Reports Politico's Ben Smith: "In a potentially alarming trend for the White House, independent voters are deserting President Barack Obama nationally and especially in key swing states, recent polls suggest."
That's correct -- it seems that plummeting support from Independents has been a key factor (or perhaps the key factor) in Majesty's rapidly diminishing approval ratings, as reported by Gallup and Rasmussen in the last 18 hours. Gallup late yesterday had Majesty's overall approval rating at a new low of 56%, while Majesty's Rasmussen numbers were even lower. Rasmussen this morning has Majesty's disapproval rating up to 48%, with only 51% of voters saying they somewhat approve or strongly approve of Majesty's job performance. Further, Rasmussen has Majesty's Presidential Approval Index rating at a new low of minus 8, meaning that only 30% of voters strongly approve of his job performance while 38% strongly disapprove of it.
I look at these trends, and they tend only to mirror the sentiments that this Independent has himself held in recent weeks. I did not vote for His Majesty (nor for McCain), and I knew what we were dealing with when he came into office, i.e. likely the most liberal American president in history. And to be sure, that's precisely how Majesty has governed -- absolutely nothing "moderate" or "centrist" about it. Given that I am not a liberal, I've disagreed with many of Majesty's words, positions and policies from day one, but it's truly been only recently that Majesty, in combination with his agents in Congress, has really sparked some genuine anger from me. The final straw for me was the cap-and-trade fiasco in the House. Ram-rodding that massive 1300 page bill right down our throats, with 300 pages thrown in at the last minute, and with no one reading the bill before voting on it (they didn't have time!!!) -- that was it for me. These dems in Washington, His Majesty included, are completely out of control right now and are not representing me nor the majority of the people of this country in any appreciable fashion. The people who did vote for Majesty last fall were trying to vote for change, but they were not voting for this.
A final thought: His Majesty's White House still seems remarkably oblivious to the ongoing shift in Independent approval. As Politico reported, "the White House denies there's any real shift [in Independents]." Of course, that could just be B.S., but I'm not so sure: I've not seen anything from the White House indicating any recognizion whatsoever of the current Independent unrest. Instead, it's just full steam ahead trying to force every possible huge government and huge spending measure through the Congress like there was no tomorrow. And if it continues, I'm frankly not sure what kind of tomorrow we're really going to have to look forward to (sorry Jeeves for ending a sentence on a preposition).
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