How is Obama doing in the polls? September 2009.

Rasmussen reports; Obama continues to drop in approval polling. According to the graph and the notion that a picture speaks a thousand words, Obama has to be concerned about the alarming rate his approval numbers are dropping. One has to wonder what is transpiring among the American voting public and how legitimate these numbers are.

Rasmussen is one of the most reliable pollsters in America because he constantly polls actual voters, a distinction worth making and an aspect that makes Rasmussen a leader in polling strategy. Voters, unlike 'likely voters' are the most knowledgeable and honest people to question, their sentiment although anecdotal can prove to be extremely useful in determining future trends. Therefore I am not dismissive of these numbers and neither should Obama be.

Why is this happening? First likely answer to this dramatic decline is the health care reform bill, raging town halls and grassroots awareness. People truly understand, throwing an entire system under the bus such that 15 million people can get insured is not a solution. Sure, we need reform, but our system is not so badly damaged as to merit a two trillion dollar overhaul resulting in higher costs and deteriorating physician care. Secondly, disturbing information regarding Obama's czars is surfacing thanks in large part due to Glenn Beck. Czars in general rub people the wrong way because they circumvent our traditional process, but the amount of radicalism so many of these czars tend to share is disturbing. Combine that with a White House request for citizens to report and snitch on each other and you have the making of a president scaring the stars and stripes out of any conservative, moderate or independent voter.

What will Obama do? Just like Bill Clinton, Obama will have to swing to the center or continue to suffer in the polls. As his poll numbers drop the support for his legislation will become difficult to justify and Congress members will begin to distance themselves from Obama's policies. If they cannot rely on a popular president then why should they be risking their political careers for legislation that may not only fail, but will cost them a future election.

In fact a most incredible irony might occur in 2010 when enough Democrats get thrown out of office. By inhereting a more balanced Congress, Obama might be able to negotiate upon legislation that satiates most Americans. Yes, he will abandon his extreme leftist agenda and will invariably disappoint the most hardcore contingent of the New Democrat party, but he will save his political career in the process. Americans clamoring for salvation in 2010 might get an unexpected surprise come 2012!

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