ANOTHER POLL SLIP FOR OBAMA - AT 7:44 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen's daily tracker shows still further slippage for the president among likely voters.  Virtually the entire bounce he received after his speech to Congress has now dribbled away.

The president's overall approval has dropped to 47%, as against 52% disapproval. 

In Ras's presidential approval index, measuring the gap between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove, the president comes out at minus eight, 32% to 40%. 

By the way, you'll often see strong approval numbers for Democrats hovering at about 30%.  That is their base, and it doesn't go much below that.  Or at least it normally hasn't.

But a 40% strong disapproval of a president is something for the White House to worry about, clearly.

September 17, 2009