Mired in one of the bleakest patches of his presidencyhits US heartland on Monday, seeking to rekindle the spirit of hope which swept him to the white house
been crushed by a lame economy.
which have all felt the lash of the economic crisis and will be important to his 2012 re-election
Hope is a commodity in short supply, as fears mount that the tepid recovery from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s will fizzle into a second recession and with unemployment stubbornly pegged at 9.1%. A staggering 74% of Americans think the country is moving in the wrong direction, according to bid. Obama will embark on a fabled ritual of American politics - survey this month found 60% think economy is still in a downturn.
More bad news came just on the eve of the tour. Obama, reeling from a showdown with Republicans over debt, saw his approval rating dip below 40% for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
New data posted on Sunday showed that 39% of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, while 54% disapprove. Both are the worst numbers of his presidency.
Just a few months ago, after the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, many commentators were predicting Obama would stroll to the second term that every presidency needs to be considered a historic success.
But when Republican Tea Party lawmakers drove the US to the brink of a default in a row over raising the government's borrowing authority, Obama's prestige took a severe hit. Now, he can be demeaned by his political foes as the president who lost America's AAA credit rating, after Standard & Poor's concluded Washington brinkmanship meant
which conservatives complained was soft on Obama in 2008, has turned against him, doubting his political backbone: New York Times commentator Maureen Dowd warned he was "strangely irrelevant in Washington". Critics also complain the president is fixated with cooperating with Republicans who have made no secret of their desire to destroy his presidency.could not fix its economy. a bus tour to rural areas o f
been crushed by a lame economy.
which have all felt the lash of the economic crisis and will be important to his 2012 re-election
Hope is a commodity in short supply, as fears mount that the tepid recovery from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s will fizzle into a second recession and with unemployment stubbornly pegged at 9.1%. A staggering 74% of Americans think the country is moving in the wrong direction, according to bid. Obama will embark on a fabled ritual of American politics - survey this month found 60% think economy is still in a downturn.
More bad news came just on the eve of the tour. Obama, reeling from a showdown with Republicans over debt, saw his approval rating dip below 40% for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
New data posted on Sunday showed that 39% of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, while 54% disapprove. Both are the worst numbers of his presidency.
Just a few months ago, after the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, many commentators were predicting Obama would stroll to the second term that every presidency needs to be considered a historic success.
But when Republican Tea Party lawmakers drove the US to the brink of a default in a row over raising the government's borrowing authority, Obama's prestige took a severe hit. Now, he can be demeaned by his political foes as the president who lost America's AAA credit rating, after Standard & Poor's concluded Washington brinkmanship meant
which conservatives complained was soft on Obama in 2008, has turned against him, doubting his political backbone: New York Times commentator Maureen Dowd warned he was "strangely irrelevant in Washington". Critics also complain the president is fixated with cooperating with Republicans who have made no secret of their desire to destroy his presidency.could not fix its economy. a bus tour to rural areas o f
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