OBAMA POLL WOES - AT 9:36 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen's Thursday report confirms the drop in President Obama's poll numbers that we've detected this week - after the bow to the emperor and the decision to try the 9-11 mastermind in New York.

For the second day, Ras's presidential approval index shows a 14-point gap between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove of the president's performance.  It's 41% negative, 27 percent positive.

Overall approval:   Disapprove:  52%.  Approve:  46%.

Remember, in about six weeks we enter 2010, and the midterm campaigns begin.  The president's coattails look shorter each day.

November 19, 2009