President Barack Obama might be keeping an eye on pulse of the nation as the public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy. This is not new these slipping numbers have occurred since he has taken office. The public disapproval of the president’s handling of the economy a bit more than before. The bigger drop was the amount of people that have lost confidence in President Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan over the last month. The growing consensus is he is trying to fix too many things at one time and not getting anywhere fast. Was it really only a year ago that Obama won the White House in an electoral landslide and Democrats padded their congressional majorities. The problem with the bill of goods President Obama was selling is change does not come over night and the campaign promises were meet with reality. President Obama approval rating stands at 54 percent, which is 20 points lower than the 74 percent in January. This might not be a big problem compared to the number at 56 percent of people who think the country is heading in the wrong direction. When it comes to the economy 46 percent approve of how Obama is handling the economy, down from the 50 percent last month. When it comes to handling the war 45 percent of people now disapprove of the handling of Iraq, up from 37 percent and 48 percent disapprove of Afghanistan, up from 41 percent. The honeymoon is over and as the U2 album was called “Wide Awake In America” some of these President Obama supporters and independents are starting to see the his inexperience and lack of judgment might be doing more harm than good.