President Barack Obama's national standing has slipped to a new low. (snip) Just 49 percent of people now approve of the job Obama's doing overall, and less than that — 44 percent — like the way he's handled health care and the economy.
The AP sees the impact of the data as follows:
With the electorate angry, Republicans enthusiastic and Democrats seemingly less so, Obama's party increasingly fears it could lose control of the House, if not the Senate, in his first midterms. The GOP, conversely, is emboldened as voters warm to its opposition to much of the president's agenda.
I cannot say I am either disappointed or surprised. We persist in electing presidents who need training wheels.
