Obama's 50 Percent Approval Rating

It took 199 days, but the honeymoon is ending if not over. Bloomberg reports that Obama's approval rating dropped 7 points from the end of June, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. The poll found that 50 percent of voters approve of Obama while 42 percent disapprove, compared to 57 percent and 33 percent respectively at the end of June. Voters disapprove of how Obama is handling the economy by 49 percent to 45 percent, and of his efforts to overhaul health care, by 52 percent to 39 percent. A separate CNN survey found that Obama's approval rating dropped seven points since his 100-day mark, and five points from the end of June to 56 percent approval, with particular losses coming from white men.