William Katz:  Urgent Agenda

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BACK UP – AT 11:14 A.M. ET:  Despite all that's been thrown at him in the last few weeks, and despite the government shutdown, President Trump is back at the same level in the Rasmussen daily tracker as he was before the onslaught: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.
 
The latest figures include 29% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 44% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15.

COMMENT:  They used to call Reagan the "Teflon president" because criticism and attacks seemed to roll off him without doing any damage.  I don't think Trump is quite there yet, but maybe he's halfway there.  Attacks now seem to have little effect.  They've gone too far.  They've become too wild.  The American people have caught on to the game, as they always do.

I think the culmination came when the White House "press corps" went mad over the president's clean bill of health, and savagely questioned his Navy physician, who'd also been physician to Barack Obama and George W. Bush.  Reporters' behavior toward this good and experienced man was disgraceful.  It was embarrassing, and not one member of the press apologized.

January 25,  2018