Nothing has changed for Obama in terms of his popularity and that is NOT good news for this talking head.

Going into the weekend, we give you the Rasmussen polling numbers for Mr. Obama over the course of the past 7 days. Nothing much has changed in his favor except that his base is somewhat energized -- but that will not get him re-elected. The single lease important number regarding Obama is his "personal popularity" number. It remains high but Midknight Review asks "so what?" and with good reason. Clinton held good personal numbers but could not get his lovable grandmother elected mayor of a lesbian love ranch. The numbers on the chart that matter are those in the far right of the list. These are "most likely voter" opinion numbers - a very significant circumstance. ABC, for example, does not poll "most likely voters," and their approval numbers for Obama are general higher than otherwise and of less benefit in predicting election outcome. --- jds

Date	Presidential Approval Index		Strongly Approve	Strongly Disapprove	Total Approve	Total Disapprove
4/23/2010	-8		32%	40%	47%	52%
4/22/2010	-10		31%	41%	47%	52%
4/21/2010	-10		31%	41%	47%	52%
4/20/2010	-10		29%	39%	49%	50%
4/19/2010	-11		29%	40%	48%	51%
4/18/2010	-15		27%	42%	47%	52%
4/17/2010	-17		27%	44%	45%	54%