Obama is waking up to lots of bad news. His poll numbers continue their downward slide.
It seems that's because more and more Americans are waking up to the reality of the Obama presidency.
AP Poll: Obama at New Low for Handling Economy
President Barack Obama earned his lowest marks ever on his handling of the economy in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans now describe the nation's financial outlook as poor.
...Eleven weeks before the Nov. 2 balloting, just 41 percent of those surveyed approve of the president's performance on the economy, down from 44 percent in April, while 56 percent disapprove. And 61 percent say the economy has gotten worse or stayed the same on Obama's watch.
...A whopping 81 percent of people now call the economy poor or very poor, up from 72 percent in June, and just 12 percent say it has improved in the past month, compared with 19 percent in June. Both are record measurements since AP-GfK started asking those questions.
...Just 34 percent now call [Obama] an above average or outstanding president, down from 42 percent in January. And 28 percent call him average, while 38 percent say he's even worse. Marks on how people view him personally have fallen: 89 percent liked him personally in January, but now 82 percent do.
...Also, more people disapprove of his performance on the following issues than approve: the federal budget deficit, unemployment, health care, taxes and immigration.
More bad news for Obama, from Gallup:
Poll: Majority now disapprove of Obama's job performance
More than half of Americans now disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance, new polling found, as the Ground Zero mosque controversy appeared to further erode ratings that the nation's stagnant economy already had damaged.
Gallup's tracking poll for Saturday through Monday found Obama's disapproval rating at 51 percent, a new high, the organization said Tuesday. For the third day in a row, the president's average approval rating was 42 percent, also a low for Obama.
"It's certainly a reasonable hypothesis that the mosque comments are a cause of his lower approval ratings and his higher disapproval," said Frank Newport , Gallup's editor in chief.
This latest three-day tracking began the day after Obama delivered a speech in which he said a group of Muslims had the right to build a house of worship anywhere local laws allowed, and that the nation's commitment to religious freedom must remain "unshakeable."
The tracking poll doesn't ask respondents to explain the factors behind their ratings.
...Julian Zelizer , a Princeton University historian and congressional expert, said the mosque controversy might resonate for "at least a couple more weeks" and that "Republicans watching these polls are going to continue to use the issue as the fall campaigns gear up."
For voters already frustrated with Obama, Zelizer said, the mosque issue "just plays into the broader storyline. . . . They say, 'Well, there's another example where he doesn't seem to be a firm leader. He doesn't seem to be on the right side.' "
In the end, Zelizer expects the economy to remain the driving factor for the president's ratings: "And I don't think he's hit rock bottom."
...On Tuesday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said that Friday's speech "wasn't something that the president viewed through a political lens. This is something that he saw as his obligation to address." Burton said Obama had no regrets about taking a stand.
Obama's approval rating was at 46 percent and his disapproval rating at 47 for Aug. 9-11 . By Friday, Gallup found that his three-day approval rating had slipped to 43 percent and his disapproval rating had climbed to 48 percent.
Poor Obama.
In Obama's world, the "bitter clingers" are expressing their bitterness. He's a victim of their pain, rather than the driving force behind it.
I get the feeling he really doesn't grasp the situation. He's blinded by his ego - BEST PRESIDENT EVER!
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