CNN’s new poll of adults has some interesting numbers.

Obama’s job approval is down a tiny bit but within the margin of error; it’s still roughly evenly divided, 50 percent approval, 48 percent disapproval.

On handling the oil spill, Obama gets worse marks, with only 41 percent approving and 59 percent disapproving. (Less than 1 percent of respondents had no opinion.) Only 5 percent deem him “too tough” on his dealings with BP, 26 percent deem him “about right” and 67 percent deem the president “not tough enough.”

But something interesting happens when you ask about the federal government’s response to the spill; it drops to a 25 percent approval/74 percent disapproval split. In other words, roughly 16 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s response to the spill but not the federal government’s.

Does any question that names Obama get interpreted as, “Do you like Obama”?

Earlier today Rep. Joe Barton, Texas Republican, argued that the $20 billion escrow account amounted to a “shakedown.” A large majority seems to like shakedowns: 82 percent approve of “creating a fund of billions of dollars to compensate workersand businesses that have been affected by the oil spill that would be paid by BP but administered by a neutral party”, and only 18 percent disapprove.