The GOP’s nightmare: Obama and Obamacare both hit new highs

[DonViejo]

by LOLGOP on FEBRUARY 18, 2015

After a rough year, Democrats should savor what happened on Monday February 17, 2015.

President Obama and Obamacare both hit 50 percent.

The president’s approval rating is back at 50 percent in the Gallup daily tracking poll. He hit the halfway mark for the first time since June 2013 just after his most recent State of the Union and then fell back slightly.

Buoyed by a growing economy and low gas prices — which America has little-to-no control over — Obama’s approval is now higher than Ronald Reagan’s was at this point the Reagan presidency. (Conservative Gipper Defenders argue, “Well, that’s only because the administration had been caught selling missiles to Iran to fund an illegal war.” To which I say, “That’s a defense of Reagan?”) And it’s almost 20 percent higher than George W. Bush’s in 2007 when his aides began giving him his ratings in Roman numerals so he wouldn’t have time to figure them out.

Even more importantly, a new YouGov poll shows for the first time 50 percent of Americans want to keep or expand Obamacare.

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[malaise]

1. Lovely writing

Hilarious. GObama!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

2. Is the Roman numeral bit true?

I hope?

[DallasNE]

4. 38 looks pretty impressive

XXXVIII -- now that is a lot of digits so it must be good. Contrast that to Obama who is only at L -- see, that sucks.

[ybbor]

9. Haha

And of the RWNJs think the L stands for loser.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. The GOP knew this would happen.

That's why they're still repealing it.

Their attempt to sabotage health care reform by using the term "Obamacare" was a mistake that, I hope, will haunt them for a hundred years.

[obxhead]

5. When you set the bar as low as "The Gipper"

.....

[Jamaal510]

6. O's numbers have been rising

under the radar. Hardly anyone on TV (outside of MSNBC) is discussing it. In fact, not even my classmates in my political science classes know about it; one guy thought his approval rating was still in the low 40s.

[Cryptoad]

7. GOP is having a ruff week,,,,

I bet it won't be long before you see an increase in the number of HIllary Haters, and the lost souls of the Age of Privacy post ,,,, you know just for the distraction and such ........

[Marie Marie]

8. Funny how their nightmares are my sweet dreams.

[Historic NY]

10. Just wait until the government shutdown...

the debris in the bottom of a cesspool will hav a higher rating.