Wanna lay bets how fast Obama hits 40%?? :D

Michale

that's grey area constitutionally (as interpreted by the supreme court). amendment XXII is much more explicit; no president could realistically run for a third term without congress passing and states ratifying a new constitutional amendment.

ninety-five percent of the country has its mind made up about the president one way or another. with no prospects of re-election, president obama can pretty much do whatever he wants. a drop in poll numbers that doesn't get below 45% is unlikely to have much impact.

I stand corrected.. Obama would NEVER do anything that violates the Constitution..

{{cough}} Due Process {{cough}} Recess Appointments {{cough}} {{cough}}

:D

But we're only one week in, remember, things could change.

True.. But, as you point out, there are more budget battles in March.

And, since Obama is taking a major hit on the Fear Mongering Apocalyptic Armageddon inducing Sequester, it's a safe bet that Obama's March number has no where to go but down..

I can't wait until April's Poll Watch commentary.. :D

Michale

Anyway, let's get to some comments.

Michale -

Thanks for pointing it out. I didn't see your comment until now, but it looks like RCP got their act together. Yes, March's numbers are so far looking significantly lower so far. But we're only one week in, remember, things could change.

David -

Wrote about this today, so see Thursday's column.

Joshua -

I think the president is currently trying to remove Boehner from the budget equation. He's on a charm offensive to both Senate and House Republicans, but Boehner's invitation seems to have gotten lost in the mail... interesting developments, that's for sure.

Michale -

And the funny thing is, I bet everyone here would support a third Obama term...

Oh, sure. Right after they repeal the two-term constitutional amendment. In other words, it ain't gonna happen. Can you picture roughly half of the red states ratifying that amendment before 2016? I can't.

Oh, wait -- joshua's quoted the amendment for me, so I don't even have to look it up! Thanks! My point exactly...

:-)

-CW

I guess someone at RealClearPolitics read this column, because they have now updated their charts and provided full data from February 25 to today. As expected, Obama's approval got a bit worse in the last four days of February, but also as expected it didn't move the monthly numbers much. Obama's average monthly job approval stayed at 51.1 percent, but his average monthly job disapproval will be adjusted upwards one-tenth of a percent to 43.1 percent. The charts and all-time stats will be updated next month. Again, we apologize for this delay in getting full data.

And the funny thing is, I bet everyone here would support a third Obama term...

Amendment XXII
Section 1.

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once."

the whole country acknowledged that FDR was out of line getting elected more than twice, and took steps to prevent it ever happening again. my quatloos say you'd lose that bet.

~joshua

Exactly.

I guess what I'm saying I would like to see is people standing up for this belief.

-David

{{cough}} {{cough}} FDR {{cough}}

And the funny thing is, I bet everyone here would support a third Obama term...

I would love to be proved wrong on that.. :D

it makes both the president and congressional republicans look bad, and the only ones who have re-election to worry about are them.

While I may not agree with it, I CAN see the logic in it..

It makes the POTUS look bad and, by extension, Democrats...

Especially in light of the fact that Democrats have their heads so far up Obama's ass, it's impossible to tell where they end and Obama begins..

In other words, what tarnishes Obama tarnishes Democrats because NO Democrat has the testicular fortitude to break away from Emperor Barack The First and state unequivocally that the Emperor is buck-assed nekkid......

Michale

Welcome to Activism... Obama style...

"Oh, how the Mighty (Left) have fallen..."
-Guinan, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, Deja' Q

:D

Michale

How can you claim that when everything that's being reported says just the opposite...

The Administration's definition of "imminent" alone completely negates the accepted concept of "due process"...

Contrary to what Obama has asserted, "due process" does not mean a single lone POTUS sitting in front of a list and saying, "this one dies and this one doesn't."

Again, keep in mind that *I* don't have a problem with that..

But let's be honest and not call it something it isn't..

It ISN'T "due process" in any WAY, SHAPE or FORM..

Michale

~joshua

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/a-devastating-26-word-challenge-to-president-obamas-leadership/273789/

This should be a no-brainer for the administration. All you have to say is you support the right of due process before the law.

It's ridiculous that Obama is losing the moral high ground on this issue.

-David

The only question is will Obama and the Democrats become more obvious and desperate and try to MAKE it hurt.

Or will they (ala' ObamaCare) jump on the Sequester Bandwagon and take the credit for it..

It's a toss-up, but my opinion is that they will try and take credit for it..

Especially in light of Obama's poll numbers plunging...

Remember, you heard it here first.. :D

CW,

If I am reading RCP correctly, it looks like the numbers HAVE updated...

Right now, Obama's numbers are at 48.5 approval, 45.5 disapproval..

If these numbers are accurate, that represents a steep drop from the 52.7 approval of last month..

Michale