EVERYONE OFF THE SINKING SHIP – AT 8:31 A.M. ET:  President Obama's approval numbers, which had been rising, have done an abrupt 180.  Maybe the truth is sinking in.  From CNN:

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama's job approval numbers are sinking as American attitudes about the nation's progress have taken a turn for the worse, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

A majority of the public once again say things in the U.S. are going pretty badly and disapproval of Obama's job performance has climbed back above 50% as well.

Overall, 47% say things in the country are going well, 52% that they're going badly. That's a reversal from March, when 53% said things were going well, the highest share to say so during Obama's presidency. The shift comes across partisan and demographic lines, with no one group's opinions driving the overall change.

Obama's approval rating has suffered a similar blow.

While it's dropped since April, going from a near-even 48% approve to 47% disapprove split to a negative-tilting 52% disapprove to 45% approve, the rising disapproval ratings come across party lines, from both men and women, from whites and non-whites.

COMMENT:  I've always believed that poll numbers not only reflect opinions on specific issues, but feelings, gut reactions to the overall state of things.  I think that's what we're seeing here.  There is just a feeling out there – you feel it – that things aren't going well for the United States.  Maybe people are feeling that, for the last six plus years, we haven't had a real or honest leader in the White House.

June 3,  2015