[avacado]

Rasmussen still has him at total 56% approval. That’s hardly “tanking.” Americans are sheep.

[rom]

I watch the strongly disapprove numbers. That’s a hard number to reverse once it gets as high as it is. Once it hits 40% he’s starting to hit Hillary Clinton like numbers.

[southlake_hoosier]

Americans are sheep.

Americans are on prozac. We need to get off the drugs and wake up.

[jersey117]

It's just a matter of time before the sheep who voted for him start asking for all those jobs he promised. They'll turn on him when they realize he's not going to deliver. He campaigned in all those blue collar areas promising jobs. That's the only reason he was elected. A few thousand jobs here and there ain't gonna cut it. All smoke and mirrors.

[dangus]

What is surprising is that over the last two weeks, he looked like he was starting to catch some solid footing; this is more of a downward spiral.

[wardaddy]

I agree...56% is about what voted for him of the electorate.

hardly tanking.

[italianquaker]

The blacks give him an 84 pct approval so that doesnt really reflect the USA as a whole

[LS]

Overall, 56% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance so far. Forty-four percent (44%) disapprove.

That's not horrible, given the 24/7 fawning coverage of this guy. He's down a LOT in the last few months, and the disapprove number inches toward 50. The trend is our friend.

[My Favorite Headache]

I was watching Red Eye on Fox News last night and they had William H Macy on as a guest for part of the show. He said that he is a big fan of Obama’s and will be a fan “for a while longer”.

I found that choice of words interesting...he said everything is a mess that of course was inherited and his decisions will be the factor I guess of how long he remains a fan.

So he is a fan so far of absolute power grabbing corruption? Ahhh ok...gotcha.

[bigbob]

Agree - wishful thinking. What caused the bounce back? Early in March he was doing a lot of negative-talk about the economy, then he started to put more positive spin on things and look what happened. Count on this to be a poll-driven adminstration, saying whatever is needed to sway public opinion will in many cases, doing the exact opposite.

Knowing this, we are looking at these poll numbers and trends — why??

He’s got the job for 4 years, regardless of polls. And at 56% approval there isn’t a Senator or Representative who wouldn’t trade numbers, or tie themselves to his coat-tails.

[okie01]

Rasmussen still has him at total 56% approval. That’s hardly “tanking.” Americans are sheep.

But the operative numbers are the extremes: strongly approve (35%), strongly disapprove (32%). The rest is the mushy middle.

Upon inauguration, these numbers were roughly 42% and 16% respectively (the rest being the mushy middle).

Accordingly, what has happened in the past ten weeks is a precipitous (and accelerating) drop from +26% to +3% -- with the growth in disapproval coming from both the mushy middle...and Obama supporters.

From a polling standpoint, these numbers -- and their trend -- are bad news for Obama and his henchmen. And good news for us.

[Theodore R.]

They also “want” him to “succeed” to vindicate their own voting habits.