Comments on: Gallup: Geithner With 42% Approval http://donklephant.com/2009/03/30/gallup-geithner-with-42-approval/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:39:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2009/03/30/gallup-geithner-with-42-approval/comment-page-1/#comment-440530 kranky kritter Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:11:58 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14221#comment-440530 Hard to imagine how anyone who took the job of Treasury Sec under current circumstances could fail to become something of a lightning rod. Might as well start calling Geitner "shelf life" right now. Reminds me of the <a href="http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=131331&PID=10099965&Tab=reviews&CID=18" rel="nofollow">Traffic</a>/Kruschev story to "sit down and write two letters." Hard to imagine how anyone who took the job of Treasury Sec under current circumstances could fail to become something of a lightning rod.

Might as well start calling Geitner “shelf life” right now. Reminds me of the Traffic/Kruschev story to “sit down and write two letters.”

]]> By: Trescml http://donklephant.com/2009/03/30/gallup-geithner-with-42-approval/comment-page-1/#comment-440522 Trescml Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:12:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14221#comment-440522 This data is a reasonable gage on how people feel about the state of the meltdown once you take out the general good feeling about Obama. For comparison Secretary Clinton's approval rating is 70%. I would keep an eye on the Independent voters. Being evenly split is not a good sign since the percentage is likely to drop 10% by September if the economy doesn't look like it is going to turn around (or more if there are more AIG momments). The good news for Obama is that there is a difference between not approving of someone and screaming for their resignation, so for now there is some breathing room. This data is a reasonable gage on how people feel about the state of the meltdown once you take out the general good feeling about Obama. For comparison Secretary Clinton’s approval rating is 70%. I would keep an eye on the Independent voters. Being evenly split is not a good sign since the percentage is likely to drop 10% by September if the economy doesn’t look like it is going to turn around (or more if there are more AIG momments).

The good news for Obama is that there is a difference between not approving of someone and screaming for their resignation, so for now there is some breathing room.

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2009/03/30/gallup-geithner-with-42-approval/comment-page-1/#comment-440498 kranky kritter Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:06:29 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14221#comment-440498 This is as good a place as any to wish that approval polls were accompanied by knowledge quizzes. Do we know anything AT ALL about whether any of these folks who do or don't approve of Geitner have an understanding of finance, of the real estate bubble collapse, and so on? Not commenting specifically on Geitener, because I really don't understand the mechanics or pros and cons of what he has been doing very well yet. But wouldn't you love to see a poll that said something like, "among folks who understand what things like amortization are and how exponential growth works, Geitner has approval rate X. And among folks who couldn't tell you the difference between a subprime loan and a submarine sandwich, he has approval rate y. This is as good a place as any to wish that approval polls were accompanied by knowledge quizzes. Do we know anything AT ALL about whether any of these folks who do or don’t approve of Geitner have an understanding of finance, of the real estate bubble collapse, and so on?

Not commenting specifically on Geitener, because I really don’t understand the mechanics or pros and cons of what he has been doing very well yet.

But wouldn’t you love to see a poll that said something like, “among folks who understand what things like amortization are and how exponential growth works, Geitner has approval rate X. And among folks who couldn’t tell you the difference between a subprime loan and a submarine sandwich, he has approval rate y.

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