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Mon, 01/11/2010 - 10:44pm — lambert

CBS poll: Obama's approval dips below 50%.

That's a result of decisions made in summer 2008 (public option), August 2008 (FISA), and October 2008 (TARP). And the 2009 double-down: a too-small stim pack, no help on jobs, no help on losing homes. As things turned out, there was about as much 11-dimensional chess here as there is in falling down a flight of stairs. Or being pushed.

All that's left now is manipulation: A speech, a terror strike.

Say, whatever happened to that jobs tour Obama was going to do? It certainly doesn't seem to be getting a lot of play. I guess with unemployment at a mere 17%, the administration thinks they've crossed that item off the list?

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We have a nice little chart and detailed tracking

By madamab on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 11:55pm

of Obama's free fall at my place.

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people are funny

By Valhalla on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 12:44am

More folks felt the government would protect them from attacks after 9/11 than after the crotch-bomber:

While most Americans (56 percent) have at least a fair amount of confidence that the government will protect its citizens from future attacks, just 15 percent are very confident. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, more expressed confidence.

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Add in

By Fredster on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 5:02am

that he's going against (what's left of) labor with his tax on "cadillac" health plans and those numbers will go down further.

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