Fox News poll: Obama’s credibility on health care pretty much shot
posted at 6:39 pm on September 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not the worst numbers he’s had this summer, but to see this much skepticism on this many aspects of ObamaCare this late in the game — and after his Beyond Thunderdome speech to Congress — is simply devastating. I’m going to tick them off rapid fire here while saving the punchline for the end.
Do you favor/oppose the current plan: -10 (38/48, up from 34/49 last month)
Will seniors be better/worse off under the plan: -11 (23/34)
Will your family be better/worse off: -14 (22/36)
Do you prefer ObamaCare/the current system: -9 (37/46)
Do you favor/oppose requiring everyone to buy insurance: -12 (42/54)
Would you want coverage from ObamaCare/private insurance if you were seriously ill: -42 (20/62 overall, 35/40 among Dems)
Is it possible/not possible that ObamaCare won’t add a dime to the deficit: -39 (28/67)
Under ObamaCare, will you be able to keep your plan/be forced to make changes: -24 (36/60)
Do you think the public option would not/would put private insurers out of business: -11 (41/52)
And now the punchline: The sample was 42% Democrat, 31% Republican, and 21% Independent. Even in a poll where respondents tilt blue, The One can’t do better than negatives across the board. (The partisan gap in last month’s sample was much narrower, which may help explain why Republicans actually lost five points in the generic ballot in this new one.)
One more data point for you. Repeat as necessary: Health-care reform is a major crisis and the most urgent domestic priority of our time.
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Obama will fix it all on Sunday…
myrenovations on September 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM
EPIC FAIL
Norwegian on September 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM
That’s all folks.
Norwegian on September 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Fixed it for ‘ya…
Seven Percent Solution on September 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
D.O.A.
upinak on September 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
racist, birther, etc, It all failed, no wonder Pelosi tried the crying game.
rob verdi on September 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Those poll respondents are racists and (cue the single tear), they’re going to cause political violence.
Rational Thought on September 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
People are more worried about filling that open seat on the View.
Chuck Schick on September 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Suddenly it’s 1994.
Sending Michelle Obama out to help sell this turkey is the sure sign of desperation.
portlandon on September 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
And he’s toast!
Dusty on September 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I bow to your genius
faraway on September 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
The White House has been declared a Success-Free Zone!
peski on September 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
More prime time speeches.
I’m listening to panel on Fox talking about Obama’s take down of the missle defense system. They are all pissed.
Barry you screwed up again. Can’t wait to see those numbers after your appeasement to the Russians.
Knucklehead on September 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Gotta agree with myrenovations. One man, 5 shows on Sunday, he’ll have Republicans and Independents eating out of his hand. They won’t know what hit ‘em. Just walking about with a glassy-eyed and dazed expressions on their faces. Saying “Yes Obamassiah, yes; what ever your desire”.
Oh, and Kathy Parker can through in a “master” at the end of that last sentence ’cause she KNOWS I’m RACIST!.
Hey Kathy, how’s it feel to be part of only 12% who BELIEVE the RACIST! crap? Did you know MORE than that believe in Big Foot?
GarandFan on September 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
In a twisted way i guess we should be glad he’s so stinin’ incompetant and inexperienced. Imagine how bad it would be if he knew what he was doing. Thankfully all he’s good at is giving speeches. Sure, it’s going to hurt us and the free world for 4 years but it could be so so so much worse and that frankly scares me to death because it’s so bad as it is now.
That’s my best effort at trying to find a bright side to all the bad news and disasters this man has brought about or given the potential to come about in his short time in the Oval Office. it’s not much but there it is.
Yakko77 on September 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
ouch
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Michelle to the rescue!
Fletch54 on September 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Bi-Cep!
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Plan B for tearing down America: Bow to Putin
PrincipledPilgrim on September 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM
I would like to see on Letterman next week “TopTen things Barrack Obama is doing to enhance his approval ratings that don’t seem to be working out”
Yeah, I might watch it then, or not.
eyesky on September 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM
C’mon, barry, you can still pull this one off! You just need to ramp up the rhetoric! Remember, lying and namecalling are just like drinking a slurpee – the harder and faster, the better!
innominatus on September 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I am getting a strong suspicion we are about to see a Mortar tossed into the ObamaDome from Fort Wasilla.
