Midknight Review predicted a zero sum gain for Obama following the Summit. We were correct. He is in serious trouble.

Editor's note: ten days ago we began a Rasmussen watch. The fear was that Obama's Summit would be a political maneuver that would win votes for ObamaCare and pull his pathetic approval numbers out of the tank. It is Midknight Review's theory that Obama is overexposed and has underperformed for far too long. No one believes him, anymore. This 10 day experiment has confirmed our position. For a few days, it looked as though his plan might have worked. We give you our review. Look to the bottom of this experiment record. The "note" was actually written on 3/1/10 as we said -- 4 days into the experiment and when his numbers actually looked like they were improving !! At the point that things were looking "up" for Obama, Midknight Review told its readers to watch for10 - that during that time, you would know why we picked "10 days." Sure enough -- after ten days, Obama was and is clearly back in the tank. We think this a predictor of sorts as to his next presidential bid.

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For the next 10 days, we will track Obama's polling numbers. The summit of February 25 was designed to increase Obama's sagging approval numbers. Did this strategy work? Time will tell.

Today, am 2/25/10 (before the debate/summit) his Approval Index is at -16 and his voter approval numbers are at 46% approval and 53% disapproval. (Rasmussen)

Saturday, am 2/27/10 (first day of polling results). His Approval Index is down to a record -21 with voter numbers at 44% approval and 55% disapproval.

Sunday, am 2/28/10 (2nd day of polling results) His Approval Index is up to a -17 and voter numbers are at 45% approval versus 54% disapproval.

Monday, am 3/1/10 (3rd day of Summit tracking) His Approval Index is at a -12 with voter approval at 47% versus disapproval at 52%

Looks like his numbers are improving !!!

Tuesday, am 3/2/10 (4th day of Summit tracking) His Approval Index went down to -13 while his approval and disapproval numbers remained precisely the same (47 and 52).

Wednesday, am 3/310 (5th day of Summit tracking). His Approval Index is down, again, to -14 with voter approval at 47% and disapproval at 53%.

Note: Obama moves to use Reconciliation on Wednesday morning.

Thursday, am 3/4/10 (6th day of Summit tracking) His Approval Index remains at -14 for the 2nd day but his voter approval/disapproval numbers fall to 46% and 54%

Friday, am 3/5/10 (7th day of Summit tracking), His Approval Index remains at -14 for third day and his voter approval/disapproval numbers come in at 46 % and 53%.

Saturday, am 3/6/10 (8th day of Summit tracking), His Approval Index jumped down 3 points to a -17 while his voter approval/disapproval numbers adjusted to 45% and 54%

Sunday, am 3/7/10 (9th day of Summit tracking) His Approval Index remains at -17 with voter approval numbers improved a bit to 48 % approving and 52% disapproving.

Monday, am 3/8/10 (DAY 10 after the Summit). His Approval Index finishes this 10 day review at a new record low of -19 with approval numbers at 46% -- disapproval 54%.

Note: we picked a 10 day window for a reason. You will soon see why (3/1/10 - jds)

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Now you know why we picked a ten day period. He got a bump for his Summit effort but wound up in the tank within 10 days -- just as we had supposed. What does this mean? That Obama is in seriously election type trouble. No one believes his rhetoric anymore. Overexposed and unperformed is the name of his game.