Obama speech didn't boost approval
by Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Published on September 13, 2011
President Obama's major jobs speech last week has not moved the needle on his approval ratings, according to the Gallup tracking poll.
The three-day tracking average stood at 43 percent approval on Sept. 8, and remains stuck there as of Monday. Disapproval, meanwhile, has ticked up 1 percentage point from 49 percent to 50 percent.
Mr. Obama's speech, to a joint session of Congress, was designed to lay out a vision for boosting the economy while still trying to tackle ballooning deficits and debt.
The president has scheduled a series of follow-up speeches, including one Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, to try to drive his message outside the confines of the Beltway.
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