Moderate numbers for a moderate hero President.
Although it is worth noting that unlike Dubya, Obama will probably be in positive territory for his re-election and the end of his first term.
Dubya wasn't in positive territory for his reelection?
2004 Nov 7-10
53 A
44 D
3 U
2004 Oct 29-31
48 A
47 D
5 U
2004 Oct 22-24
51 A
46 D
3 U
2004 Oct 14-16
51 A
47 D
2 U
2004 Oct 11-14
48 A
49 D
3 U
2004 Oct 9-10
47 A
49 D
4 U
It held long enough for him to get re-elected, anyway.
The jobs numbers will pan out in the end. It's hard to get the growth rate where it needs to be when state/local governments keep shedding 100k jobs every month.