THE PRESIDENT'S POLLS – AT 10:15 A.M. ET:  Are we starting to see movement in the president's poll numbers?  If you watch CNN, you'd think Donald Trump is the most hated man in America, with only three people ready to vote for him again.  CNN, and others always pick his worst poll numbers to emphasize.

But Trump traditionally underpolls – his actual numbers are higher than his poll numbers.  So we use polls that are perhaps (we think) more realistic than the anti-Trumpers use.  Rasmussen is reporting this today:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 44% 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 the president is performing and 45% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16.

COMMENT:  Those are not bad numbers.  Don't forget that the saintly Obama spent a good part of his presidency in the low- to mid-forties. 

Trump's numbers in the Rasmussen survey are showing a slow but steady rise.  If he can get into the high forties, we may see a different mood in some media outlets...if they're smart, which is always a question.

We will be watching to see if the tax-reform bill produces a jump in the president's numbers.  CNN is doing its best to discredit the legislation.  We hope they're ignored.

December 20,  2017