Trust in Obama Policy

A new Gallup Poll shows that 71% of those that participated say that they trust Obama to fix the economy. And you thought that all people cared about was who got the credit for the rescue of Captain Phillips. Guess not, GOP. Look at the numbers for Congress broken down by party. I sense good things coming.

From the LA Times:

That puts Obama ahead of some of the country's leading economic experts: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke had a 49% rating in the poll and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner drew 47%.

Fifty-one percent of respondents said they were confident in Democratic congressional leadership on the economy.

Thirty-eight percent felt that way about Republican leaders.

Obama -- who has won passage of a $787-billion economic stimulus package and advanced multibillion-dollar plans to aid homeowners, the auto industry and other sectors of the economy -- has said tough times are ahead, but he is seeing signs of improvement in an economy that has been mired in recession for more than a year.

"The economy is still under severe stress," Obama said last week after meeting with economic advisors and Bernanke at the White House. "We're still seeing a lot of job losses, a lot of hardship . . . so we've still got a lot of work to do."

But, the president said, the nation was starting to see "glimmers of hope."