The recent CBS News survey shows Obama's approval on this issue down six points since September and down twenty points since April (via Sussman).
While conservatives have poked a few holes in the package - thanks in no small measure to some congressional Democrats pinning a kick me sign to it with a number of add-ons that are easy to make fun of - Obama has a whopping 67% approval rating on the economic stimulus while congressional Republicans have only a 31% approval on the issue.
A failure by House Republicans to pass even their own plan would accentuate their disarray on fiscal issues at a time their public approval ratings, even on issues like taxes, are plunging.
By contrast, those women interviewed who supported Mr. Gore generally attributed their approval to his views on issues like abortion, the environment and education, saying that once others understood his positions they would support him, too.
Mr. Gingrich said Republicans had fallen behind Democrats in public approval on every major issue.
Mr. McCollum, by contrast, has consistently won approval mostly from conservative Republicans, on issues like abortion and gun control.
The results demonstrated no tendencies towards a further empowerment of the UN by the public, while revealed a societal approval of inter-state cooperation on issues of low politics, the environment in particular.
He now has less than majority approval on a host of important issues, like the economy, health care, Social Security, immigration, education and terrorism.
This is likely to require the pension trustees' approval, an issue on which the trustees have been taking legal advice.
City budgets require approval by Congress, and Republican lawmakers have overruled or threatened local decisions on issues like needle exchange, gun control, same-sex marriage and abortion.
