OBAMA GALLUPS INTO THE SUNSET – AT 8:49 A.M. ET:  Mr. Obama continues to produce weak poll numbers.  Nothing he does seems to improve them, and there's nothing on the horizon to suggest that his situation will improve.  From Gallup:

PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama's job approval rating is 46% for the week ending June 13, with an identical number disapproving. This matches the lowest weekly job approval rating of Obama's presidency, recorded two weeks earlier, and is slightly lower than the 47% from a week ago.

Two record-low three-day job approval ratings in the past week helped Obama's weekly average tie the lowest of his presidency. Gallup reported a 44% approval rating last Thursday and again on Saturday. Prior to last week, the lowest three-day approval figure for Obama in Gallup Daily tracking had been 45%, a percentage that has now been reached seven times since the start of April...

...In contrast with earlier in the year, when Obama's approval dipped solely among independents and Republicans, the latest decline -- on the order of two to three percentage points -- is seen about equally with all three party groups.

COMMENT:  In other words, Obama is declining among Democrats as well.  But we give our usual caution:  While this is good news for our side, there is nothing to suggest that the Republican Party is gaining any great popularity.  Republicans are benefiting from the president's declining favorability and monumental ineptitude.  Recall please that Carter, despite a disastrous record, was leading even the great Ronald Reagan until the last weeks of the 1980 campaign. 

There's hard work ahead.  No slouching.

June 15, 2010