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  • George W. Bush a Better President Than Obama, According to New Poll

    President Obama’s approval poll numbers have been sitting at low levels for months now. The botched roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) healthcare markets hit his approval numbers hard. The government shutdown of 2013, though caused by House Republicans, dragged down the president’s approval numbers as Americans grew ever-more tired of legislative gridlock. Foreign policy headaches such as the Russian invasion of Crimea and civil wars in both Iraq and Syria have also driven down the president’s foreign policy approval numbers.

    Now a new poll shows just how little some Americans think of President Obama. The poll, released on Wednesday by the Quinnipiac University Poll, shows that nearly one-third of Americans believe Obama is the worst U.S. president since World War II.

    This compares to 28% of those polled who said that George W. Bush is the worst U.S. president since that time. Perhaps even worse, 45% of those polled said that they believe the country would be better off if Mitt Romney had won the 2012 presidential election and a majority (54%) said that the current administration is not competently running the U.S. government.

    “Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

    Well into his second term, President Obama’s approval ratings now sit at an all-time low for this president. The percentage of Americans who approve of the president’s job record hit just 42% last October, and that number has dipped to 41% in subsequent months.

    At the other end of the spectrum, many Americans are pining for a return of the Gipper. Over one-third (35%) of those polled by Quinnipiac said that Ronald Reagan was the best president of the past seven decades. Other (relatively) popular presidents include Bill Clinton (18%) and John Kennedy (15%). Obama finished fourth-best in the poll with just 8% of Americans calling him the best president since FDR.

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  • Obama Approval Rating Harmful for Senate Democrats?

    Obama’s approval rating is down to 45% and while slightly higher than two months ago, these numbers seem to make hesitant his fellow Democrats that are up for re-election to the Senate, according to CNN.

    The Democrats currently hold the majority in the Senate at 55 Democrats and 45 Republicans, but 21 Democratic-controlled seats are up this year as opposed to only 15 Republican seats. And many of those Democrats are a little vulnerable.

    Obama attended the Senate Democrats’ issues conference at Nationals Park on Wednesday, within which he told Senate Democrats who are up for re-election that he would stay away from campaigns in states where his presence would be less than helpful.

    One of those states would probably be Colorado, which is considered on the fence as a “purple” state. While Sen. Mark Udall’s seat isn’t considered that vulnerable as of now, he gave quite the sketchy answer when asked about the possibility of Obama helping with his campaign.

    “We’ll see what the President’s schedule is, what my schedule is. But Coloradans are going to re-elect me based on my record, not the President’s record.”

    That was a pretty far cry from the response by Alaska’s Senator Mark Begich who didn’t mince words saying, “I’m not really interested in campaigning” with Obama.

    Democratic Sens. Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, both facing re-elections in blue-friendly states, just plain didn’t show up when Obama held events in their states.

    Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, was not even cordial, saying Democrats should be even more quick to acknowledgethat Obama’s approval rating can hurt them:

    “President Obama’s approval rating in the top twelve 2014 battleground states is 36 percent, yet the Democrats running for Senate there supported him an astounding 94 percent of the time. Their blind loyalty to the agenda of such an unpopular President is insanity in the eyes of the majority of voters in these key states.”

    Ouch. Senate elections take place on November 4th.

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