A view from behind the president's chair during a cabinet meeting in the cabinet room on July 26, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with law enforcement officials to discuss policies aimed at reducing gun violence in communities across America, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 28, 2013. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama hugs Donna Vanzant, owner of North Point Marina, as he tours damage from hurricane Sandy in Brigantine, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
The Obama family made an unannounced visit to tour the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., the night before the president made remarks at the official dedication of the memorial, Oct. 14, 2011.
President Obama greets US troops following his remarks at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama boards Marine One for departure from Cambridge-Dorchester Airport in Cambridge, Md., Jan. 27, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
Following a late-night meeting on the budget, the president pulled aside House Speaker John Boehner for a private talk in the Oval Office on April 6, 2011.
In this May 1, 2011, image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to obscure the details of a document on the table, President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (r.), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2nd r.), and members of the national security team watch an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington.
President Obama listens during one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Pete Souza/White House
The president talks on the phone with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 1, 2011, after Mr. Mubarak's televised statement in which he said that he would step down at the end of his term but not resign immediately. Pete Souza/White House
During a break in the debt limit and deficit negotiations with Congress on July 24, 2011, the president walks around the South Lawn drive of the White House with Vice President Biden.
President Obama reads from a tablet computer during a flight aboard Marine One en route to Everett, Wash., Feb. 17, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama participates in a G8 Summit working session focused on global and economic issues, in the dining room of Laurel Cabin at Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama and first lady Michelle wave goodbye to President Shimon Peres of Israel after a dinner in his honor at the White House, June 13, 2012. Pete Souza/White House
President Obama works on his inaugural address with Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting, not pictured, in the Oval Office, Jan. 16, 2013. Pete Souza/White House
The latest poll from CNN is bad news for the president, who rode to reelection on the backs of young and minority voters. But Republicans are doing even worse.
The latest wave of polls shows President Obama’s job approval rating drifting steadily downward, into the mid-40s, and that’s hardly surprising.
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