President Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low
Pessimistic Poll (Added: December 17, 2009)
Obama's poll results have declined since he took office. Brooke Hart reports. (more)Published: December 17, 2009
It's the toughest polling news for President Obama since he took office, full of hope.
President Barack Obama said, "We have chosen hope over fear."
The latest NBC News Wall Street Journal poll of Americans shows worry is back.
55 percent say the country is on the wrong track.
Barack Obama's approval rating has dipped to 47 percent from 60 percent early on.
Peter Morici an Economy Analyst from the University of Maryland said, "Americans suspect that they're in a nation in decline."
The public has soured on health care reform as debate has dragged on.
32 percent think the President's plan is a good idea, while 47 percent say it's a bad idea.
Analysts say the economy, unemployment in the double digits, has poisoned the mood.
The President's actions are a target.
House Minority Leader John Boehner said, "After spending a trillion dollars on a stimulus bill that was supposed to be about creating jobs, what have we done? We have created more unemployment."
House Democrats' last act yesterday?
Pass more stimulus, 154 billion toward public works, states and cities and benefits to the jobless.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "We are on a road to recovery."
Just how angry is the country?
The poll shows the conservative, Libertarian-leaning tea party movement is now more popular than either Democrats or Republicans.
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