What will President Obama's approval rating be on Thursday November 19th, 2009?

Obama suffers poll blow a year after taking office
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6902283.ece
Republican Bob McDonnell easily won the Virginia governor’s race last night just a year after the state went overwhelmingly for President Obama and the Democrats.

Unofficial results showed the former state attorney general defeated his Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds. The state had a Republican governor for the past eight years.

The Virginia race and the contest for governor of New Jersey are viewed as the first referendum on Mr Obama and the Democratic Congress before the 2010 mid-term elections.

A year ago, Mr Obama became the first Democrat in 44 years to carry Virginia in a presidential race. This time voters expressed concern about major Obama initiatives such as health care, energy and stimulus spending.

Mr Obama’s political influence was on the line in two state gubernatorial elections that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about America’s mood heading into the 2010 congressional elections.

Interviews with voters leaving polling stations in Virginia showed that independents broke heavily for the Republican contestant.

exit polls show votes were state oriented and had nothing to do with him...it was the economy...which has 8 years of republican massive spending and financial corruption

and they won another seat in the house...as an independent I wish we had the option of a third party

Here is Nancy Pelosi lying (again) - this time she claims that "a Republican has held the seat [NY23] since the Civil War".

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Pelosi_dismisses_impact_of_New_Jersey_Virginia.html
"From our perspective, we won last night," the California Democrat told reporters during a Wednesday photo op. "We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War. And we won that seat. So, from our standpoint, no, a candidate was victorious who supports health care reform, and his remarks last night said this was a victory for health care reform and other initiatives for the American people."

"From our standpoint, we picked up votes last night," a cheerful Pelosi said, "one in California and one in New York."

Nancy Pelosi is the American version of Baghdad Bob.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a80577aa28ab203eea9e00dad994532f.a1&show_article=1&catnum=1

below 50% for first time

@CoolKraft
"as an independent I wish we had the option of a third party"

As a conservative I wish we had the option of a third party.

Man, I took a hit on this one today. First time I have seen it dip to 50% and then stay there for 2 days straight. I bet on the non-existent rebound.

gallop refuses to post anything below 50. :)

oppsy look like i was wrong. :O)

@chatarra
"As a conservative I wish we had the option of a third party."

As a registered Democrat (not much longer), I wish we had a Libertarian party that had a chance of winning a few seats.

@FrogChop,
I would vote Libertarian all the way, except for one thing. National Defense.
I am fiscally conservative, but socially liberal. To me, that fits in with the Libertarian viewpoint very well.
Political correctness keeps us (as a country) from saying this out loud, but we are at war with radical Islam
and Libertarians make no provisions to protect our borders.
That is the single issue that keeps me from voting a complete 3rd party ticket.
(Although if the election were held today, I could not vote for either Repub & Democ with a clear conscience.)

@ 3 & 11,
This is pretty interesting.
We have a Democrat, Independent and Republican all wishing for a legitimate 3rd party choice.

FrogChop - You can count on my support for your upcoming bid for POTUS. ;-)