PRESIDENT CATCHES NO BREAK IN LATEST POLL – AT 9:37 A.M. ET:  The president has been out on the campaign trail, but it hasn't helped his own poll numbers, at least according to Scott Rasmussen:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18 (see trends). 

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Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-five percent (55%) disapprove.

COMMENT:  There is variance in this poll from day to day, but what stands out is the intensity of dislike for this president and the consistency of his negative numbers.  It is hard to see anything that Mr. Obama can do in the six and a half weeks before election to change things.  This midterm is a referendum on him, and we note that many Dem candidates don't want to be seen with him.

What a reversal from 2008.  Winning is the easy part.  It's the governing that gets them.

But the Dems are desperate, and expect a fear campaign of huge proportions as we approach election day. 

September 17, 2010