President Barack Obama's approval ratings, once sky high and fueled by Obama-hysteria, have dropped precipitously. A recent Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll indicates that while 28 percent of the nation's voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President, 40 percent strongly disapprove.

These numbers are a clear indication that Americans are coming to their senses and saying, "Whoa Nelly!" to a man who, once hailed as "The Great Uniter," has earned the title "The Great Divider."

When faced with these numbers, liberals fire back with statistical comparisons to other presidents. Similarly, when Obama makes a mess of things, his supporters vociferously point out President George W. Bush's failings, as though that somehow makes Obama's easier to swallow. However, approval ratings are not relative, they are an accurate snapshot of how Americans feel right now, about Obama's performance as commander in chief.

Apparently, Obama is just not that into bipartisanship, patriotism and fiscal responsibility, and has no qualms about ignoring the majority of Americans in order to further his personal agenda. He's also OK with preying on the emotions of the middle and lower classes who, in financial straits, could really use some stimulus, but don't want to burden their children and grandchildren with an insane deficit and an unsustainable economy.

The adage "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" works well for liberals. They don't want to give up their mouthpiece role in politics, and it makes them frothing mad that impassioned conservatives, moderates and independents are chiming in at town hall meetings. Oh, and someone please provide commentator Keith Olbermann a dictionary so that he can add the word "satire" to his limited vocabulary. Obviously, Rep. Wally Herger is already familiar with the term.

Obama's plan to ram through the trillion-dollar-plus health care reform bill without bipartisan support is a perfect example of his arrogance. Clearly, health care needs an overhaul and Obama paints a sad picture with his claim that "46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today." However, this figure includes illegal aliens, those who choose not to have insurance (they are invincible) and those who have access to programs such as Medicare but don't take advantage of them. The actual, much contested number of uninsured is elusive, but significantly lower.

The passing of this bill is going to prevent logical reform and instead increase the deficit while crippling medical care. Apologies to Canadians desperately seeking health care - you'll have to look somewhere else. Further, championing Ted Kennedy as the health care poster boy to garner support for the bill is manipulative and abhorrent.

Obama's approval ratings are sinking because he will not listen to the people he was elected to serve, and he insults the intelligence of Americans almost daily with disingenuous oration. Americans prefer a straight talking president, even if the news is bad, to a sneaky Barack. It is no wonder that currently the Real Clear Politics average shows that 58 percent think the country is headed in the wrong direction with only 36 percent thinking we are on the right track.

From the stimulus package, the bailouts and cap and trade to the health care fiasco, a fetish for shady czars and the emasculation of the CIA, Obama has implemented policy that has radically increased spending, centralized big government, weakened national security and divided the country.

They say that the higher you climb, the farther you fall. In a very short period of time, Obama has managed to deflate the dreams of millions of Americans who believed in change for the better, not just radical change. Even those who did not vote for Obama hoped he would succeed and bring America back to her former glory days, not bring her to her knees.

Obama promised great things for our country and convinced enough people that he had the skills, resources and heart to make his words a reality. However, if he does not realize that, as David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times put it, Americans want "fiscal responsibility, individual choice, and decentralized authority," the only positive legacy he will leave behind is that he was the first black president.