Obama's Popularity, or Lack Thereof

The Obama Campaign Team, also known as the mainstream media, has been slobbering from the rooftops how popular their guy is.  Apparently, these drooling bootlickers aren't familiar with history, nor are they familiar with the traditional "honeymoon" period that Americans so graciously give new presidents, no matter how lousy they are, and no matter how many tax-cheats they've appointed.  

If the Obama Worship Team the press, were honest, they'd be reporting that this president, at the 100-day mark of his term, is the second least popular president in forty years!  Mr. Obama is less popular after 100 days than even Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon! It's vital for president's to have a high approval rating during their first 100 days in office, because the numbers usually fade significantly as time passes.  A lower mark means that he doesn't have much approval wiggle-room going forward.  

According to Gallup's April polling data, President Obama experiences lower approval numbers than all but one President, Bill Clinton, 100 days after his first term, since they began tracking the data in 1969.  It's also worth noting that the President's bipartisan nirvana hasn't emerged, as some sycophants promised.  In fact, the gap between Democrat and Republican support, or lack thereof, is greater than most previous American Presidents.  

While 56% rate Obama's job performance as "excellent" or "good," 43% judged job he's doing as:  "Just Okay," or "Poor," or "Terrible". According to Rasmussen Reports, only 2% more strongly approve than strongly disapprove and this gap has been steadily closing (see graphic) since Inauguration Day. I believe that former Clinton advisor Dick Morris would refer to this as "high negatives."  

It's worth mentioning that while Mr. Obama's ratings are still technically positive, his specific policies get much, much lower marks.  People seem to like him much more than they like his policies.  In other words, it's not what he says, but how he says it.