Obama Approval Plummets to 50%

I'm not sure if it's the fact that he's on TV every single day or the fact that whenever he is he says something stupid. I'm guessing it's a little of both:

The honeymoon is over, according to a national poll out today as President Obama’s job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy.

The sobering numbers come as the president backpedals from two prime-time gaffes - one comparing his bowling score to a Special Olympian and another awkwardly laughing about the economy, which prompted Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes” to ask “are you punch-drunk?”

Pollster John Zogby said his poll will show Americans split on the president’s performance. He said the score factors out to “about 50-50.”

For comparison purposes, George W, Bush was at 50% eight months in and never went below 50% after that until February of 2004 when the Iraq war started going bad. Obma went to 50% in just two months. That's unprecedented when it comes to the honeymoon the American people give every new president. Here's how all the presidents since 1945 stack up from Truman through Bush 43:

This just about sums it up from the article linked above:

As for the president’s love of the limelight, it could backfire, according to a media watcher.

“I thought he overexposed himself weeks ago,” said Tobe Berkovitz, associate dean of Boston University’s College of Communication.

“I wonder when the public will say ‘Instead of being in front of the camera, be in front of a spreadsheet.’ ”

Obama will be on TV tonight in primetime so look for him to be in the 40's next week sometime. Bobby Jindal gets a shot at redemption giving the rebuttal.