Polls: Favorable to Obama Arizona Response and Mixed on Palin Crosshairs Map

Obama's ratings surge in two polls (Politico)
President Barack Obama’s Approval Ratings have surged in two polls conducted since he delivered his well-received Speech on the Tucson shooting - with even the vast majority of Republicans giving the president high marks for how he’s handled the tragedy. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday morning, 54 percent of Americans said they approve of how Obama is doing his job, while 43 percent disapprove. His approval rating is the highest it’s been in the poll since A...

Obamas Poll Numbers Rise
Politico reports: President Barack Obama’s Approval Ratings have surged in two polls conducted since he delivered his well-received Speech on the Tucson shooting - with even the vast majority of Republicans giving the president high marks for how he’s handled the tragedy. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday Morning, 54 percent of Americans said they approve of how Obama is doing his job, while 43 percent disapprove. His approval rating is the highest it’s been in th

Obama sees approval rating surge above 50 percent
President Obama saw his Approval Rating rise above 50 percent in two major polls released this week, the highest it has been in months. An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday shows that 54 percent approve of the president's job performance, matching his highest rating since April 2010 after he signed the Healthcare Reform bill into law. Fifty-three percent said they approve of Obama in a CNN/Opinion Research poll put out Monday. The ABC figure represents a five-point jump from Dec...

CNN Poll: Blame game in Arizona shootings
Washington (CNN) - Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there's plenty of blame to go around over the shootings, but two-thirds of the public is pessimistic that the government or society can prevent something like this from happening again. A total of 19 people were shot January 8 at the "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Tucson sup...

Far More Republicans Liked Obamas Response to Tucson Than Palins
Dick Cheney may still be predicting that President Obama will lose his Reelection bid, but Obama has rebounded quickly from his midterm shellacking of two months ago and now boasts his highest Approval Rating since last April — 54 percent, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. That's up five points in a month, a bump attributable to a surprisingly successful lame-duck session and his widely praised response to the Tucson massacre. An overwhelming 78 percent of Americans approv...

CNN Poll: Obama's job approval rating on the rise
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's Approval Rating is up five points since December as a growing number of Americans consider him a strong leader who is tough enough to handle a crisis, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday also indicates that a jump in support by independent voters is behind the overall rise in the president's approval rating. Fifty-three percent of people questioned in the poll approve of how Obama's handlin...

Post-Tucson Poll: Little Support for Gun Control
CNN reports: Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there’s plenty of blame to go around over the shootings, but two-thirds of the public is pessimistic that the government or society can prevent something like this from happening again. View full results (pdf) A total of 19 people were shot January 8 at the “Congress on Yo...

Palin: Liberals can't tell me to 'sit down and shut up'
Sarah Palin vowed Monday night "they're not going to shut me up" as she berated liberals and the media for portraying her as the catalyst for the Tucson Shooting Spree. Palin told Fox News' Sean Hannity that she and other Conservatives were vilified as "accessories to Murder" because "those on the left hate my message." Borrowing a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Palin said, "A lie cannot live." "I will continue to speak out. They're not going to shut me up," she said, adding that...

Arizona shooting hasn't changed views on gun control
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows that Americans aren't any more likely to support stricter Gun Control laws in the wake of the Arizona shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In the latest poll, 28% of those surveyed said that they would support stricter Gun Laws as a result of the attack, while 69% had no change in opinion regarding the nation's Gun Control measures. Still, although the shooting did not change minds, a full majority of Americans blamed lax Gun Control either a g...

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
LA Times: At the same time, the congressional comity following the Tucson shootings appears to be waning. A proposal by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) that members of Congress not segregate themselves by party during Obama's upcoming State of the Union address is getting only lukewarm support. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) wasn't excited by the thought of sitting with Democrats during the president's address. "I get a little uneasy with the idea that political Rhetoric has anything to do with the traged...

Obama Approval on the Rise
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds President Obama's Approval Rating at 54%, the highest it's been in more than a year. By an 18-point margin, 58% to 40%, Americans say Obama "understands the problems of people like you." That's up from a mere 2-point split, 50% to 48% in September. A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds Obama's Approval Rating is up five points to 53% "as a growing number of Americans consider him a strong leader who is tough enough to handle a crisis." Interestingly, th...

Gingrich praises Obama
Newt Gingrich on Tuesday lavished praise on President Barack Obama - the man whose job he may be after in 2012. “He’s starting to get a lot of strength back,” Gingrich said of Obama in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,.” noting his Tucson Speech and hiring of Chicago powerhouse Bill Daley as the new White House Chief of Staff. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 The former GOP House Speaker and possible 2012 contender said he was par...

Obama's response to Arizona shooting rated higher than Palin's, poll says
An overwhelming majority of the public approves of President Obama's handling of the Arizona shooting rampage compared to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R), of which only three in ten approve. Seventy-eight percent -- including 71 percent of Republicans -- said in an ABC News/Washington Post poll that Obama responded well to the shooting that resulted in the killing of six people and the wounding of 13, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D). By comparison, 30 percent disapproved of ...

