LESS BOUNCE FOR THE OUNCE – AT 9:57 A.M. ET:  We've been reporting here that President Obama received a polling bounce after his State of the Union message.  That bounce is now starting to fade away, as Rasmussen reports this morning.  Numbers are starting to return to their pre-speech levels:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove which Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12. The President received a modest bounce in his ratings following the State-of-the-Union Address, but today’s results suggest that the bounce is fading.

This proves that God is indeed taking care of the United States.

Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.

That's pretty much where we were in overall approval before the speech.

This year, of course, the key polling will take place in individual states and Congressional districts.  It's much too early to be definitive – the election is nine months away – but so far the numbers seem to be heading in our direction, if not overwhelmingly so.

February 5, 2010