Pew: Approval Of Obama, Obamacare Back To Pre-Rollout Levels

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

TOM KLUDT – DECEMBER 10, 2013, 5:00 PM EST

The political damage absorbed by President Obama and his signature legislative achievement appears to have subsided, a poll released Tuesday found.

According to the latest Pew Research Center/USA Today poll, Obama's approval rating has finally ended what's been a five-month dip, although his standing is still considerably lower than where it was at the start of the year. The poll showed 45 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing, compared with 49 percent who disapprove.

While that's lower than the 55 percent approval rating Obama boasted in a Pew poll a year ago, it's essentially the same as where it stood before the Affordable Care Act's flawed rollout took a huge political toll.

In September, before both the government shutdown and the launch of Obamacare, Pew found that 44 percent approved of Obama while 49 percent disapproved.

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[Purveyor]

1. CBS EVENING NEWS just reported some more good CBS polling news but copy is not yet available.

[1KansasDem]

2. Today's Quinnipiac didn't look so good.

Hope they're the outlier.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. K&R

[bigdarryl]

4. Obama's approval doesn't matter he has only three years before he's a civilian

And mark my word once he's out of office for three years his approval will shoot up in the 70% range.

[nevergiveup]

6. Yep, I totally agree.

[karynnj]

14. Where they say it matters is that how the party does in midterms could be correlated

For instance on today's NPR political report one NE expert was saying that Scott Brown might be more likely to run against Shaheen if the election can be cast as a referendum on ACA. Now, I think SB is the most over rated, media adored for no real reason politician out there, but that repeats this theme. (In that case, Shaheen is very well regarded in a state that knows her as both Governor and Senator.)

What this OP is suggesting is that ACA has regained the status it had before the roll out. Though that was not great, it was enough that Democrats did well in 2012. As a suggestion of a potential trend - that more people will see it as good - or at least as not the evil the Republicans spoke of - by 2014 IS really good news for Democrats.

I do agree that Obama's numbers will go up after office - nearly all Presidents' do - including GWB which I would have thought impossible.

[freshwest]

5. MSM EPIC FAIL in progress! What will they do to earn their lap doggie treats now? Benghazi!!! n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

13. No, they already tried that

CBS is still licking its wounds.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. I knew it would be temporary

[nomorenomore08]

8. So in the end, I suppose all that right-wing noisemaking amounts to practically nothing...

[rurallib]

9. Well the conserva-media is doing its job

[Gothmog]

10. This is good news

I trust Pew

[Dawson Leery]

11. Rasmussen has Obama up to 47% approval.

[mdbl]

12. Since I don't watch Fux Nooze

I never knew anyone was complaining. Oh, don' t watch cnn, nbc, cbs, etc etc etc either.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. But...but...but...tonight Tweety and Chucky Todd declared that Barry's presidency is

officially over; he'll never recover from the horrible rollout of Obamacare (website).

Note: I love how they conflate the website with the ACA law!!