OBAMA APPROVAL STEADY BUT UNSPECTACULAR - AT 12:25 P.M. ET:  Rasmussen's tracker shows, as it did yesterday, that 56% approve of Obama, 43% disapprove.  That figure has been fairly steady for several weeks now.  But if the president suffers the normal attrition, and a possible setback, he can slip below 50%, which would be a major blow.  We should point out that other polls show higher approval numbers, but not by much.

March 17, 2009