MORE GRIMNESS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE - AT 10:19 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen this morning continues to report weak poll numbers for the president.  But what's startling is this finding, demonstrating how astute Americans are, and how they can cut through the media haze:

Obama is now seen as politically liberal by 76%. That's up six points from a month ago, 11 points since he was elected, and the highest total to date. Forty-eight percent (48%) now see him as Very Liberal, up 20 points since he was elected.

COMMENT:  This is grim news indeed for a president who tried to convince us, during the campaign, that he's really a centrist.  More Americans call themselves conservatives than call themselves liberals.  A liberal can't get elected without a major appeal to the center.  If Obama loses that center, he might as well call the moving van and start packing.  And he is losing the center right now.  A major blow can come in foreign policy, where Obama's "We apologize and now let's talk" approach has yielded no results.  Another apology and many voters may tune him out entirely.

July 27, 2009