GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVAL RATING DROPS TO 39%

Obama Approval Falls to 39 Percent!

President Obama's approval rating has fallen below 40 percent for the first time in two years, a Gallup poll showed Tuesday.

In its daily poll documenting a three-day average, Obama's job approval rating is now at 39 percent. Fifty-three percent disapprove of his job performance. The poll's margin of error is 3 percentage points.

The last time the president's approval rating was that low was the summer of 2011, according to Gallup's numbers.

Nearly a year ago - the week before Christmas - his approval rating was close to 60 percent.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last week had Obama's approval rating at 42%, a new low for him in their polling.  Last month an Associated Press poll showed Obama's approval rating at a dismal 37%.  

To give you an idea of how bad this is for the Dear Leader, consider this:  Eight years ago, during the first week of November, 2005 (less than 3 months after Katrina), George Bush's approval rating was at 40% with 55% disapproving of his job performance.  The latest poll finds that 53% disapprove of Obama's job performance.  OUCH!