President Obama's Numbers are Getting Gloomy

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-six percent (36%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -7 (see trends).

Thirty-one percent (31%) now say the U.S. is heading in the right direction. That’s down nine points from the 2009 peak. Investor confidence is at the lowest level since March. Fifty-three percent (53%) of investors believe the economy is getting worse while just 26% say it is getting better.

Fifty-three percent (53%) now oppose the Congressional health care reform package. That’s up eight points over the past month. Just 20% now see health care as the most important of the President’s priorities. Nearly twice as many, 37%, say deficit reduction is most important. - Rasmussen Reports Poll

The reason that you saw the Stimulus happen so fast and support for the Auto Bailout and the Presidents budget, was the Political Capital that Obama had. That capital is disappearing and disappearing fast. He no longer has high approval numbers and Americans are not supporting his plans with high numbers.

Without the long coat tails, Democrats are worrying for their own political capital. They can no longer afford to ride the Obama Wave which is slowly becoming a ripple.