Although I’ll readily give PPP this: they could have easily have fudged their results, and they didn’t. I don’t think that Tom Jensen should beat himself up too much for the NY-23 thing: admittedly, the poll conditions changed too often to give good results, but now we know.
And knowing, of course, is half the battle.
Because while Dick Cheney may have won the battle of public opinion, it’s the President who makes the final call.
Now that it’s come out that the President’s stance on Gitmo is deeply, deeply unpopular with the American people (via @BrianFaughnan):
WASHINGTON — Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn’t be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states.
…he has an unparalleled change to show his leadership. Now is the time for the President to come out with his detailed, specific, and comprehensive plan for closing down the prison at Gitmo and incarcerating its prisoners on American soil. No matter how unpopular it might be.
We’ll get a response from the White House any moment now. I’m certain of it.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
Zogby will also always have been hated and despised by half the left-blogosphere by this time tomorrow, but that’s another story.
Although there is a fairly massive caveat there:
The honeymoon is over, a national poll will signal tomorrow as President Obama’s job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy.
The sobering numbers come as the president backpedals from two prime-time gaffes – one comparing his bowling score to a Special Olympian and another awkwardly laughing about the economy, which prompted Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes” to ask “are you punch-drunk?”
Pollster John Zogby said his poll out in the morning will show Americans split on the president’s performance. He said the score factors out to “about 50-50.”
(H/T: Protein Wisdom & Jules Crittenden)
“About” in this context could mean anything from 48% to 54%, and if it isn’t 50% it’ll be closer to the latter. The RCP average implies that this is the first poll that Zogby’s doing for President Obama’s approval ratings, so we don’t know whether he’s looking at likely voters, or adult ones. Although it should be noted that a 50 approval rating from adult voters wouldn’t be bad news for the President: it’d be the kind of catastrophic news that makes people start exploratory committees. Continue reading Zogby to report a 50% approval rating for Obama tomorrow.
