Fantastic.
Via Ed Morrissey:
Today’s release of the WaPo/ABC poll data from last week’s survey shows the job-approval rating for Barack Obama only mildly improving, from 42/54 at the beginning of October to 44/53, a move within the margin of error. Comparing it to Obama’s poll numbers in the beginning of September, before Obama launched his class-warfare rhetoric and his American Jobs Act, it’s almost identical to the 43/53 at that point.
That indicates a lack of traction in Obama’s strategy, but another key indicator in the data shows that he’s going backwards. When it comes to comparison between Obama and Congressional Republicans on economic issues, Obama now falls into two ties — on the economy (42/42) and on creating jobs (40/40). […]
A third indicator shows that the class-warfare rhetoric has failed as well. In April, the last time the poll series asked this question, Obama had a wide lead over Republicans in Congress on “protecting the middle class,” 51/39. Today that has dropped to 45/41 despite — or perhaps resulting from — his combative soak-the-rich rhetoric. It’s the first time in a year that Obama doesn’t score a majority on that question, and it’s the best score Republicans have had.