Independent voters turning away from Obama

The President's popularity among independent voters is gone. He needed independent voters to get elected, and he won them over with his campaign of moderation. But his actual governance is causing independents to abandon him. This is just one more factor working against the Democrats as the 2010 midterm elections loom on the horizon. Gallup has more:

Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper among independents than among Republicans or Democrats. Today's 38% approval rating among independents is 18 percentage points lower than the 56% found July 6-12, 2009. During the same period, his support has fallen nine points among Democrats (from 90% to 81%) and eight points among Republicans (from 20% to 12%).