Coin Toss

Well, our new Pres has been holdin' the reins now fer just about a year.

Traditionally, that's when all the big media types and those who fashion themselves as pundits start calculatin' and figurin' as to how he's doin'.

And, as usual in these kind of mudslings, who says what depends largely on what party they're affilliated with.

Obama, and his administration of course, claim to be doin' just fine, thank you very much.

More conservative types are claimin' he's pretty much screwed the pooch from the git go.

But there's another, more important group to be heard from.

One that is rarely listened to by the politicians they employ.

And that's the constituents.

You know, the folks what voted all them political types into their jobs in the first place.

Well,  a  bunch of groups who make their money by checkin' with folks about what they're thinkin' have just finished up some polls with some pretty revealin' results.

These folks have actually gone out and asked you, the voter, how you think the O-man is doin.

Not just one polling group, but a whole passel of 'em.

With pretty much the same result:  All this "change" ain't settin' too well with the populace in general.

CBS, never to be confused with a conservative polling group, has found that Barack's approval rating has fallen to 48%.

That's right, less than half of the country approves of what he's done and how he's done it.

That same poll says that over 53% of Americans think we should keep Guantanamo open.

And only 41% approve of his handling of the economy.

Another polling group, Rasmussen, finds that 53% disapprove of the job Obama's doing, with the traditionally more liberal Gallup poll showing only a 50% approval rating.

Every poll shows Obama at his lowest approval ratings since taking office.

Now, it's pretty common that Presidential approval ratings drop some from inauguration day.

Voters get a lot less euphoric as time goes by, as their victory joy gets tempered by reality.

But Obama's ratings have fallen like a stone.

And worse for him, the disapproval numbers are similar across a wide range of topics, including the economy, national security, healthcare, jobs, cap & trade, and others.

It's not just one or two areas of his presidency, but a wide ranging array of areas where improvement must be focused.

And so, Obama's vaunted popularity is slipping fast.

It's now a coin toss as to whther he's doing a good job or not, according to the polls.

Now, a lot of this Obama probably brought on himself.

When you try to do as much as he has in such a short time ... when you try to make so many significant, fundamental changes to this country ... when you try to force it down the electorate's throats ... people ain't gonna be happy.

And, they're gonna let you know it at some considerable volume, too.

But the real message here is that the people of this country ain't buying what Obama's selling.

They're not liking what their elected representatives are doing, especially when it comes to ignoring the wishes of the voters.

Obama gives lip service to doing things "for the people".

Verbal camouflage for what's really happening.

You can start calling horsehit manure, but that doesn't make it taste any better.

“Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.” --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential" ---  Chinese Proverb