Scott Walker Causes Approval of Obama to Soar in Wisconsin

[MadisonMike]

:) :toast: :bounce: :beer: :kick: :woohoo:

This is the first, and only time you'll hear me say this, Thank you Scott Walker :)

A new PPP survey finds that Scott Walker’s actions in Wisconsin have caused Obama’s approval ratings to soar in the state, and made the president Wisconsin’s favorite 2012 choice.

According to PPP, President Obama now has a 52% job approval rating is Wisconsin. The President’s disapproval rating has fallen to 44%. The spread between his approval/disapproval has doubled since the last time the poll was taken. How blue is this state? Obama has more Republicans who approve of his job performance (11%) than Democrats who disapprove (8%).

http://www.politicususa.com/en/walker-obama-wisconsin-poll

[MadisonMike]

1. FYI

For those who don't know, Scott Walker and Scott Fitzgerald have publicly stated that their union busting bill was to prevent Obama from winning Wisconsin in 2012. (Can find the Fox News link later)
Hows that working out for you?

[eilen]

8. Which is ironically moot now considering Trumka's latest

announcement withdrawing union support for national Democrats.

[tblue37]

16. Well, with voter suppression and election fraud, they will

probably manage to pull a Prosser anyway.

[bluestateguy]

2. And yet all of us here at DU were questioning his judgement during that ordeal

Maybe, just maybe, he is a little better politician than we all give him credit for.

[movonne]

3. Deleted

[movonne]

4. No maybe about it and probably more good stuff coming...this

is his re-election mode and things are changing...

[CelticThunder]

9. No. He just lucked out.

[applegrove]

14. If Obama had spoken up during the WI fiasco the right would have just said "the demonstrations are

just a partisan event - give us equal time in coverage or stop covering them". But Obama didn't get involved so the demonstrations were covered for weeks and the average american saw who really didn't care about the middle class in WI and around the USA.

[CelticThunder]

19. Obama's silence actually spoke volumes about how little he cares about unnions.

Not that it was a surprise. We already know how he feels about teacher unions.

I admire your attempt to make lemonade out of the lemons, but Obama's silence had nothing to do with lending credence to the unions' fight and everything to do with political calculation on his own behalf.

[applegrove]

21. We will have to disagree.

[roguevalley]

15. actually, this is a reaction rather than anything Obama did. This is

against walker with Obama being the recipient of the good will. This has nothing to do with Obama. Indeed, it would be any dem in office. So Obama doesn't deserve praise as a politician here. Given that dems are craven, it shows that there is either a repug who will support walker to get the benefit or the opposite number who just happens to be president.

[Trajan]

20. 'his' ...

Who is 'his' ? ....

[Snoutport]

5. Reading this is a good start for the weekend!

:9

[Lifelong Protester]

6. I'll give a K & R to that, MadisonMike!

[ohnoyoudidnt]

7. HA!

K&R

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. I wonder if that 11% of Repubs are Union Members?

Wouldn't that be a kick in the head? :rofl:

[HockeyMom]

11. Rick Scott doing the same

for Obama in Florida according to a poll I saw. The numbers are very similar in Wisconsin and Florida now because of the separated at birth Scott Twins

[annabanana]

12. Dumbshit overreaching Reeepub legislators & Govs are putting

the nail in the coffin of the party. Maybe for a generation...

[tblue37]

17. That's what we thought in 2008, after 8 years of CheneyBush and the

financial meltdown, yet just 2 years later the voters somehow "forgot."

[highplainsdem]

13. K&R

[malaise]

18. Bravo Wisconsinites

:yourock: