Well, it's happened.
President Obama's approval rating it not only in the tank but now it has slipped below 40% for the first time ever. And this is from the well-respected Gallup poll -- the oldest and most widely-reported poll of its type. Indeed, founder Dr. George Gallup virtually invented the modern political poll.
New data posted Sunday now show that 39% of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, while a clear majority (54%) disapprove. Both of these are the worst numbers of his presidency.
That 54% disapproval figure is VERY significant because it tops the 53% of the popular vote that Obama won in 2008. So now, more Americans disapprove of Obama than voted for him in 2008.
Most of the turnaround has come from independent and unaligned voters who are increasingly disenchanted with the President. But some has come from Democrats as well, since polls now show that as many as one out of three Democrats are disappointed with the President's performance.
Well, the same people who made fun of President George W. Bush when his poll numbers dipped into the 30s now have to confront the reality of Barack Obama's dwindling popularity and/or apparent demise.
Read it and weep.
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