Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors

[ProSense]

Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors

Heidi Przybyla

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. investors overwhelmingly see President Barack Obama as anti-business and question his ability to manage a financial crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The global quarterly poll of investors and analysts who are Bloomberg subscribers finds that 77 percent of U.S. respondents believe Obama is too anti-business and four-out-of-five are only somewhat confident or not confident of his ability to handle a financial emergency.

The poll also finds a decline in Obama’s overall favorability rating one year after taking office. He is viewed favorably by 27 percent of U.S. investors. In an October poll, 32 percent in the U.S. held a positive impression.

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Unlike other recent presidents, Obama hasn’t selected a leading business executive for his cabinet or a top advisory role. One year after taking office, he is coping with a jobless rate hovering around 10 percent and a federal deficit that rose to $1.4 trillion last year. In response, he has proposed a fee on as many as 50 large financial firms and yesterday called for limiting the size and trading activities of financial institutions as a way to reduce risk-taking.

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The President can't win no matter what he does. Change is hard.

[Demeter]

1. 77% of US Investors Are Ignorant Assholes

but you knew that.

[Turbineguy]

2. If you ignore the fact

that most investors lost money during the Bush administration, yes.

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

[quantass]

3. For the better part of the year He was WallStreets best friend...and this is how they repay him?

Let's hope his pact with Volcker (sp?) will justify these investors hatred for him.

[ProSense]

4. No, that's was just the

spin:

"In an October poll, 32 percent"

Just like the insurance companies want health care reform to pass, nothing but spin.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. Bush destroyed the economy and they liked him?

[ProSense]

7. That's the interesting thing:

Who are these investors?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. probably GOP donors?

[high density]

10. They're really speculators

True investors don't seem to exist in the USA anymore. The only "investment" being done is offshore. USA and its workers are being looted by the speculators.

[high density]

6. See, Democrats get branded a certain way no matter what they do

So trying to pander to these brainless corporatist fucks on the right does no good at all for anybody.

[depakid]

8. Might have a little something to do with the corporate media and a guy named Murdoch

Neither of which is known for honesty or objective analysis.

Also- it pays to remember how many of this set of folks are died in the wool right wing ideologues and "free" market fundamentalists who over the past year and a half have been through some rather profound cognitive dissonance.

The fools don't know which way is up at the moment.

[fugop]

11. Oh really?

question his ability to manage a financial crisis

Seriously? They question his ability to manage the financial crisis that they and their best buds the GOP created?

What a bunch of moronic wankers.

[Jennicut]

12. Who are the investors questioned?

If they care only for the Dow going up then they care very little about the rest of us.

[LiberalFighter]

13. These are only Bloomberg subscribers. How many of them are there?

There can't be many of them.

[grytpype]

14. But he's a corporatist meanie, everyone here knows that!!!!!!!

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[TheKentuckian]

17. When will you get that the greed mongers are never satisfied?

Before this week, what could you possibly point to as being anything but kind and inclusive to big business?

Just being a Democrat puts him at that number or higher from the jump, they don't ever want any rules of the road but some would prefer to pretend that the poor "stakeholders" are getting no more than a fair shake and their wants are secondary from our needs.

[Robbins]

15. Funny

Some here will call Obama no different than Bush and tool of wall street yet we see this.
Recently we see signs of the administration starting to get tough on Wall Street.

We need to see more of the we will get our money back Obama.This can help with november elections.
Apare from selling out for health care reform that now will not pass not being tough enough on Wall
Street Is the other major problem the base Is having with Democrats In Washington.Continue getting
tough with Wall street and November can be 1982 and not 1994(Lossing seats In House but keeping control and not much changes In the senate)

[TheKentuckian]

16. Hence, he might as well give them something to cry about.

[FrenchieCat]

18. GOOD!