An Upside to Partisanship for Obama

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From Gallop
"Since Barack Obama took office as president in January, the Democratic advantage in leaned party identification has shrunk each quarter, from 13 points in the first quarter (52% to 39%) to 9 points in the second quarter (49% to 40%) and 6 points in the most recent quarter (48% to 42%)."
Economy has always been most important to US citizens but because of current Gov Economy is now 2nd.
Rasmussen Reports Survey
Issue
Very Important
Gov't Ethics/Corruption
83%
Economy
82%
Health Care
73%
Nat'l Security/War on Terror
67%
Social Security
65%
Taxes
62%
Education
59%
War In Iraq
49%
Immigration
49%
Abortion
41%
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/

Mike of TX 4:47PM October 09, 2009

On the day this article is published it has been reported that Obama experienced a 6-point upswing in popularity over the previous month, despite a noisy and relentless right-wing attack campaign which included numerous ambush protests of congressmen, "tea party" protests against government, vitriolic name-calling, and a full-court press by the right-wing press. During this time the mainstream media did little to discourage the idea that these attacks did not have broad popular support, and many must have bought into the hysteria in order for his numbers to go down as they did--so what would explain an upswing, in the absence of any good news of the moment? Bedard's analysis would seem to be spot-on as an explanation for why Obama's popularity in the polls could bounce back so effortlessly under these conditions...

Rich of CT 3:48PM October 07, 2009