A Majority Now Disagrees with Obama on the Issues

In April, 57 percent said they agreed with Obama on the important issues compared to 41 percent who did not.

"Obama is facing crunch time on a number of controversial issues, from health care to financial regulation to cap and trade to Afghanistan," said CNN's Keating Holland. "The fact that most Americans no longer agree with him on important issues makes his task harder."

One of the dynamics going into this may trace to what a Washington Post/ABC News poll reported yesterday. It showed Americans divided on the question of how much Obama has accomplished and giving him decidedly mixed marks on several key domestic issues.

CNN says 55 percent approve of the job Obama is doing compared to 43 percent who disapprove, in line with most recent polls that has his standing in the low to mid-50s. (However, the Washington Post poll yesterday put his approval at 57 percent.) Holland said most Americans over 65 disapprove of Obama's performance.

Fifty-six percent did not approve of the Nobel Committee's decision to give Obama the Peace Prize, although seven in 10 are proud that a U.S. President won it. Only a third believed that Obama had achieved enough in his nine months in office to deserve it.