The poll has been conducted and the verdict is in. President Obama is the nation's prom king, reports the New York Times: "These sometimes turbulent weeks - marked by new initiatives by Mr. Obama, attacks by Republicans and more than a few missteps by the White House - do not appear to have hurt the president. Americans said they approved of Mr. Obama's handling of the economy, foreign policy, Iraq and Afghanistan; fully two-thirds said they approved of his overall job performance." Obama's policies? That's a different story. The Times poll found that the public is ambivalent about Obama's initiatives, and sometimes outright opposed. Polling shows that the public opposes the Geithner bank plan, or PPIP, and also opposes bailing out Detroit. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that the public is torn over Obama's budget, with slight majority support at 51 percent. Similar, slight majorities supported Obama's first major initiative, the stimulus. Support wasn't overwhelming. The Times poll also found that a 48-percent plurality supported a smaller government that provides fewer services. Americans trust and admire President Obama, and distrust and dislike the GOP. But they are also split on Obamism. Which means that there's a great opportunity for a successful and loyal opposition to the president's big-government liberalism. All it needs is the right spokesmen (and women!).