Greg Sargent: =0A Public disapproves of Obama on economy, but supports his actual fiscal policies
Here's a striking disconnect that speaks volumes about Obama's political problem right now: In the new NBC/WSJ poll, Americans express strong disapproval of Obama's performance on the economy, and express low confidence that Obama has the right set of ideas to improve it.
And then, later in the very same poll, Americans are asked whether they support a range of Obama's actual fiscal and economic policies. In every case, a majority or plurality supports them.
It's true. The poll finds that only 37 percent approve of Obama's handling of the economy, versus 59 percent who disapprove. It also finds that only 31 percent are "extremely confident" or "quite confident" that the President has the right goals and policies to improve the economy, versus a whopping 68 percent who are only somewhat or not at all confident.
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