No Drudge Headline with Obama up by 11 Points at Gallup

[louis c]

The Drudge Report can't wait to trumpet bad news for President Obama when his numbers dip below 50%.

Today the President's approval numbers are 52% to 41% at Gallup. Let's put that into perspective. President Obama won a landslide Presidential election 13 months ago with about a 7 point win. 11 points would be an even larger landslide.

What the President's detractors always do is compare President Obama's numbers to President Obama's numbers. they certainly don't compare them to Palin, Romney, Pawlenty, or Huckabee. His political honeymoon numbers were and are unsustainable. No one can reach numbers in the upper seventies or low eighties and stay there. Not in a real Democracy.

I've been tracking the Gallup numbers since Inauguration Day, and after the political honeymoon luster wore off around June, the numbers ebb and flow between a plus 6 points and a plus 17 points. Today they are plus 11.

Mostly, President Obama remains popular and should aggressively pursue his domestic agenda. After all, his base is still a majority of the American people.

Link;
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

[bluestateguy]

1. You're just one of Obama's brownshirts

:sarcasm:

[louis c]

3. and Damn proud of it.

I get the sarcasm. however, I disagree with Obama's Afghanistan policy. however, it's nothing he didn't say on the campaign trail in 2008. It wasn't enough to dissuade me then and it won't do it now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Cheerleader.

:sarcasm:

[Imajika]

4. Drudge is a GOP propaganda site...

..why would Matt Drudge put up any news stories or polls that favor President Obama or the Democratic Party?

Why would anyone expect him to?

I mean, the RNC website doesn't announce polls favorable to Obama either, but no one is surprised by it.

[underpants]

5. Let's see if there is another trend

takes the lead on Hillary...sits back...and then comes back strong to finish the job
takes the lead on McCain...sits back...and then comes back strong to finish the job
takes the lead on healthcare...sits back...and then comes back strong to finish the job
takes the lead on Afghanistan...sits back...and then comes back strong to finish the job


It is called the "rope-a-dope"

[timeforpeace]

6. We said Gallup was irrelevant when it had him at 48%. Is Gallup relevant again?

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. "WE"? Link please? (nt)

[louis c]

9. You won't find me ever saying any poll is "irrelevant"

I look into the numbers to analyze the accuracy.

For instance, Zogby considers the answer "Fair" to the question on the job the President is doing as a disapproval. I figure that that answer is neutral. but the poll is not irrelevant.

To your point about Gallup. Their poll is a tracking poll and you can measure the ebb and flow. No one "snap shot" should be taken as final numbers. That's why I posted the trend line that Gallup supplies. Drudge only uses the ebb days.

[yodoobo]

8. Funny how that works isn't it?

Not really. But you know what I mean.

[NJmaverick]

10. Sadly this news is nearly as popular on DU as it is with Drudge