As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words and this case is no exception. I have a feeling this eroding of our approval of our President is just the beginning. He has only been in the office for about 6 months and, according to this study, people who strongly approve of Obama have dropped about 10% already. I would not be surprised if this is just the beginning of things to come. It seems as if every new decision he makes pisses off someone new. This should not be surprising seeing that B Obama was praised by Castro on his inauguration day (he was that guy who parked nukes 90 miles off our coast, remember?)
Here's a perfect example of why his 'strongly approve' numbers are falling and will continue to do just that. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/High-speed-rail-is-about-pork_-not-transit-7941879-50228082.html. High speed rail? Really? This is the United States of America, where the car is king. Does he expect people to drop the freedom and convenience of car travel to pay more to use trains? (By the way it takes longer to get from Richmond to DC on a train than if you drove and it costs significantly more to take the train too). What this kind of decision does is effectively polarize those who generally don't give a damn about politics. If you are an average Joe who sees Obama and the government trying to get you to stop driving and take public transit everywhere, you probably won't like it. You don't want to be limited to where the public system goes (I can tell you that Amtrak doesn't get me to my parents house in Central Indiana).
I really do believe that many people voted for Obama as a concept of change and now, when he attempts to implement his policies, those same people realize the impact that this 'change' is going to have on their daily lives. Change is always easy to support when you think someone else will be doing the changing.
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