INCREDIBLE - AT 9:39 A.M. ET: We always stress that polls are snapshots in time, and contain margins of error.  That being said, the downward trend for President Obama in the Rasmussen poll is stark, and continues today:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week.

That is the worst showing for the president since inauguration. 

And the figures for overall approval are also getting more grim.  Only 51% approve of the president's performance, while 48% disapprove. 

COMMENT:  Other polls show the president stronger, but also slipping.  Clearly, the economy is the driving factor, but I get the feeling there's also a growing sense that Mr. Obama isn't producing results anywhere.  Voters who believed peace would suddenly break out on inauguration day, and that all swords would be beaten into ploughshares, must be miffed.

July 9, 2009