POLL: Will Hurricane Sandy Help Obama?
Vote in our poll, and share your thoughts in the comments field below.
A Washington Post/ABC poll released this week showed that 80 percent of voters feel President Obama has done a good job dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Even New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie – a staunch supporter of Mitt Romney – praised Obama's response to the storm, which devastated parts of New Jersey and New York and caused serious damage in many other states, including New Hampshire.
Obama also received the endorsement of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday, with Bloomberg citing Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy as one of the main reasons he decided to support the president.
Meanwhile, Romney's previous pledge to abolish FEMA hasn't helped him in the wake of the storm.
What do you think? Will Hurricane Sandy and the way President Obama has handled the situation help him come Election Day? Or do you think it won't make any difference at all?
Vote in our poll below, leaving a comment with your thoughts.
Bill
8:39 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Didn't Obama promise to heal the earth and tame the rise of the oceans? He failed
He got a short term bump, will disappear this weekend as tempers in NY rise. Reports from Staten Island looks like NO after Katrina. People are eating from dumpsters in Manhattan. People are waiting 3 hours for gas The NY Times is no longer singing the praise of big government.
Kristina Trott
10:50 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Obama did not promise to singlehandedly prevent climate change (as if any one person , or for that matter one nation, could). He promised to acknowledge the looming crisis and work on mitigation, which he has done. In contrast, too many Republican know-nothings are still in denial.
Tricia
9:20 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
If you say "yes" to any of the following, you should vote for a Republican (1) Do you like pollution? (2) Do you want to gut our natural resources? (3) Do you like war? (4) Do you believe in Creationism? (5) Do you want to restrict stem cell science research designed to help cure diseases? (6) Are you against equal pay for women? (7) Are you against abortion even in the case of rape? (8) Do you like to discriminate against LGBT? (9) Do you support Romney and the like to hoard the Global Wealth off-shore? My idea of a representative is someone who will work in the best interest of the citizenry and future generations not someone interested in maximizing their own party's GREED! Do yourself a favor and vote for ALL THE DEMOCRATS!!!
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Steve Marino
11:22 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
If you say yes to yes to any of the following, you should vote democrat:
1) do you like to make up outlandish lies about republicans?
2) do you like to blame everything wrong with America on bush?
3) do you like to control people's lives without their permission?
4) do you think your the smartest person in the room?
5) do you like to say, we just went to war for oil?
6) the huge debt and obamas lack of experience and incompetance is Bush's fault!
7) republicans hate woman, children, the elderly, the poor, the middle class, and everyone that does not agree with them!
8) republicans want to take away a woman's Vagina!
9) democrates believe in all of the above, as well as, Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, and the Bush did it monster!
If your not a FOOL,
Vote republican accross the board!
hammergjh
9:01 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
It will help because this is precisely the event that only big gov't can handle. People that believe in using big gov't for good (see Bush/Kartina vs. Obama/Sandy) will excel and get it solved. Private enterprise does not have the military, national guard, police and fire resources that something of this magnitude requires.
Michael Quinlan
1:05 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Why was widespread looting tolerated by big government? Does this fall under 'protest' or 'diversity'?
Greenwood-1
1:13 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Will not help much, if anything it will hurt is popular vote numbers as NYC and NJ turnout for him will be way way way down
BTW all you big government is good groupies What is Obama's big plan ? Yep it's to go all small government on you.
Yep, waivers for EPA regs, waivers for custom gas blends, his big plan a waiver for any government regulation in the way.
He of course will not actually grant any of the waivers, but it's a great sound bite.
Still its nice to know that Obama has admitted Romney is right, the way to get things done is to get government out of the way.
Sandy just spotlights the absurdity of the big government is better idea, for anyone willing to look at what's going on objectively.
Sandy vs. Katrina
Really, that all you got to prop this guy up, comparing a Cat 1 superCane to a cat 5 superCane?..
Mayor of Hoboken being for help, people stranded in AC, gas lines, looting, NYC flooded and without power for who knows how long,
Looks pretty similar in every respect except for the press coverage if you ask me.
