According to the LA Times …
The president’s job approval rating slipped to 50% in the latest Gallup Poll, reaching that point more quickly than all but two of his predecessors did.
President Ford slipped below 50% in his third month; President Clinton hit the mark in his fourth month.
It took President Eisenhower five years to fall below 50%. It took Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush each about three years. It took Presidents Johnson and Nixon more than two years.
Full article:LA Times, Obama’s job approval rating falls to new low, Aug 28,2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-poll28-2009aug28,0,7306834.story
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
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