President continues poll slide

Blogging from northern California.

Not even on the internet do I read USA Today much, but the San Francisco hotel we stayed in gives out complimentary copies, and look what I found:

Qualms about President Obama's stewardship of the economy are growing, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, as Americans become more pessimistic about when they predict the recession will end.

At six months in office, Obama's 55% approval rating puts him 10th among the 12 post-World War II presidents at this point in their tenures. When he took office, he ranked seventh.

The president polls poorly on economic matters. Remember the mantra from the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign: "It's the economy, stupid."

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