Views about Barack Obama, namely the president's approval rating on the economy are at record lows. But the GOP is faring much worse. Perhaps his jobs speech will give him a new light on Thursday.
At any time in the history of polling Americans, there has always been a group or part of the population which has been down on a candidate about something. Perhaps never in the history has any political figure been given a 100 percent approval rating. The sitting president is no exception.
According to a joint poll by NBC News and the Wall Street 
Journal, the numbers about Barack Obama's approval rating dropped to record lows.
About 1,001 respondents were queried in random telephone calls about the state of affairs in the United States. Not surprisingly, as many as 60 percent gave the president a thumbs down, namely in how he manages the economy.
Overall, only 43 percent approved of the Commander-In-Chief's job and ability in stimulating the fledgling jobs and unemployment situation.
But on the GOP side, only 28 percent approved of the way the Republican Party is doing its job in Congress.
Perhaps the most numbing of the statistics gathered from the poll is that 54 percent of respondents think this about Barack Obama: He will experience a longer than expected set back, and will never recover in time before the 2012 elections, according to the same NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll.
Ironically, this is the same number former President George W. Bush had from potential voters following his handling of the Hurricane Katrina crisis in the Gulf Coast.
What does it all mean? There's no doubt the numbers gathered from a cross-section of people are noteworthy.
However, in the fast-moving events taking place on a daily basis (e.g. Dow Jones Industrial Average, Libya crisis, and GOP volatility), things can tip in the President's favor just from his jobs speech on Thursday.
He hinted at what is to come during a Labor Day speech in Detroit, Michigan, a state he won handily in 2008. But the times have changed, and it is a must-win state if he is to prevail in the 2012 elections -- or a bleak indicator about Barack Obama and re-election if he doesn't.
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Comments: 15
America should be the land of the free, not the land of the oppressed.
Oh right, It is YOUR president spending tax money on a failed stimulus.
Yes, America is the land of the oppressed thanks to the Progressives.
This is coming to an end, though. America can't afford to protect Europe anymore. So, you will see much of Europe dismantle much of what was built as a result.
And my opinion is that if you don't like the laws where you live, MOVE.
Really??? Really??? what planet are you living on, I never hear of the richest and most privaleged going to Europe for medical treatment....they always come to the US.
If you know your history you would understand the WPA was a big joke..in fact here is one the big jokes of the day.
John....my brother interviewed with WPA for a job
Friend.....oh so what is he doing?
John.....oh nothing
Friend....oh so he got the job
I understand the need to have people be part of something, to allow them a place to live and get fed and all.....that was the WPA for the most part....getting work done efficiently....not at all.
For all of you that are still in love with Europe that is on it way down toward a big dismal failure...I say...then do yourself and us all a favor and move there....we want nothing to do with that mess here.
Your choice folks.
The Right Wing blame game is a losing battle based on ignorant bias and destructive strategy for the country.
Blather on and waste the country's time.....that's the Spirit.....
In my opinion, you are asking the wrong questions....
Questions we need to ask relate to,
global economic trends;
how to reduce general anxiety, within Business;
how to get Banks to take risks, again;
how to generate revenues, so the government can operate, without going in the whole because of 2 wars and interest on the debt
It is NOT a matter of Progressives spending. That's a bunch of bull.
Economists--ALL OVER THE PLACE--say that it will take years for us to recover from the economic crisis of 2008.
Who says McCain would have done a better job?
The reduction of Government spending, as the only strategy, is a simplistic and destructive way of looking at the problem.
And certainly both sides agree that entitlement programs need to be reviewed.....