Poll: two-thirds of Americans confident in Obama

It's the same idiot 1/3 that still supports Bush.

Wasn't confident in him before, during or after the election. Pro-abortion politicians do nothing to improve the quality of life of the 1.2-1.3 million unborn children who die from abortion annually. Letting them live would easily replace the 600,000 illegal immigrants in our labor force. Human law (Roe v. Wade) is always superseded by divine law when there is moral & spiritual evil involved. I do not support ex-Senator Obama's position on making abortion a law. I will continue to support his and others' position on this issue, while praying continually for them to search their consciences and change their minds!

let's see how much this protective status that the meda give him will last..if he keep his policies Governing as a centrict I'll show respect..if he give in to the do nothing liberal wing of the Democratic party ...he'll become a 1 term president

When things are rough people want to believe in fairy tales. Unfortunately, this screenplay was not written by Disney so there will be no happy ending. Let's give it until April and he'll be below 50% at best.

McCAIN's negative campaign left the people split on the new presiden, I think.

What a load of crap. He isn't keeping cool he's hiding. He is a socialist and threatens what’s left of this economy. The stock market has gotten worse since the election. This is the Obama recession.

Duh of course two thirds are confident they voted for him. So glad we have smart people telling us what we already know. Plus anything is better then bush and his goons. Hey bush lets pardon more criminals before you leave. Hope you dont trip on the way out.

based on what?

Jason - I am scratching my head here. Are you saying the life of an unborn child is more sacred than the life of an illegal immigrant? That's a new twist for me. Are you comparing socio-economic status of those having unborn children? That's 18 years of feeding, clothing, educating, heating, etc. While I respect your opinion of pro-life, I see no association to our economy being better off by replacing those born to low-paying jobs. I would want more for my kids, that's for sure.

Tim: "Pro-abortion politicians do nothing to improve the quality of life of the 1.2-1.3 million unborn children who die from abortion annually. Letting them live would easily replace the 600,000 illegal immigrants in our labor force."

Of course, you're assuming that those doing the hiring will agree to pay higher wages for 600,000 additional Americans instead of the lower wages paid to 600,000 illegal immigrants. Which never happens no matter who's in the Oval Office.

Insane, though I suppose given the massive pro-Obama PR offensive in the media since the election, it is not a surprise.

Well, it won't be 2/3 for long!

He is having daily press conferences, disclosing his new apointees and laying out his pragmatic agenda. Sounds like a real leader to me.

"Wasn't confident in him before, during or after the election. Pro-abortion politicians do nothing to improve the quality of life of the 1.2-1.3 million unborn children who die from abortion annually. Letting them live would easily replace the 600,000 illegal immigrants in our labor force. Human law (Roe v. Wade) is always superseded by divine law when there is moral & spiritual evil involved. I do not support ex-Senator Obama's position on making abortion a law. I will continue to support his and others' position on this issue, while praying continually for them to search their consciences and change their minds!"

Fortunately in this country we have a little concept called the separation of Church and State. Why don't you work to get the "Divine" elected and the perhaps she can help to change the law. In the meantime I am grateful that religious nuts like yourself are no longer in control of all three branches of our government.

The Obama recession? What? You're kidding, right? I knew Limbaugh, Hannity, etc had a large audience. Still, you hold out hope that people aren't dumb enough to believe their vitriolic, hate-filled baloney. That this mess is somehow Obama's fault defies all logic. For some reason, I was under the impression that Bush was in charge during the last eight, spectacular years. The fact that anyone thinks we'd be better off with old pol John and that absolute nitwit Palin in the White House also defies logic. But then, as we're seeing, logic has gone the way of the Dodo when it comes to right-wing thinking. Actually, "thinking" is clearly not longer involved with these dodos.

The political cycle is the mean season... it seems to bring out the worst in people, and I don't exclude myself from that. It's a pity. I did not support President Bush in '00 or '04, yet I accepted his election as reality and got behind him, because we only have one president at a time, and if he or she fails, so do we. Do I believe ultimately Bush did a good job as Chief Executive? No. Did I ever think he was anything other than an earnest man trying to do a difficult job based on a political philosophy he believed in? No. For those who who want to tear down President-elect Obama, whether you agree with him or not, the reality is he is going to be our next President of the United States. I, for one, am going to rally behind him and pray that he has the wisdom to get us through a very difficult time.

Tim, corporations willingly hire these illegals because they are cheap labor, and they want to maximize their profits so their pockets can continue to be fat, while the majority of Americans are overworked and underpaid. I think perhaps these fat cats should search their conscienses and do the moral thing and not hire them in the first place, then we'll see how Americans react when they are paid less due to the fact that the coporations are made to pay fair wages to all legal citizens.

