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Townhall
Aside From
That, Gen. Custer
Rich Galen
Dec 29, 2014
CNN was agog (not a word I get to use in a sentence every day) with the
results of a new poll released right before Christmas that showed
President Barack Obama's job approval ratings shooting up in the polls.
The apogee of the shot?
48 percent.
No, the ratings didn't rise by 48 percentage points, they rose to 48
percentage points meaning, a majority of Americans still do not approve
of the job the President is doing.
I was on CNN Friday morning with one of my favorite debate partners,
Maria Cardona, who proclaimed the clouds having parted and the sun now
shining on a most deserving Obama Presidency.
A good part of the reason, I believe, the President's numbers are
moving up is the growing sense of optimism about the economy.
The reason for that? Not clever nor creative moves by the White House
or the Department of the Treasury. Not the typically Kremlin-esque
statements from the Fed. Not last minute maneuvering in the U.S. Senate
by outgoing majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev).
The reason people feel better about the economy is because gasoline
prices have receded from $3.30 a year ago, to $2.30 this week.
A buck a gallon is a real number that people - especially people whose
paychecks barely make it to the end of the pay period - see immediately.
The value of the Ruble against the Dollar? Um.
Better job numbers? Good for them, but I already have a job and can't
stretch my paycheck...
Read the rest of the article at Townhall
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