PrintFebruary 9, 2011
Massive disapproval of Obama's handling of budget deficit
A new Gallup poll reveals 68% of the public disapproves of President Obama's handling of the budget deficit. Building on a base of disapproval, public support for the president's handling of the budget crisis (yes, it's time to call it a crisis) is, in the words of Andrew Malcolm, "cratering."
Doug Ross brilliantly illustrates the utter irrelevance of the spending cuts proposed by Obama with three views of a pie chart of federal spending and Obama's budget cut. First, here is the overall budget, deficit, and Obama's cuts:
You can't see the cuts? Well, how about a close-up?
Still having trouble spotting the cuts? OK, here's a closer close-up:
Is there any doubt why the public so overwhelmingly disapproves?
