REASON/RUPE POLL: Right Track 30%, Wrong Track 60%. Obama Approve/Disapprove 43/51. Plus, people think that 70% of politicians use their power to help friends, hurt enemies. And 70% people think that abuse of power is worse than extramarital affairs or illegal drug use. Obamacare favorable/unfavorable is 36/53.

Plus, note this question:

Which of the following do you think is a more serious problem?

• Special interest groups spending private money on campaigns to elect the politicians they favor 30%

• Elected officials enacting policies and spending taxpayer money that benefit
the special interests they favor……….. 63%

Interesting. And 63% of respondents rate Obama about the same (32%) or worse than (31%) George W. Bush on foreign policy.