April 14, 2009 07:16 PM UTC

While the fringe throws "tea parties"

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• by: JeffcoBlue

(We just looked it up in the Urban Dictionary — eww. – promoted by Colorado Pols)

The vast majority of Americans express confidence in President Obama’s economic plan.

Poll shows 71% trust Obama to fix the economy – LA Times

As President Obama continues to express confidence in the U.S. economy, many Americans say they have confidence in his ability to steer the nation’s fortunes in the right direction.

A new Gallup poll found that 71% of those interviewed said they placed “a great deal or a fair amount” of confidence in the president to bring about an economic recovery.

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.

Have fun “teabagging” with Jon Caldara, whackos.

Has anybody told you what “teabagging” means, by the way? It’s funny how it’s still appropriate either way.