MSM keeps reporting that public support for the stimulus plan is dropping. However.......

[marmar]

Obama Has Upper Hand in Stimulus Fight
Obama’s 67% approval rating on the stimulus is more than twice that of Republicans

by Frank Newport


PRINCETON, NJ (Gallup) -- The American public gives President Barack Obama a strong 67% approval rating for the way in which he is handling the government's efforts to pass an economic stimulus bill, while the Democrats and, in particular, the Republicans in Congress receive much lower approval ratings of 48% and 31%, respectively.

These findings, based on Gallup Poll interviews conducted Feb. 6-7, underscore the degree to which Obama appears to be maintaining the upper hand over his opponents from a public opinion perspective as he and congressional leaders wrangle over the precise form and substance of a new economic stimulus plan. (Recent Gallup polling also shows that a slight majority of Americans in general favor the idea of passing a stimulus plan of around $800 billion, a sentiment that has stayed constant over the last several weeks.)

Obama will address the stimulus issue before a nationwide audience on Monday night with his first prime-time news conference. He will also conduct town-hall meetings this week in Elkhart, Ind., and Fort Myers, Fla., as part of his efforts to help sell his view of the urgency of passing a stimulus package. The new Gallup data certainly suggest that these public relations efforts will find a generally receptive audience.

The data in particular show the sharp divide between the public's views of how Obama has handled efforts to pass a stimulus bill and its views of how the Republicans have handled this -- a divide that quantitatively produces a 36-point approval gap. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.gallup.com/poll/114202/Obama-Upper-Hand-Stimulus-Fight.aspx

[Andy823]

1. Two reasons

For the media "lies". One they need to please their corporate masters, republicans, and two is "ratings", they need to cause conflict, make things look worse than they really are, and anything else that will get the viewers worked up. I pretty much stopped listening to the MSM, it just irritates me to much to listen to the crap they are peddling!

[BR_Parkway]

2. And they'll keep repeating that until they get their tax cuts - the show

must go on.

[liberal N proud]

3. Media + Corporations + GOP = fuck the people and their opinion