SURPRISING RESULT – AT 11:17 A.M. ET:  We promised to report on whether President Obama's Tucson speech results in any improvement in his approval rating.  We said, based on yesterday's Rasmussen survey, that the improvement thus far was minimal.  Today, the president seems to slip back:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14.

That's two points worse than yesterday.

Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-five percent (55%) disapprove.

Also two points worse than yesterday, and the worst presidential showing in the Rasmussen poll since mid-December.

We stress that a poll is a snapshot in time, and that Rasmussen is only one poll.  But so far we've seen no evidence that the president has gained mightily from the Tucson appearance.

January 16, 201