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It's already been a year.
Back then, President Barack Obama won an historic victory for the United States presidency surrounded by much fanfare and hoopla. But currently the president finds himself less popular.
The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that 30% of voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President but 39% strongly disapprove giving the U.S. leader a presidential approval Index rating of negative 9.
President Obama's popularity was tested this week in local gubernatorial elections for two states. Republicans handily won those elections leaving the Obama administration and democrats to reconsider their policies here and abroad.
Analysts such as Harvey Feigenbaum, a political science professor at George Washington University, observing President Obama's popularity dip say the lower numbers could mirror a growing sense of despair surrounding the country's affairs and a lack of confidence in his leadership on issues such as unemployment and health care.
But Feigenbaum expects health care legislation to pass and the economy to improve by the end of President Obama's term.
And if the president's approval is expected to get better there is still a major issue that needs to be resolved.
"The war in Afghanistan could be the president's Achilles' heel," said Feigenbaum.
To avoid an Achilles heel, Like most foreign policy issues and wartime decisions Mister Obama will need to tread carefully.
(For more information, interviews and the full video including Colin Campbell click the link below.)
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