AFP: Obama popularity below 50 percent for first time

news.yahoo.com — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent nationally for the first time, as Americans worry about the war in Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday found. The Quinnipiac University poll showed 48 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, compared to 42 percent who disapprove. Nov 18, 2009 View in Crawl 4