Obama's poll numbers dropping

President Obama's overall approval rating is still at a healthy 54 percent, but a new poll suggests some weakness on major issues.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released this morning shows his approval rating down from 58 percent in the same poll in mid-September.

More worrisome for the White House, the poll numbers have flipped from majority approval to majority disapproval on the economy (54 percent disapproval now, 54 percent approval in September), health care policy (57 percent disapproval now, 51 percent approval then), and the war in Afghanistan (56 percent disapproval now, 49 percent approval in August.)

On the economy, while some macro numbers are improving, unemployment continues to rise and some economists fear a jobless recovery is in the offing.

On health care, while Congress is moving in fits and starts to approving a bill that Obama can sign, the onslaught of criticism continues unabated -- both from conservatives who see it as big government, and from liberals disappointed that there isn't a stronger public option.

And on Afghanistan, while Obama decides whether to send more US troops, casualties have increased, a beleaguered Afghan president won a disputed election in a walkover, and critics are questioning why the president is taking so long.

CNN's polling director noted that Obama's overall approval rating is nearly identical to the 53 percent of the vote he won a year ago, as his his approval rating among nearly every demographic group. But he is less popular among conservatives than the share of their vote he won, and more popular among liberals.

The new survey, conducted Friday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.