America Begins To Notice

Barack Obama's polling has dipped below 60% for the first time in his presidency as of last Friday, as aggregated by RCP.

Carol E. Lee also mentions some interesting Gallup data showing more American's disapproval of Obama's control over federal spending than approve of it.

The change is dramatic in how quickly it is taking place:

Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has dropped from 59% in February to 55% today, while his disapproval rating has risen by 12 points, from 30% to 42%,” Gallup said. “The fact that Obama's approval on the economy has become more negative over this time period is of interest, given that Gallup’s measure of consumer mood has become more positive between March and the current time.[1]

The Associated Press, which dogmatically promoted Obama during the end of the Democratic Primary and doggedly during the 2008 general election has been sending broadside attacks today at Obama, the candidate they worked hard to get elected.

What do I think is driving this drop this early?

Charles Krauthammer made an excellent point in January that voters (and Timothy) blamed President Bush for the sluggish economy, but after six months the responsibility would be on Obama's shoulders. Obama's plan to improve the economy is to create more entitlement programs when the current ones are already insolvent and pushing the government into soaring deficits.

Instead of delivering America from disaster, he has handed America over to disaster. Americans are just starting to realize what is going on.