Ah well….the second Obama honeymoon has ended, as we all knew it would:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17 (see trends).
The president’s Approval Index ratings have fallen nine points since Monday as the crisis in Egypt unfolds. Most of the decline comes from a fall in the number who Strongly Approve of the president’s performance (30% on Monday, 23% now). However, for the first time since mid-December, the number who Strongly Disapprove has moved back over the 40% mark for five straight days. The Strongly Disapprove total had been above 40% for most of 2010 but fell to the high-30s after the president and Senate Republicans reached a deal to extend the Bush Administration tax cuts.
~~~Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president’s performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.
Gallup is showing the same trend. He got the boost, the Obama honeymoon, and then headed into a steep decline. 45/47 now.
But we know the cause. The rating peaked after the Tucson shooting and his speech to the nation it seemed but its been going down ever since. First his horrible, just horrible, State of the Union speech and then his amateurish reaction to the Egypt crisis. The man demanded an immediate transition and Mubarak flipped him the bird. World leaders must look at this man and be amazed at the stupidity of the American public for putting such a neophyte into office.
Anyways…you think the media will notice this fall after they dubbed him the “comeback kid?”
I’m thinking not.
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