Independents return to Barack Obama

[babylonsister]

(Sorry 'bout the source)

Fickle independents return to Barack Obama

By ALEXANDER BURNS | 1/23/11 4:22 PM EST


President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats learned at least one big lesson in the November elections: What the independent voter gives, the independent voter can also take away.

But now, the same temperamental bloc that threw House Democrats out of power appear to be in a giving mood again - at least as far as Obama is concerned.

That unpredictable, cranky group of voters who helped carry the president into office two years ago before turning against him in dramatic fashion, may be turning back in Obama’s direction even more quickly.

A series of national polls released over the last week shows Obama’s approval rating on the upswing among voters who don’t affiliate with either political party.

In two polls, Obama’s standing with independents jumped by double digits. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed him clocking 46 percent approval among independents - an 11-point increase since December.

A CNN/Opinion Research survey was even more sanguine, showing a 15-point leap for Obama, to 56 percent approval.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48023.html

[Sherman A1]

1. Good for him

liberals perhaps... not so much.

[MrSlayer]

2. Independent voters are idiots for the most part.

The worst of the low information voters and the most susceptible to propaganda. When I hear Independent voter I think intellectually lazy.

[emilyg]

3. The ones I know are

very well informed.

[Lindsey]

4. I agree about Independents being well-informed. I'm thrilled to

see the President's ratings are moving up with this particular group.:-)

[SpartanDem]

5. Agree they just go which way the wind is blowing

now media meme is Obama is on a "comeback" they're going back into his camp.