Public Confidence in Obama Hits New Low

Seems the media is the last to figure out the people are disgusted with the Golfer-in-Chief. Maybe it's his recklessly spending us into oblivion. Or declaring war on Arizona for trying to enforce federal immigration law. Maybe it's his people saying the mission of NASA is to make our enemies Muslims feel good about themselves. Maybe it calling patriotic American's teabaggers. Maybe it his annexing one-sixth of our economy for ObamaCare. Perhaps his Justice Department's refusal to prosecute those Black Panther animals isn't going over well. Or maybe unemployed people are sick and tired of seeing constantly golfing while pretending he won't rest until the BP mess in the Gulf is fixed.

Whatever the case, add it all up and he's swirling the drain. Just imagine how low he'd be is he weren't propped up by the media for so long.

Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term, nearly six in 10 voters say they lack faith in the president to make the right decisions for the country, and a clear majority once again disapproves of how he is dealing with the economy.

Regard for Obama is still higher than it is for members of Congress, but the gap has narrowed. About seven in 10 registered voters say they lack confidence in Democratic lawmakers and a similar proportion say so of Republican lawmakers.

Overall, more than a third of voters polled -- 36 percent -- say they have no confidence or only some confidence in the president, congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans. Among independents, this disillusionment is higher still. About two-thirds of all voters say they are dissatisfied with or angry about the way the federal government is working.

Wishful thinking to lump the GOP in there considering they're int he minority in both Houses of Congress. The notion they're as unpopular as Obama and Congressional Democrats is ridiculous. This mantra that the public mood is "anti-incumbent" is grossly misleading. The public is now firmly anti-Democrat.

Such broad negative sentiments have spurred a potent anti-incumbent mood. Just 26 percent of registered voters say they are inclined to support their representative in the House this fall; 62 percent are inclined to look for someone new.

Democrats nationally remain on the defensive as they seek to retain both houses of Congress this fall. Registered voters are closely divided on the question of whether they will back Republicans or Democrats in House races. Among those who say they are sure to cast ballots in November, 49 percent side with the GOP and 45 percent with Democrats.

Good rule of thumb: If the GOP is up by four in this poll, it's likely double that.

Overall, a slim majority of all voters say they would prefer Republican control of Congress so that the legislative branch would act as a check on the president's policies. Those most likely to vote in the midterms prefer the GOP over continued Democratic rule by a sizable margin of 56 percent to 41 percent.

A slim majority of 15 points.