the Honeymoon is over after 200 days

[philw]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25893962-401,00.html

Obama's rating drops to 50 per cent

US President Barack Obama's approval rating has slumped to 50 per cent, the lowest since his inauguration, according to a poll released on the eve of his 200th day in office.
Pollsters at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut said Mr Obama's job approval rating dipped to 50-42 per cent, a reflection of growing unease over his handling of the economy.

The figure, released today, is a substantial drop from the 57-33 per cent approval rating he had on July 2, and far less than the glowing numbers he enjoyed in the honeymoon first 100 days of his tenure.

The national poll of 2409 registered voters was carried out between July 27 and August 3.

It found voters disapproved 49-45 per cent of the way Mr Obama was handling the economy, and disapproved 52-39 per cent on his handling of health care, but approved 52-38 per cent on his foreign policy.

But while Republicans disapproved of the Democratic president's job performance by an expectedly large margin of 77-16 per cent, the poll found Americans disapproved 59-29 per cent of how Republicans in Congress were doing their job.


They also trusted Mr Obama over Republicans 47-36 per cent to fix the economy and 46-37 per cent to deal with health care.

"The President is right on the magic 50 per cent threshold in public approval because of bad grades on the economy and even worse grades on health care," Peter Brown, assistant director of Quinnipiac's Polling Institute, said.

"The good news ... is that American voters still see him as better able to handle the economy and health care than Republicans in Congress," Mr Brown said.

"The bad news is his margins are shrinking."

[alfsauve]

This was the Rasumssen chart from 2 weeks ago.  It show Strongly Approve vs Strongly Disapprove.   The net of the two went negative for the first time.    I can only imagine it's slipped more this month.

[kilopaparomeo]

For me it was a shotgun wedding.

I'm bitter and clinging. 

I'm trying to figure out how I get this thing anulled...

[philw]

For me it was a shotgun wedding.

I'm bitter and clinging. 

I'm trying to figure out how I get this thing anulled...

just find that birth certificate   

[Kid Shelleen]

I just hope that he continues to plummet, along with the support for the House and the Senate.

[Sponsor]

[tt11758]

I just hope that he continues to plummet, along with the support for the House and the Senate.

It won't matter, Kid.  Hell, congress has an approval rating that's barely into the double-digits, and yet these arrogant assholes act like they're on a mission from God.

I'm rapidly approaching "mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore!"