President Obama’s approval numbers may be declining, but that doesn’t mean that the Republican Party’s fortunes have turned around:
(CBS) While Americans have become slightly more optimistic about the economy, they continue to have overwhelmingly negative perceptions of the current economic situation overall, a new CBS News/New York Times poll finds.
But while 82 percent of those surveyed say the economy is in fairly or very bad shape, just four percent blame President Obama, who has now been in office for slightly more than six months.
Instead, they blame the administration of his predecessor, George W. Bush (30 percent), Wall Street and financial institutions (29 percent), and Congress (12 percent).
Mr. Obama is seen as a better steward of the economy than Republicans in Congress. Asked who will make better decisions on the economy, a majority of those surveyed (56 percent) cited Mr. Obama. Just one in four pointed to Congressional Republicans. Still, Republicans have gained some ground here: In April, 63 percent said Mr. Obama would make better decisions
Obama’s approval numbers are falling, but the GOP’s are still in the cellar that they were when George W. Bush left office. However, as this excerpt from Chris Wallace’s interview with Indiana Cong. Mike Pence seems to indicate, they don’t seem to understand that simple fact:
If this continues, then it’s possible what we’ll see in 2010 isn’t an electorate pissed off at Obama that turns to the Republicans, but an electorate pissed off at both parties that decides to stay home.
H/T: Tommy Christopher
