Obama approval cratering — President Obama’s approval rating has began falling again

Following the bait and switch passage of Obamacare, which was followed by a PR and sales campaign by the White House and President Obama, the President received a small bump in his approval rating which he held for a couple months.

It would appear that small bump is gone and he has began his downward spiral again.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll has recorded the worst Presidential Approval Index yet recorded for President Obama.  The Rasmussen approval index is the difference between those likely voters that strongly approve of the President and those that strongly disapprove.  The new poll shows only 23% of voters strongly approve of the President, while 45% strongly disapprove (that’s more than the combination of those that strongly or somewhat approve of the President, which is only 43%).

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22. That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for this president (see trends).

Enthusiasm for the president among Democrats, which bounced following passage of the health care law, has faded again. Just 48% of those in the president’s party now Strongly Approve of Obama’s performance. That’s down from 65% earlier.

Ed Morrissey of Hot Air says that as bad as Obama’s overall approval rating is, his approval on key issues has to have the White House worried:

The internals for perceptions of Obama are looking very shaky indeed.  Only 39% approve of his performance on the economy; only 44% approve of his overall leadership.  Just 37% approve of his energy policies.  A microscopic 26% trust Obama in an economic crisis, and only 35% believe his ethics to be good or excellent.

Keep an eye on the numbers after Obama’s presser on Thursday.  He may get a bump just for showing up; if he does, expect him to start hitting the campaign trail ASAP.  If he doesn’t, don’t expect to see Obama much at all.

As bad as these numbers are, they are still bolstered by the largely glowing press coverage that President Obama is receiving from the mainstream TV and print media.   We are just starting to see key liberals in the media, and in some cases Congress, start to question President Obama on issues from his handling of the BP gulf oil spill, to the alleged Joe Sestak bribe, to his refusal to take questions from the press except when it is a one-on-one interview with a friendly reporter.

As the the national debt rises, the border situation escalates and the realities of the bait and switch Obamacare come to light, it’s becoming clear that more and more people have had enough of “hope and change.”