Not-so-hot Obama

Approval ratings decline

President Obama doesn’t seem to be faring too well among the American public. Those who rallied behind him a year ago, well, their enthusiasm seems to be starting to wane. Perhaps it’s the current rift over health care, the ailing economy or the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Any way you look at it, though, approval ratings are dropping. These are the latest results, by percentage, of a Zogby poll asking respondents how they feel about the president’s performance.

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  Excellent Good Fair Poor Not Sure 8/31/2009 17 25 16 41 1 8/21/2009 16 27 11 45 .3 8/5/2009 20 30 22 26 2 7/24/2009 22 25 10 43 1 6/4/2009 30 20 13 36 1 4/16/2009 31 22 14 33 1 3/6/2009 30 23 12 34 2