TREND CONTINUES – AT 10:49 A.M. ET:  President Obama's recent slippage in the Rasmussen poll is continuing.  For several months the president had been holding steady in that poll, but the old trend recently surfaced again:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17.

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Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.

COMMENT:  It's hard to know if there's any one factor that's driving the president's numbers down once more, but recent unemployment reports, his sluggish response to the Gulf spill, and his constantly losing foreign policy certainly aren't helping his cause.

Recent reports indicate that even some Democrats are distancing themselves from Mr. Obama's program as they run for office.  Not a good sign for the party for November.  But let's not get complacent.

May 23, 2010