The Empty Suit’s Numbers Plummet Further

The man with no substance, ‘THE ONE’ proclaimed by his rabid supporters during the campaign, may be in store for a HUGE emotional breakdown when the White House explains today’s numbers out of Rasmussen.

It is no secret that when Obama took office in January his approval rating was a lofty 65%. It is understandable that his numbers would drop. That said however, we are talking about a man who crafts his well prepared teleprompter delivered speeches to speak directly to a specific audience each time he speaks. He now has to speak to everybody in the nation at the same time and his campaign tactic no longer works. Each time he speaks he runs the risk of alienating a supporter. And his numbers reflect that.

Rasmussen Reports has as part of its daily tracking poll what they term as a “Presidential Approval Index”. Their explanation of how that works is as follows…

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern…

So, they take his strongly approve numbers and subtract his strongly disapprove numbers and that reflects his “Presidential Approval Index”. Simple enough if you ask me. But what is today’s “Presidential Approval Index” for Obama? It’s 0.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 33% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of 0 (see trends).

Contributing to Mr. Obama’s failing numbers is the public’s growing understanding that Mr. Bush isn’t to blame for current conditions. The economy is worse and no matter how much he wants to shift the blame for the worsening economy since January 20th on Bush, he cannot. The people are wise.

It wasn’t George W. Bush who pushed through the $800 billion stimulus which isn’t stimulating anything but pork projects. The stimulus was billed as creating or saving hundreds of thousands of jobs. In reality, more people are out of work since the stimulus than prior to its passage. And the people see that.

What the people also know is that you cannot replace a long-term job making anywhere from $20 – $45 an hour with a short-term road project that will eventually end. At some point that road will be complete and the worker will be back in the unemployment line.

Although Rasmussen’s numbers are low, the telling numbers are coming from Gallup. Gallup’s models are a bit higher than Rasmusssen’s and always have been. The latest numbers are from yesterday’s daily tracker (because today’s won’t be released for another 3 hours). Gallup has Mr. Obama plummeting at a faster pace. Faster in that Obama held onto his lofty numbers according to Gallup’s model a bit longer than in Rasmussen’s.

Yesterday’s Gallup numbers…

Obama Job Approval -

Approve – 57% change –

Disapprove – 35% change –

State of the Nation -

Satisfied – 29% change –

Dissatisfied – 67% change -1

Consumer Mood –

Positive – 6% change +1

Negative – 58% change -4

Consumer Spending –

3-day Average – $72 change +$10

14-day Average – $62 change +$1

Life Evaluation -

Thriving – 52% change +2

Struggling – 44% change -2

Economic Conditions -

Excellent/Good – 10% change –

Poor – 50% change –

Economic Outlook -

Getting Better – 36% change +4

Getting Worse – 59% change -4

Standard of Living -

Getting Better – 40% change –

Getting Worse – 39% change –

Mood -

Happiness – 60% change +16

Stress – 7% change -5

Health -

Energized – 55% change +4

Ailing – 29% change -4

The most telling of these numbers are the ones on economic outlook. I think that it is significant that 59% of the people polled believe that conditions are getting worse. This is a number that the President cannot shift to his predecessor. He’s worn-out that old chestnut.

If the Man with the Middle Name Hussein’s numbers continue their free-fall, White House Chief of Staff (aka the Man In the Yellow Hat) Rham Emanuel might have to summon a team of Psychiatrists to monitor the egomaniac President. His shoe laces and belt may need to be taken from him. I wonder if the cables to his beloved teleprompter would be as well?

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