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Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time

From The Gallup Organization:

President Barack Obama’s job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 — a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking, although not dissimilar to the 59% he has received on four other occasions.

Thirty-three percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, just one point shy of his record-high 34% disapproval score from early June.
Since Obama took office in January, his approval rating in Gallup tracking has averaged 63%, and most of his three-day ratings have registered above 60%. Approval of Obama did fall to 59% in individual readings in February, March, April, and early June; however, in each case, the rating lasted only a day before rebounding to at least 60%.
The latest decline in Obama’s approval score, to 58%, results from a drop in approval among political independents as well as among Republicans. Democrats remain as highly supportive of the president as ever.
Obama’s approval rating was 60% from June 13-15, at which time 88% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and 25% of Republicans approved of the job he was doing. In the June 16-18 polling, Democrats’ approval of him stands at 92% — up slightly — whereas approval is down among both independents (by seven points) and Republicans (by four points).

Bottom Line
Since February, Obama’s weekly approval ratings from Republicans have consistently averaged close to 30% and from independents, close to 60%. With Republican approval now down to 21% and independent approval down to 53%, Obama’s overall job approval has dipped to a new low for his presidency.
It is not clear what’s behind the decline, but two issues have received considerable play in the news this week, and could be contributing factors. On Monday, the president received bad news on healthcare reform from the Congressional Budget Office, whose estimate of the cost of one reform plan caused sticker shock on Capitol Hill. This may be feeding into public concerns about the administration’s deficit spending. At the same time, the disputed Iranian presidential election has been front-page news. Obama’s cautious response has sparked sharp criticism from Republican Sen. John McCain and many on the political right who are eager for him to declare the election a “fraud,” and to show more solidarity with the Iranian protestors.

People may now slowly be beginning to catch on to Barack Obama and the scam he is pulling on America. His poll numbers have slipped to 58% approval ratings for the first time since being elected as president of the US. He has already raised the national debt to such a level that our grandchildren will have to pay it off. He has taken over General Motors, he seems to want to control the banking industry, and now he wants to nationalize health care. Where does he think that all of the money to pay for this boondoggle is going to come from? Will he and his Democrat accomplices pass a law that taxes our employer provided health benefits as income? Granted, taxing employer provided health benefits will provide roughly $600 Billion dollars, that falls far short of the trillions that will be required.

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