President Obama’s Inaugural high in the polls has evaporated in just six weeks, the result of a depressing black hole that has also sucked the public’s budding enthusiasm for a positive change in the direction of the nation with it.

Since winning reelection and presenting his aggressive liberal agenda in his Inaugural Address on January 21, pollster John Zogby tells Secrets that the president’s approval has plummeted six points, from 57 percent to 51 percent, and is on the verge of dropping further unless he can cut a budget deal with the GOP. “He has lost several points among independents and younger voters,” said Zogby.