I can only lol when someone continuously rails on the abortion issue. Get over it, that was settled 30 years ago. You know what's great about Obama? He holds PRESS CONFERENCES! Unlike that half-retarded monkey President still sitting at the main Oval Office desk picking his nose and flicking them towards Cheney holding up his fingers as goal posts. January 20th still can't come soon enough!

Excusemebut the country is still divided. Obama may have done landslide electoral, but in reality Obama 53% to McCain 46% isn't THAT impressive. I didn't vote for Obama, but I am optimistic....I just hope he can bring everyone together and stop all this infighting (including these boards)....I know Bush screwed up royally, and yes, I did vote for him. So, the first thing to do is, admit defeat, accept change and move forward....the media is going to slam Obama to....and well, I'll just turn off the TV....I want Obama to succeed and help the middle class....so enough already. I have already heard media outlets get on him and he hasn't even taken office yet. I would like to see Pelosi and Reid take a hike, and Obama surround himself with new people...but that doesn't seem likely....seems like the Clinton's are still hanging on, and god help us with Hillary as secretary of state....so, stay tuned. Good luck to him.....anyone who wants to be president has to have enough ego to let all the bad press slide...so more power to them.

Just proves there's a sucker bron every minute.

This isn't the Obama recession this is the BUSH DEPRESSION, just like the last DEPRESSION which was caused by another great REPUBLICAN Herbert Hoover. And once again we need a great Democrat to ride to the countries rescue. As for all this talk about Socialism, the person who is nationalizing the Banking and Financial systems is that old compassionate socialist himself GEORGE BUSH. So please keep all your socialist nonsense to yourself, GEORGE BUSH and his cronies are the ones who have brought this country to it's knees. You've done a heckuva job BUSHIE.

They build them up only to tear them down.

RE : "He is having daily press conferences, disclosing his new apointees and laying out his pragmatic agenda. Sounds like a real leader to me."

Yeah, and I love the "Office Of The President Elect" seal on the podium when he speaks. Might as well say "Playskool."

A leader? Please. This guy is an empty suit. And a liar. And a hypocrite. And a Socialist. Abe Lincoln was wrong - you *can* fool all the people all the time.

I really hope I'm wrong, but I see nothing in Obama's past words or deeds that lead me to think he will be a good President. Let the buyer's remorse begin....

Referring to "Tim" on post #2...I have no clue how some backwoods yokull brought abortion into the arguement about the ECONOMY...We do not burn babies as fuel, and do not use them as credit. Focus on the REAL issues at hand, not yopur relogious beliefs that keep stem cell research from saving lives.

Republicans are more clueless than Brittney Spears in a Library.

"It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt"

The new Republican motto...neo-cons give me a good laugh. Go back to Montana, polish yer guns, and get in the bunker before the world ends.

gawd, i'm so sick of reading you idiots blaming Bush for everything under the sun. Bush did suck, but he wasn't responsible for all the dooms of the world. Both parties are responsible for a lot of the mess we're currently in...BOTH PARTIES!

The jury is out on Obama, and clearly the majority are in favor of him (hello!... he won the election.) I hope I'm wrong about him, and that he will be a good president. But please save your tired and assinine "anyone is better than Bush' comments. And how about we wait and see a bit before proclaiming Obama our saviour. ?..

Lots of nutjobs posting today.

I'll tell you this much -

I NEVER GOT POLLED ..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obi-wan will never do anything wrong. Even if we go bankrupt and there are riots in the streets (see Iceland today) the media and the O-bots will blame Bush. This unqualified Kenyan-born messiah will never take the blame or be blamed for anything by this sychophantic media. Advice is to hold on tight cause it's coming out now that his Treasury Sec choice is far from respected on Wall St and actually helped cause our current economic situation, which can be traced to J Carter, B Clinton and B Frank.

Hey, at least we didnt elect another old, rich, out of touch white career politician. Imagine, we could have had Tina Fey's retarded identical twin as VP. I loves me a VP with no experience, no foreign travel, a 4th place pageant trophy, and the skill to shoot reindeer from a helicopter.
Imagine her taking over for McCain, who would have died of angina or something. "Gosh golley Mr. Putin...that sure is a nice toupee. Is it made of Beaver"? Ever see the movie "Idiocracy"? If not, I beg you too.

Have there been any ideas and actions since Sen. Obama became President-Elect (that's right, not President just yet) that have not already come out of John McCain's mouth during the campaign and especially during te debates? And McCain had the experience to do all these things correctly and bi-partisan. What a shame the American people went for the glitter instead of the substance.

Lefties unite...Continue spewing your vitriol about Bush, and the unjust war and your Messiah's pastor is proven prophetic...America's chickens are coming home to roost!!!!!!!!

What a joke.....LOL. I'd love to see how that poll was taken. Probably 2/3's of flaming liberals.

After one year this bozo's approval ratings will be bordering on single digits.

Lots of nutjobs posting today.

Dan K #29 - Yeah, instead we got an unqualified career-politician for president.

