NBC/WSJ poll finds 54% have no confidence in Obama’s leadership

NBC/WSJ poll finds 54% have no confidence in Obama’s leadership.“This is the public saying your presidency is over.” We wish. He’ll still be playing golf, signing “executive orders” and leading with his behind on foreign policy. Oh, and climate change.

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    • Ah, but what KIND of jobs, Silent? Jobs that lead the worker right back into chronic poverty are not particularly good for the economy, though your party's owners kind of appreciate the GOP's efforts to bring back slave wages. ;>)

      • “Bismarck once said, ‘God looks after drunks, children, and the United States of America.’ The Almighty has apparently been busy in the bars and playgrounds since 2009.” – J.R. Dunn

  • It looks like the same people who ran the ObamaCare web site are in charge of foreign policy.

  • If only the real world graded on an affirmative action curve Obama wold have a 95% leadership confidence level.

    I have a feeling that we are disappointing King Barky the Incompetent again.

      • No they are the ones getting free shit, in other words they are bought and paid for democrat voters. I am sure some of the 46 percent are also dead.

        • Now, isn't that a strange interpretation, considering that it's the Republicans who usually promise lots of goodies to their voters: cheap gas, cheap electricity, cheap labor, low taxes, cheap (GMO) food, cheap Big Gulps, no health insurance required (hey, go ahead and sponge off everybody else if you don't feel like paying insurance premiums, right?)...and to Hades with the longterm consequences.
          No, Silent, it's not the Democrats who are handing out "free shit." Nor is it only Democrats who accept it. In my experience, there are lots of political conservatives with their hands out for all the "free shit" they can grab.....but that's okay, just so long as "THOSE people" (insert demographic description of your choice) don't get it

        • Silent, that's one of your troubles. You're ALWAYS "sure" of a great many things that aren't so.
          To all: this is a POPULARITY poll. It requires the person being polled to make sweeping judgments, without any effort being taken to find out what those judgments are being based on. It also doesn't take into account the fact that good leaders are often obliged to support unpopular positions. Does it make them better leaders if they cave and give the public whatever instant gratification they crave, instead of working for the longterm good of the nation? Of course not.
          Once again, you've been had. And, just to make sure none of you actually use a little critical thinking while reading the poll results, they get some bozo to put his own spin on it, to mislead you even further.