President Obama sets a new record!

President Obama has become the fastest U.S. President to drop below 50% in Gallup Polling history.  In fact President Obama has the lowest approval of any U.S. President at this point in their Presidency.  Amazingly, the White House engaged is in Heavy Spin mode at this time actually blaming Gallup Organization for their low Poll Numbers. 

Right Truth has an excellent roundup of this news you can read here.

"There's no doubt Obama's 47 percent is mainly a result of the continuing bad economy," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "But there is also a growing concern about government spending and debt, and a sense that Obama is trying to do too much, too soon."
He added: "President Obama has reason to be concerned about his ratings. Even in tough times, presidents have usually been able to stay above the critical 50 percent mark in the first year, when the public is most inclined to give the new incumbent the benefit of the doubt."
Obama officials have not always shown disdain for Gallup. During last year's presidential campaign, Obama adviser David Plouffe, trumpeted "the latest Gallup poll" to reporters because it showed that 53 percent of Americans did not find Obama Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, "trustworthy."  When Gallup began taking presidential approval polls 71 years ago, Franklin Roosevelt had been president for more than five years. During his remaining time in office, his job approval rating never fell below 48 percent.
The next 11 presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, all had higher job approval ratings than Obama at this stage of their tenure. Their ratings were:

• George W. Bush, 86 percent
• Bill Clinton, 52 percent
• George H.W. Bush, 71 percent
• Ronald Reagan, 49 percent
• Jimmy Carter, 57 percent
• Gerald Ford, 52 percent
• Richard Nixon, 59 percent
• Lyndon Johnson, 74 percent
• John Kennedy, 77 percent
• Dwight Eisenhower, 69 percent
• Harry Truman, 49 percent