OBAMA SLIPS AGAIN IN RASMUSSEN POLL – AT 9:43 A.M. ET:  The president's positionin the Rasmussen poll seemed to have stabilized recently, primarily because more Democrats are expressing greater enthusiasm for The One. 

But now we see some signs of slippage:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13.

While this is not as bad as the -21 rating on March 20th, it caps three straight days of -13.

Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.

Is the president slipping again, or are these just statistical blips.  We'll follow this for the next week to see if decline is setting in again.  But, clearly, these are not great numbers five months before an election.

May 14, 2010