Obama Poll Numbers: Sparse House = Closing Notice

The polls numbers just continue to slide for President Obama.
One has to wonder if it even matters to him.
Sure, we know all about "no drama Obama" -- the man who acts like Mr. Cool. He wants to transmit the message that nothing really gets to him. He's The Unflappable One.
So, even in the midst of our current calamity (and his unartful side in the polls) he can slip away to an island playground for the rich and powerful. No bother. No mess. It'll be just fine.
But let's bring it all back to show biz for a second, OK? A performer may be smooth and slick and totally professional. He or she may have the best act in the business. But if nobody's coming to see the show anymore -- if it ain't selling tickets and the house can't at least break even or make a small profit, that show's gonna close.
Well, the latest Rasmussen Reports presidential tracking poll shows that only 19% of the nation's voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. But 45% now strongly disapprove That means that Obama has what they call a "presidential approval index rating" of  minus 26. This is the lowest approval index rating yet measured for President Obama. 
Translation: They ain't buyin, Mr. President. They just ain't buyin.

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Less Than 25% Think US Headed In Right Direction

The numbers are in from the new Rasmussen Reports poll and the numbers are not good for President Obama and his allies.

Here are some of the higlights.

• Just 23% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction This is down three points from last week, it’s the most pessimistic finding since Obama took office in January 2009. 

• Seventy percent (71%) of voters say the country now is heading down the wrong track, the highest level found since March.  

• Republicans hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.  

• Americans remain just as pessimistic about the country's job market as they have been all year.  

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Rasmussen: GOP House Wins - 55; Senate Much Closer

One of America's most respected pollsters, Scott Rasmuseen sees the GOP picking up 55 House seats in the November 2 election. That's 16 more than the 39 seats the Republicans need to gain control of the House.
If this happens, Republicans will not only have a relatively comfortable majority in the House but it's a safe bet that a couple of surviving House Democrats may also eventually find it in their best interests to switch parties and join the GOP. This has often been the pattern in the past. If it happens, the GOP would have even more of a cushion.
On the Senate side, Rasmussen says the split is now GOP 48, Democrats 47. He's listing the following five seats as ones that could go either way: California, Illinois, Washington, West Virginia, and Nevada. For the sake of argument, I'll give the Democrats California and Illinois. Right now, Nevada, West Virginia and Washington all seem to be leaning Republican. That would be enough to tip the balance. And if the GOP should pick up Illinois (Obama's old seat) or California (Boxer's seat) that would be gravy.
No so long ago most people gave the GOP little chance to regain the House and absolutely no chance to regain the Senate.
Well, those days are gone.
And a bright New Day may be just over the horizon.
Pray to heaven. And work like hell.
Click here to read more about Rasmussen's predictions.

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Rasmussen On PA Senate Race: SOLID GOP

Rasmussen Reports has just announced that Republican Pat Toomey now holds a 10-point lead over Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak, the widest gap between the candidates since early April in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race:
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Pennsylvania shows Toomey earning 49% of the vote, while Sestak picks up 39% support. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, but a sizable 10% remain undecided less than three weeks before Election Day. (To see question wording, click here.)
The race now moves from Leans GOP to Solid GOP in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.

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