Beware the Arctic Fox.
portlandon on September 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I’m sure if they keep Jimmy Carter and Maxine Waters out in front of this, these numbers will turn right around. Because if there are any 2 politicians the average American relates to, it is Maxine Waters and Jimmy Carter. If those 2 somehow still can’t get this turned around, I think it is time to turn to Al Sharpton and Michael Moore.
stldave on September 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Waterloo.
BTW, Krauthammer, Mort, and Fred just RIPPED zero’s plan to remove the missile shield from Poland and Czech Republic on Fox’s All Star Panel.
aquaviva on September 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Hey
if the left has its way
we’ll all be drunks and have negative birth rates
just like the ruskies
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
so
here’s a tip
before we are russianized
pickle juice helps the burn of russian vodka.
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Epic fail.
farright on September 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM
re: one man, five shows on Sunday – isn’t he picking up on the fact that most of us are SICK OF SEEING HIM ON TV SO MUCH????
OTOH, keep talking, Barry. The more you talk, the lower your numbers fall.
Lurking Vet on September 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
It was a thing of beauty.
Knucklehead on September 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Waterloo.
joejm65 on September 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I’m hoping he goes out on Sunday wanting to talk about health care but instead has to talk about the latest Acorn scandals. Mua ha ha ha.
Sarjex on September 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Racist poll.
It’s all racist!
Racists everywhere! Everywhere I tell ya, everywhere!
JellyToast on September 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Wow. He really sucks at his job. Sucks as bad as a white man. LOL
bridgetown on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
That’s gonna leave a mark…
lovingmyUSA on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
On the seventh day he rested.
Lincoln Cadillac on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
ROFLMAO – thanks for that.
Lurking Vet on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Waiting for the CIA or FBI to announce an attack coming, and for Barry to say:
“See! Al Queda doesn’t want you to have Free HealthCare!! Lets show our resolve and pass it!!”
portlandon on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Allah,
Were these registered voters or just adults?
TXUS on September 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Thundercrack!
farright on September 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
If they came out with a poll asking how many people wanted to see more TV appearances of Obama, Axelrod would do the talk show circuit to convince those people they were racist for not wanting to watch him.
pedestrian on September 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
OT……………..
And the Fox Panel is now ripping Nancy Botox’s little fearful speech today.
Knucklehead on September 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
“He’s dead, Jim…”
paragon27x on September 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Ahh, but the strawberries that’s… that’s where I had them.
They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with… geometric logic… that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I’d have produced that key if they hadn’t of pulled ACORN out of action.
faraway on September 17, 2009 at 6:57 PM
It might help if Obama would stop lying. I guess he thinks you don’t know the truth.
tarpon on September 17, 2009 at 6:57 PM
lol i was wondering when i heard it
who the hell abducted nancy pelosi and replaced her with this…nancy?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
A Sunday blitz will change everything.
Mr. Joe on September 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
faraway,
He sho nuff has run over the tow line.
Lincoln Cadillac on September 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
The question is… do they care? I mean, really? Aren’t they going to just go ahead with the nuclear option?
zenscreamer on September 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Barry doesn’t care about credibility. The only aspect of credibility he needs is for the blue dogs sitting on the fence to actually believe he, heinous Harry, and nitwit Nan will punish them if they don’t help ram this sickening legislation through. Michele will administer the punishment.
anXdem on September 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
I have been very skeptical about the GOP’s chances for taking over the House in 2010. If the Dems keep heading down this road, seeing numbers like this, all I can say is:
You dumb bastards, you’re begging for it!!
JohnGalt23 on September 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM
And this is even better news for Barry. Seems he lied again.
