CAPTAIN SMITH, YOUR UNSINKABLE SHIP IS SINKING – AT 9:51 A.M. ET:  While stressing once more that daily tracking polls can be a bit volatile – see our final posting last night – today's numbers from Scott Rasmussen are the worst ever recorded for President Obama:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-seven percent (47%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -23 (see trends).

That’s the highest level of Strong Disapproval and the lowest Approval Index daily rating yet recorded for this president.

And...

Overall, 42% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. This matches the lowest approval rating yet measured for President Obama. Fifty-seven percent (57%) now disapprove.

Clearly, the drumbeat of bad economic news is taking its toll.  The president's widely praised launch of Mideast peace talks last week has apparently not made much of an impression on the public, which has seen many such launches.

September 5, 2010