WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Another national poll indicates public approval for the job Barack Obama is doing as U.S. president fell below 50 percent.
A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday indicated Obama had the lowest approval rating so far in his presidency -- 46 percent, Politico reported.
Also released Wednesday was a poll by Public Policy Polling, which pegged Obama's approval rating at 47 percent and included the commentary "44 percent (of respondents said) they'd rather have his predecessor," George W. Bush.
A Gallup daily tracking poll this week showed Obama's approval rating slid to 47 percent, while a CNN poll released last week showed Obama's rating at 48 percent.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday said he viewed the latest approval numbers with a jaundiced eye, Politico said.
"I don't put a lot of stake in -- never have -- in the EKG that is the daily Gallup trend," Gibbs said.
