2/3 of Americans approve of Obama selecting Hillary as SOS (new ABC poll)

[agent007]

And imagine what the support is among Democrats alone. It must roam the 90% mark.

28% disapprove overall.

Obama's transition in general is seen with very good eyes as well:
http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1079a1Transition.pdf

[scheming daemons]

1. Haven't you heard? The trolls say she's ineligible.......

:eyes:

[Jennicut]

2. Well, that Obama sure is popular

Poor Shrub. He must wonder how Obama does it.

[Muttocracy]

3. what percentage know what the federal Sec. of State does? nt

[RichGirl]

21. Obama knows what the SOS does...that's enough.

If you don't think so, then you can run for President in 2012.

[Double T]

4. BO is doing an overall great job!

HRC will make a great SoS!

[Metric System]

5. STOP POSTING LIES! This can't be true. It just isn't. I don't believe and you can't make me. Nope,

no way, now how. This poll is highly suspect. It must have been rigged by Clintonites. It is too hard to swallow (speaking of, did you hear the joke about Monica...). I'm sending a letter to ABC to call bullshit on this fabricated poll and I will report them to the FCC or the FBI. It just boggles the mind. I'm sitting here, dumbfounded, staring at my keyboard trying to make sense of it all...Nope, it still doesn't make any damn sense to me. There must be something wrong with the methodology. I'm sending the link to the CIA to have them analyze the results. You will curse the day that you posted this Clintonite propaganda on DU! And you will be VERY embarrassed when the expose is published in the Washington Times!!!

[emilyg]

7. HeeHee.

[ccharles000]

8. lol

[Beacool]

35. I know, she's the most hated woman in the nation, no wait, in the world.

:eyes:


:rofl:

[Captain Hilts]

45. Those polls showing her beating McCain by 9% were all LIES!!!!

[laugle]

41. No MSNBC will be doing a poll to counter it! Their so predictable!

Hate, conflict and division keeps them in business............I hate Matthews!

[Celeborn Skywalker]

51. Are you serious?

MSNBC is the only network that gives our side a fair hearing. You must be talking about Fox News.

[laugle]

54. I prefer CNN, I don't need other people's

opinion to make an analysis. Don't worry 1 year from now, when they attack Obama, you will be singing a different tune..............

MSNBC shows are not news, there entertainment..............

[Celeborn Skywalker]

55. I'm not saying I'm in love with MSNBC.

I just don't see how you can say they're the worst when they're the only network to give liberals even a voice (Maddow, Olbermann). I don't care if Obama gets attacked as long as it is for legitimate reasons.

[laugle]

57. I didn't say they were the worst, I just said they are not news!

By all means watch it, it's your choice, I like some balance and don't need to watch only shows that agree with all my opinion's!

MSNBC and the rest care are about one thing; RATINGS............

[tabasco]

63. Nope.

They care more about pushing propaganda for the PARENT corporation.

[Beacool]

64. I don't blame you.

I can't stand the sight of that sexist creep and stopped watching MSNBC many moths ago. They were so in the tank for Obama during the primaries they might as well have hung a sign proclaiming to be the campaign's official network.

:eyes:

[PFunk]

6. I like to see another poll before I join the Clinton bandwagon.

Concidering their last actions ABC has always been suppect to me when it comes to dems.

[mtnester]

10. So, how many points would they have to shave

for you to jump? 10? 20? Or, would you have believed it completely if they said 60% disapproved...would you have criticized or called it suspect then?

I don't really need an answer BTW.

[LostinVA]

20. You know you answered your own question!!!

[mtnester]

24. ...

:)

[JVS]

9. What's the normal rate for disapproval of SOS candidates?

[wyldwolf]

11. yeah, but the Washington Times and Free Republic are reporting...

[SwampG8r]

12. so all the republicans and what....

1/6 of the democratic party?

[agent007]

14. Try 8/10 or 9/10 of the Democrats, and a majority of Independents

If the next most recent poll is an indicator:

Gallup found that 57% of Americans and 79% of Democrats approved of the selection on the 18th of NOvember:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/112012/Most-Americans-Back-Idea-Clinton-Secretary-State.aspx

[sufrommich]

15. Yes, because we all know that Hillary has been the darling

of the right for years now.They love her,just go to their internet sites and feel the love for her,the beautiful photo shops they do of her, the cute little nicknames they've given her,the adorable little conspiracy theories they've attached to her.She's a goddess to them! The contortions some here will go through to explain away her popularity is bizarre.

[SwampG8r]

16. almost as unbelieveable as

the contortions those who love her make to history to build her up

[Beacool]

36. The fact that she won the votes of more registered Democrats in the primaries

than Obama didn't clue you in that she's quite popular within the party's rank and file? I mean, away from the LW blogs crowd, that is.

;-)

[Skwmom]

13. You can get Americans to agree to anything, if you sell it hard enough.

The war is a prime example.

All we've been hearing is what a GREAT SOS she will make. Even the Republicans have been selling her.

[agent007]

39. But the media has been selling us the idea that she is NOT fit for the job

Dowd, Broder, Matthews, etc. etc.

It cannot be said that Americans have been sold a pro-Hillary package for SOS.

[Captain Hilts]

46. I'm waiting for Broder to say that GWB has "trashed" the presidency.

Dowd needs therapy and Matthews and exorcism.

[Patchuli]

47. And this after the media trying to sell her as the only

choice for President? LOL!

