Obama's Transition Approved By Majority Of Americans

wsj.com:

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is entering the White House with an enormous reservoir of goodwill from an American public that is rooting for his success in the face of bad economic times, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

The mood presents opportunities as well as perils for Mr. Obama, who confronts a series of challenges amid expectations he will handle them well.

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Comments

[KatDawgATL]

Now is not the time for "lefty" or "righty" politics. The country is to "jacked up" for that kind of bipartisan whining about catering or NOT catering to progressives.... before he's even sworn in.

Just be glad for now that he (Obama) was elected, give a rest.

[Opt1musPr1me]

Many have said it before and I will say it again. If the way Obama ran his campaign wasn't an indication of how he plans to run the country then I don't know what is. The man handles himself in a steady and firm manner. We all need to get behind him and I think this is slowly but surely happening.

[zippy2112]

He is the US president and should be respected but also kept in check, he work's for "We the People" he should be behind us.

[globality]

But you are losing Obama voters.

Good luck in 2012 without the progressive voters.

[Coinyer101]

sure putting this one on edge. for every repub supporter he gets, he trades a liberal for..

[harriscrl3]

You know I could judge an entire group by your statement and say that wow the egoes that Progressives have to think that they can determine elections. But since I"m Progressive my comment SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. Your numbers are FEW get back to Reality. When 89% approve there is not that much who disapprove.

Some of you on the left ought to know by now that Obama is not your puppet that you can pull his strings he never were

Carol

[sixx]

Poll: Obama's Handling Of Transition Is Winning Over McCain/Palin Voters

Don't you believe it.

[Coinyer101]

he's doing fine on the transition. many of his cabinet picks give me pause. i will withold judgement until he's been in office 100 days. if troops aren't leaving iraq, i will be gearing up for protests.

[ckfan]

Gearing up for protests in 100 days if troops aren't leaving Iraq??? You're not serious, right? How old are you, 10???

[Grunty1]

You'll be protesting then, since I doubt any serious movement will happen in Iraq for the first 100 days. He's already said that he would "as careful getting out as Bush was careful getting in".

[Bitsko]

Enjoy hanging out at the demo with Lyndon LaRouche and the Worker's World Party. They're a lot of laughs.

[Coinyer101]

1-2 brigades a month. just like he said.

[kshawNCvoter]

Our new President will need our support and prayers for the next eight years.

[loveobamas]

i agree!!!!!!!!!!

[Chapmanp2]

& the media just can't have that...
They need controversy to sell ads so if it isn't there they simply manufacture it, spin it, or apply guilt by association tactics. Everyone I know sees it & we're all completely sick of it...

[fanchon1288]

I think the media should see some job cuts just like everyone else. We don't need them repeating the same thing over and over. You have to sort out what is fact. When there is controversy they go on and on. I am sick of it too. I have to tune in to BBC channel or turn off the set.

[Ajegunle]

REPUBS ARE STUPID!

EVERYTIME THEY ATTACK O, THEY REMIND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS RETHUGS ARE, AND HOW THEY HAVE F**KED UP THIS COUNTRY!

GOOD JOB RETHUGS, KEEP ATTACKING THE GUY THAT AMERICANS ELECTED TO CLEAN UP YOUR MESS!

[silentknight65]

AMEN BROTHER!

PS: How come every time I write something like this, it gets deleted?? What's the secret?

[Twopennygal]

SilentKnight, sometimes it just takes a while to show up. I've had some of my posts take more than 1/2 hour to show up, and I knew they couldn't have been deleted because I said nothing inflamatory.

[harriscrl3]

This is why it will be a BIG MISTAKE for Rethugs to go down this witch hunting road. Patrick Fitzgerald a republican appointee says there is no evidence of illegal wrong doing on the part of the President elect and this morning on Morning JOe you could see Pat Buchanan and Joe salivating at the thought that Obama is guilty of something. What did he know and when did he know it. We are not saying that he did anything wrong but this looks suspicious. THEN youre saying he did something wrong. The country is in a mess the American people will not have patience for this kind of nonsense particularly when Bush the President who is the most CORRUPT ever and got away with it is not even out the door yet.