Bob Samson
9:25 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Blunder in handling Benghazi and a Blunder in handling Sandy.
linda
12:01 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
still want him as gone as sandy, and we will still be cleaning up after both of them for a while.....
doc holliday
1:11 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
23 million unemployed, 47 million people on welfare,16 trillion in debt and 4 dead Americans in Libya, why would anybody give a sh*t about climate change?
Steve Marino
2:13 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Obama and the Dems are right about global warming! The earth always goes thru a warming cycle years after going thru a cooling cycle. It's been happening for billions of years! Years from now, if their party still exists, they will be talking about global cooling!
Bob Samson
2:01 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
$15 gas prices on Craigslist in NY
Bob Samson
3:12 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
King Barack help out. He does have his priorities folks and it is not you and me.
Jay Burnham
6:07 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
The TROLLS have spoken. What will they be saying on Wednesday after the President is re-elected? My prediction: SILENCE, which will be a welcome change.
Jeff Twohig
7:36 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Jay, Jeff here. I'm just curious what your explanation is for Benghazi and Dear Leader's decision to allow the 4 Americans to die there so as to protect his reelection chances and also to appease the followers of the Religion of Peace ? Or was that darned video to blame for this all ?
Wayne Spinney
8:53 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Thankfully Jay there are only trolls in fairytales, and since when did demeaning your opponent by calling them names count for anything? You even violate the well worn saying, "...sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."
Steve Marino
5:03 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Jeff, I guess you silenced Jay, good job!
sam
8:16 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Lots of racist white people in Lynnfield- I guess some things never change.
Michael Quinlan
8:39 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Lots of racist black people in Roxbury. People are people. What's your point?
Ilariya Scheffreen
7:26 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Lots of racist people EVERYWHERE, so what is your point, really???
doc holliday
8:32 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Sam-how are they racist?
Wayne Spinney
8:38 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
The two hardest hit areas (Ocean County in NJ and Richmond County in NY) were Republican strongholds in otherwise heavily Democratic states in recent presidential elections. Apparently the sword of wrath has two edges. Why do we see such partisan demonization of the "other" party? Grow up folks the "other guy" isn't always to blame for cultural and governmental failures.
J.Yuma
8:56 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
The fact Obama needs help from a hurricane says a lot about his presidency.
Bill Aylward
10:47 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
I think it will help him in NJ, that is about it. I keep hearing about a "November" surprise ? I am hearing they are sending troops to Libya, to get more votes for Obama.
john
11:22 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
That would accomplish the exact opposite.
Bob Samson
10:50 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Nothing will help Obama at this point. Do not believe the polls. He will be swept out of office.
kerstin locherie
11:40 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
No, Governor Christie just gave away the farm and the opportunity for rampant voter fraud, you can vote in NJ via E-Mail, really ?
Whether you like Obama or not, we are going to get hit hard with Obama Care Cost, once he is or if Obama is re-elected. And if we have Warren, Obama, Tierney, within ten years all of us will be in the poor house together as the government through the health care mandate will have electronic access to withdraw from personel bank accounts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HcBaSP31Be8&vg=medium
scott englin
12:20 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
a devastation like this hurricane doesnt help anybody
using a hurricane to your advantage politically is disgraceful
then again obama is a horrible president and person
if there is a god obama will be defeated
George Lewis
5:59 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Obama’s decisive action before and after the storm in helping NJ will get him votes.
Even Governor Christy praised his actions!
Didn’t Mitt Romney want to decrease funding to FEMA and leave disaster relief up to the individual states? That would have been a real disaster!!
Actually Romney is a Disaster!
Bob Samson
8:21 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
People are still suffering. They have too wait until after the election. What a joke.
George Lewis
8:57 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
The real joke is Romney. If he got elected there would be no help!
Jim Smith
8:56 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
No for many women it will be the first time ?
http://youtu.be/6JB7fhN5-RI
J.Yuma
9:07 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Obama did nothing but show up for a photo op. Romney believes the states can handle emergency's better than the people who rn Medicare, S.S. and so many other bloated programs heading for collapse.
