Fun Facts from Rasmussen Reports

• Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June.
  
  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan.
  

• Obama's Presidential Approval Index rating is at -15. This is the second straight day at -15... and the lowest rating yet measured for this bewildered, failing President.

• Republicans now boast a 7-pt lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot - as the GOP extends their lead over Democrats.

• 2010 New York Senate Race: Giuliani 53%, Gillibrand 40%...Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand may have a serious problem on her hands if hero-of-9/11 Rudy Giuliani gets in the U.S. Senate race, according to the latest numbers. Obviously, the man is held in high regard by NYers for his legendary performance as mayor of NYC and duty in a time of crisis... as now evidenced by Giuliani's double-digit lead in early polling.

• Speaking of NY, Just 35% of New York State voters agree with AG Eric Holder’s decision to try the confessed mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks (KSM) and five other suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York City rather than before a military tribunal... with 55% are opposed.
  
  Most sensible people want them tried and shot promptly at Gitmo, of course- then there's out-there Team Obama.
  

More at ►Rassmussen Reports

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Obama Support Collapsing, Hits New Low

Today Rasmussen Reports has President Barack Obama's approval differential at a new all-time low for him of -15... as his previously lofty support continues to tank hard.

The figure represents the difference between Obama's strongly approve likely-voter respondents -at this time 27%- versus those who "strongly dissapprove"... a number which has now climbed to a telling 42% in the wake of the administration's radical agenda and serial incompetence.

Note that Rasmussen PAI polls are responses from a sample of likely voters. Some other firms base their approval ratings on samples of all adults- President Obama's numbers are always several points higher in a poll of just adults... rather than likely voters.

Already Michael Barone is asking in the Washington Examiner:

"Are Democrats exiting the sinking ship...?"

►h/t Drudge Report

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Poll Shows BIG Opposition to ObamaCare Proposals

A new Fabrizio McLaughlin national poll of likely voters posted at Breitbart's BigGovernment finds the public strongly resistant to the health care proposals currently under consideration in Congress.

The poll also finds that health care isn’t the top issue on likely voters minds, despite the wall-to-wall news coverage of the debate over the last several weeks... and worse yet for Team Obama, as voters learn more about the proposals, their opposition to the legislation becomes overwhelming...

From BigGovernment:

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew the total cost for this health care reform plan would be $900 billion dollars?

Total Favor 25%

Total Oppose 67%

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew it would cut Medicare benefits for Senior Citizens by $500 billion dollars?

Total Favor 15%

Total Oppose 78%

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew you could be forced off your current health insurance and onto the government-run plan?

Total Favor 17%

Total Oppose 75%

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that there was no guarantee that you could keep your current doctor?

Total Favor 20%

Total Oppose 75%

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that it could limit the treatments and medications you could have access to?

Total Favor 16%

Total Oppose 80%

Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that it would raise taxes nearly $400 billion dollars?

Total Favor 21%

Total Oppose 73%

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Note that whenever Obama, Emanuel, or Gibbs are asked about why polls show so many people opposed to their statist Cap-n-Tax/Obamacare proposals, they always segue-right-into “we need to educate the public…”.

LOL, save your breath- Constitutionally-aware patriots don’t take lectures from Marxists.

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Libs Caught Pulling a Fast One

Some express considerable surprise at how quickly the Democrats have proven themselves stoopid, misreading their perceived election mandate severely- thus the aggressive legislative overreach and consequent plunging support. They actually thought that most Americans wanted a statist makeover of this country, and are caught offguard by swelling public outrage... but I don't see it that way at-all.

Obama-Pelosi-Reid and other liberals are plenty out-of-touch with ordinary Americans, to be sure- but if they ever believed that such sweeping, radical legislation had public support -and that this is what people were asking for last November- then why the habitual dishonesty, broken promises for openness/bipartisanship, stealthy power-grabs, the rush towards a vote without reading the proposals, sneaky last-minute amendments, threats to use dubious parliamentary maneuver, a ceaseless propaganda campaign -some of it funded with Federal tax dollars, union bouncers dispatched to bully town-hall protesters, relentless playing of the race card, paid internet trolls... and Alinskyite attacks on any/all opponents?

Does any of that behavior bespeak confidence that America was ready to welcome what they're now attempting to foist on us? Well, ends always justifies the means for the Left, because of-course they know better than the rest of us... but being aggressive, ruthless, and unprincipled certainly doesn't ensure success. The truth is, the Democrats tried to pull-one-over on America... and they got caught.

