Obama faces a matter of trust

“His previous lowest marks on honesty were May 30, when 49% of voters said he was honest and 47% said he wasn’t,” Quinnipiac reported.

If people don’t trust Obama, it’s going to be very hard for him to upgrade his approval rating — now down to 39%, according to that same poll.

It also makes it harder for Obama to get anything through Congress, whether it’s an immigration bill or changes to the health care law.

And the health care law appears to be the root of Obama’s current problem.

His ratings have fallen since the beginning of October and a rollout of the health care law that has featured an infamously malfunctioning web site.

Voters are also on Obama for his long-ago pledge that people who like their existing insurance policies could keep them. Many Americans have received cancellation notices, though administration officials said that many of the affected policies do not meet new federal quality standards.

White House officials, noting that Congress has much lower approval ratings, said voters are upset with all of Washington, D.C.

“There is no question that the dysfunction in Washington that the American people have seen is taking its toll on everyone,” said Obama spokesman Jay Carney.

Carney said the president is working to fix problems with the health care law, and other challenges facing Americans.

“We need to focus here on getting the work done that the American people sent us to do,” he said. “And that means working together to fix problems when they arise, not to try to score political points, and it means taking ownership and responsibility for problems that happen on your watch.”

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