As I mentioned last week, some are calling for the President to be impeached so I asked the Fox News polling people to form a question about impeachment. The results came in last night and 36 percent favor impeaching Barack Obama. 61 percent do not.

Now the reason the majority of Americans reject an impeachment spectacle is because they know it hurts the country and there is no compelling evidence to support that drastic legal action.

When President Clinton got into trouble with Monica Lewinksy, a CBS News poll had 45% of Americans favoring impeachment. 53 percent against. That was in October 1998.

Impeachment is a last resort mechanism and although President Obama is having trouble, most Americans believe impeachment would be an overreaction that would damage the country.But there is no question that the president is under pressure. On every major issue, the folks disapprove of his performance.

Healthcare: 54 percent, 41 percent approve.

Economy: 57 percent, 40 percent say it's ok.

Foreign policy: 56 percent, 36 percent approve.

Immigration: 58 percent disapprove, 34% percent approve.

Finally, on how the President is handling the current border crisis involving children:  Approve 31 percent, disapprove 56 percent.

So you can see that Barack Obama has lost the folks - at least Americans who evaluate things in a fair way.

There will always be zealots on both sides who will vote their ideology or skin color or whatever. Talking Points believes President Obama's current problems are being exacerbated by his demeanor. As we have been reporting, he seems disengaged, apathetic, even arrogant at times. When he speaks about the border or the middle east or Putin, he meanders.  He doesn't seem authoritative. So the perception, even in some Democratic precincts, is that Mr. Obama has lost his ability to deal with problems effectively.

An interesting question on the Fox News poll was this: Does Barack Obama even want to be president anymore? 52% say yes but 41% of Americans think he has had enough and that may be true. 

The president's point of view? He believes he is being treated unfairly by the Republican House. And that the media which once adored him is not giving him enough support these days.

The president is not the kind of guy who rallies the troops. He's not Knute Rockne or George Patton. Rather he's an academic. A consensus seeker. 

Well there is consensus now. The majority of Americans believe President Obama is failing in his job.