Obama agenda: Point guard-in-chief

"Calling himself a 'pretty good point guard,' Obama and South Florida Democrats gathered at the home of former Miami Heat All-Star Alonzo Mourning where current Heat players Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade were spotted," The Hill notes. "'I like you, but when you play the Bulls, I'm rooting against you,' Obama told the two men. Neither the reporter in the room nor a White House spokesman spotted the Heat's other new addition, LeBron James, but former Los Angeles Laker great Magic Johnson was in attendance. 'I am stunned that Alonzo let a Laker in here,' Obama joked. 'But he said that Magic transcends party lines.'"

"More than 4 of 10 likely voters who say they once considered themselves Obama backers now are either less supportive or say they no longer support him at all," per a new Bloomberg poll. Still, Obama's overall approval rating among likely voters is 47%.

More from the poll: "Obama's deteriorating job-approval numbers are balanced by continuing regard for him personally: 53 percent of voters have a positive view of the president in the October poll, up from 49 percent in a July survey. In a hypothetical presidential match-up against one of the Republican Party's most prominent figures, Obama beats former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin 51 percent to 35 percent. Former President George W. Bush and Republicans in Congress still get more blame than Obama or congressional Democrats for the condition of the economy."

"Peter A. Diamond, an MIT professor regarded as a brilliant theorist grounded in real-world problems, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics yesterday for developing a theory that helps explain mismatches between employers and job seekers that can contribute to high unemployment — even when openings are plentiful," the Boston Globe reports. "The award comes as Diamond's nomination to the Federal Reserve awaits Senate action, in a process that has been blocked by Republicans."

15 comments below

Beverly in Chicago

4 of 10 likely voters who say they once considered themselves Obama backers are this way because they are inundated with the hater-aide served to them by the GOP?TP Party.

3 votes

#1 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:28 AM EDT

Handgunner

Spin it all you want - the rinse cycle begins in November.

2 votes

#1.1 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:04 AM EDT

Mo-1852032

You must really like that line handgunner seeing as how you use it a dozen time a day. Where did you get it from your lord Beck?

How do you take disappointment?

1 vote

#1.2 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:34 AM EDT

Madison From NY

hater-aide served to them by the GOP?TP Party

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Why do Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the progressive democrats believe hard working citizens to be Nazis/ Astroturf/ Deluded/ Gun-loving bible thumping idiots or otherwise too stupid to form their own opinion on exactly how destructive the democrat agenda has been to this Country?

Have the Democrats really changed since the 1850s-60s when they supported slavery because the elite needed to "care for" the slaves?

2 votes

#1.3 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:45 AM EDT

Gingerbread Mamma

What's not to like? The man is so charming and very sincere in his efforts to bring the country forward. Disagree with his policies, he cant please everyone and some will never be pleased.

Whatever the outcome will be Nov 2, he will still be a formidable candidate in 2012 and my money is on him.

2 votes

#2 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:28 AM EDT

Union Baby, Tennessee

I voted for President Obama, so did my husband, daughters and son's in law - so far none of us are displeased with him or anything he has done. The republicans in congress - now thats another kettle of fish all together - we are very displeased with those jokers and wish them the worst of everything this life has to offer.

2 votes

#3 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:38 AM EDT

IndependentThinker-796986

union baby (I guess union says it all):

Okay, that's an assortment of at least 6 of you (more if more daughters than 2?).

So Obama and the Pelosi/Reid super-majority congress are responsible for over $3 trillion and counting in spending. That must be paid for by taxes or the BS way of borrowing/printing money.

With about 350 million in the USA that works out to about $8,600 for every man, woman and child in the USA . That works out to something like $20,000-$25,000 for each tax paying adult. Remember, it is you that has to pony up this money, one way or another.

Soooooooooo, among you, your husband, your daughters and their husbands, can you tell me specifically what have any of you benefited from this nymphomaniacal spending?

1 vote

#3.1 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:26 AM EDT

Mo-1852032

IndendentThinker, your moniker doesn't match your intellect. You know that the most of that 3 trillion dollars you rave about is for the two wars started by you and your Friends.

1 vote

#3.2 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:45 AM EDT

IndependentThinker-796986

Uhhhhhhhhhhh, no. The wars are not included in the $3+ trillion. That is totally separate. I have defined the $3+ trillion that Obama and the Pelosi/Reid congress have legislated.

And "Mo", you moniker does match your intellect.

2 votes

#3.3 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:53 AM EDT

IndependentThinker-796986

"............... More from the poll: "Obama's deteriorating job-approval numbers are balanced by continuing regard for him personally: 53 percent of voters have a positive view of the president in the October poll, up from 49 percent in a July survey........"

Seems awfully strange that a pathological liar would have a good personal approval rating.

#4 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:17 AM EDT

Mo-1852032

Your hate is consuming you IndependentThinker. But after reading your last sentence I decided you were talking about your lord Glen Beck.

1 vote

#4.1 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:50 AM EDT

Mixed Bag

While the new Bloomberg poll shows President Obama's personal approval level rising since their last poll in July, his job approval fell 5 pts...from 52% approval to 47% approval. His disapproval number rose from 44% to 48%.

This constitutes a 9 pt negative swing in President Obama's job approval.

It also constitutes the lowest job approval level Bloomberg has recorded for President Obama.

The public has no difficulty differentiating their high personal regard for the President from the issue of his competence.

1 vote

#4.2 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:55 AM EDT

HMMM. . .

Everyone should become familiar with Diamond's work. One of the more interesting conclusions Diamond reaches is that extended unemployment benefits INCREASE later productivity because employees are allowed the time to find better job matches. This means that unemployment benefits are a good investment and could actually bring a later return.

This is the sort of argument that the administration and the democrats need to make: That spending in the form of Unemployment and Infrastructure are INVESTMENTS that have been shown empirically to bring substantial returns to the the economy. Tax breaks for the rich have never been show to benefit the economy and, in fact, the body of historical evidence shows otherwise.

1 vote

#5 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:38 AM EDT

Madison From NY

Calling himself a 'pretty good point guard'

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Ooops.

The voters wanted AT LEAST a 'pretty good president'

Not a mad spending government expanding illegal immigrant loving job killing disaster

2 votes

#6 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:39 AM EDT

Mo-1852032

Your hate is consuming you also Madison, it's not healthy.

1 vote

#7 - Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:53 AM EDT

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