Rasmussen’s Prez Approval Index for Obama… Déjà Vu at Dismal Minus 17, Unemployment Improves Only Because Americans Have Lost Hope, Stopped Looking for Work
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 20, 2010
Last week, on July 13, Obama’s presidential approval index, via Rasmussen Reports, was at a dismal minus 17.
Rasmussen presidential approval index, July 13, 2010: Negative 17
Today, July 20, 2010, one week later… it’s déjà vu for the POTUS approval index.
Minus 17.
Rasmussen presidential approval index, July 20, 2010: Negative 17
From today’s Rasmussen presidential index poll results:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17 (see trends).
Also on the site, from respected pollster Scott Rasmussen, was this interesting observation:
In his new book, In Search of Self-Governance
, Scott Rasmussen says, “The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century.”
On unemployment… the news is not promising.
From Washington Post, Unemployment rate falls across 39 states, but it’s not good news:
The unemployment rate across 39 states and the District fell in June, but this is far from good news. Instead, it reflects renewed pessimism about the economy as employers put the brakes on hiring and people stopped looking for work.
While 41 states saw net job gains in May, only 21 saw an increase in June, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Businesses are holding off on hiring new workers, with private employers adding a mere 83,000 jobs last month.
The numbers reflected a temporary phenomenon: the layoff of thousands of temporary workers for the U.S. Census Bureau. But in a month when home construction and retail sales numbers missed expectations and corporate earnings reports were lackluster, they sent stocks tumbling early Tuesday before they erased most of their losses in the afternoon.
Nationally, the unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent in June from 9.7 percent in May.
Nevada’s unemployment rate of 14.2 percent was the highest in the nation as the state continued to struggle with a housing slump. Michigan’s rate was the second highest at 13.2 percent.
The Dakotas had the lowest unemployment rates, with North Dakota boasting 3.6 percent unemployment followed by South Dakota at 4.5 percent.
From the Rush Limbaugh Show, broadcast July 19, 2010:
“Would you trust Barack Obama to run anything in your personal life? Would you trust him to run your business? Would you trust Barney Frank? Would you trust Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd? Of course you would not! Who’s running the show, nevertheless?”
And this…
“I don’t know why there’s all this hubbub about jobs anyway. Didn’t Nancy Pelosi say that unemployment compensation benefits are the best job creators out there? I mean, wouldn’t jobs just get in the way?”
Diminished hope…
Additional:
Doug Powers, Michelle Malkin: CBS Reports Obama’s Unemployment Benefits Flip-Flop
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