Volunteers, not FEMA, are having the greatest impact in devastated areas.
Obama, like Warren, represents more taxes, more sspending, more intrusive government and a diminished America, who for over 200 years lifted more people out of poverty and led the world in every field.
This election day, remember Benghazi!
J.Yuma
9:45 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
We are 2 America's - one group gets their news from the Daily Show and they know Obama from The View and Letterman and Pimp with a limp, the other group's politics run much deeper, they get real news off the Web and stay informed. I hope this election, stupid does not prevail.
Fran Wilson
10:03 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
I think "over the web" is code for FOX NEWS . An interesting omission from "the other group's" deep political conviction as told to you by O'Reilly, Gretchen Carlson and the other great Murdoch puppets.
J.Yuma
10:18 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
No Fran, over the web means exactly that, news from many sources. Do you have the same criticism of MSNBC that you do Fox",....now let's see where is bias.
David Koch
12:25 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Let's hope people who know how to write the plural form of America prevail, not "the other group."
J.Yuma
12:46 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Thank you for the correction. I am legally blind and sometimes miss any spelling corrections.
Wow,...don't you feel like an asshole, huh
Michael Quinlan
1:15 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
John, socialists are beyond shame and self-loathing.
J.Yuma
1:24 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Mike, Socialists are not much good at anything except stealing from others.
Before He pulls the lever for Obama though, he should look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsvZLiwkMv8&feature=youtu.be
Fran Wilson
1:33 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
You anti Obama people are so full of hate.It can't be healthy for the country or youself.
I'm always a little shocked at the venom you use to express your political views. More anger then reason.
Steve Marino
4:49 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Fran, this is just the result of how Obama said he would unite the nation, and instead, has divided us more then any president in our life time!
Time for removal!
Bob Samson
2:04 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Failure is failure, time for a change
J.Yuma
2:13 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
"You anti Obama people are so full of hate"
Massive debt ensuring our children a life of debt slavery, rising gas and food costs, falling education levels, high unemployment, Fast and Furious, NDAA, Benghazi,...tell me, when is it okay to be angry?
Steve Marino
4:51 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Excellent response John
Fran Wilson
2:18 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
5-13 years ago would have been the appropriate time.Starting a unjust war or wars. privatizing education, demonizing the poor, destroying unions, destroying the middle class. Yes, that was the time to get angry.
Steve Marino
4:52 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
How are those middle class doing under Obama?
J.Yuma
2:49 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
, demonizing the poor
Really?, unemployment for blacks jumped up 1% to 14% under Obama , worse than under Bush and latino unemployment is also high under Obama. For every 1 job Obama created, 75 people went on Food Stamps.
Hey,...you're right, ..maybe we SHOULD go back before Obama!
Bob Samson
3:56 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Obama is ignoring the people in NY. Cant be bothered. A dead Ambassador knows what I am talking about.
J.Yuma
4:41 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Still leaning towards Obama?,...Well, get a load of this!
http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/explosive-video-indictment-of-obama-rocks-youtube/
J.Yuma
5:23 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Steve, I can never remember a time in history when the Nation was more divided. Eric Holder, Attorney General of ALL of the US called blacks "my people", Obama called his grandmother a "typical white person"
Barry, Let's all have a group hug!,...don't worry, I'll have cameras there!
jason wert
10:29 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
I have to say, I've been planning to retire to salem for yrs now. It has always seemed to be a very welcoming town, everyone says hello when you pass them on the street, people are neighborly, friendly, helpfull. I joined the patch community to stay in touch with what's happening in my future home, but conversations like this make me think twice about my decision. Everyone has their opinions on this subject, but is it really worth all this negative garbage toward eachother? For those of you who don't get outside town lines much, most of this country isn't lucky enough to live in a community like yours, it is a rare find these days. Be passionate about your beliefs of course, but don't hurt your neighbor in the process, you may just be destroyin your town from the inside out
Steve Marino
10:42 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Jason, I couldn't agree more, I have never seen a president devide a nation so badly! It's quite frankly discusting! We all deserve better.
