Do you Approve of the Job Hillary Clinton is Doing as Secretary of State?

[MadBadger]

Poll question: Do you Approve of the Job Hillary Clinton is Doing as Secretary of State?

Ive wanted to take the temperature of DU for awhile now of key figures in the Obama administration, and on the eve of election day 2010, a year since Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election, I thought now would be a good time.

The scale I'm using is different than one I and other pollsters have used previously, but I think this fits better.

Here is a link to the poll on VP Joe Biden
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8728493
Link to Poll on SecDef Gates
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8728535

[SIMPLYB1980]

1. Strongly approve. nt

[styersc]

2. Has a Sect of State ever left the post to run for President?

[MadBadger]

3. Idk, but not sure what that has to do with her job approval.

[MadBadger]

4. My threads done usually rile people up in hatred, though i do have some enemies

So I dont understand the net uncrec for this one.

[Clintonista2]

6. Clinton haters

They can't stand to see people approve of her and the job she's doing.

[MadBadger]

7. What kind of person would you describe as a "Clinton Hater"

[Clintonista2]

10. The kind who go into every single thread that has to do with Bill or Hillary and attack them

I would name the two most persistant offenders, but I wouldn't want to get in trouble for calling anybody out. I have no doubt they'll show their ugly faces in this thread sooner or later.

[karynnj]

12. I do - though I did not rec or unrec - it is designed to start a flame war

Here is likely what you want:

- HRC is a great SOS
- no she is an awful SOS
- you are a Clinton hater
- No, I'm not and that doesn't change that she is no diplomat
- she is a great diplomat and looks so happy now
- I agree

Note - what is missing:
- That what HRC does impacts the success of this Presidency
- That there is rarely any real content
- That the honest answers would likely not be as stark as Yes/no, she has had successes, notably Albania recently and some not exactly successes (Pakistan/Palestine)

[MadBadger]

22. Considering I did one for Gates, Biden, and Obama too, I think you've got egg on your face.

[IndianaGreen]

5. She was doing fine until the idiotic statement on Jewish settlements

and the cavorting with the evil Bibi Netanyahu. If that's Obama's policy for Middle East, then it is a major failure!

[ClarkUSA]

8. It was a gaffe that she backtracked on/"clarified" today. CNN has been showing clips. nt

[IndianaGreen]

9. I don't think it was a gaffe. I think Obama bent over to the Likud

[ClarkUSA]

11. I don't see any evidence of that. I think Hillary made a freelance gaffe which she corrected today.

It's not her first gaffe, after all.

In point of fact, Pres. Obama is the least popular U.S. president of the past few decades in recent Israeli opinion polls because he is not seen as unequivocally pro-Israel as former presidents.

[timeforpeace]

13. Approve, and she would have been a good president.

[emilyg]

14. +10

[Beacool]

15. + 100

:D

[argonaut]

17. I agree. Well, at least on the first part.

[smalll]

20. Wait 'til 2016 -- Hillary IS 45 ---

From "Madame Secretary" to "Madame Inevitable" all over again!
:hide:

[TexasObserver]

16. Strongly Approve

[madrchsod]

18. she should avoid taking questions from intelligent young people

young people in iowa,africa,and pakistan has exposed hillary`s disdain for anyone who dares challenge her in public. i guess those who she feels beneath her do not reserve her respect.

[Lord Helmet]

21. +1

[bigwillq]

19. A bit too hawkish for me

but I think she is doing a decent job. She's a valuable asset to the current administration.