BULLETIN:  OBAMA'S POLL NUMBERS DROPPING LIKE A ROCK – AT 9:33 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen daily tracker just released shows devastating declines for the president, with dramatic declines since last week alone:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 20% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22. That is the president’s lowest rating since September.

And...

Overall, 43% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-seven percent (57%) disapprove.

Of course, the president has been in the low 40s before in approval, and has sprung back.  He was actually at 41% on September 9th.  But there is a steady building up of feeling about this president, and there may be a dive from which he cannot recover.  I don't think that point has been reached, but it will get closer if Mr. Obama continues to fail to lead, or if we suffer a sharp reversal in the economy.

March 15, 2011