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New AP poll. Obama rocked - and not in a good way.

Posted: Mar 26, 2014

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Did we need a poll to tell us that?? - Really? Abby

yet, 9 out of 10 people support Russian sanctions -- - sm

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-- something widely denounced by conservatives on this board.

Polls are funny. Link supplied for those who care to read beyond the headlines:

"Despite the poor performance reviews, Obama's primary tactic so far — imposing economic sanctions on key Russians — has strong backing.

Close to 9 out of 10 Americans support sanctions as a response to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the poll indicates. About half of that group says the U.S. sanctions so far are about right, while the other half wants to see them strengthened, the AP-GfK poll found."

One question... - sm

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Is the AP poll about Russian sanctions only?

No, here is the full AP coverage - sm

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Overall disapproval of the job Obama is doing ticked up to 59 percent — a record high for his presidency — in the poll released Wednesday. That's still well below the 72 percent disapproval rate that former President George W. Bush recorded in the AP-GfK poll in October 2008. Still, Obama's 41 percent approval rating is a sobering number for fellow Democrats running in this fall's House and Senate elections.

So, the link you posted with the following sentence is a lie? - Truthhurts

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You said...."9 out of 10 support Russian sanctions -- something widely denounced by conservatives on this board" but do they?

Most conservatives are Republican so this sentence from the article is more accurate:

"Most Democrats say the sanctions were OK, while a majority of Republicans find them too weak….

----and I think that would include conservatives on this board. Maybe we should have a poll to really find out how conservatives on this board really feel?

I'm all for stronger sanctions, those that would include hitting Putin would be really great. I think why Obama is not putting sanctions on him is weird but the only thing that comes to mind is his open mic statement that he'd have more flexibility when he was re-elected. Could that be why he isn't putting sanctions on Putin himself?

Note this:
"Now he's hit a new low on international relations — just 40 percent approval."

"Majorities say they dislike Obama's handling of the Ukraine situation (57 percent) and his interactions with Russia (54 percent)."

Once again, thank you, Truthhurts. - I love your posts!!!

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This is an edited post. People are extremely sensitive to things we write these days. I guess I can understand that given the circumstances.

I don't think that's fair - sm

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The fact that some posters may not understand statistical analysis doesn't mean that those of us who do are uninformed or unwilling to become informed.

I thought insulting fellow posters was against the rules. - nm

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???

well, no TH, that's not a lie - sm

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Nine out of ten people can easily be represented by "Most democrats" and some republicans. Did you not pick up on the irony of "a majority of Republicans find them [the sanctions] too weak?"

So, no. There was no lie; there is no lie; no lie is required.

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