ran 2.7 miles- Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Index rating shows that 25% of American voters strongly approve of Barack Obama’s performance as president while 36% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –11, compared to –16 on this day last week. This is the lowest level of strong disapproval recorded in the last fifteen months.
- Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance and 50% disapprove.
- Only 26% of voters believe that the country is generally heading in the right direction.
- Just 29% of voters believe that repeal of the health care law will increase the federal budget deficit, and 75% believe implementing the new health care law will cost more than projected.
Tonight I attended the first Acadiana Patriots meeting of 2011 in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was very exciting and the members were extremely welcoming. I did not expect to gain so much knowledge in only an hour and a half concerning politics on the local, state, and federal level. It was an interactive experience with guest speakers and plenty of questions and explanations. An enlisted and long-term member of the United States military who has been serving in Iraq described his experience and his thoughts on a number of issues, a representative of the Pelican Institute described some incredible things they are doing with charter schools and offered some eye opening facts about school systems across the state that demand some attention and change, and the final guest speaker was a State Senator, Elbert Guillory of district 24, who highlighted some critical points about district rezoning in Louisiana, which will be determined in April of 2011. He had a fair and logical proposal, which would correct how lopsided the current spread of Senator distribution among the state of Louisiana is, and it has been submitted to Governor Jindal, awaiting people like you and me to encourage him to pursue it.
Here is the website that details Senator Elbert Guillory’s district plan.
The meeting far surpassed my expectations, which were already pretty high, and I encourage anyone who wants to become more informed or to make a difference to attend one of the
Acadiana Patriots monthly meetings.
1,729.7 miles to go.
