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When it comes to public opinion on Obama's handling of other issues, sentiment has slipped toward the negative on the other front burner topic, the economy, with the disapproval-to-approval margin at 49 percent to 47 percent. (The poll's margin of error is 4 points). In early June 55 percent had approved of Obama on the economy compared to 42 percent who did not.

Ironically, it's turning out that Obama's best numbers are on foreign rather than domestic issues given the extent to which his inexperience with foreign policy had been targeted by opponents during the 2008 campaign. On foreign affairs in general, as well as on Iraq and Afghanistan specifically, his approval numbers range from 56 percent to 47 percent.

On other domestic issues, he has disapproval ratios of 48 percent to 45 percent on taxes and 55 percent to 41 percent on the deficit, in addition to his negative numbers on health care and the economy.