Sharon #30 - You're right. These lefties voted for obama's ideas and obama is finally realizing that communism isn't going to work and he's morphed into McCain. I love it.

My my, there are a lot of nutjobs posting today! One of the many things I find amusing are the number of conservatives that post on the Globe. So many of you like to make fun of this publication as a "liberal" paper, yet it seems like half the people that make comments are conservatives, and almost all of you are really mean! Sorry, but some of the stuff I'm reading is just plain nasty: "going for the glitter", "approval ratings will be bordering on single digits", "O-Bots"...come on people! I think what we have to remember here first of all is that Obama hasn't even taken office yet, so save the judgements until after his first 100 days. Secondly, all politicians lie, Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. That being said, there is usually a good deal of what they promise to do that actually gets done. Obama says that he's going to cut my taxes, and I believe he will. Yet despite this proclamation, conservatives continually say that he is going to raise their taxes. Do all of you have super high paying jobs or are you all misinformed Joe the Plumbers that think they make more money than they actually do, and therefore think that if McCain had won you would be better off? If McCain had won you probably wouldn't have gotten much of a tax cut and the CEO of your corporation would continually get one, along with an astronomical salary to boot! People need to wake up to this reality and give the President-Elect a chance for this reason alone. He is not a socialist, he is simply looking out for the working man, trying to give him his piece of the pie by cutting their taxes. If more people had more money in their pockets to spend, the economy would probably pick up faster, right? The rich people are still rich, they can afford to pay a bigger share and shave a few mil off their salaries if necessary. Wouldn't that make us all a little more happy? If there wasn't such a disparity in wealth, it would be easier for us all to better ourselves because the majority of the money wouldn't be in the hands of 1.5% of the country, which it is right now. I don't think that's socialistic, I just think that's fair. People can still make as much money as they want, they just have to pay a higher tax rate if they do.

Well what I find amazing is Barry's entire economic team sounds more and more like Mccain did. Is it that Barry just lied to everyone while he was running....or was mccain ahead of the curve on the economy?

either way....it should be obvious to anyone with an independant thought that either barry is clueless or he is a liar.

John McCain can't rap, and he has no crossover dribble. Ahmadinejad would eat him alive.

We no longer need a strong military presence or career yes man as President. We need fresh ideas, fresh philosophy, fresh ideology...and fresh beats.

Whats the over/under on McCain kicking the bucket?

word up

P.S

you people are absolute nut jobs. Obama won. Get over it.

I swear some of you would like to see this country fall just so you can say "told ya"

John McCain can't rap, and he has no crossover dribble. Ahmadinejad would eat him alive.

We no longer need a strong military presence or career yes man as President. We need fresh ideas, fresh philosophy, fresh ideology...and fresh beats.

Whats the over/under on McCain kicking the bucket?

word up

P.S

Every time AreYouKiddingMe comments, my reaction is the same: "Are you kidding me?" Sounds like you have some serious issues when it comes to being an open-minded, clear-thinking individual. Any bookie in the world would take long odds that Obama will not be in single digits one year from now. You rave on like countless other people on the far-Right who, it seems, would prefer to see our country continue to go down in flames, rather than help put out the fire.
Truly sad.

It seems like everyone who disagrees with the article writes a comment and only about 1/10 of the people who agree with it comment. You have to hand it to conservatives... they may have a bad ideology but they sure can be loud when they want to.

How the the heck can he have 2/3's confidence? There is only 1 man with less than George W's experience that became President. Guess who it is? How did the recent GW experience work out for us? The Council on Foreign Relations along with the central bankers control the U.S., the Congress and the President. Nothing will change from the 2 party scam. These corrupt bankers bought the Whitehouse from Woodrow Wilson in 1913(Federal Reserve Act) and they've owned both parties since. They don't lose, they can't, the system is rigged! Democrats and Republicans, stop fighting amongst yourselves and realize the true enemy is the source of the money. It's that simple!

The Federal Reserve is neither Federal nor does it have Reserves. The U.S. let's this privately owned banking cartel print money created out of thin air, loans it to the taxpayers at interest, and makes us pay through the gills with inflation(hidden tax). If we eliminated the Federal Reserve, we could eliminate the need for the I.R.S. to collect individual federal income taxes, which all goes to pay the interest on the debt(federal reserve notes) that U.S. citizens owe this central bank. Enuff is enuff!

Judging from the coments, the 65% are buffalo chip tossing champions. Same chips work as snus. The toxins have made the user brain dead. America cannot have that many stupid people without being brain dead. Barry is putting in the Clinton regime everywhere. Is there a Clinton dog for the kids? Where is the change except that is all you have left after you surrender all your dollars.

Joe thinks Barry is a leader because he has daily press conferences like Mao did when he ruled China. A real leader does not throw cow pies and tell you they are pumpkin.