Independents disapprove of Obama

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of independent voters disapprove of how Barack Obama's handling his job as president, according to a new national poll.

Fifty-three percent of independents questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday say they disapprove of how Obama's handling his duties in the White House, with 43 percent in approval. That result marks the first time in a CNN poll that a majority of independents give the president's performance a thumbs-down.

[..] Broken down by issues, the president still gets majority support on foreign affairs and terrorism, but a majority now disapprove of how he has handled health care, taxes, the economy and the budget deficit.

[..] "Among all Americans, his rating on health care has dropped 13 points since March. Compare that to his 16 point drop on the deficit and 17 point dip on taxes and it looks like there is growing discontent with Obama's overall domestic agenda — not just his health care policy."

Agreed. Domestic fiscal issues have become dominant now, hence our disapproval with Democrats' left-wing course.

But foreign affairs, terrorism, and (I would add) civil rights—wherein lay Bush's biggest disasters—is now on the right track (with the probable exception of Afghanistan). So there's the good news, it's just not getting a lot of attention. Partly because things have been quiet, but also because non-intervention in general isn't sexy enough to draw much media.