Rethugs need to work on repairing THEIR IMAGE not damaging the image of an incoming PResident with lies and innuendoes.

Carol

[MurrayAbraham]

"This is why it will be a BIG MISTAKE for Rethugs to go down this witch hunting road..."se

Which is precisely why only the lunatic fringe of right wing pundits is going there.

Name a single Republican Politician who has publicly questioned Barack Obama's conduct.

[bogues]

Thank you for your comment. I agree with you completely. The Republicans are working as hard as they can to reverse the course that our country has decided to take. We no longer want the holier than thou crowd deciding who has the better set of morals, since they themselves have come up very short in that department. We the people are not going to buy this continued effort to make Mr. Obama guilty by association. He is a good man who is going to work hard for the country. God Bless him.

[ckfan]

Ok, Carol, that's it. I'm a fan for life. Every one of your posts makes perfect sense. I turned Morning Joe off this morning. That show has gone down the drain. Yes, you can see Joe and Pat foaming at the mouth hoping they can catch Obama doing something wrong. They want Obama to be a fraud; they are hoping he is. So much for putting country first and wishing the best for our new President. It's the Repubs (and some Dems) who are frauds.

We will find that Obama had nothing to do with Gov B's unethical practices.

[harriscrl3]

You know what bugged me too they are dragging up the fact that in the past Obama endorse this guy. The nerve of republican as if they never endorsed a corrupt politician of their own party who was under investigation. They are going back into the past instead of looking to the future and if you are a republican thats one place you dont want to go especially the last 8 years. Good grief many of these republicans ENDORSE Bush in 2004. Their HYPOCRISY is mindboggling to me. They must think the American people are idiots or they dont remember what Bush has done to this country. THey seriously need to stop it because one of the reason why their guilt by association didnt work was because the American people could see that Obama was not like this that he was genuine and here they go again with the SAME guilt by association.

Carol

[ADinSC]

"Morning Joe" has always been down the drain. I watch because they are a good means of tracking the lies and memes put out by the GOP. That, and it's been fun watching Scarborough's head explode every time he is proven wrong. For instance, this morning, a list of the "Most Corrupt States" was put up, negating his claim that Illinois is the most corrupt of all. Can't remember the source, of the list but it had Illinois at #6 behind four Southern states and Ohio. Scar just sat there with his arms crossed and that scowl on his face that appears whenever he doesn't get his way. He kept whining, "They're wrong! They're wrong!" He's worse than a two-year-old who didn't get that cookie he wanted.

[Mschmal]

is it possible to pass a law making tomorrow Jan. 20, 2009?

[BPCentrisAmerican]

I heard a Mid-West Republican call C-Span this morning and express how disgusted he was with the GOP "trying to kneecap Obama" over this crazy governor. The wing-nut Southerns, now leading the GOP should tread lightly because they are gong to lose this fight, as they are going to lose there war against American labor. Christopher Hayes political editor of the Nation magazine put it better than I could. "David Vitter is a joke and Richard Shelby wants to spread the pain as much as possible to further undermined capitalism". I want the Republicans to swing hard right, because thats not were the rest of the country is going and they will lose again and again, even white small town USA will reject them eventually.

[dm10003]

it will take years for many rejected conservatives to even smell the coffee, let alone acknowledge it.

[hortonhearsawho2]

23 % awaiting a Crack to plow through...

[nomoreofthesame]

Barack Obama should win the Person of the Year award.

[roshni]

Thank goodness we have Obama to sort out some of the mess created in the last 8 years. I would hope everyone would support our PE to move the country forward.
MSM continues to disappoint.
Instead of reporting on discussions with Al Gore, we are stuck with Blagojevich drama. I want to know more about the transition team and see coverage of it, not comedy routines about Blago.

[vippy]

Agreed, but some GOPERS still want to Obama to resign like the guy on 570 AM this morning.

[hortonhearsawho2]

Cape Envy...

[Kamric314]

LOL