Day706 Saturday 08/04/12

2,200 miles!!!

ran 3.7 miles

The RNC sent the Democratic National Committee a birthday cake for President Barack Hussein Obama today. The DNC must not have appreciated the gesture because they sent it back to the sender. 

“Since President Obama’s birthday is tomorrow, we actually wish him a happy 50.99726 years with this ‘you didn’t bake this’ cake.” (mocking the fact that yesterday the White House actually clarified that unemployment had not risen to 8.3%, but 8.254%, as though that is some sort of consolation prize worth mentioning)

RNC spokesman Tim Miller

Here are some birthday cards for President Obama the RNC took the liberty of designing:

On to more serious matters, Gallup has just released a state by state job approval poll for Barack Obama spanning the first half of 2012. In 37 states his job approval is below 50%. Here is how it breaks down:

• Top 10 states (Washington D.C., 83%):

Hawaii, 63%

Rhode Island, 58%

Vermont, 56%

New York, 55%

Massachusetts, 55%

Maryland, 55%

New Jersey, 53%

Connecticut, 53%

California, 52%

Washington, 51%

• States just above 50%:

Illinois, 51%

Delaware, 51%

Minnesota, 50%

• Ten states with lowest approval:

Utah, 26%

Wyoming, 28%

Alaska, 29%

West Virginia, 31%

Idaho, 31%

Montana, 34%

Oklahoma, 35%

Alabama, 36%

Tennessee, 37%

North Dakota, 37%

• States just below 50%:

Michigan, 49%

Wisconsin, 49%

Maine, 47%

Oregon, 47%

Iowa, 46%

Florida, 46%

Virginia, 46%

Pennsylvania, 46%

“Presidents with approval ratings below 50% have more uncertain re-election prospects. Historically, two presidents below 50% in their final approval rating before the election — George W. Bush and Harry Truman — won, and three, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush, lost.”

Gallup

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 123.6

Here is what happened one year ago on Day341.