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Obama at 100 Days Is Average in Polls, Better Than Bush, Worse Than Reagan, JFK

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jfk was murdered and obama wont b
jfk was a shitty president

jhfoi of AK 5:04AM May 19, 2009

Polls can ask 500 people one day and a different 500 the next and get a completely diferent outcome.
I never rely on polls. So many opinions.
One thing is Obama has saturated the airways with speeches and news conferences and town meetings all over the world and wasting at least $300,000 per day just in using AF1 stateside, so i have an opinion that he needs to stay in the oval office and do internet briefings and such.
No need to spend $300,000 just to fire up AF1 during this bad economy.
The questions in his news conference tonight meant nothing and at times he stuttered so many times, i did not understand what he meant.
In closing, Polls mean nothing. Watch the real thing
and don't rely on saturation of this man in the media.

Don of TN 9:26PM April 29, 2009

Keep in mind the current state of politics, where Bush left office with around 30% approval despite foreign policy and image being in shambles, terrorism and nuclear proliferation on the rise, the second worst economic collapse in US history, two ongoing wars and a total erosion of the Constitution and personal privacy... to name a few issues.
I don't ever expect that 30% to ever support a Democrat, even it it was Ronald Reagan incarnate.

Rory of GA 5:07PM April 29, 2009

that the polls don't mean much at 100 days.
Most of the people answering them so early have no idea what they will like or not like about the whole of a presidency. Carter had not had the hostage crisis at that time. Bush had not had 9/11 or an invasion of Iraq. Reagan had not had Iran/Contra. Clinton had not had Monica.
Try us again in three years and THEN compare Barack to the others at similar points in their terms.

Muser of NM 3:56PM April 29, 2009