AS AN ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES - AT 10:24 A.M. ET:  We're approaching the first anniversary of President Obama's election victory.  (Okay, scream now.)  But the numbers of last year are not the numbers today.  Rasmussen reports that the president continues to be in trouble, and can't seem to get out of it:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 30% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -10. This is the fourth straight day the Approval Index has been in negative double digits (see trends).

Support for the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats is down to 42%. Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed.

COMMENT:  There doesn't seem to be anything on the horizon that can improve those numbers.  We will soon be starting the active campaign, leading up to the 2010 midterms.  It is possible, just possible, that Barack Obama, the anointed one just yesterday, could prove to be a drag on the Democratic ticket.

October 19, 2009