Economy Hurting Obama in Florida
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 12th, 2011 4:39 am by HL
Economy Hurting Obama in Florida
A new Sunshine State News Poll in Florida finds that 54% disapprove of the job President Obama is doing while just 38% approve. That result tracks with Florida voters’ sour view of the economy, with 56% saying it has worsened in the past year.
Said pollster Jim Lee: “Clearly, the bleak economic landscape is not good news for Obama. This is quite sobering when you consider that the recession technically ended in summer of 2009, which really shows that people don’t believe we are out of the woods by any stretch.”
In a general election match up, Mitt Romney leads Obama in the state by four points, 46% to 42%.
Public Split About Raising the Debt Ceiling
A new Washington Post-Pew Research poll finds 42% of those surveyed see greater risk in a potential default stemming from not raising the nation’s debt ceiling, while 47% are more concerned about more government spending if the debt limit is raised.
Not surprisingly, views on the issue remain hardened along partisan lines.
Issa Investigates White House Political Activities
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) “is probing what he sees as signs of an unseemly overlap between President Obama’s official and political activities,” Politico reports.
Issa sent a letter to Obama’s top lawyer last night asking for documents relating to what he termed as “an array of potentially illegal fundraising behavior.”
Issa singled out a White House meeting in March between Obama, DNC officials and members of the business community — who were all Obama donors. The meeting was organized by the DNC.