This is a country that likes a stand-up guy... but not so-much squirelly shell-game socialists who take advantage of our trust. Obama is the opportunist who mistakes good-faith kindness for weakness... not only do you have to back him off, but it's hard to allow the benefit-of-the-doubt (or to like him much) again after that.

Americans have now awoken, and they smell not only the coffee... but a scam... and they don't like it. As the failures mount, they're now expressing that displeasure in no uncertain terms. Sadly, in a time that screams for pragmatism and leadership, Team Obama provides little of either:

► Rasmussen has Obama's Approval Index at a -13%, one-point off his all-time low. Although this figure has proven voliatile, for the first time during Obama’s time in office the index is in negative double digits for seven straight days.

► Seven months after a pork-laden "stimulus" bill was peddled as something that would cap unemployment in the mid-eights, 49/50 states have lost jobs- six million jobs shy of Obama Administration projections.

With joblessness at a 26-year high of 9.8%, it's clear why the Dems seek any GOP support they can scrounge-up for these blatantly non-bipartisan bills... purely for political cover. Trouble is, he didn't get much of that on the ill-fated Porkulus- so Obama owns this piggy, and he's starting to wish he didn't...

►Although we were promised something entirely different, the "stimulus" package has been wholly ineffective... despite its deficit-spiking $800B tab. And the frightening jobs chart looks like it fell-off the edge of the table... -here-

►Support for Obama's top domestic priority- the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats- is down to 42%...

54% are opposed.

►The GOP has beaten the Dems in fundraising for the 2nd straight month.

►The Republicans have pulled ahead by five points in the generic congressional poll.

►Obama is now out campaigning/fundraising for his party's future, which he and congressional leaders have brought to the edge of the abyss in just seven months. Breitbart reports that the dollars aren't materializing as much as expected—even with a record-shattering fundraiser like Obama working furiously.

►Two weeks before off-year elections, Dems are facing the prospect of losing hard-fought gubernatorial races in Virginia and perhaps New Jersey, too.

►The Russians and Iranians are making a fool of Obama- as Israel wisely makes plans to go-it-alone

-here-

►Meanwhile, Obambi is a deer-stuck-in-the-headlights re. Afghanistan- with commanders now begging for him to make some/any decision. And as the Boy Wonder diddles and goes to his standard default setting -blame Bush- Dick Cheney sees a man frozen with fear...

-here-

Now doubling-down in his foohardy, diversionary attack on Fox News- the Dear Leader is making himself look still more petty and vindictive with an infantile you-can't-come-in-our-tree-fort chat at the WH- excluding Fox News and other perceived enemies, but including reliable MSM toady Maureen O'Dowd and a couple of the mindless parrots from MSLSD- read about that at Left Coast Rebel... -here-

Another Black Conservative is wondering how a certain knee-jerk bootlick with the tingly thigh didn't make the cut... perhaps the intensity of his Obama-man-crush even gives Barack the creeps? -here-

Stop the ACLU has a look at why Obama is in over his head, sinking fast... while taking America with him -here-.

And the Gateway Pundit has a deeply insecure White House e-mailing MSNBC during their live broadcast to "correct" them- insisting that Jake Tapper's exchange with the Gibster was "not heated"... nothing more pressing, Rahm?

►Riehl World View

►Flopping Aces

►Moonbattery

►Drudge Report

►Breitbart

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Dear Leader Tanking Again

Rasmussen Reports' presidential approval index now stands at -10%... a three-week low, and back to double-digit negativity for Obama.

In other fun polling news, Rasmussen found:

Opposition to ObamaCare is at an all-time high of 56%

59% of voters believe that political anger is greater now than under George W Bush.

And the resurgent GOP has lept to a four-point lead in the generic congressional ballot poll- 42% to 38%. That's a 15+% swing from just a year-ago...

Republicans also lead polls in the NY and NC governor's races... and early in the campaign for the CO US Senate seat, appointed incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet trails his Republican challenger Jane Norton by nine points... ouch. I guess Mike hasn't made much of an impression on Coloradans.

Voters Negative On ALL Political Labels...except "Reagan"

Rasmussen Reports:

Progressive is becoming more of a dirty word, but all political labels – except being like Ronald Reagan - are falling into disfavor with many U.S. voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Liberal is still the worst and remains the only political description that is viewed more negatively than positively. Being like Reagan is still the most positive thing you can say about a candidate.

And who's surprised by that, anyway?

The Gipper gave this country eight of the best years it's ever seen...