POLL STUNNER – AT 10:03 A.M. ET:  The sky is indeed falling.  Look up.  Watch it come down.  Rasmussen's daily tracker is today reporting this:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. That is the lowest level of strong approval yet recorded for this President.

I have to say that I'm surprised at that.  I never thought the "strongly approve" would go much below 30% because of the structure of the electorate.  This 22% number is a jolt.

Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19. The Approval Index has been lower only on one day during Barack Obama’s thirteen months in office (see trends). The previous low came on December 22 as the Senate was preparing to approve its version of the proposed health care legislation. The current lows come as the President is once again focusing attention on the health care legislation.

And...

Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.

And get this:

Currently, 39% of voters nationwide favor the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats. Fifty-eight percent (58%) are opposed. Only 35% believe Congress should pass health care reform before the upcoming midterm elections anyway. Fifty-four percent (54%) say Congress should wait until voters select new congressional representatives in November.

COMMENT:  Apparently the American people haven't seen change they can believe in.  We now hear that the Dems will try to push through their health plan in the face of overwhelming public opposition.  The last time we saw this mentality it was crashing planes into American ships off Okinawa.

February 21,  2010