http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrsl8o4ZPo

Michale.....

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance-companies-psa

Polls are like the stock market- very short term and near-sighted.

The bigger question should be are we doing what's right for the long term. And I'd agree w/ you, Michale, that we haven't done enough to reform the economy. Alas, I feel history will repeat itself (though I think letting it collapse was not really an option).

Love Toles cartoon. It shows the Democratic dilemma which is, get blamed no matter what. So once again, screw the polls! :)

-David

-CW

I've been wondering the same thing for a few weeks now. The media largely yawned and shrugged its shoulders when the Dow hit 9,000, so it'll be interesting to see what they do at 10K. It's more of a "round number" and all of that, so they're pretty much going to have to say SOMEthing about it.

I, too, remember all those "Obama's presidency is a failure, the Dow keeps going down" stories, and have been waiting for them to use the same yardstick to measure it going back up.

We'll see, probably in a week or so... but you bring up a good point indeed.

-CW

First ACORN and now the NEA...

Ya know, it's really a good thing that Obama had sky high ratings to start...

If he hadn't, his entire administration would have been sunk by now...

Michale....

Michale.....

I see your point and, yes. In a way, it's a good thing that the system has recovered.

But, consider this.

It's generally agreed that the economy is flawed and in desperate need of "FIXING" and not just tweaking..

So, this begs the question.

Is it a GOOD thing that a bad economy is recovering?

Or would the BETTER thing be to let it all collapse and then rebuild a better system??

Michale.....

It's interesting that many reports coming out show that the economic response was not over blown. That we really did dodge a serious bullet as we came very close to a real depression. And the fix was very bipartisan in nature. Both Bush's and Obama's stimulus packages and other fixes were required to avoid that depression.

I know I am jumping the gun a bit (AGAIN... :D) but if you want to talk polls.. :D

GALLUP: Only Clinton rating at this point in presidency lower than Obama's...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/Barack-Obama-Presidential-Job-Approval.aspx

Granted, this doesn't address the issue of Obama's poll numbers rising a tad of late, so you are right in that context...

But it is an interesting fact, furthertheless..

Michale......

In his first 8 months of office, Obama has appeared on television more times than Bush and Clinton, in their entire presidencies.... COMBINED..

Now, I don't know if the word for that is "over exposed"...

But it sure is noteworthy..

But, here's a question.

Has anything REALLY changed in the DunselCare debate??

Has there been ANYTHING 'taken off the table'??

It seems to me that, in the here and now, DunselCare is no better defined than it was the day before Obama's joint address.

So, while Obama may be here and there and every where and up the streets and down the stairs, he really isn't saying anything new. The same old vague "I like this, but...." and "I don't like that, but....".

So, what's changed???

Zero, Zilch, Nada, Nothing...

Michale.....