Schieffer's Take on Obama's Decreasing Ratings
CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer discussed some of the reasons behind President Obama's decreasing approval ratings today on CBS' "The Early Show," citing concerns with the economy as the main catalyst.
"I mean, one of the most interesting numbers in this poll… was that nearly 7 out of 10 people have some concern about losing their jobs," said Schieffer. "Now, when you have that kind of a number there where that many people are uncertain about whether they're going to lose their job, there's no way the president's approval rating is going to stay very high."
Schieffer pointed out that even though Mr. Obama passed the stimulus package in addition to other programs aimed at improving the economy, the American people have yet to see any progress or a direct impact on their lives.
Schieffer also agreed with Vice President Joe Biden's earlier statement on the economy being worse off then the Obama administration first thought.
"Maybe they didn't want to say how bad that it really was…but when you come down to it, the economy is in terrible shape," Schieffer explained.
Quickly touching upon the approval rating's impact on Mr. Obama's plans to overhaul the health care system, Schieffer stated, "it's pretty well a consensus around Washington now, he's not going to get this done by the August recess, which was sort of the deadline they set. I think health care is in big trouble right now."
But because over 50 percent of the nation still holds a favorable view of Mr. Obama, Schieffer says that the president is "a long way from being unpopular."
You can check out the full interview with Bob Schieffer above.
"I mean, one of the most interesting numbers in this poll… was that nearly 7 out of 10 people have some concern about losing their jobs," said Schieffer. "Now, when you have that kind of a number there where that many people are uncertain about whether they're going to lose their job, there's no way the president's approval rating is going to stay very high."
Schieffer pointed out that even though Mr. Obama passed the stimulus package in addition to other programs aimed at improving the economy, the American people have yet to see any progress or a direct impact on their lives.
Schieffer also agreed with Vice President Joe Biden's earlier statement on the economy being worse off then the Obama administration first thought.
"Maybe they didn't want to say how bad that it really was…but when you come down to it, the economy is in terrible shape," Schieffer explained.
Quickly touching upon the approval rating's impact on Mr. Obama's plans to overhaul the health care system, Schieffer stated, "it's pretty well a consensus around Washington now, he's not going to get this done by the August recess, which was sort of the deadline they set. I think health care is in big trouble right now."
But because over 50 percent of the nation still holds a favorable view of Mr. Obama, Schieffer says that the president is "a long way from being unpopular."
You can check out the full interview with Bob Schieffer above.
I do believe he though he was in Chicago organizing a community event, but this is the United States and there is no room for a novice senator who missed 80% of his attendance and bought the election with speeches and empty promises.
I do believe he meant well but if you can run with the big dogs, don't get off the porch.
Hiring the clinton thugs will further sink him and the nation. Having no one on his cabinet that ran a business is also a novice move.
Leon Paneta will gut all CIA programs and we will be left out to dry just like under the clintons. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. The CIA is already having a gut check on what and what not to do. Informing the congress on anything CIA will only come out the Nazi NY Times.
And the other cry for help blaming Bush, get a kleenex and stop your crying, you own the ball and you will have to run with it. Honeymoon is over. Put up or shut up. Boo-who Boo=who
The Democrats have not done enough to educate the American people on why the economy is in such trouble.
In my view, this economy results from the policies of trickle-down economics, inequitable free trade, deregulation, and an energy policy that seems to be designed to sacrifice the American people upon the altar of corporate and individual profits.
Most of those policies were driven by Republicans...but they had the cooperation of a number of Democrats, which include the "blue dogs", of course.
The Democrats' relative silence on the core issues afflicting our economy - other than a oft-repeated admission that we need jobs without any accompanying explanation of how we are going to compete with offshore workers whose cost of living is 1/20th of ours and whose nation's fixed infrastructure maintenance and defense costs are 1/200th of ours - leads me to suspect that they have no real plan to correct the economy's misalignment.
That misalignment - that diversion of the stream of wealth into the hands of the few in America - took the Republicans 30 years to achieve.
Since it doesn't appear that the Democrats have any attention to address the core issues, I do not see how the future offers any hope of improvement. Correcting 30 years of Republican assaults upon America's middle class and working poor would be difficult at best, but if you never start, it is impossible.
That, in turn, causes me to ask "Why not?"...and forces me to suspect that too many Democrats are joined at the hip to the Republicans regardless of what their mouths say.
And given that 7 of 10 Americans live in fear of losing their jobs, I conclude that I am not alone.
Either insufficient coffee, or I shouldn't be watching multiple news networks at the same time.)