Griper Blade: Republicans in Their Own Private Reality

It's the beginning of the end. Barack Obama's push for socialism and fascism and whatever the hell else we're supposed to believe he's pushing is killing his approval ratings. If you need proof, you can look no farther than the average of Gallup daily tracking. Where the president was at 66% approval on day one, his numbers have dropped to 61% through June. This is a 5% drop in 6 months. At this rate, we can expect Obama to be universally hated within 72 months. Clearly, we're looking at a future failed presidency. That'd be around the middle of his second term.

Of course, when we look at what's driving this drop, we see that maybe this isn't exactly a widespread phenomenon. Obama's not the one slipping out of the mainstream here, Republicans are. Obama's actually steady among Democrats -- 88% in January, compared with 89% in June -- and down slightly among independents -- 62% then to 59% now. Gallup explains what makes up the bulk of the drop:

Republicans account for most of the change in Obama's approval ratings from January through June, with their approval shifting downward from 40% in January to 25% today. Most of the change among Republicans came between January and March; Republicans' assessments of Obama have stayed fairly stable since.

So things are going along swimmingly, so long as you leave out Republican opinions. At this point, you probably can. Obama's numbers among Independents in June were down 4 points from May -- 59% from 63% -- but May was kind of a spike in that demographic. The previous month scored 60%.

In fact, take party out of the equation and a majority approve of Obama in every demographic but one -- people who attend church weekly. Normally a GOP bastion, even here it's a wash, with 50% approving. In no group does a majority disapprove of Obama's work as president... [CLICK TO READ FULL POST]