NO GAIN FOR OBAMA - AT 9:46 A.M. ET:  Scott Rasmussen just reported that President Obama apparently experienced no gain in public opinion from his West Point speech:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12 (see trends).

These results are collected from nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. Roughly two-thirds of the interviews for today’s update were conducted after the President’s speech on Afghanistan Tuesday night. The President did not receive an immediate bounce in the polls from that speech.

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Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.

COMMENT:  That is a considerable gap.  Now, we always point out that polls aren't frozen, that they're snapshots in time, and can easily change.  But there has been a certain stability in polls over the last few months that may indicate that opinions about Mr. Obama are starting to solidify, and not in a way favorable to the president.

December 4, 2009