The Vail Spot: Pew Poll: Even Worse for Obama

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity

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No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Article 1, Section 9, Constitution of the United States

If this is the law of the land...why in a republic (little r) and as republicans, do we allow mere POLITICIANS to the right to use a "title of office" for the rest of their lives as if it were de facto a patent of nobility. Because, as republicans, this should NOT be the case...just saying...

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Pew Poll: Even Worse for Obama

Pew Research Center
9/30-10/4/2009; 1,500 adults, +/- 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Pew report, topline questionnaire)

National

Obama Job Approval
52% Approve, 36% Disapprove (chart)

State of the Country
25% Satisfied, 67% Dissatisfied (chart)

As of right now, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care proposals being discussed in Congress?
34% Favor, 47% Oppose (chart)

Party ID
34% Democrat, 23% Republican, 37% independent (chart)