It appears President Obama got it wrong when he talked about a man who supposedly died because his insurance company canceled his coverage. The president told the story during his speech to a Joint Session of Congress last week: “One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn’t reported gallstones — that he didn’t even know about — they delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.”
But The Wall Street Journal reports Otto Raddatz did not die because of delays. His insurance policy was reinstated within three weeks and he later received a stem-cell transplant.
Raddatz died this year, nearly four years after the initial problems with his insurer. His sister, Peggy Raddatz, told the House Energy and Commerce Oversight Committee
***face palm***
Knucklehead on September 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM
OT
AP, have you seen the video of Fox Five NYC’s Ernie Enastos dropping F on live?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Better concoct a super duper sob story about someone with a super duper sob story to tell.
Itchee Dryback on September 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM
nahh
it’ll just get worse
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM
King Midas he is not. Everything he touches turn to…[fill in the blanky]
Geochelone on September 17, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Hmm… a new Obamism? Naaa…. it wasn’t likely to have been a mistake.
zenscreamer on September 17, 2009 at 7:05 PM
That’s all I need is that thing barking at me. The evil eye cometh.
betsyz on September 17, 2009 at 7:06 PM
On the 7th day, he rested. So that’s a no go.
scrubbiedude on September 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Odd that Republicans want Obama to spend more time “fixing” the economy…
The Dean on September 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
What do you mean, “you people”?
racist!
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Knucklehead on September 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM
He is a liar. I was going to expound on that comment but I think it can stand by itself.
milwife88 on September 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Has anyone here seen the guns on Michelle?
connertown on September 17, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I believe his Sunday talk show appearances are being taped on Friday, so they won’t be live, and they’ll probably be heavily edited by order of the WH. It’ll be all healthcare, all morning, and nothing else.
joejm65 on September 17, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Most Cons I know think FIXING Means Get your Nose out of it
CWforFreedom on September 17, 2009 at 7:09 PM
What do you mean by, “you people”?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Here is to hoping that the Sunday talking heads will keep Barry occupied trying to explain his ties to ACORN.
farright on September 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM
When the other choice was “reforming health care?”
TexasDan on September 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
They’ve tried lies, insults, bribes, threats, tears. What’s left?
rrpjr on September 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
No, but I’d like to take this opportunity to correct something I said yesterday; I referred to Michelle as Michelle, “Charles Barkley in a dress” Obama, and it has been brought to my attention, that it is in fact, Michelle, “Patrick Ewing in a dress”, Obama.
I apologize for any hurt feelings on the part of Charles Barkley fans.
anniekc on September 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Resignations sound good.
farright on September 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I guess after he ruins businesses, banks, car companies, families, health care then what’s left? ….the food supply…?
ted c on September 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
aquaviva on September 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
We need to be reminded that there are some that would rather do nothing. That there are some that are misleading us. That if we like our plan we can keep it. There are people suffering out there. There are greedy insurance companies pocketing 3% profit margins. He will personally make sure this is paid for. Seniors have nothing to worry about with Medicare. Abortion will not be covered. Illegals won’t either. It’s all a lie and this is so because I just said it to you…..again. Everything will be just fine.
It’s been….My God, has it been a week since he controlled the airwaves and assured us of all these thing? It has! No wonder the numbers aren’t good for him. It is definitely time for another pep rally.
stldave on September 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
MUT’s Prophesy: Lowest ratings, ever.
Mutnodjmet on September 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
charles barkley cant ever be brought down
not since he got the best “Job” of his life
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
blatantblue,
I have serious doubts about that f-bomb. I am pretty sure he was saying PLUCKING. It is a colloquialism. Saying “plucking the chicken” is just a way of saying he was wasting his time. Folksy saying. Or he has Tourette’s.
di butler on September 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I saw the list of his appearances. I’m sure the list of questions he gives them to ask him will come with specific instructions NOT to get them out of order so TOTUS doesn’t get confused when he reads the answers.
