Poll: Six In Ten Say Obama Off To Good Start, Majority Blame GOP For Gridlock

Wall Street Journal:

WASHINGTON -- A hundred days into his presidency, Barack Obama's standing with the public remains high, increasing the odds he can enact his ambitious agenda. Most Americans like their new president, even amid some reservations about his policy goals, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

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Comments

[lornejl]

Fundamentalists can only take you so far repubs.

[Chapmanp2]

The personally thing in the headline is rather amusing...
How many of US actually know Obama??? I like what I see... I don't really know him.
Keep up the good work Mr. President, & please explain what's going on with all the Geithner crap.

[Phideaux]

....Ring, Ring....

"Hello."

"This is the inter-galactic operator, collect call for the Republican Party from God, will you accept?"

"Uh, yeah.... sure."

"Go ahead Sir"

"Michael, Michael Steele....This is God.... I know it's you Michael, so don't try to hide from me."

"... I, ah.... I didn't..... you know... I prayed you'd forget about that time I ... well, you know."

"Can it Michael, I'm not calling about that... Have you seen the latest ratings for your clown circus?

"Yes, sir... I mean, God."

"Then don't even tell me you're proud of this.... I gave you people minds so you could use them .. and not keep being completely disruptive trying to ruin it for everyone else."

"Well, you see God... we GOP'ers can't seem to be helping the Dems.... It wouldn't look right to, well you know who they are"

"Oh I know who they are.... And you don't want to go where I'm going to be sending them Michael.....

Michael, you'd better get your head put on tight and start letting your party know they're skating on very thin ice with me... Capisce? It's time to figure out how to really work together and start using those brains I gave you to figure things out TOGETHER .... or you know what Michael......?"

"Uh, er..... ah...what God."

"Or Michael .... I shall smite thee and the rest of thy uncooperative circus for good."

[wintoday]

More good news....

U.S. consumer confidence soared in April
Americans lifted by hopeful signs economy starting to stabilize.
Read more. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30454387/

[MrEZ]

Huh, I don't think I'd personally like Obama, but I've been mostly ok with the choices he's made as our President.

I'm still insulted by the way he laughed off the Americans asking the questions about Cannabis legalization and how it could help the economy though, so I have my reasons for not liking him personally.

[rhondadavis28]

Good news for our president, bad news for the GOP!

What a glorious day!

[Simone]

What's not to like? He's smart, funny, handsome, cool, loves his wife and kids, kind, respectful, civil. It should be 100%.

[justbeingme201]

I agree!!!

[fuelrod]

And he loves bankers and they love him..

[Trustandalwaysverify]

and he never lies, never makes mistakes, and never ever ever will break a campaign promise.

[NewArtz]

Of course I'm seeing a correlation here between the 20% approval rating of W, and the 20% disapproval rating for Obama. It gives me hope that only 20% can't see what has been going on because their heads have been busy looking for colon polyps.

[Roxanna]

The absolute Reason Obama is so popular because he represents a possible change for the masses from the gridlock of the the good old boys who have run the nation for sometime...

The GOP's have have Run it into the Ground and people are beginning to see what a Lie the War in Iraq was. Profits over people. The problem is the the cost of these wars(Iraq and Afghanistan) are going to continue long after the wars have ended. They are bankrupting our nation.

[fuelrod]

Arlen wants to go after the party with all the money....

Notice: the riches people in America are DEMS, also the top 10 zip codes are DEms..

GOP is the poor working class.

[MrEZ]

Do you live on Bizarro World?

Oh, I'm sorry...

You am not living on Bizarro World?

[Mikecoatl]

Are we thinking about the same poor working class the GOP has been stabbing in the back for decades? Sorry, but the 'librul elite' line isn't going to work this time.

[lornejl]

repubs never heard the expression ; If your are in a hole blah blah blah.

[pepperdude]

GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR THE PREZ. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOON THE DEMS BEGIN TO CANNIBALIZE EACH OTHER. ESPECIALLY DEMS FROM RED AREAS

[LemonMeringue]

If the GOP obstructionists keep this up, the American people are likely to reduce their numbers even further in 2010.

it isn't that far away.

[AnalyzeIT]

LemonMeringue, the GOP has done a lot to hurt this country and they continue to do so - you best believe that the GOP numbers will be reduced further in 2010.

[ekoorb]

The number of Democratic Senators got into the mid-70's under FDR's leadership through The Depression.

[handofFATE59]

TORTURE WORKS!!!!
POLLS SHOW THAT!!!

ID RATHER BE WATERBOARDING!!!!

[fuelrod]

Obama regrets giving AIG bonuses in stim pack,, He kept them for the payback for campaign funds..

He thought we would never find out,, there is more to come..

That's why trade and cap will never go thru everybody is watching...

We will be better off with the blue dogs, they are a younger clan.. The old libs, Kennedy, specter,murtha nancy, feinstein, etc are playing on the houses money.. Time what's for no one..

[Irish55]

Are you from the spaghetti school of posting? You know the one. Just throw something out there and if it sticks - it's good. Do you have any facts to back up what you say?

[fuelrod]

He signed, and puhed the bill, he knew what was in it.. If he did'nt know that would be worse..

Dodd was the only senator to receive more $ fro AIG than Obama..

Obama has been bought.....and now he is paying back..