A year late and a trillion dollars short.

OldEnglish on November 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Their satisfaction with Obama’s conduct of wars abroad has dropped most sharply, as he weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, the war he promised during the campaign to make a priority.

That’s the most important issue, if he phuqs that up America loses and is seen as weak and easy prey for the big bad brave warrios of allah just like when Klinton screwed up in Somalia.

But for Iowa, it seems to me the biggest issue should be that they have a chain of stores called “Kum and Go” WTF?

Tony737 on November 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM

I have absolutely no faith in Iowa.

YellowDawg on November 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM

His deliberations may be breeding anxiousness among Americans as U.S. troops continue facing casualties, said Harstad, Obama’s pollster. “That’s mostly a reflection of the violence and recent increase in U.S. deaths,” he said. “There may be a little bit of impatience that he’s taking his time on a decision, an excruciating decision.”

Yeah, and while he “deliberates”, more of our outnumbered troops fight and die. We MUST win this war, Obambi said so himself, and to do that we need MORE TROOPS! And ease up on the ROEs!

Tony737 on November 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM

Thanks to all of those idiots who voted to put these libtards in office…this is the price we all have to Pay now.

hawkman on November 22, 2009 at 10:23 AM

Being an Iowa boy let me tell you this poll is very telling.

The Iowa Poll (as it is called in the Des Moines Register) uses a different methodolgy. Versus a weight by party affilatioin it uses a weighting system based on age.

Responses were weighted by age to reflect the general population based on recent census data. Questions based on a subsample of 539 likely voters have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. Results based on smaller samples of respondents—such as by gender or age—have a larger margin of error.

They haven’t released their party affiliation. I have asked them too but they haven’t.

Weighting by age seems to be ‘odd’. Both Ames (Story County), Iowa City (Johnson County) and Des Moines (Polk County) are huge college towns. On average these counties will have a higher younger population when compared to Sioux City (Woodbury), Council Bluffs or Mason City.

With that said, if age is the weight factor then there might be a higher Democratic party affiliation in this poll given the younger age groups have usually been democratic.

If that is the case then he might be doing a lot worse that the poll indicates.

Rndguy on November 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Rndguy on November 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM

There is also a significant union presence in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.

a capella on November 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM

Well I’m so disgusted with RCP continuing to prop up Obama’s numbers! Come on already! The farther out a snapshot it the less accurate it becomes! He is below 50! Tell the truth!

petunia on November 22, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Glad to see Iowa getting it. Ultimately Iowa is what is wrong with American politics. A smart politician with a working machine wanting to be president only needs to stack the state with operatives months before the primaries, lie by promoting populist ideology, kiss a few babies and deliver speeches well to get into their heads.
Corn farmers sipping coffee in the town diner or Aunt Flo’s knitting club are easy prey when slick city boys roll into town.

FireBlogger on November 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM

The Iowa Poll (as it is called in the Des Moines Register) uses a different methodolgy. Versus a weight by party affilatioin it uses a weighting system based on age.
Rndguy on November 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Thanks for this info. In the world of weighting, the motto is “whatever works”. They should teach schoolkids not to read a poll until they check how it was rigged. On the other hand, the way a poll is rigged tells me a lot about the fears and needs of the pollster, so keep it crooked.

Because of this, many Republicans changed their affiliation and crossed over and went to Democratic caucuses to vote for ‘anyone other than Hillary’. This is why Obama won the Iowa Caucuses.

The Democratic caucuses were always standing room only. While my republican caucus had a lower turn out than usual.

So see, really us republicans in Iowa shoulder the blame for giving Obama the gas he needed to beat Hillary in New Hampshire and put him on the road to the White House.

Rndguy on November 22, 2009 at 10:34 AM

Great insight. So many primaries are set ups and neither party wants to change a chance to cheat the other party. What helped push conservative Iowans in the direction of anti-Hillary was the lack of a promising candidate on the conservative side. They might not have crossed over if they didn’t think the DEMs had a good chance of winning.

Iowa is just another part of the US, but it is used as the crap shoot to float the boat towards the lucky winner who is voted on with half the information to make an informed vote. The luck of the Iowa is used like a magic charm to brand the winner of the crap shoot and the election takes its color from this kids game. Meanwhile the voters are proud and serious in intent as they are nudged by subliminals to create a product brand identity.

entagor on November 22, 2009 at 12:06 PM

If these were anything close to sane times, Obama’s approval ratings would be around 10 or 15 percent.

Government education has turned half the people in America into blithering idiots.

Dave R. on November 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM