Midknight Review's weekly review of Obama's weakly polling numbers.

Each Friday, Midknight Review gives you the past 7 day polling numbers from Rasmussen Reports. The previous two installments have shown little change or difference. Such is not the case with this weeks submission. There is a marked downward turn in the numbers. For the past two weeks, the average "Total Approve" was 47.48 % . This week, the downturn is obvious and the current "average" gives us the changing picture. Obama's average approval percentage for the past 7 days has fallen a entire percentage point to 46.48 % - a rather significant drop. Midknight Review has noted a number of news stories at Fox and CNN, telling us of an improving public opinion for Mr. Obama. At Rasmussen Reports, the opposite is the case. More important is the "Disapprove" number. For most of the past week, this number has hovered around the 53% disapprove mark (52.57% on average), up from an average of 51.857 percentage) the week before.

What we know, now, from tracking Obama's polling numbers for the past four weeks is that the healthcare bill's passage did not help his approval numbers, as many had supposed. What has added to the current turndown? Continued revelations as to the cost of the healthcare bill and homeland security issues with regard to the Times Square bomber and the criminalization of this country's "war on terror."

Date	Presidential Approval Index				Total Approve	Total Disapprove
5/14/2010	-14				46%	53%
5/13/2010	-13				46%	53%
5/12/2010	-13				47%	52%
5/11/2010	-10				48%	51%
5/10/2010	No Polling
5/9/2010	-12				47%	52%
5/8/2010	-14				46%	53%
5/7/2010	-13				45%	54%

You should know that the Presidential Approval Index is a measure of the enthusiasm of Obama's minion's in contrast to the conservative opposition. Negative numbers indicate a decline in Obama's base emotion. The greater the negative number, the better for the conservative opposition. When this chart was begun by Rasmussen, + 30 was the high mark (Jan 22, 209). Obama has been in the negative since last June 30 of last year. . . . . a most significant fact when it comes to predicting the coming elections.
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