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== Plunging approval ratings ==

== Plunging approval ratings ==

:''Main article : [[Barack Obama approval ratings]]''

:''Main article : [[Barack Obama approval ratings]]''

After Obama's first year in office his public approval ratings stood lower the [[George W. Bush]]'s did at the same point in the Bush presidency.<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOXgdP1BoxXRqTf4yf3BSFn2sa1Q Obama popularity lower than Bush's at six-month mark: poll]</ref>  The growing perception of Obama's progressive [[socialist]] agenda was marked after the "Gates flap."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004097.html</ref> Polls shortly after revealed Obama's personal popularity and approval ratings declined significantly across the board, on every major subject and among all demographic groups.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref>  

After Obama's first year in office his public approval ratings stood lower the [[George W. Bush]]'s did at the same point in the Bush presidency.<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOXgdP1BoxXRqTf4yf3BSFn2sa1Q Obama popularity lower than Bush's at six-month mark: poll]</ref>  The growing (false) perception of Obama's not-really-socialist-at-all agenda was marked after the "Gates flap."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004097.html</ref> Polls shortly after revealed Obama's personal popularity and approval ratings declined significantly across the board, on every major subject and among all demographic groups.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref>  

=== Approval Ratings and Obama's Misplaced Priorities ===

=== Approval Ratings and Obama's Misplaced Priorities ===

Obama’s approval rating for handling health care fell steadily after April 2009. Despite poll after poll showing that Americans’ main priority is jobs, President Obama focused on his health care plans.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7043884.ece</ref>  A July 2010 poll conducted by former [[Clinton]] advisers [[James Carville]] and Stan Greenberg found 55% of Americans viewed Barack Obama as "a socialist."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/09/majority-likely-voters-agree-socialist-accurately-describes-obama/</ref>

Obama’s approval rating for handling health care fell steadily after April 2009. Despite poll after poll showing that Americans’ main priority is jobs, President Obama focused on his health care plans after realizing that the Republicans had resolved to prevent job creation efforts for their own political gain.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7043884.ece</ref>  A July 2010 poll conducted by former [[Clinton]] advisers [[James Carville]] and Stan Greenberg found 55% of Americans viewed Barack Obama as "a socialist."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/09/majority-likely-voters-agree-socialist-accurately-describes-obama/</ref>

=== Barack Obama and American Conservatism Backlash ===

=== Barack Obama and American Conservatism Backlash ===