Four in 10 Americans “strongly” disapprove of how President Obama is handling the job of president in the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the highest that number has risen during his time in office and a sign of the hardening opposition to him as he seeks a second term.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...gIQAlch2ML_blog.html
I ran this by bitternpoo and he said he hasn't seen this type of growth and hardening in about 30 years.
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Worse yet for the Obamites is that other Dems aren't approving, either.
"More and more Democrats are publicly challenging Obama on a range of issues.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) ripped the administration on Tuesday for considering keeping U.S. troops in Iraq beyond this year. In a floor speech on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) questioned Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), meanwhile, are at odds with Obama on the trade deals he just sent to Congress. Reid has committed to moving them, though he has made clear he is not a fan. Pelosi has put the White House on notice she will not be twisting arms to pass the agreements.
Congressional Democrats are not exactly embracing Obama’s jobs plan. Pelosi has called for an up-or-down vote on it in the House, but Reid is in no rush to schedule a vote. Reid, who is worried about keeping his majority, is well-aware that voting on Obama’s proposal puts some of his politically vulnerable members in a tough spot.":
http://thehill.com/opinion/edi...em-unity-minus-obama
Got to be embaressing!
A lot of it is from Progressives who think Obama has let Republicans lead him around by the nose. Why else would he cave on the public option, leaving private insurers the only option; no government bulk-buying discounts for prescriptions with the savings passed on to patients; extending the Bush tax cuts which have cost roughly $2.5 trillion through 2010; the debt ceiling hostage-taking; the budget without adequate revenue adjustments to properly address the deficit, etc., etc., etc.
