SINKING LIKE A STONE – AT 9:51 A.M. ET:  It keeps getting worse for Obama in the daily Rasmussen tracker:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for President Obama.

And...

Overall, 43% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. That is the lowest level of total approval yet measured for this President. Fifty-five percent (55%) disapprove.

And get this:

The President earns approval from 76% of Democrats while 86% of Republicans disapprove. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 38% approve and 61% disapprove.

The figure for independents is just staggering. 

And this...

The President earns approval from 37% of men and 49% of women.

Noting that there's a margin of error, and that this is only one poll, we must point out that, if the survey is accurate, the president is losing the women's vote.

Is anyone at the White House noticing?  Anyone concerned?  Or are they still convinced that Japanese planes could never reach Pearl Harbor.

I'm getting a sense that many voters are turning against Obama personally, that they see personal characteristics that they don't like.  I wrote about this at the Angel's Corner last night.  If the public comes to dislike the president, it will be even more difficult for him to win back his former popularity. 

February 27,  2010