Here is the story on the President's recent poll numbers from the New York Times: In Poll, Obama Is Seen as Ineffective on the Economy
Okay.
But looking at Question Five of the poll, you know...where the question is put to people directly, it says: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy? The answers were as follows:
57 percent approve
35 percent disapprove
7 percent don't know.
I can go ahead and ask my Father, the Mathematics Professor for confirmation, but...those numbers seem to...well...how does one put this??...show that the public approves of the way the President is handling the economy.
In fact, they represent a one point uptick (for a poll that's been hovering around 55-61 points since the beginning of February). Even Keith Olbermann, whom I normally trust without fail, pissed all over the numbers.
Of course, the lead paragraph of said story is as follows:
A substantial majority of Americans say President Obama has not developed a strategy to deal with the budget deficit, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, which also found that support for his plans to overhaul health care, rescue the auto industry and close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, falls well below his job approval ratings.
Riiiiight.
Let's take down the score, then move the goalposts.
Sure, if you want to ask how's the President doing on the Economy, you're going to get the same basic answer we've gotten for the last four months. There's no story there. So let's make one up. Let's telescope on the specifics of what people don't like, and we'll make headlines.
Liberal media my black #$!$$...
