Yes, they like the person? In Obama’s case I think it is less, though, about personality and more about symbolism.

Reminds me of how consistently Americans opposed Ronald Reagan’s policies while happily approving of him.

“The survey suggests that the president’s approval rating remains over 50 percent even though most Americans disapprove of how Obama is handling the economy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq, unemployment, illegal immigration and the federal budget deficit.”

That goes directly to the Boston Globe article I linked to yesterday evening.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/reid-lieberman-offices-both-deny-report-of-an-understanding-on-filibuster/

A dead dog would have been a better vice president than Dick Cheney.

Talk about Americans and short memories –

Yeah, things around here are sux0r, just like 2003.

SMH

Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among others.

But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race and helped Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman surge into the lead on the eve of Election Day, has generated more money and enthusiasm than organizers ever imagined.

Activists predict a wave that could roll from California to Kentucky to New Hampshire and that could leave even some GOP incumbents — Utah Sen. Bob Bennett is one — facing unexpectedly fierce challenges from their right flank.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091103/pl_politico/29057

The fun part begins.

He is damn smart doing things this way. Keep the GOP occupied with shiny objects and quietly start undoing some of the damage.

I don’t know who it is who is the photo – op hogging egomaniac the trolls talk about but it ain’t Obama. Despite overusage, the fact is that he IS no drama Obama and that is going over very well with people I know, which doesn’t mean a thing overall, just an observation.
in business – he likes to keep things under the radar until it’s too late – it’s a great way to keep your enemies from throwing obstructions in your way.

Depends on who it is and that’s why I don’t read some people who post there any more – like Robert Reich, who seems to like Obama about as much as Newt Gingrich does.

There are some great writers posting there- Bob Cesca is a fave and Steve Webber is funny as hell, too.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3577/big-gun-us-labor-secretary-hilda-solis-heads-honduras-tuesday

These are the things that this prez does quitely under the radar.

Yes, Ariana is often over the top, and I rarely read HuffPo because it’s mostly an electronic supermarket tabloid, but in this case she nailed it. IMHO.

I don’t think the congress during Reagan’s first mid-term was a direct reflection of a rejection of him.

American’s are fickle. They forget quickly. They are also very impatient. Many throw reason and reflection out the door in exchange for faith in something that may or may not even make logical sense. Sorry if I offend some of you but that’s my observation and this is why I feel many incumbents are in so much trouble right now.