Obama losing ground with the voters

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As a candidate for President, Barack Hussein Obama ran on the obscure promise of "change." Without providing specifics, he committed to change the economy, change the war on terror, change the healthcare system, along with a long list of things he would do to bring America back to her values.

Unfortunately for Obama, it appears that the voters who were fooled by his empty promises are beginning to realize that a promise without details is nothing more than a campaign slogan meant to win votes.

While his support with Democrats remains predictably strong, and his lack of support with Republicans is predictably weak, it is his falling numbers with the nation's Independents that has Obama dropping in the polls. This vital voting block has begun to reject his big-spending programs, especially as they show little return from the vast fortunes he’s spent so far. 

For instance, his approval with Ohio voters dropped from 62 percent in May to 49 percent this month in a new Quinnipiac University poll, making it the first state in which Obama's job approval has dipped below 50 percent. In a Virginia, a Public Policy Polling survey found Independents disapproved of the president’s job performance, 52 percent to 38 percent.

On the national level, Rasmussen's Presidential Approval Index has fallen to -8. This number is the net difference between those who strongly approve vs. those who strongly disapprove.

Besides the damage to Obama's image, Democrats in the Congress are taking notice of his falling numbers. Just this week, they have effectively delayed healthcare reform and cap and trade legislation. Until these recent numbers were published, both of these legislative efforts were on the fast track to approval.

Even more embarrassing to the Administration is the fact that this is happening with a Congress under Democrat control. He will never find a more "hospitable" environment in Washington D.C. than he has right now, and yet his falling approval ratings are making it harder to get things done.

With unemployment expected to exceed 10% by the end of the year, along with his obsessive deficit spending, there's little reason to expect his approval ratings to improve anytime soon.

Then the only question will be, can he work with a Republican Congress?