In a First, More Americans Disapprove of Obama

Rough news for President Obama (and others) in a new poll from the Wall Street Journal and NBC. Highlights:

• In a first, more people disapprove of Obama's job performance (48%) than approve of it (45%).
• Half disapprove of his handling of the oil spill, vs. 42% who approve.
• 62% say the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since his election.
• One bright spot: 64% say he's likeable. (“On the personal level, the public still stays with him," says a Democratic pollster.)

• BP gets a favorable rating of 6%. Only Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, and Yasser Arafat have scored lower in the poll's history.
• Only one-third think the US economy will improve in a year, down 7 points from just last month.
• 57% want a new representative in Congress, the highest percentage in 18 years.

Full results in PDF form here. (More President Obama stories.)