There's a reason why the president's
approval ratings are
ticking up — because he's productive at his
job and this is a distraction.»
Everyone now knows that employment
ticked upward to 9.2 percent, but few have noticed that Obama's Real Clear Politics (RCP)
job approval rating, positive for most of 2011, turned negative early Sunday morning: 46.8 now disapprove of the
job the president is doing, while 46.3 give him their
approval.