A SLIGHT BOUNCE - AT 10:23 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen reports that President Obama got a slight bounce from the 23,403rd speech he gave to the American people on Wednesday night.  Two thirds of those polled were polled after the speech, and one third before. 

Some 50% of respondents approve of the job the president is doing, compared with 49% who don't.  The president had been down by as much as six points in recent weeks, and is now up one.

In Ras's presidential approval index, measuring the gap between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove, the president is at minus five, 33% to 38%.  He was down by as much as 14 points within the last month.

So, a slight bounce, but still clearly a dramatic decline for Mr. Obama since the heady days after inauguration.

September 12,  2009