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    Obama's approval rating plunges 15 points less than a week

    After less than a week in office, Barack Obama's approval rating plunges 15 points

    By David Gardner
    Last updated at 8:56 AM on 26th January 2009
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    Barack Obama might have been in office for less than a week, but the euphoria is beginning to wane.

    The new President's approval ratings have fallen from a stratospheric 83 per cent to a more modest - although still impressive - 68 per cent.
    Washington analysts said the scale of the drop in the Gallup poll underlines the immense challenges Mr Obama faces in trying to turn round the U.S.'s battered fortunes.

    He still remains vastly more popular than his predecessor George Bush - who left office with around 25 per cent approval.



    Oh, get a move on: Michelle Obama waits with apparent impatience as her husband attends to business on his first day in the Oval Office
    But there were signs yesterday that reality has set in following the wave of optimism surrounding his inauguration last Tuesday.

    Mr Obama is facing an ugly battle with Republicans over his plans to bail out the economy with £515billion of taxpayers' cash. Opposition leaders claim the rescue package relies too much on government spending and not enough on tax relief for families and small businesses.

    In a radio address at the weekend Mr Obama gave details of his plan for the first time, saying he wants to double the nation's use of wind and solar power within three years and modernise 10,000 schools to help combat the 'unprecedented crisis' faced by the country.

    The address was also broadcast on YouTube, where it drew 450,000 views and 3,000 comments - most of them positive - in just one day.
    But the President's top financial adviser Larry Summers, head of the National Economic Council, risked angering Republicans last night by refusing to rule out yet another influx of government money to prop up the ailing U.S. banks.

    He said: 'What ultimately will be necessary is something that will play out over time.' Mr Obama's hopes of enacting the bailout with bipartisan support next month appeared to be fading last night with Republican leader John Boehner warning that his party could vote against it.
    Senator John McCain, Mr Obama's opponent in the November presidential contest, also said he did not believe the package did enough to create jobs.

    'There have to be major rewrites if we want to stimulate the economy... As it stands now I can't vote for it,' McCain told Fox television.
    The President's new focus in the war on terror is also causing controversy.

    While he plans to shift all combat troops out of Iraq over the next 16 months, many soldiers will find themselves in the thick of a new battle in Afghanistan.

    Vice President Joe Biden warned that Americans should expect casualties as up to 30,000 more U.S. troops are sent there to fight the resurgent Taliban.

    In a TV interview yesterday, he said the additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be engaging the enemy more.

    Asked if that means the public should expect more deaths, he said: 'I hate to say it, but yes, I think there will be. There will be an uptick.'
    Sasha and Malia dolls? Sounds familiar



    The 'Sweet Sasha' and 'Marvellous Malia' dolls that have angered First Lady Michelle Obama

    Meet sweet Sasha and Marvellous Malia - two dolls who might or might not be based on the new girls in the White House.

    The makers of the popular Beanie Babies soft toys introduced the pair last week to coincide with Barack Obama's inauguration and said they were 'inspired' by his daughters Sasha, seven, and Malia, ten.
    'How can we resist?' said a spokesman.

    After Michelle Obama made clear her displeasure at her girls' images being exploited, however, the company rushed out a new statement insisting the names had been chosen merely because they were 'beautiful'.

    'There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls,' it said.

    'It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls.'

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    'It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls




    If they were exact replications, I'm sure they'd be wearing burkas designed by J. Crew.........chill out there queenie
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    As he dismantles our nation and sends us into a welfare tailspin, will the approval ratings continue to drop or will the followers just blindly continue to follow over the cliff of disaster clutching their entitlements and their stimulus checks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by azwreath
    'It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls




    If they were exact replications, I'm sure they'd be wearing burkas designed by J. Crew.........chill out there queenie


    Holy crap that is wrong on so many levels. What's wrong with a burka if they were wearing one? If these dolls were a representation, so what? It's so ironic that so many blame the state of affairs because of God being taken out of the public eye, yet I see comments that PROVE God has been taken out by the very people that claim to know him. NO compassion or love for others than your own.
    We see so many tribes overrun and undermined

    While their invaders dream of lands they've left behind

    Better people...better food...and better beer...

    Why move around the world when Eden was so near?
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    I think the shine is fading from obamas halo soon you will be able to see the horns.

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    After Michelle Obama made clear her displeasure at her girls' images being exploited, however, the company rushed out a new statement insisting the names had been chosen merely because they were 'beautiful'.
    Suuure they did. Shame on the company for exploiting their "images" (like they look anything at all like the girls). I'm sure Michelle had other plans to profit from their images.
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