MORE STATISTICAL "OUCH" FOR OBAMA - AT 5:59 P.M. ET:  News from Gallup provides more evidence that the president is paying a heavy poll tax (okay, okay).

From Gallup:

PRINCETON, NJ -- In Gallup Daily tracking that spans Barack Obama's third quarter in office (July 20 through Oct. 19), the president averaged a 53% job approval rating. That is down sharply from his prior quarterly averages, which were both above 60%.

In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953.

Who can they blame?  Who can they blame?

In Obama's first quarter and second quarter, his job approval average compared favorably with those of prior presidents. But after the drop in his support during the last quarter, his average now ranks near the bottom for presidents at similar points in their presidencies. Only Clinton had a lower third-quarter average among elected presidents.

Obama will send that last line, anonymously, in a plain white envelope, over to the State Department.

The president isn't producing.  He is not being well served by the roughhouse Chicago crowd around him.  He can actually drag down the Democratic ticket next year.  This is not the change he planned for, or believed in.

October 21, 2009