Obama Drops Below 50% in Gallup for the First Time

The latest numbers from the Gallup three-day tracking poll are in, and at present Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 49 percent -- the first time he has slipped below 50 percent in the survey. Forty four percent now disapprove of the job he is doing.

For the past three and a half months, the President's approval rating had varied, though within a clear range, between 50 percent and 56 percen...