NEW RASMUSSEN POLLS – AT 9:24 A.M. ET:  Some new Rasmussen polls, just out, give a picture of American thinking as we approach the final month before the election:

Voters are evenly divided when asked which of the major vice presidential candidates is more qualified to be president.

Forty-four percent (44%) of Likely U.S. Voters say Vice President Joe Biden is more qualified to serve as the nation's chief executive if need be, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But just as many (44%) say Mitt Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, is more qualified to serve. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided.

And then there's this Rasmussen result:

President Obama in June 2009 in one of his first major foreign policy initiatives delivered a highly publicized speech in Cairo reaching out to Muslims worldwide after the conflict of the Bush years. But only 18% of Likely U.S. Voters think U.S. relations with the Islamic world are better now than they were four years ago.

A plurality (45%) of voters believe those relations have gotten worse since then, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-one percent (31%) say America’s relationship with the Islamic world is about the same.

Ah, when you're led by an international genius like Obama, this is what happens.

BULLETIN:  Rasmussen has just posted the Tuesday results for his daily tracker: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows President Obama attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns the vote from 46%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.

When “leaners” are included, the candidates are tied at 47% apiece.

COMMENT:  Couldn't be tighter.  Six days to the first debate.

September 25, 2012