Obama's Presidential Approval Index = -19
(25% strongly approve and 44% strongly disapprove)
Obama down to Romney by 5 points in national poll
(Romney 48% and Obama 43%)
Obama down to Santorum by 1 point in national poll
(Santorum 46% and Obama 45%)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence