender,
- 37% of men approve; and
- 49% of women approve.
Barack Obama is seen by Americans as increasingly less capable of handling his primary responsibilities as president, based on results from the latest ABC News-Washington Post Poll. Americans’ faith in him has declined dramatically on all major strategic fronts during the last year.
Q: “Overall, which party, the Democrats or the Republicans, do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years?”
The Democrats in: December 2008 = 56%; February 2010 = 43%
The Republicans in: December 2008 = 23%; February 2010 = 37%
Q: “Whom do you trust to do a better job handling the following issues: Obama or Republicans in Congress?”
Economy
Obama in… December 2008 = 55%; February 2010 = 47%
Republicans in… December 2008 = 31%; February 2010 = 42%
Healthcare
Obama in… December 2008 = 55%; February 2010 = 46%
Republicans in… December 2008 = 27%; February 2010 = 41%
Federal budget deficit
Obama in… December 2008 = 56%; February 2010 = 45%
Republicans in… December 2008 = 30%; February 2010 = 43%
Threat of terrorism
Obama in: December 2008 = 55%; February 2010 = 47%
Republicans in: December 2008 = 34%; February 2010 = 42%
Providence is defined as “The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power,” which makes us wonder about current climatological events in Washington, DC, delaying action on Obama’s Second Stimulus, the one following the First Stimulus Package that isn’t fully executed, or working.
The Heritage Foundation today reports:
“The snowstorms that have already dumped over two feet of snow on the nation’s Capital and that are threatening to dump another 12 to 16 inches, have ground the legislative process to a halt. But that might not be such a bad thing.
“Senate Democrats had hoped they could pass President Barack Obama’s second stimulus today [Tuesday, 2-9-09], but with only three of the Senate’s 100 lawmakers able to make it to the chamber, that vote has been postponed indefinitely. And the more we learn about what might be in President Obama’s second stimulus, the better a little delay looks.”
On handling the economy, Obama has dropped to a new low: 36% approve of his performance, according to Gallup’s latest poll. Specifically, on handling the federal budget, he scored a 32% positive, down from 38% in September and 49% in March.
This is his lowest approval rating since becoming president. By contrast, Obama’s 51% approval rating on handling foreign affairs is up slightly from last month. The full opinion research report is available from Gallup at their Web site.
The simple truth about a proposed increase in the federal debt ceiling — that is currently unnecessary — is that it is designed to hide future spending in the 10 months leading up to the mid-term elections in November 2010.
Here’s the deal on the House bill (passed 2-4-2010) with 233 For (all Democrats), 187 Against, (171 Republications and 16 Democrats),and 14 Not Voting (8 Democrats, 6 Republicans), according to govtrac.us:
- The current legally allowed federal debt ceiling is $12.3 trillion.
- The debut ceiling approved by the Democrat Congress is $14.3 trillion.
- This will give Congress $1.9 trillion to spend without additional budget approval.
- This increases the national debt by about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident.
- Even before the increase, every American’s piece of the federal debut is$40,000.
(On January 28, 2010, Senate the legislation on a roll call vote with 60 Ayes, 39 Nays, and one Present/Not Voting, according to govtrack. Voting For the bill were 58 Democrats and two independents, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman and Vermont (admitted socialist) Sen. Bernie Sanders. Voting Against the bill were 39 Republicans; voting Present was the gutless Wyoming Sen. Enzi Michael, according govtrack figures.)
The intent is: Quickly pass a single onerous spending bill instead of many little onerous bills, and do it early in the election year so the voters (hopefully) forget about the cost of all of the legislation about which Obama and his Democrat Congress will boast that they are “giving” the average American so much; yes, so much debt.
(Remember, the government doesn’t “give” anyone anything: They tax Americans, use up a bunch of the collected funds paying bureaucratic overhead, then they parse out what’s left to their constituencies. It is robbing Peter to pay Paul, with a thieving middle man siphoning off funds in the process.)
The disingenuous fact is that these same spendthrift officials will brag about how they are attempting to control spending (in the out-years), reduce “wasteful” programs, and become neo-fiscal conservatives all the while spending like drunken sailors on shore leave.
The Associated Press noted that “The huge increase to $14.3 trillion in the cap on federal borrowing was designed by Democratic leaders to ensure that the rank and file won’t have to vote again to run up another increase before facing voters increasingly angry over government spending and debt in the November midterm elections.”
Investors Business Daily calls the action “naked politics, “ and writes that this level of fiscal irresponsibility “will break all records. Indeed, by some recent estimates our (federal) debt will surge $13 trillion by 2020, more than twice the total debt accumulated in our nation’s first 220 years of existence.”
Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern called the bill, H.J. Res. 45, a ”reckless or irresponsible act.” He was among the 37 Democrats — most from GOP-leaning districts — who voted against the measure.
“What undermined the financial system was a fanatical application of rules aimed at getting banks to lend as much money as possible to facilitate homeownership among minorities,” wrote Investors Business Daily in an editorial this morning.
However, being the “community organizer” he is, Obama is continuing his attempt to socialize America and strip bare the capitalist structure, lead by the banking system, that made it the greatest economic power in the history of the world.
So, having failed on a national socialized healthcare plan, Obama is diverting attention toward another quarter. And IBD rightly notes:
“Apparently believing the best defense is a good offense, the president wasted no time after his jarring loss on medical overhaul in upping the ante on another of his signature issues — financial change….
“Training his sights back on Wall Street, he called for tougher regulations that would limit the size of banks and their ability to engage in propriety trading…. (Several months ago Obama) proposed a series of measures to tighten the reins on financial institutions… (which) would separate commercial banks from investment banks, a line that was blurred a decade ago by the repeal of the 1930s Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act….
“But Wall Street didn’t cause the collapse — government did. And this call for tougher rules is yet another attempt to escape blame. All Glass-Steagall did was let bank holding companies buy into investment banks. What undermined the financial system was a fanatical application of rules aimed at getting banks to lend as much money as possible to facilitate homeownership among minorities.”
Obama’s approval rating continued its decline this week, with 42% saying they Strongly disapprove while 23% Strongly Approve, which yield a Presidential Approval Index of -19. This is a new low for Obama’s approval index, according to Rasmussen Reports.
(The Rasmussen Approval Index is the difference between those who Strongly Approve and Strongly Disapprove.)
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday 12-13-09 shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President and 42% , Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19.
- 41% of Democrats Strongly Approve.
- 69% of Republicans Strongly Disapprove.
- 21% of Independents Strongly Approve, while
- 49% of Independens Strongly Disapprove.
Among voters overall…
- 53% Disapprove of Obama’s Presidential performance, while
- 46% Approve of the President’s performance.
Obama’s approval ratings are negative among those who consider the economy to be the most important issue…
- 39% Strongly disapprove of the President’s performance while
- 26% Strongly approve.
And his ratings are dramatically negative among those who consider fiscal policy issues the most important,
- 81% Strongly Disapprove and
- 1% Strongly Approve.
Among both younger and older demographics Obama scores negative Approval Index numbers, as he does the vast middle American segment.
- - 2 among voters under 30
- -29 among senior citizens.
From an income perspective, the Obama’s ratings are weakest among voters who earn $40,000 to $100,000 annually.
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