A new Pew Research poll finds that just 49% of the public says President Obama is “able to get things done,” down from 57% in January and closer to his levels of confidence in 2012. But the vast majority of Americans, 67%, believe Obama is fighting hard for his policies, a quality that has been questioned in the wake of legislative setbacks.
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