Obama still riding high in polls

President Obama is well past the 100-day marker, but still in his honeymoon with the American public, according to polling results released today.

Gallup says that in daily tracking polls this month, Obama has averaged a 65 percent job approval rating. Of post-World War II presidents, only three -- Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan -- had higher numbers in May of their first year in office.

Obama's numbers are better than at the same point for the three most recent commanders in chief -- George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush -- and are on par with Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.

But Gallup says that Obama's popularity could soon decline. "His popular support will certainly be tested in the coming months, though, as Congress begins work on some of his more ambitious initiatives, including his 2010 budget and healthcare reform. In addition to the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he is also attempting to advance the Middle East peace process and deal with the increasingly serious situation in North Korea," the pollsters said.

The results are based on daily tracking polls May 1-27 and have a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point.