CC
CapedConservative on September 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Yo,Obama were all shot to hell,I don’t know if I can
get this HealthCare bomber across the channel,we’ve
lost engines 1,2 and 3 and that last hop over the forest
was a b*tch after that heavy flak we took from the RIGHT,
I HOPE,if nothing else CHANGES we can coast it back to
Der’Utopian City of BarrackenStein!!(Snark)
canopfor on September 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Oh and not in a “choking the chicken” kind of way, if that is where any of your minds were heading.
di butler on September 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
With a firm 63% of independents believing fixing the economy is a priority, Obama and other Democrats must be having mental breakdowns trying to figure how to pass anything on healthcare—”that cost one dime”—-AND remain viable for a re-election to public service.
Rovin on September 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Since that is the way the question was worded, nothing odd about that. That implies that the majority of Republicans want the economy addressed first and foremost, instead of healthcare.
ICBM on September 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
But that would be like makin’ stuff up. I am outraged. How did Chuckles Gibson miss this one.
So let’s hook up a lie detector to that teleprompter and fit it with a high speed data port and plenty of bandwidth so we don’t miss any more lies, fabrications and seditious distortions which might undermine our happy republic.
Geochelone on September 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
lol
plucking the chicken!
love it
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 7:18 PM
You fools! Loyal Democrats will pass Obamacare by midnight voice-vote while America is still dazzled by Obama’s blitz of triumph overseas!!!….
Guess not.
Chris_Balsz on September 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Those plucking chickens have come home to roost. Pluck them all.
Geochelone on September 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM
That poll is obviously racist.
SoulGlo on September 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
He’s not going to fix this on Sunday. He’s going to look disjointed and unfocused.
Too much news this week. Health Care going South; Jimmy Carter going racial; Nancy Pelosi crying crocodile tears; and of course, the Obama betrayal of the Poles and the Czechs.
Too many things for the shows to ask about – he’s sunk.
HondaV65 on September 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Too bad. It would be nice if he could veer into foreign policy for just a brief moment and reassure Americans that Putin didn’t really lift him up on tiptoe by the earlobe.
a capella on September 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
BO and Mo must be thunderstruck by their poll numbers! After all; their lies worked on these Racist Crackers during the campaign! Thy believe a tag team marathon approach will again mesmerize the gullible voters! Show MO’s dazzling beauty and BO’s cunning grin and Americans will agree to anything! Thrills will run up their legs and America can be turned into Communist without firing a shot! The American voter deserves 24/7 speeches by these lovely lying impostors! Keep the shovel in their hands and let them keep digging!
Marco on September 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Gawd,another stinkin speech is probably coming again!!
canopfor on September 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
The sample is skewed, but don’t they weight the results to compensate?
DaveS on September 17, 2009 at 7:23 PM
(Not to diminish the EPIC FAIL indicated by the results.)
DaveS on September 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Liberal Friend: “It’s FOX News. They Lie. End of story”
My response: silence.
Not even worth it….I’ll wait for ‘worthy’ polls for him to see.
bridgetown on September 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
You’ve heard much about Obama’s speech at the AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati. This is our protest while he was speaking to his bused in fans and as he was driven past us. I guess this is why he sounded ticked off in that speech.
HellCat on September 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Don’t fret, Annie. I’ve always said she reminded me of James Brown in a dress. He’s, of course, passed and so far I haven’t been sued by his estate.
TXUS on September 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Quick get Lettermen on the phone. This is one helluva top ten list!!
sonnyspats1 on September 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
I hate the idea that a president should spend time “fixing the economy”. Especially Obama whose fix for all life’s problems is more government.
angryed on September 17, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Knucklehead and Milwife88, also remember that after the stem cell treatment it was not the cancer that killed him. He died of a heart attack. Saw that covered after he used that story in a speech last month.
Can’t believe he tried it again. He really must believe his own lies.
MaaddMaaxx on September 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Where’s his Sunday appearance schedule? Let’s paper those shows with this poll. Let them know that, just because they aren’t covering his cratering unpopularity, doesn’t mean we don’t know about it. And they make fools of themselves pretending we don’t.
petefrt on September 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM
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