President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Hits All-Time Lows

According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll.

When Barack Obama unveils his jobs and economic plan to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he’ll do so at the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

After the bruising debt-ceiling fight — as well as Standard & Poor’s subsequent downgrade of the nation’s credit rating — Obama’s job approval rating has sunk to a low of 44 percent, a 3-point drop since July. His handling of the economy stands at a low of 37 percent. And only 19 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction, the lowest mark for this president.

Perhaps most ominously for Obama, a majority of poll takers — 54 percent — think he’s facing a longer-term setback from which he’s unlikely to recover. Back in January, just 39 percent agreed with that assessment.

Indeed, that 54 percent is virtually identical to George W. Bush’s score on the same question in the Nov. 2005 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which was released just months after Bush’s widely criticized handling of Hurricane Katrina.

As the polls have been trending, President Obama is in trouble and not a sure bet to win re-election next year.

Although voters appear to like the President, it is all about the economy and he will sink or swim on this issue in the next year. The Obama ship of state is listing from side to side and it bears watching if a Republican Presidential candidate can finish it off with a torpedo.

Stay tuned….