More News for the President

Polling in the WP-ABC poll brought some bad news for the President over the weekend. Since February, his positive ratings have significantly, not to the level of Bush II but still going in the wrong direction. In February 43% of Americans strongly supported the president, while 17% strongly disapproved of his handling of his then new job. The numbers five months later have moved down by 5 points in the strongly approve category but have increased by 11 points in the strongly disapprove category.
About the only good news for the President in this poll is the Congressional ratings. The disapproval rating for Democrats in Congress (48%) exceeds Republicans (58%) by 10 points.

One other point seems clear. If the opponents of the President’s health care plan want to be successful, to the extent that the issues are framed as increasing the deficit, they are likely to be more successful.