Daily Kos and Research 2000 want to pretend that President Barack Obama has a 56 percent favorable rating -- but those numbers don't come close to the reality tabulated by other pollsters.
It's ten points off Rasmussen's poll.
Real Clear Politics had the entire rundown of Obama's numbers.
ABC News and The Washington Post give President Obama some breathing room at 51%, as does Gallup and Ipsos/McClatchey at 50%, but the rest throw Obama under the bus.
Rasmussen Reports showed the most drastic drop at six points to 46%.
Rasmussen had Obama at 48% the night Scott Brown won. Most pollsters had the President of the United States between 48-50 percent that week, so there is no real change yet following the Massachusetts debacle.
There hasn't been any further damage either -- or so it seems.
One doesn't need a poll (unless you're a Democrat in denial), though Rasmussen continues to chart the economy being a very important issue for 84% of voters, up three points from late December.
"Separate polling shows voters are more evenly divided as to which party to trust more on economic issues this month: 46% trust Republicans more, while 42% trust Democrats."
That should be no news to partisans (unless you're a Republican in denial) but a growing concern to Republicans or party-backed candidates facing a primary.
"The economy has remained the top issue among voters for over two years, with the exception of last September, when more voters viewed government ethics and corruption as very important. This month, 72% see the issue of ethics as very important, down seven points from December and the lowest level measured since October 2008. Voters are also unsure which party to trust on the issue of ethics, with 37% undecided."
The ethics question could haunt New York, in the wake of a scandal-plagued state capitol that has watched a governor and comptroller resign over the past three years without seeming very shaken. Though it seemed Republicans had their own political bruises to heal over State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's legal troubles, Democrats face a potentially devastating casino bidding scandal that could drag down both Governor Paterson and State Senate President Malcolm Smith.
Ironically, New York State only has one Congressional District (District 1 on the eastern tip of Long Island) presently identified by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) as competitive.
Quinnipiac's poll last December showed numbers so low for New York State lawmakers, approval ratings in the teens for the State legislature, that it's a mystery why Republicans aren't fielding more candidates -- or why Republicans who know better are targeting so few Congresional seats across the Empire State.
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