[agent007]

49. The media didn't do that

This from the largest political magazine in the nation, as early as October, 2006



These are several big-name pundits predicting in early 2007 that Obama would eventually catch up with Hillary:

March of 2007:

MATTHEWS (3/4/07): OK, let me go around the room. Will he, meaning Obama, catch Hillary by Memorial Day in the polls?

KATHLEEN PARKER: I think so. He's going to move fast.

MATTHEWS: David , Democratic primaries—Democratic vote. Will he catch her in that poll, the next poll we take on Memorial Day?

GREGORY: Yeah.

ELISABETH BUMILLER: I think so.

CLARENCE PAGE: So many variables, but they—within shouting distance.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh021408.shtml

[Patchuli]

50. Well then perhaps the rightwing pundits did

but I sure got tired of hearing how it was all about Hillary long before the campaigns began. It was like they thought they were going to pick the Dem candidate!

[S_E_Fudd]

17. And the remaining 1/3 belong to DemocraticUnderground...nt

[Beacool]

38. Probably, also KOS, Huff

and every other LW blog..........

:crazy:

[Occam Bandage]

18. Don't be silly. Democrats hate Hillary with a passion. Obviously.

Wait, no, never mind. DUers do. Big difference.

[PresidentObama]

19. Thank GOD that DU isn't the face of the Democratic Party n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

22. Go Hillary! Take That Hillary Haters! LOL

Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

:rofl:

[political_Dem]

23. If the majority of a 1,003 random sample of adults approve on a LAN line, I guess it is so.

[musicblind]

25. So the people who disapprove of Clinton fall into the same percentage catagory as freepers

who think Bush is still doing an excellent job! :rofl:

I think that alone should put the Clinton haters to shame.

[KittyWampus]

33. No, I think those who approve of the decision is the same percent as approved the Iraq War

[agent007]

40. Hillary is being hired by Obama, who opposed the war

He must know what he's doing, then, don't you think?

[Zhade]

59. He hasn't made her any offer.

NT!

[laugle]

42. I guess you forgot Joe Biden and John Kerry voted for the IWR as well??

[Lilith Velkor]

53. IOKIYHAP

= it's okay if you have a penis

[Maven]

26. Obviously this poll was RIGGED by that evil

HITLERY KLINTOON!!!!111!!

[LostinVA]

29. I can't believe you haven't been TSed!

:rofl:

[Maven]

32. Whatever PUMA!

Shouldn't you be collecting your check from Shillary HQ?

:eyes:

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

37. It's HILLARYWORLD, dammit

:eyes:

[BootinUp]

52. jeezus you're hurtin me. lol

[Forkboy]

27. And more than 2/3 thought the war in Iraq was a nifty idea, too.

I'm not saying that Hillary as SOS is like the Iraq War, just saying that appeals to the majority are hardly a foolproof way to assess the good or bad merits of any situation.

[mtnsnake]

28. Obama's doing a great job so far & this is reflected in the choices he's making

K&R

[AtomicKitten]

30. And at one dreadful point in our history, the majority felt it was a swell idea to invade Iraq.

[kiva]

31. Yup, and the majority of Americans voted for Barack Obama.

And the majority of Americans don't hate Hillary Clinton.

[AtomicKitten]

34. public opinion is a fickle thing, a point of interest, but a snapshot is not reliable measure

Obama getting elected was a good day.

[Bicoastal]

43. Yeah, but that happened only three weeks after this poll was released...

...whereas support for the war, as well as GWB's popularity, peaked about 5 years ago.

I was an Obama supporter since Iowa, but I honestly feel that the vast majority of Barack's GE voters think Hillary will be a good SOS pick--numbers like these can't be spun so easily. It reinforces what I personally see outside the message boards, as well. Both she and Obama came out of the primaries more popular than they were before.

[ProSense]

61. Exactly, consider this

from 2006:

Laura Bush Approval Ratings Among Best for First Ladies

PRINCETON, NJ -- While her husband George W. Bush struggles to improve his low job approval ratings, Laura Bush remains a very popular first lady. Her current job approval ratings are among the most positive ratings Gallup has recorded for a first lady. But her high level of popularity may not translate into political support should she seek public office. Most Americans say they would not like to see her run for the U.S. Senate.

A Jan. 20-22 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll finds 82% of Americans approving and just 13% disapproving of the job Laura Bush is doing as first lady. Last year, she had a similar 85% rating, and she had a solid 74% rating in July 2003 when she was first rated.

Gallup has asked the public to evaluate most of the first ladies at least one time during their tenures in the White House. In general, Americans give positive marks to first ladies, but Laura Bush's scores are among the best Gallup has measured.

For example, Hillary Rodham Clinton averaged a 64% approval rating while she was first lady, ranging from a low of 54% in January 1995, to a high of 80% in February 1999.

Laura Bush's Approval rating August 2008: 62%

Hillary's approval rating: September 2008: 51%

Polling for the SoS is ridiculous.

[Skip Intro]

58. perfect response n/t

[cooolandrew]

44. That is a very good statistic that says Obama's approval is very high as not all dems agree with the

pick. So his approval is way higher than 66 percent.

update

http://www.pollingreport.com/obama.htm

Just checked polling report and it is about 76 percent in fact if you generously add the unsures it's 92 percent.

[beachmom]

48. Kick. Not my favorite nomination, but this is the truth.

[Cosmic Charlie]

56. 3/3 of Americans approve of Obama following the Constitution as it exists

[krawhitham]

60. 2/3 of Americans wanted her as VP too

[stillcool]

62. ABC...interesting..

are they, or anyone else doing polling on any other cabinet positions?