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Obama plays to disaffected audience but most don’t blame him
Jan 27, 2010 09:07 EST

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When President Obama reaches the podium for tonight’s State of the Union address, he’ll turn to a TV audience fed
up with Washington and its incessant partisan bickering. But guess what: most viewers won’t be blaming him.

More than 90 percent of the American public thinks there’s too much partisan infighting and 70 percent
say the federal government isn’t working well, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
http://www.reuters.com/news/politics

But who’s the culprit? Only 27 percent blame the president. The biggest target of public disaffection
are Republicans in Congress — at 48 percent — followed by congressional Democrats at 41 percent.
Conducted Jan. 23-25, the survey of 800 adults has a 3.5 percent margin of error.

If the numbers are accurate, Obama’s message may find a fair amount of audience sympathy, particularly
for his much-anticipated emphasis on jobs, the economy and curbs on Wall Street’s excesses.

Nearly three-quarters say not enough has been done to regulate Wall Street and the banking
industry, while 51 percent want more emphasis on economic matters than they’ve seen up to now.

In fact, poll respondents are fairly optimistic about Obama’s future, with 54 percent saying he is facing either a short-
term setback or no setback at all. There are even signs that his overall job approval rating has begun to edge up.

First comment Jan 27, 2010 .. 10:04 am EST

Obama is a man of conscience. He wants to help the people. Many of us just fall into the same partisan
bickering we see in Washington and don’t pay attention to where the real problems are coming from.

Corporate lobbyists are always set on turning citizen centered initiatives into accounting and finance issues.
Corporations are not citizens and they must not be allowed a voice in crafting the laws that we citizens must live by.

I really hope that someone on the Obama team is reading these posts and taking them into account.
Corporate citizenship distorts the voice of the people. Remove them from the people’s government.
http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2010/01/27/obama-plays-to-disaffected-audience-but-most-dont-blame-him/

Only 27% blame Obama .. the kind of good, fair, rational common sense i love to see in the people's voice.