Obama's Honeymoon Is Over?

Not according to Gallup.

Obama has 6-month approval of 63 percent

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 10 (UPI) --
More than 60 percent of U.S. residents approve of the job President Barack Obama has done in his first six months in office, a Gallup Poll indicates.

Sixty-three percent of respondents approve of Obama's performance, results released Monday indicate.

In a state-by-state breakdown, Obama's approval rating was above 50 percent in all but two states -- Wyoming and Alaska, the Princeton, N.J., polling agency said. His highest approval ratings were in the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Vermont, Maryland, and Massachusetts, Gallup said.

Gallup tracks Obama's overall job approval ratings each day as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking. Since June, Obama's approval rating slipped into the 50s, sinking to 52 percent in late July before making a modest recovery to the mid- to upper-50s in recent days, pollsters said.In general, Gallup reported state patterns of support for Obama followed the state's political orientation.

Results are based on telephone interviews with 81,022 adults conducted Jan. 21-June 30 as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking. The margin of error is 1 percentage point.

What does it all mean? Not a lot at this point, but last week the MSM was beating the bushes about Obama's approval rating dipping to 50, wonder if this will get as much airplay.

Ultimately, however, it's not just about the President.

What, for example, is generally thought of the Republican Party?

(excerpted, here)

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll: (7/21-22/09

"I'm going to read you the names of several individuals and groups. Please tell me whether you have a generally favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If you've never heard of one please just say so."

The Republican Party
Favorable: 36%
Unfavorable: 53%
Not sure: 11%

The Democratic Party
Favorable: 50%
Unfavorable: 41%
Not sure: 9%

NBC News/Wall St. Journal Poll: 7/24-27/09

"Now I'm going to read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please just say so."

The Republican Party
Very Positive 9%
Somewhat Positive 19%
Neutral 29%
Somewhat Negative 21%
Very Negative 20%
Unsure 2%

The Democratic Party
Very Positive 13%
Somewhat Positive 29%
Neutral 19%
Somewhat Negative 17%
Very Negative 20%
Unsure 2%

If one were a Republican, one would hope to see not just a drop in the President's approval, but a corresponding fall in the Democrats' numbers, plus a boost in the numbers of the G.O.P.

Doesn't seem to be the case, yet.