Oh no.

Don’t let Robert Gibbs know this, but President Obama’s approval ratings are down.  Really down.  Dismally down.  And this isn’t just me being a mean-spirited right-winger, either.  No, here is proof from the latest AP-Gfk poll:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s national standing has slipped to a new low after his victory on the historic health care overhaul, even in the face of growing signs of economic revival, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll.

The survey shows the political terrain growing rockier for Obama and congressional Democrats heading into midterm elections, boosting Republican hopes for a return to power this fall.

Just 49 percent of people now approve of the job Obama’s doing overall, and less than that — 44 percent — like the way he’s handled health care and the economy. Last September, Obama hit a low of 50 percent in job approval before ticking a bit higher. His high-water mark as president was 67 percent in February of last year, just after he took office.

The news is worse for other Democrats. For the first time this year, about as many Americans approve of congressional Republicans as Democrats — 38 percent to 41 percent — and neither has an edge when it comes to the party voters want controlling Congress. Democrats also have lost their advantage on the economy; people now trust both parties equally on that, another first in 2010.

Roughly half want to fire their own congressman.

I have long maintained that 2010 would be The Year of Reckoning, and it seems right now that my words will soon come to fruition.  If only those who rule irresponsibly and with extreme arrogance would have simply listened to America….

See also AP-Gfk Poll site.

In the Big Picture, polls are simply a snapshot in history.  And right now, the snapshot ain’t lookin’ good for President Obama and the rest of his posse.