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Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on December 13, 2009

Just when you thought yesterday’s presidential approval index of minus 16 was a not-to-be-beaten record low, we have TODAY’S: Pres. Obama’s approval among American voters is now at a jaw-dropping MINUS 19. A three-point drop from yesterday… stunning.

Our “winner” of the Nobel Peace Prize is at a mere 1 percent approval (and at 81 percent strong disapproval) for his non-existent fiscal accomplishments for the nation.

Merry Christmas, Mr. President… enjoy your Christmas Hawaiian vacation.

Zowie... Obama's latest Rasmussen Reports presidential approval index is at new record low of negative 19 | December 13, 2009

From Rasmussen Reports for December 13, 2009:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% 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 -19.

Today is the second straight day that Obama’s Approval Index rating has fallen to a new low. Prior to the past two days, the Approval Index had never fallen below -15 during Obama’s time in office (see trends).

The 23% who Strongly Approve matches the lowest level of enthusiasm yet recorded. Just 41% of Democrats Strongly Approve while 69% of Republicans Strongly Disapprove. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 21% Strongly Approve and 49% Strongly Disapprove.

Among those who consider the economy to be the most important issue, just 26% Strongly Approve of the President’s performance while 39% Strongly Disapprove.

Among those who consider fiscal policy issues the most important, just 1% Strongly Approve and 81% Strongly Disapprove.

From Hot Air, Rasmussen: Obama “passion index” hits new low:

The flight of independents continues, in other words. They’re more disillusioned than the electorate as a whole, with a -28 on the index and more than a 2-1 showing for strongly disapproving to strongly approving. Among seniors, it’s -29, and even the under-30 crowd has him at a -2. According to Rasmussen, Obama has also lost the middle class, noting that his weakest income demographics come from earners between $40K – $100K per year.

This sample includes one polling day on a weekend (yesterday), which normally would have given Obama a boost. It will be interesting to see what happens by Thursday of next week, when they poll likely voters on three weekdays instead.

All is not going well for Harry Reid, either. Good reading at Patterico’s Pontifications: ObamaCare: Air leaking out of Reid’s trial balloon? Also, from Rasmussen about Reid’s plummeting numbers:

Most Nevada voters oppose the health care plan working its way through Congress and that’s one reason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trailing a group of little known Republicans in his bid for re-election. Rasmussen Reports has released updated polls on the 2010 Senate races in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and California. Overall, the results confirm the conventional wisdom that the mid-term election season is off to a tough start for the Democrats. However, there is a long way to go until November.

Additional reading:
Political Lipskip: Federal Pay Outrage
TimesNews.net: Number of federal workers getting 6-figure salaries explodes during recession; trend boosts average federal worker salary to $71,206
Scared Monkeys: Barack Obama Daily Presidential Tracking Poll at -19%
Real Clear Politics: Grade Inflation?
The Anchoress: Pondering and Rating Obama
Jules Crittenden: Bad News For Bad Ideas
Commentary Magazine: Reid Panics
GayPatriot: Harry Reid’s Deputy Doesn’t Know What’s in Reid’s Healthcare Bill
Hip Hop Republican: Michelle Bernard: “Harry Reid Is Wrong On History And Wrong On Health Reform”
Charleston Daily Mail: Americans cut debt; Congress piles it on
Sister Toldjah: Obama to Oprah: I’d rate my first year as a B+
Gateway Pundit: An Honest Appraisal- Hannity Gives Obama 3 F’s and an A+ and Obama Drops 48 Points In Approval Index in 1 Year… A Good Solid B+ and Barack Obama Gives Himself a B+ For Tripling Deficit & Nearly Doubling Unemployment in One Year and Obama Tells GOP to Stop Scare Tactics As Dems Agree to Blow Billions More on Another Failed Jobs Creation Plan and Obama Unemployment Rate Remains in Double Digits — 10.0% and Dem’s NEW Jobs Plan will Only Cost America $300 Billion and House Republicans Ask Team Obama to Quit Repeating ‘Saved or Created’ Nonsense and US Budget Deficit TRIPLES Under Obama & Democrats– Media Silent …Update: Dems Plan 2nd Stimulus
GayPatriot: If Obama is really concerned about cutting the deficit, he should take lessons from a certain former Governor and Hey, Ma’am, what about the jobs in California?
MotorCityTimes: Obama ‘Plans To Spend’ Our Way Out Of Recession
On My Watch — The Writings of SamHenry: No, No – Not Another New Year of The Creeping Crumbling of the US
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: The Real Santa
VotingFemale Speaks!: Breaking: Obama announces proposals aimed at saving a job, His and 76% Prefer Free Market Economy, DHS Watch List Must be HUGE! lol and CBC Threatens ‘Actions’ against Obama over unemployments; Pelosi claims Socialism’s failures are Bush’s Fault! hahaha and Between 100,000 and 200,000 doctors officially reject ObamaCare and Number of Democrats Falls to Four-Year Low, so says Rasmussen Poll; butt kicking of Socialism mounts
The New Ledger, Big Government: Unpacking the Job Numbers, Roadblocks for Bernanke, and the Future of Mainstream Media
Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog: Message to White House: Cut TWO Jobs to Save Millions of Jobs
Ace of Spades HQ: Polls: Pollster.com’s Aggregated Average Puts Obama Underwater: Carville’s Democracy Corps Says Conservatives Make Big Gains
Hot Air: Examiner analysis: More than 10% of stimulus jobs are phony and Porkulus job numbers “wildly exaggerated”: Boston Globe?

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Big Government: Mr. President, Where Are the Jobs?
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Cold Christmas: Jobless Americans Increase, Times Tough… Unless You Work for Federal Government and Eye-Rolling Time… Obama Now Claims He “Created or Saved One Million Jobs” (video) and Illegal Immigration from Mexico Slowing, Has Dramatically Dropped Because of America’s Plunging Economy and Please Send in Clowns to Replace Obama Morons: Pay Increases Were Counted as Recovery Program’s “Jobs Saved”
The New Ledger, Big Government: Economy in the Lurch: Negative Interest Rates, the Fed Audit, and Geithner in the Dock and Do the Democrats Have Any Solutions on Jobs? Anything at All?
Steven Green, Big Government: The Political Landscape: The Slobs Versus the Snobs
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Obama – we must spend our way out of this recession
Ace of Spades HQ: Reid: I’m So Totally Stoked My Health Care Reform Bill Will “Save” $127 Billion Over Ten Years, Which Is Less than October’s One Month Deficit
Outside the Beltway: Congress to Investigate Fake Districts
Mike Flynn, Big Government: Obama Stimulus Numbers: The Return of Enron-Style Accounting
Jumping in Pools: Obama Approval Under 50% According to Quinnipiac, Fox News, Rasmussen, and Gallup Polls
Michelle Malkin: The Stimulus Jobs Inflation Map and The Stimulus Jobs Inflation Index
Tai-Chi Policy: Just How Bad Is The Democrat’s Spending?
Doug O’Brien, Big Government: More Stimulus Math: Cooking the Books on Stimulus Jobs
The Powers That Be: Unemployment Stimulated Again
The American Pundit: Pork-Loving Senators Diverted Billions in Funds from Troops
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Stimulus Creating “Full-Time Job Equivalents”

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