Fran Wilson
10:51 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
I'm also a newly retired person that bought property in Salem and these angry folks are not what Salem is all about. Salem is history and with a warm accepting community. Nothing like you read on these boards. The anger and intolerance shown here is not representative of any personal experience we have had in Salem for the past three years Get involved in the opportunities offered by all the history around you and the Maritime Museum and your days will be filled learning and good people. The walking opportunities are endless. Enjoy and support our beautiful Salem and forget about all the intolerant, angry people that love to fill these boards with ugly rants.
jason wert
11:55 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Thanx fran, I've been visiting salem yearly for about 18 yrs now & that is the salem I know. I have a few years yet before Im able to live there permanently, but I can't wait to be a part of the town I've adored since I was I kid. As important as the history is, its the people like yourself that make salem the great place it is. I think these people need to be reminded of that.
jason wert
12:05 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
Yes we do steve! We can't let it ruin us as a nation, we are better than all this bickering, it gets us nowhere. I'm not happy with either choice, we just gotta make an informed decision, pray for the best, & do our best as individuals, to make life better for ourselves. Ultimately we are responsible for our own happiness, who's running the country does affect that, but its our job to make the best of what is handed to us. Good luck to everyone over the next four years, no matter what side your on, you have a rough road ahead, just remember so does your neighbor
Bob Samson
3:28 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
The King has his priorities.
J.Yuma
8:53 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
Fran and Jason, you validate everything I believe in. You're apathy and passive attitude in the face of moral decay, declining living standards, a government owned by special interests that no longer follows the Constitution or believes in individual Liberties, ...but what do you speak to,...intolerance?,..anger?
I am legally blind and in a wheelchair, but I thank God I still have the passion to care and believe in something.Thank God I am not you.
Fran Wilson
9:12 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
You make my point John. I'm thrilled you are not me!
J.Yuma
9:04 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
. "Enjoy and support our beautiful Salem and forget about all the intolerant, angry people that love to fill these boards with ugly rants"....
Classic
J.Yuma
9:10 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
After Elizabeth Warren has you paying 75% of your income in taxes and you lose your property rights under Agenda 21, then talk to me about "angry rants"
J.Yuma
8:10 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Liberals use racism like a big all covering blanket when there position is indefensible or bankrupt.Voting for someone on the basis of color does not make you "morally good", it makes you a racist.
True equality comes when you can vote for someone based on qualifications and criticism does not make you racist because a person of color can be as good or as bad, ...as anyone else.
jason wert
10:38 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
John isn't that the second time u mentioned your disability here? Are you looking for pitty? My attitude is not passive, I just choose not to attack my fellow americans to prove my point. Oh, & my living standards are not declining, maybe that's why your so angry. See, I know we are in tough times but instead of crying & complaining about it all, I got out there & pushed a little harder. That's what men do, we don't cry & blame everyone else, we stand up, & take care of business. That's the problem with america today, everyone wants a handout & nobody takes responsibility for themselves. If your that dissatisfied with your life, its prob. Not the presidents fault
Steve Marino
11:39 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
This is a lesson that Obama could use!
J.Yuma
8:22 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Steve, As Mr. Wart has shown, liberals are very "tolerant" of others,...why just this morning, Twitter was full of Democrat "tolerance" with "Kill Romney" as the major topic.
Liberal Utopia!
jason wert
8:39 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Man is this guy still talking?
Steve Marino
10:12 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Be nice Jason!
J.Yuma
10:24 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Isn't Free Speech a wonderful thing Wart!
J.Yuma
10:28 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Obama will lose big today, but the real work has just begun. The awakening is on.
jason wert
12:49 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Haha, I'm trying, some people really get on mt nerves haha
jason wert
1:04 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Wuz that directd towards me john? How inventive you are with the name calling! Never heard that one before