Griper News: Polls Show Public Behind Obama

Large majorities of Americans support President Barack Obama's plans to revive the economy and his efforts to work across party lines, according to a pair of public opinion polls released on Monday.

One month into his presidency, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found 68 percent of Americans approve of Obama's job performance.

Sixty-four percent of respondents supported the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package and the same percentage backed his proposal to prevent housing foreclosures, the Washington Post reported.

The poll results provide Obama with substantial political results as he confronts the U.S. economic challenges and opposition from nearly all Republicans in Congress, The New York Times said.

Both polls found widespread support for Obama's effort to bridge the partisan divide in Washington and found fault with Republicans for balking.

The numbers for the NYT/CBS News poll:

63% approval with 75% "optimistic about the next four years with him as president."
75% -- including 61% of Republicans -- think Obama's trying to work with the GOP.
63% say Republican opposition to the stimulus is politically motivated.
83% think Republicans should be more bipartisan.

Yeah, that lockstep opposition to Obama's stimulus has just been working out great -- for Democrats.