Polls turning on Obama
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The sky is not falling, but President Barack Obama is running into a bit of a poll problem.
Six months since he entered the White House on a tide of giddy support and even jokes that he walked on water, opinion polls are starting to turn on him. 
In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, Obama’s overall approval rating dipped below 50 percent – to 49 percent — for the first time among likely voters, compared with a 51 percent disapproval rating.
Most of the survey was conducted before Obama’s Wednesday press conference where he pressed for healthcare reform.
Rasmussen Reports will release a poll based entirely on post-press conference interviews on Sunday.
Other recent public opinion polls have shown declining approval of Obama’s handling of the healthcare issue.
But of course a few polls do not a longterm trend make.
The stock market is on the rise and that may help bump up the numbers in the future.
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Photo credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque ((Obama leaves White House for healthcare reform forum in Ohio)
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Approval of the Democratic party’s healthcare and economic proposals still exceed the approval of the Republican party’s “delay and kill” strategy by a 30 point margin, even on Rasmussen’s poll. The American people don’t agree with you, TC.