President Obama's Approval Rating Dips to All-time Low

My Current Events story for the week is one which came out this morning--the approval rating of President Obama sinking to its lowest number of his entire presidency. Obama received horrible ratings in a Washington Post--ABC News poll, especially in two of our nation's biggest issues at the moment, the economy and the stagnant jobs situation: both received at least 60 percent disapproval ratings. Overall, only 43 percent of those surveyed said they approved of the job he is doing overall, while 53 percent said that they disapproved, both all time highs. These numbers are especially significant right now as Obama presents his jobs proposal Thursday night to a joint session of Congress--that proposal now has added significance with the release of these latest polling numbers, as Obama must get his approval ratings up before his attempt at reelection in 2012. As Jon Cohen and Dan Balz stated in their article in the Washington Post on the numbers, "By this time in their presidencies, approval ratings for both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton--who also suffered serious midterm setbacks during their first term--had settled safely above the 50 percent mark." The American people are showing their disapproval right now for the way Obama is handling his Presidency, and if he continues on this track, his reelection will be in serious jeopardy.

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