US-Obama Approval: 54% Approve, 43% Disapprove (ABC/Post 1/13-16)
krqe Obama's 53 % approval now. 6 pts better than Clinton's at the same time in his presidency. 16 pts better than Reagan's in January of 1983. HotlineJosh MT @SusanPage But [Obama approval at] 47% in USAT/Gallup. HotlineJosh RT @HotlineReid: No prez under 48% approval has ever won a 2nd term. None below 52% has ever lost. Obama at 54% in ABC/WaPo survey. alexpriest RT @HotlineReid: No prez under 48% approval has ever won a 2nd term. None below 52% has ever lost. Obama at 54% in ABC/WaPo surv...

CNN Poll: By 59% to 35% Margin Americans Say Palins Crosshairs Map Had Nothing to do With Giffords Shooting
In related news, 35% of the American public has been brainwashed by the MSM into believing Captain Crazypants was driven to mass Murder by a map (that he probably never saw). Washington (CNN) - Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there’s plenty of blame to go around over the shootings, but two-thirds of the public is pessi...

Sarah Palin Responds To The Response Over Her Response To The Arizona Shootings
Sarah Palin was interviewed by Sean Hannity last night. I doubt she helped herself....

CNN Develops New Retard Test
This new CNN poll on the Tucson Mass Shooting QUESTION: Overall, how much do you blame each of the following for the shooting in Arizona — a great deal, a moderate amount, not much, or not at all? The laws under which guns are bought and sold in this country Great deal 30% … Moderate amount 22% … Not much 14% … Not at all 33% The use of harsh Rhetoric and violent metaphors by politicians and commentators Great deal 25% … Moderate amount 23% … 

An Hour For Leadership
The Conservative Movement is emerging from a week of the most sustained media attack it has endured in a decade. An attempt was made to use the tragedy in Tucson to render the whole of conservative thought illegitimate and dangerous. Which of the aspirants for the 2012 presidential nomination spoke out for us? Who stood up to be counted, when the Right faced this detestable slander? No need to ask where Sarah Palin was. She was more of a specific target for the blood Libel than any of the other...

Obama Arizona Shooting Response Gets High Marks From Democrats, Republicans: Poll
A Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday finds that both Democrats and Republicans approve of how President Barack Obama has responded to the recent shooting in Tucson, Ariz. in which numerous Victims were wounded or had their lives taken. The survey comes in the wake of the president addressing the tragedy at a memorial service for the Victims at the University of Arizona. According to the survey, 78 percent say they approve of Obama's response to the incident, which was allegedly...

CNN Poll: No change on gun law opinions after Arizona shootings
Washington (CNN) - Americans' overall attitudes toward Gun Laws have not budged an inch in the wake of the shootings in Arizona, according to a new National Poll. But a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates that majority of the public favors restrictions on semi-automatic guns and high-capacity ammunition clips, as well as Background Checks and limits on the number of guns that can be purchased. The poll indicates that the two sides of the gun debate are evenly b...

Poll: Little support for gun control
Most Americans have not changed their views on Gun Control following the shooting nine days ago in Tucson, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll out Monday. Sixty-nine percent of those polled said the shooting that left six dead and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), has not changed their opinion on gun control. Twenty-eight percent said the shooting has made them “more likely” to support stricter controls on the sale of Firearms, while 3 percent were &ldqu...;

Poll: 69% Say Az. Shooting Has Not Changed Their Opinion on Gun Control
*18 Have the shootings in Arizona made you more likely to support stricter Gun Control laws, less likely to support stricted Gun Control laws or has your opinion on Gun Control not changed as a result of the Arizona shooting? CNN poll Politico Most Americans have not changed their views on Gun Control following the shooting nine days ago in Tucson, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll out Monday. Sixty-nine percent of those polled said the shooting that left six dead and injured 13, includi...

A WAVE OF MURDERS in a state the Brady Campaign calls safe because of strict gun laws. Safe? I d
A WAVE OF MurderS in a state the Brady Campaign calls safe because of strict Gun Laws. “Safe?” I do not think this word means what you think it means. But this kind of — all-too-common — pattern is probably why U.S. attitudes on Gun Control haven’t gotten any more favorable since the Tucson shooting. ...

False "equivalency" claims first victim: 63-year-old shooting victim arrested for mumbled threat
On Friday, on Democracy Now! Amy interviewed Eric Fuller, a 63-year old disabled Veteran who was one of the wounded survivors of the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords. Shot once in the knee and once in the back (with shrapnel), Fuller was obviously not in a forgiving mood, just because Loughner's crazy rightwing views were not precisely the same as everyone else's crazy rightwing views: ERIC FULLER: Once she walked up to me, she said, "I'll answer your questions, but you have to w...

Obama Approval Rating Up To 54%
President Obama has registered his highest Approval Ratings in a year and a higher number thank Bill Clinton had at this point in his presidency. Fifty-four percent now approve of Obama’s job performance, up 5 points from last month and 8 points above his career low in September. And given overwhelming approval of his response to the Tucson attack, Americans by an 18-point margin, 58-40 percent, say Obama “understands the problems of people like you.” That’s up from a mer...