Hopeless: College Students Abandon Obama

Well, at least some parents are getting their money's worth. It seems a majority of college kids are getting an education these days. They realize what an incompetent we have in the White House.

There indeed may be hope for the future.

Barack Obama is no longer the big man on campus.

College students' support for the President is waning -- a worrying sign for Democrats who are trying to reenergize young voters before the midterm elections, which are just three weeks away.

Just 44% approve of the job Obama is doing, while 27% said they are unhappy with his job performance, according to a new Associated Press-mtvU poll.

That's a significant dip from the 60% who gave the president high marks in a May 2009 poll. Only 15% of college goers had a negative opinion of him back then.

And if 2008 is any indication, the Democrats need young voters. During that presidential race, nearly one in eight voters cast their ballots for the first time. Exit polls showed 55% of new voters were age 18-24, and those young first-timers strongly supported the Democrats.

In 2008, Obama benefited from a flurry of endorsements from celebrities that young adults look up to such as Jay-Z, Chris Rock and Jennifer Aniston.

The President is making an effort to renew that campus enthusiasm. Obama will appear at a town hall that will be aired live on several youth-friendly networks including MTV and BET.

Despite their denials, stacking the deck with a bunch of pre-screened MTV viewers isn't going to help the increasingly unpopular Obama. In fact this free advertising and media bias just further energizes the opposition to lay waste to the Democrats on November 2.