NO BAMA BOUNCE - AT 9:59 A.M. ET:  Poll results continue to show that the bounce President Obama got after his health-care speech to Congress has flattened out.  Today's Rasmussen presidential approval index, measuring the gap between those who strongly approve of the president and those who strongly disapprove, stands at minus nine, 31%-40%, the worst performance for the president we've seen since September 8th.

The president's overall approval still hovers at the halfway mark, standing today at 49%, but that's a weak figure as it includes those who only marginally approve.  Another blow to this president can put him in serious political danger, just as we enter the 2010 midterms, the results of which will be critical to his presidency.

September 20, 2009