Why is President Obama so unpopular ?

A Washington Post/ABC News poll found 6 in ten Americans lacked faith in Mr Obama's ability to make for the country.
44 per cent of Americans of his handling of the war in Afghanistan.
And one other stat : 73 per cent stance on banning deepwater oil drilling in reponse to the BP disaster.
So what's going on ? Ok, the picture above was put up by a few Tea Party activists and had to be taken down, but why has Obama lost ground with "average" Americans ?This survey, just last month, showed that Mr Obama is broadly popular around the world, but not, it appears as popular in his .
Some blame the global recession, others the amazingly high hopes invested in him.
Has your opinion of the U.S President changed ?