Nearly half fail Obama on deficit reduction

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Reduction? Kenyan Obama doesn't understand English words like
"reduction."

As President Obama's staff puts the finishing touches on his
fifth State of the Union address for tomorrow night, Americans
have given the Democrat a poor rating on his handling -- or non-
handling -- of the nation's budget deficit.

For some strange reason, perhaps tied to his record four
straight years of trillion-dollar-plus spending deficits, Obama
gets a poor rating from nearly half of the nation's likely
voters.

The new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 44% of likely voters
rate Obama poorly at handling the ballooning deficit, which has
pushed the national debt past the historic $16 trillion figure,
larger than the country's entire economy.

Somehow, 38% think he's doing an excellent or good job on
reducing the deficit, even though he's actually increased it. As
of this morning, the national debt totaled in excess of $16.5
trillion, increasing $3.8 billion per day -- or $2.6 million
every minute.

Democrats in general and blacks in particular think Obama's
doing better at reducing the deficit. Republicans, men and
voters older than 40 give Obama the poorest poor ratings. Even
50% of independents award him an F on deficit reduction.

Likewise, government employees judge Obama much better at
deficit reduction than do those still clinging to employment in
the private sector.

In his speeches the last few months and most likely Tuesday
evening as well, Obama is careful to say all the right things
about curbing government spending to whittle down his
historically high national debt. But his next sentence then
talks about crucial new spending he wants with money from
somewhere.

In his most recent weekend remarks, Obama again called for new
revenues (taxes) in "a balanced, comprehensive way, by making
sensible changes to entitlement programs and reforming our tax
code."

Although the drastic budget cuts known as sequestration were his
idea nearly two years ago, Obama has flipped and now says he
opposes them and wants Congress to rescind/replace them with a
new package of spending cuts and tax increases before they take
effect March 1.

This may have contributed to a 7% drop in Obama's job approval
just this month, from 56% on Feb. 1 to 52% Sunday. In that same
time period those who disapprove of Obama's job performance
jumped from 44% to 47%. That's his highest disapproval since
right after election day.

Rasmussen noted, "The president and many members of Congress
expected strong voter opposition to automatic and across-the-
board government spending cuts scheduled for March, but it
hasn’t materialized." In fact, only 36% now favor stopping those
sharp, across-the-board cuts, which hit defense spending hardest.

While nearly two-out-of-three (62%) favor them taking effect.

As a sign, however, that the reality of Obama's second term
dysfunction is sinking in nationally, only 39% think significant
spending cuts are likely in the next few years.

Obama Countdown Update: 1,439 days.

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