His approval numbers are down to the high 50s, and so sometimes on cable TV, naturally, this constitutes a collapse. This is chiefly about the economy. Period. It was Bush's mess. Now it's becoming Obama's mess to average voters. I have to say, that's understandable. And wasn't all this entirely anticipate-able? I anticipated it, and I'm sure others did too. One always knew that the economy wouldn't start rebounding til next spring or summer. So what should we have expected to happen in the second half of 2009, as unemployment figures rose (something we also knew would happen)? Obviously, Obama was going to start losing some support. He'll keep losing more by year end for sure. It was always my feeling that in political terms, as long as the economy actually does begin to bounce back...