Washington (CNN)Here’s a great headline for Donald Trump as he turns toward his 2020 re-election bid: “CNN Poll: Trump’s approval rating on the economy hits a new high.”
And the story, which details new poll numbers out from CNN, is equally good news for Trump. Wrote CNN’s Grace Sparks of the numbers:
“The result comes on the heels of the announcement that the US economy grew at a much better rate than expected in the first quarter, and Trump’s performance on the economy becomes one of his prime selling points for next year’s general election.
“Trump’s previous high mark in CNN polling on handling the economy came in March 2017 when 55% approved. Since then, he’s edged above 50% four times, but this is the first time it’s been meaningfully over the 50% line.”
Big deal, right? After all, if past is prologue, the state of the economy is perhaps the biggest indicator of a president’s chances of getting re-elected. “You hate to sound like a cliche, but are you better off than you were four years ago? It’s pretty simple, right? ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ I think that’s easy,” White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said earlier this week in Los Angeles. “People will vote for somebody they don’t like if they think it’s good for them.”
Except … there’s this: In the same CNN poll, Trump’s overall job approval rating is just 43%. While that’s better than previous findings that had the President in the upper 30s, it’s not exactly a comfortable place to be heading into a bid for a second term. Especially when you have an economy that a) is widely perceived to be booming and b) that a majority of Americans give you credit for.
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This, hilariously, is in a call out box on this CNN post-
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Cuts through the spin?
He is Rumpelstiltskin
The ravings of a disorganized and reckless mind. His frustration has him on the brink of a unrecoverable psychotic plummet into the depths of insanity. It should make for an enjoyable spectacle to watch.
This guy’s like a cheap, Japanese horror movie –
Cillizza: Godzilla’s nemesis who cuts through the political spin like a knife thru a thick, hot Beans & Stroh’s fart!
“…and tells you what you need to know. ”
…that line right THERE tells me all I need to know.
About THEM.
Hot beans & Strohs fart……… Bwaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….. erp!
perfect!
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
TRF, I hear bacon cooking when I say his name. And when I look at his picture, I see the Karl Rove Ham. And now I’ve lost my appetite.
Take a look at Drudge right now. That headline needs a video mix with 0bama saying ‘you would need a magic wand…’
Cuts through the spin?
Cillizza IS the spin!