Daily Rundown, 4-5-10
CBS Poll Shows Obama Approval at New Low
Down to 44 percent. The story also notes “When it comes to health care, the President’s approval rating is even lower — and is also a new all-time low. Only 34 percent approved, while 55 percent said they disapproved” (CBS News). From Hot Air: Small wonder Obama has taken to campaigning again for health care; he’s getting buried by it. Obama might do better to change the subject, but the next most pressing issue is another which Americans don’t like the job he’s doing. He only gets 42% approval on the economy, sinking closer to his all-time low of 41% in January (Hot Air).
White House: Economic Recover Kinda Slow After All
From the story: Obama’s chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers said on a pair of talk shows that a year after the passage of the stimulus bill, the U.S. economy still has “a long way to go.” Summers said pushing the unemployment rate down from its current 9.7 percent level won’t be easy (FOX News). Michael Barone notes “a nation with an ever-larger public sector and an inhibited-growth private sector is a nation with fewer openings for people who want work that will benefit others. Fewer opportunities for young people who want to choose their future, just as they choose their iPod playlists and Facebook friends. Change, maybe, but not much hope” (Townhall). Meanwhile, Obama meandered for 17 minutes when asked if it’s a “wise decision to add more taxes to us with the health care” package when “we are over-taxed as it is” (Washington Post).
Greenspan Asks what Media Refuses: What if CBO Numbers are Wrong on Obamacare?
As he notes “our buffer between our capacity to borrow and our actual debt is narrowing, for the first time, I think, in the American history, there’s a question, supposing we are wrong on the cost estimates, and, indeed, they are actually much higher than the best estimates can generate, the consequences are very severe,…” (ABC News). Scott Brown has vowed to continue the fight against Obamacare (FOX News).
Polls Show Tea Party has Independents and Democrats, Too
The story notes “The national breakdown of the Tea Party composition is 57 percent Republican, 28 percent Independent and 13 percent Democratic” (The Hill). And another poll, with the Indy/Dem makeup 43/8, reveals they aren’t undereducated and poor, as those on the left want you to believe (Gallup). A close-up of some of the Americans who call themselves Tea Partiers (FOX News). The Tea Party is outpolling Obama (Rasmussen).
7.2 Quake Strikes Baja California
Few deaths or injuries reported as of early this morning (ABC News). One group which assists victims isn’t far from the quake (Team Rubicon). Data on the quake and aftershocks (USGS)
78 Percent Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead
A pivotal moment in Christian history (Rasmussen). Dr. Albert Mohler notes “The cross and the empty tomb stand at the center of the Christian faith. Without these, there is no good news — no salvation” (Albert Mohler).
Gore Turns Away Media at Duke Speaking Engagement
The former VP only allows recording for the first 5 minutes of his 45 minute speech. The media seem okay with this.
School Suspends Girl for Touching Pill
She turned down the drug, but the school stuck to its policy of considering this drug possession and suspended her for five days.