Obama Hits a New Low

Published September 27, 2010 10:40am ET



CNN released a new survey on Friday that found President Obama’s approval rating hit a new all time low. The network points to the listless economy and ongoing wars as the principal reasons for the public’s dissatisfaction with the White House:

The figures represent a new low-water mark in the CNN/ORC poll for the president, who, almost two years into his term, continues to wrestle with public worries over a sluggish economy and exhaustion with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

There is no doubt that the listless economy and stubbornly high unemployment numbers shape people’s perception of the president’s performance.

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