A grouchy public sticking with Obama

LIZ SIDOT AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON

President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it's an increasingly pessimistic nation. The public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy, continuing the slippage that has occurred since Obama took office, the latest Associated Press- GfK poll shows. This comes at a time when he is trying to revive the struggling economy, considering sending more troops to the 8-year-old Afghanistan war, muscling a health care reform overhaul through Congress and hopi...