Gallup: Obama's job approval tumbles

[King]

The sequester may be part of it, but I think much of it is just a post-inauguration reversion to the mean. After being elected his approval shot up to the mid50s and now it's back where it was before the election. I'm not convinced many people are paying enough attention to the sequester for opinions to be changed in either direction beyond the marginal.

No.  It's the sequester.

[King]

I wouldn't even say it's GOP proposes one thing, Dems propose another.  Neither side is even writing bills on the issue anymore.  They're both in a standoff of waiting to see the other side's first.

[King]

His approval swung up 5 points on lolGallup today

[King]

It's tumbled back up to 50-43.

[King]

It's far too early to tell either way, but conservative enthusiasm doesn't have anywhere to go but down.  I don't see any room for the GOP to grow.  They are somehow managing to alienate independents and the base with every action.

That said, whites always turn out stronger for midterms so the GOP has a structural advantage.