Obama's Declining Approval Rating

As with most incoming presidents, Obama's approval/disapproval rating is trending towards convergence. This began just after the lights were turned off at the inauguration parties and real business began.

According to Gallup polls, currently his approval is 67% and disapproval stands at 25%. I believe things are just going to go downhill from here. Why? Let's take a gander at some of the issues affecting the slide.

First, as I predicted, his total lack of executive experience is tripping him up. The process of naming his cabinet is tragic. Either his staffers are the shoddiest vetting panel ever assembled, Obama doesn't care about the ethics of those he surrounds himself with, or it's a combination of the two.

For example, both Geithner (Secretary of the Treasury) and Daschle (Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee) are out and out tax cheats.

Governor Richardson is facing corruption charges for awarding New Mexico state contracts to a financial firm estimated at over $1.4 million just after making contributions to Richardson political action committees.

Another popularity slide is going to happen as soon as the peace-at-any-cost gang that elected him discovers that he's not really going to bring the troops home from Iraq. No, he's just going to shift them to Afganistan.

And he's already authorized more bombing there. So, either he really was in la-la denial land on the campaign trail and has woken up to reality after some security briefings, or he was misleading the peaceniks for votes. Either way, they're not going to be happy campers.

And don't even get me started on good old Bumblin' Biden. Mr. President, I respectably suggest that you either buy him a muzzle at Petsmart or hide him in the bunker. I think Dick Chaney left the lights on for him.

So there you have it. I think we're all going to be looking on in dismay before the first 100 days are over.