TRUMP APPROVAL STILL HOLDS– AT 10:43 A.M. ET:  We are constantly being assured that the president is collapsing.  He is a goner.  Off the charts unpopular.  While it's true that some polls show slippage in his approval, others do not.  And we should remember that Barack Obama spent most of his presidency with approval in the low forties.  From Rasmussen, today:   

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.

The latest figures for Trump include 30% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 44% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14.

A sizable number of voters, including most Republicans, believe former FBI Director James Comey should be punished for leaking to the media.  

Following Comey’s public testimony before a Senate panel last week, voters tend to believe that President Trump tried to interfere with the Russia probe. But as usual, party affiliation makes a big difference.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters think Congress should investigate whether Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s Attorney General, sought to influence the FBI’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s handling of top secret information in her e-mails.

A gunman with a reported history of posting anti-Trump and anti-Republican messages on social media opened fire on Republican members of Congress during baseball practice yesterday in Virginia. Rasmussen Reports is asking voters whether or not they think the shooting represents a growing trend toward political violence in this country and will release those results tomorrow.

COMMENT:  On balance, not bad for the president.  If he can score some legislative victories, he might start moving ahead.  He is under relentless attack, but the attacks are falling short.

Reagan was very far down at one point.  Truman was almost lost.  Look at their reputations today.

June 15, 2017