WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS – AT 10:17 A.M. ET:   The president seems to be in a polling rut.  He did recover from his recent decline during the "family separation" non-scandal, but he only rose to about 48% in Rasmussen, and stayed there.  This week, despite the Kavanaugh nomination, he has slipped a bit more.  From Rasmussen: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 31% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 44% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13.

COMMENT:  Polls are snapshots in time.  It is summer.  Many people aren't focused on politics.  We don't know what the numbers really mean.  But the president must start gaining again if he is to lead his party to victory in the November midterms, now only four months away.

The Dems and the media will throw everything they have at Trump.  I'd like to see his numbers five points higher.

July 12, 2018