"Recent public opinion polls show continuing faith in President Barack Obama, despite a daily drumbeat of bad economic news. But political experts warn that the public will not remain patient forever.

Americans cannot get away from the bad economic news - whether it's on television, the Internet or radio.

It is a daily barrage of people losing their jobs.

"All of a sudden one day, they walked in [and] said, 'Come on down here, gave us our blue packet.' And we got about two months severance pay, and that was it," said a woman.

And in other cases, people losing their homes.

"The only thing I need right now is to get an apartment," said a man. "Get a place of my own where I have my own keys and everything. That way, I can call it home."

Responding to this daily drumbeat is a new president about to enter his third month in office.

"The American people sent us here to get things done," said Mr Obama. "And at this moment of enormous challenge, they are watching and waiting for us to lead."

Recent public opinion polls show President Barack Obama with a positive approval rating of between 59 and 65 percent.

CBS News survey director Sarah Dutton says most people believe it will take a while to turn the U.S. economy around.

"Fifty percent of Americans say that it will take President Obama one or two years to fix the economy," she said. "Another third say it is going to take three years or even longer."
..." (Voice of America News)