OBAMA STILL SLUGGISH IN RASMUSSEN POLL - AT 9:58 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen's presidential approval index, measuring the gap between those who strongly approve of the president and those who strongly disapprove, shows that Obama has been in minus double digits for 13 out of the last 14 days.

Today's numbers have 29% strongly approving and 40% strongly disapproving. 

Overall approval shows 47% approving, 52% disapproving.

With the health-care bill heading for a major fight over the public option, the president doesn't seem to have much good news on the horizon.  Unless he can pick up the crumbs offered by Iran and turn crumbs into loaves.  Look, when you're Divine, anything is possible.

October 29, 2009