Recent polling shows record levels of mistrust in the president. His approval rating has fallen as low as 45% nationally in recent Gallup polling, and dipped to as low as 40% in a NPR survey of 1,200 likely voters in 70 battleground districts conducted earlier this month. (Douglas E. Schoen and Patrick H. Caddell, WSJ, 6/17/10)
This is what the people are saying about him!
On the other side stands Obama — solid and sober, rooted in the belief that his way is the right way and in no need of alteration. He’s the emotionally maimed type who lights up when he’s stroked and adored but shuts down in the face of acrimony. Other people’s anxieties are dismissed as irrational and unworthy of engagement or empathy. He seems quite comfortable with this aspect of his personality, even if few others are, and shows little desire to change it. It’s the height of irony: the presumed transformative president is stymied by his own unwillingness to be transformed. He would rather sacrifice the relationship than be altered by it. (NYT, 6/19/10)
This is what his supporters are saying about him!
Black Gold
There's a reason petroleum is such a durable fuel. It's not, as Obama fatuously suggested, because of oil company lobbying but because it is very portable, energy-dense and easy to use. But this doesn't stop Obama from thinking that he can mandate into being a superior substitute. (Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, 6/18/10)
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