WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET HOW YOU GOT ELECTED:

Pew poll: Obama's public support is eroding (Steven Thomma, 3/16/09, McClatchy Newspapers)

A new poll by the independent Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found that President Barack Obama's popular support is eroding, with his approval rating dropping below 60 percent. [...]

One reason for the erosion of support could be that a plurality sees Obama aligned more with the liberal wing of his party as he pushes an agenda that calls for broad increases in government spending and taxes.

Pew found that Americans think by 44 percent to 30 percent that the president listens more to liberals than to moderates in his party. The sentiment was a mirror image of what it was in January, when 44 percent thought he listened more to moderates and 34 percent thought he listened more to liberals.

Just about every ad they ran here in NH accused John McCain of wanting to tax health care benefits. Pick up the paper this weekend and the UR is going to do that himself.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 16, 2009 1:46 PM