Obama’s public approval rating slips in Marist poll

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By the numbers, neither President Obama nor the incumbent members of Congress are looking very comfortable these days.

But then again, it takes someone to beat someone -- which is why the public discontent with incumbent members of Congress, registered in yet another poll on Monday, leaves open the question of who will be challenging those incumbents in November, not to mention the question of a challenger for Obama in 2012.

The president’s public job approval among registered voters nationwide has slipped to 44% in a Marist Poll released Monday -- with disapproval running at 47%. It was running at 46% approval, 44% disapproval in Marist’s December survey.

‘Disappointer-in-chief,’’ Marist is calling the president.

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-- Mark Silva