Vice-President Biden is finding that he’s isn’t playing well in Peoria:
Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year’s election. Biden’s unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, up from 29 percent last November. (Eighteen percent of those surveyed say they have no opinion of Biden.)
Biden’s average favorable rating during his time in office so far is 45 percent — well below the average 65 percent favorable rating for Vice President Dick Cheney during Cheney’s first year in office. Vice President Al Gore’s favorable rating during his first year, 55 percent, was also higher than Biden’s. (Gallup did not measure vice presidential popularity before Gore.)
Biden’s rating has fallen most dramatically among independents. Last November, 55 percent of them had a favorable impression of Biden. Now, it’s 32 percent. Biden’s favorable rating among Democrats is 73 percent, down from 88 percent last December, and among Republicans it is 18 percent, down from 33 percent last year.
Finally, there is a greater gap between Biden’s favorable rating and President Obama’s than there was between Cheney and President George W. Bush and Gore and President Bill Clinton.
Well, so much for that rehabilitation plan.
I got to meet Joe Biden when he came to J. Sargeant Reynolds to give a speech, several weeks ago.
I was very impressed by the way that Joe is such a regular guy. He spoke without notes on a broad range of topics. I wish more people could see the Joe Biden who I met, instead of the filtered version we see on TV.
Should something happen to Mr. Obama, America would be well served by Mr. Biden as our President. Mr. Obama made a very wise choice for his running mate, unlike the screw-up made by John McCain.
It is tiresome to see so many cynical attacks against our elected officials. While it is true that our process seems to attract borderline maniacs to the political business, one has to wonder that if we replaced all of this cynicism with team spirit and an atmosphere of unified support, could our Nation move more quickly back toward prosperity?
He’s the Vice-President, his only real job is to sit in a chair so people can make fun of him.
Sorry, I think he is Obama’s insurance plan not ours.