PRESIDENT RISES – AT 10:52 A.M. ET:  There are all kinds of stories out there about polls.  Some will turn out to be right, and others wrong.  We follow, as you know, the Rasmussen daily tracker, which polls likely voters.  Most other polls track registered voters, adults, or people who don't hang up on them. 

Rasmussen is showing a sudden jump in President Trump's approval: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 34% who Strongly Approve of the president is performing and 42% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8.

COMMENT:  The president was as low as 44% in the last few weeks, and we were assured by the punditry that his popularity was fading.  The new result is only from today's Rasmussen report, and is only one poll, so we have no idea if it is predictive.  We will find out.

September 17,  2018