USA Today says the public sees Obama's first 100 days as a "strong opening".

But when you get in the number of the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, it's not quite as strong an opening as you might expect:

Now, 56% say he has done an "excellent" or "good" job as president vs. 20% who rate him as "poor" or "terrible." An additional 23% say he has done "just OK."

His excellent/good rating on national security is 53%. On the economy, it is 48%.

"He is seen as someone who was handed a large array of challenges and is dealing with them in a sensible way," adviser David Axelrod says.

Those are lower numbers than I expected. And certainly very interesting numbers on the most pressing interest of the day - the economy. Those numbers also signal to me that this is now considered the "Obama economy" now, whether deserved or not.

As for national security, I'm not sure what rates the number - he's really not done anything concerning national security except do a little talking about the subject. And, despite claims to the contrary, SEALs taking out three rag-bag pirates who botched a highjacking was not a victory on the national security front.

[Crossposted at QandO]