By Kevin McCullough,Fox News
Obama’s healthcare push is destroying his popularity
President Barack Obama is disconnected from the American people on the ideas behind improving health care in America. Recent Gallup poll numbers —placing him below former President Jimmy Carter in overall approval ratings —point to it.
And now so do numbers of additional new polls. The Washington Post/ABC News poll,which openly admits to polling a heavier segment of registered Democrats than independents and Republicans,puts his approval rating at below 50%.
The "passion index"tracked by the Rasmussen poll has watched the president’s "strongly approve"numbers go from "+10"on May 31,to break even "+0"on June 28,to "-8"on July14th. Those numbers mean that 8% more of the population now "strongly disapprove"of his performance/policies,than "strongly approve."Among male voters the Rasmussen index is a "-10"point spread.
And a recent Public Strategies poll reports that only 44% of the American people feel the administration is on the right course. That’s interesting because in March that number was 54%. Even big business has a better trend than the president:Four perecent of the population trust "corporate America"to do the "right thing"more than they did two months ago.
Earlier this week his head to head re-election numbers against the third place GOP contender in 2008,Mitt Romney,were dead even at 45% each.
So what happened since May to tank Obama?