Health Care Push Sends Obama’s Approval Ratings Plummeting

Obama has a fawning press, unlike George W. Bush who was hammered by the press. Yet Obama’s approval numbers after a year are close to Bush’s numbers after eight years and two wars. Every time he opens his yap about health care he loses more support from the American people. He doesn’t care what any of us think. It’s his way or the highway.

What an epic failure.

Rassmussen reports:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% 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 -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).

Each time the President leads a big push for his health care plan, his job approval ratings suffer. While some portions of the plan are popular, others are not. Most voters oppose the proposed Medicare savings and the taxes involved. As a result, most voters continue to oppose the legislation. Just 20% of voters believe that most Members of Congress will understand the proposed health care bill before they vote on it. From a political perspective, 50% are less likely to vote for a Member of Congress who supports the health care reform plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats.

The way things are headed, Republicans can run on a platform of “repeal and impeach” this fall.

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