Zogby: Obama Hits Record Low in Poll

By: David A. Patten

 

'"There is nothing counterintuitive in any of these numbers," pollster John Zogby of Zogby International tells Newsmax. "The president is clearly taken a slide — most especially with independent voters, who play such an important role in any legislation or policy support."

 

Continued evidence of declining popularity there will ratchet up the pressure on congressional blue dogs and other conservative Democrats to go their own way on controversial proposals such as public-option healthcare and energy cap-and-trade, knowing they can't rely on presidential coattails to prop them up with voters.

Experts say the failure of the $787 billion stimulus to deliver on Obama's promise of massive jobs creation, the ongoing economic woes, and the increasingly bitter fight over Democrats' determination to push the government-subsidized, public-option healthcare reforms are among the reasons for Obama's rapid descent.'

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_zogby_poll_health/2009/08/20/250566.html

 

All I can say, if you're going to spend all your political capital on one issue, make it the War on Drugs or the War on Terror, not Health Care. If you want to save America, stop the bleeding first.

Comments

[severin]

You are right, if you are going to spend all of your political capital on one issue, I think for Americans it is easier to accept more freedom than less freedom almost all of the time.

People never revolt because taxes are too low or government doesn't control enough of their lives.