santorum or mitt rom think, the president s getting between 43 percent and 46% of the vote, essentially the same, and the reason republicans are gaining ground is because the president s job approval has slipped back from its peak at valentine s day. more than likely this has to do with gas prices that are causing some economic jitters. but again, it s more about the president than it is about the republicans at this time. megyn: you re reporting that the president s strongly disapproval number is now above 40%, strongly approve just above 20% giving him a net negative unlike any you ve seen so far. what accounts for that? is it all gas prices, do you think? well, you ve got to put it in perspective. we did see numbers back before election 2010, the president s had some ups and downs since then, but really where he is today is where he s been for most of the last couple years. he had a nice bounce at the beginning of this year, we had a good jobs report, he gave a state of
us is it s still all about president obama. whether it s ron paul, rick santorum or mitt rom think, the president s getting between 43 percent and 46% of the vote, essentially the same, and the reason republicans are gaining ground is because the president s job approval has slipped back from its peak at valentine s day. more than likely this has to do with gas prices that are causing some economic jitters. but again, it s more about the president than it is about the republicans at this time. megyn: you re reporting that the president s strongly disapproval number is now above 40%, strongly approve just above 20% giving him a net negative unlike any you ve seen so far. what accounts for that? is it all gas prices, do you think? well, you ve got to put it in perspective. we did see numbers back before election 2010, the president s had some ups and downs since then, but really where he is today is where he s been for most of the last couple years. he had a nice bounce at th