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Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

A few of you mentioned that you wonder what this will do for Obama's approval ratings. I found this on Gallup.com . It will tell you what to watch for:

Monday, May 2, 2011
Obama Approval Watch Post-Bin Laden's Death

It will be fascinating to watch President Obama's job approval rating in the next few days, as Americans continue to react to the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces. Our Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport discusses the historical context for a potential bounce in his blog Polling Matters.

Here's a quick rundown of what to monitor and when:
We update Obama's job approval rating daily on our homepage and here. This number is a three-day rolling average, based on the previous three days of interviewing. As of Sunday, 46% of Americans approved of Obama and 46% disapproved. Monday's number, which we'll post at 1 p.m. ET, will include Sunday night interviewing, but that polling preceded the news about bin Laden, so it won't show any potential effect.
Monday night interviewing will begin to pick up Americans' reactions to bin Laden's death. But Tuesday's number will still include interviewing both pre- and post-the bin Laden news, as will Wednesday's update. Thursday's number is a key one to watch, as it will include three nights of interviewing -- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday -- conducted after the bin Laden news.
Obama's weekly job approval average, posted in our Presidential Job Approval Center, may be the most valuable to watch. Since we calculate weekly job approval averages every Monday, based on interviews conducted Monday to Sunday of the previous week, the number we post today will consist of polling conducted entirely pre-bin Laden's death. The number we post next Monday at 1 p.m. ET, will be entirely post-bin Laden's death. As such, the comparison of those two numbers may be one of the best measures of how much the news impacts Obama's approval rating -- at least in the short term.
It will, of course, take much longer than days or weeks to fully measure the potential impact of the bin Laden development on the president's image -- be it in terms of his job approval rating, other issue ratings, or other perceptions of Obama as a leader.

We'll also be measuring and reporting on Americans' reactions to the news from other angles as well.
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Cajun Sensation, May 2, 2011

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tirk im the lyrical jessie james

Twitter user unknowingly reported bin Laden attack

(CNN) -- As U.S. forces in Pakistan swooped in on Osama bin Laden on Sunday, at least one Twitter user was unknowingly reporting details of the raid.

Some of the first public accounts of the military operation that killed the terrorist leader came in the form of tweets from Sohaib Athar, an IT consultant in Abbottabad, the city where bin Laden was found.

But the significance of Athar's posts wouldn't be clear until hours later when users of the social-networking site -- and the rest of the world -- learned of President Barack Obama's plans for a rare, late-night address to announce that bin Laden had been killed.

The first clue from Athar came after 4 p.m. ET Sunday (after midnight in Pakistan).

"Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)," he wrote.
Timeline of bin Laden's death
Hideout wasn't remote cave after all

His first reaction? Annoyance at the noise.

"Go away helicopter - before I take out my giant swatter :-/," he wrote.

But soon, it was clear that more was going on than a random flyover. He reported seeing an airplane fly overhead. And he worried, as most anyone would, that terrorism might be involved.

"A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S," Athar wrote.

He posted an incorrect local media report that a helicopter had crashed, or been shot down (perhaps jokingly, calling it a UFO) and gave details of military cordoning off areas of the city.

Then, about eight hours after his first tweet, Athar acknowledged that he'd heard what happened.

"I guess I should unsubscribe from the #abbottabad search on twitter before it kills my machine," he wrote. "Leave Abbottabad alone, Osama and Obama...
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Twitter user unknowingly reported bin Laden attack - CNN.com

By early Monday in the United States, the online deluge for the man who also runs a small coffee shop was just beginning. As his tweets were discovered, the online messages and media requests began.

"Uh oh," Athar wrote. "(N)ow I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."

According to the Twitter statistics tool TwitterCounter, Athar had 751 followers on Saturday. By Monday morning, he had more than 32,000.
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tirk, May 2, 2011

#122
mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

American flag burned and LSU flag stolen on campus this morning:

Flag burned at LSU | News | 2theadvocate.com — Baton Rouge, LA

mctiger, May 2, 2011

#123
tirk im the lyrical jessie james

Cajun Sensation said: ↑

A few of you mentioned that you wonder what this will do for Obama's approval ratings. I found this on Gallup.com . It will tell you what to watch for:

Monday, May 2, 2011
Obama Approval Watch Post-Bin Laden's Death
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about 2 mins after hearing the news I had mixed emotions. I was glad this pos was terminated but knew the economic idiot may have bought himself 4 more years.

the irony being the latter idiot may take us down when the fear was the first guy was the worry.

tirk, May 2, 2011

#124
mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

tirk said: ↑

about 2 mins after hearing the news I had mixed emotions. I was glad this pos was terminated but knew the economic idiot may have bought himself 4 more years.

the irony being the latter idiot may take us down when the fear was the first guy was the worry.
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I would venture a guess that if, come election time, we're looking at $5.50 a gallon gas and 8% or higher unemployment, "Hey, I got Bin Laden" won't be enough for re-election. The economy will always drive elections.

mctiger, May 2, 2011

#125
Bud Lee Call me buttercup

mctiger said: ↑

American flag burned and LSU flag stolen on campus this morning:

Flag burned at LSU | News | 2theadvocate.com — Baton Rouge, LA
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RUH UH……keep a watch out for the retaliation.

Bud Lee, May 2, 2011

#126
TexasTigers Are You With Me ?

Bud Lee said: ↑

RUH UH……keep a watch out for the retaliation.
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Agreed, this is not Berkley at LSU that will not go over to well.

This could get ugly down there. I remember when i was in school the first Iraq war started and there were protests by the left and it ended poorly for them.
Not that I condone that. just saying

TexasTigers, May 2, 2011

#127
LSUsupaFan Founding Member

mctiger said: ↑

I would venture a guess that if, come election time, we're looking at $5.50 a gallon gas and 8% or higher unemployment, "Hey, I got Bin Laden" won't be enough for re-election. The economy will always drive elections.
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I agree. If Obama saw this as a ticket for 4 more years he should have saved it for November 2012.

LSUsupaFan, May 2, 2011

#128
LSUDieHard Founding Member

Bud Lee said: ↑

This joke was funnier when Red used it a couple of pages ago...
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I considered that possibility but the key phrase is "pages ago". I don't have as much time on my hands as some people.

LSUDieHard, May 2, 2011

#129
TexasTigers Are You With Me ?

LSUsupaFan said: ↑

I agree. If Obama saw this as a ticket for 4 more years he should have saved it for November 2012.
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Its all going to come down again to two states
Florida and Ohio.

Plan and simple.
He wins one or both its 4 more years.

TexasTigers, May 2, 2011

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