Policies and performance in office DO matter — not just presentation skills. Unaffiliated voters — a key group of people who were instrumental in putting Barack Obama into office — have deserted him. What’s more, his overall approval rating is now just 41 percent, per Rasmussen. (emphasis is mine)

Overall, 41% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president’s performance. That’s the lowest level of approval yet recorded for this president. Fifty-eight percent (58%) now disapprove.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Democrats approve of the president’s performance. Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans disapprove along with 72% of unaffiliated voters.