A majority of Americans don’t believe that Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate

The downbeat assessment of the American Jobs Act reflects a growing and broad sense of dissatisfaction with Obama. Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy by 62% to 33%, a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Sept. 9-12, 2011 shows. The disapproval number represents a nine point increase from six months ago. The poll hands Obama new lows in each of the categories that measures his performance on the economy: only 36% of respondents approve of his efforts to create jobs, 30% approve of how he’s tackled the budget deficit and 39% approve of his handling of health care.