Very good news on the homefront as President Barack Obama heads to London for the G20 Summit. The president's approval rating is at 66 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. "Two-thirds of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling the country's top job, and six in 10 give him good marks on issue No. 1, the flagging economy," WaPo reports.
"The number of Americans who believe that the nation is headed in the right direction has roughly tripled since Barack Obama's election" and 42 percent of the public believes the country is on the "right track," the “highest percentage saying so in five years and marks a sharp turnabout from last fall, when as many as nine in 10 said the country was heading in the wrong direction."
Obama doesn't have that much support in the lgbt community after involving ultrabigot Rick Warren in the inauguration and putting off efforts to even investigate repealing DADT until his perpetual wars are over.
Posted by: libhomo | 31 March 2009 at 21:56
I still support him and his message of inclusion.
Poll results like these are a momentary snapshot in time that can change quickly with a presidential misstep of some sort. It could be something as major as a sex scandal or as minor as an ill advised comment that causes a quick 10-12 point drop. One of the good things about our President though is that he never gets too high or too low and takes it all in stride.
I continue to wish both him and the country well during these trying times.
Posted by: R.O. | 01 April 2009 at 12:06