Zogby: Obama's loosing support among DEMS!!!

Despite weeks of news reports about Obama possibly dropping the public option and otherwise being conciliatory towards Republicans, Obama’s support among Democrats has actually gone up since earlier this summer, according to crosstabs from the new Ipsos-McClatchy poll that were sent my way.

Obama’s approval among Dems was at 95% in May; then it dropped sharply to 82% in early August; but then it rebounded considerably, going up to 88% now, according to Ipsos’ Clifford Young, who provided me with the numbers. (The poll found that Obama’s approval overall was 56%, marginally unchanged since last month.)

These numbers are a bit counterintuitive, since many (myself included) assumed that Obama’s continued outreach to Republicans despite their open obstructionism, and his apparent waffling on the public option, had caused liberals to sour on him big time.

But Obama’s August rebound actually suggests that the month of town hall hooliganism and GOP attacks rallied the Dem base, perhaps offsetting disappointment among progressives.