The Rasmussen Report Presidential Approval Index, a statistic with which our readers are familiar, just hit negative double digits. It stands at -11. The poll is calculated by subtracting the percentage of likely voters who Strongly Disapprove of the President's performance from the percentage who Strongly Approve. The most recent calculation is based on findings of Strongly Approve = 29% and Strongly Disapprove = 40%. Go here to consult the most recent Rasmussen results.
Rasmussen believes the sharp increase in Strongly Disapprove is tied to the President's recent televised press conference. That's the press conference in which Obama characterized the Cambridge, MA, police as acting stupidly.
Criticizing our police may be popular with certain segments of the population, but isn't at all popular with most of us. Yesterday we commented in more detail on the difficult role of the police.
