Robert Gibbs, the Smarmiest Press Secretary In History, scoffs at the president’s plunging poll numbers and warns reporters that an over-reliance on the daily polls is “unproductive.”
Absolutely correct. Those daily polls are just snapshots in time that prove nothing. What we should all be looking at are monthly numbers. They’re the ones that prove the real trends.
Uh-oh.
Rasmussen reports Obama’s ominous decline:
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
The president’s Approval Index ratings fell three points in December following two-point declines in both October and November.
We’re tempted to say the President is on a roller coaster ride, but roller coasters go up once in a while.
Source: Rasmussen Reports
