According to the latest presidential tracking numbers from the Rasmussen poll, only 26% of registered voters say that they "strongly approve" of Barack Obama's job performance, while 41% "strongly disapprove" - leaving him upside-down by 15 points among passionate voters.

The poll also finds that (currently), in a hypothetical general election matchup, Obama leads Mitt Romney 48% to 42%, and leads Rick Santorum 48% to 41%, (no numbers were available for Gingrich or Paul).

Meanwhile, Republicans lead Democrats on a "generic" congressional ballot by 4 points (43% to 39%).  (The generic ballot just asks people which party they plan to vote for in congressional races without mentioning specific candidate's names).

Some other interesting findings:

53% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law

"While Congress continues to battle over President Obama’s contraceptive mandate, most voters still favor repeal of the national health care law.

While all of the attention concerning the 2012 presidential race has been focused on the ongoing Republican primaries and caucuses, the most recent batch of state by state poll numbers from Gallup have received much less attention.  And they don't look good for President Obama.

When you take the current poll numbers regarding Obama's approval rating (e.g., where he has a "net positive" rating), and then assign that state's Electoral College votes on that basis, the result is a 323 to 215 vote blowout, with only 270 being necessary to secure the Presidency.

Of course it is VERY early to be making any predictions.  The election is still about eight months away, and that is several eternities in politics, (especially given how fast things have changed in this cycle).

But it is safe to assume that the Obama campaign would rather that the polling "shoe" be on the other foot at this point, as they are clearly starting out from a position of weakness.

In case you were wondering how Obama's latest mandate regarding insurance requirements for religious institutions is playing among a key constituency, wonder no longer:

Via Rasmussen:

Catholics strongly disapprove of the job President Obama is doing as the debate continues over his administration’s new policy forcing Catholic institutions to pay for contraception they morally oppose. While the president’s overall job approval ratings have improved over the past couple of months, they have remained steady among Catholics.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% of likely Catholic voters nationwide at least somewhat disapprove of the president’s job performance, while 40% at least somewhat approve. But the passion’s on the side of those who don’t like the job he’s doing: 44% Strongly Disapprove versus 19% who Strongly Approve.

Keep in mind that Catholics comprise about 27% of the electorate...and went for Obama by about 8 points in the '08 election...which makes them pretty key to his holding on to the White House this November. 

What happened to my America, was it all just a lucid dream? Have you seen your America lately? Yeah in my America the hero always got the girl in the end, but guess what? That worked for me, I liked it. The Russians were the bad guys, evil plots imploded on evil men, and I could say, “That movie was queer.” without invoking the PC riot police.

In my version of America we were strong, we were the modern day gladiators fighting for liberty. Justice was receiving what you deserved for the deed you did, not getting what you were owed complements of some selective plight or situation or media induced social cause. People didn't have such difficulty deciphering right from wrong. I believed the President was elected by the people, not just the people with the most money or the most nefarious agenda.

And finally people didn't mess with my America, because we would always prevail in anything we stood against. We were the tough guys with the big stick and using that big stick kept the peace.

The Congressional Budget Office figures emerged Friday, and offered a far more dire outlook for Obama's budget than the  administration predicted last month. The Projected deficit threatens Obama's plans - politics - White House ...,and is accurate even for a liberal Associated Press.

Auditors say this budget would produce $9.3 trillion in red ink over next decade. However, Budget Director Peter Orszag decided to spin the Congressional Budget Office's economic projections: “they are probably more pessimistic than those of the President”. However, Orszag acknowledged, “…if the CBO projections are correct, Obama's budget would produce unsustainable deficits.”

It’s almost impossible eliminating a $9.3 trillion dollar debt in ten decades. But Obama is not worried about total debt.

As a conservative, I guess, I find myself inclined to vote for Rick Perry, he seems to be advocating all the right things. In 1988 Rick Perry was a democrat, not just any democrat, but one that supported progressive Eco-freak Al Gore. Al Gore, a part of the disgusting anti-America apparatus, hell bent on extinguishing lives to grow gardens, that Al Gore. In 1989 Perry became a republican. How do you go from supporting a progressive lunatic like Al Gore's bid for the Presidency to a republican? Can progressives shift to different sides of the isle? Yes they can.

As a republican Perry also supported Clinton's health care plan, a very progressive endeavor. Then again he also supported tort reform to limit malpractice lawsuits and is an opponent of the income tax, markings of a republican?

The Communist Soviet Union ruled the population with an iron hand, evoking fear by their very presence, dictating every move made and even every thought. Yet, those Communists who bullied and ruled, only encompassed 10 percent of the whole country! A minority. Yet they spoke and moved with such confident authority that one would dare not challenge them in any way.

Life was such behind the Iron Curtain that when Joseph Stalin spoke, everyone in the area was required to be there. At the end of the speech the audience applauded loudly. The applause lasted 15 minutes or more as the visible uniformed authorities scanned the crowd with piercing eyes to see who would be the first to stop applauding. That one would be immediately arrested, pummeled, and hauled off to the Gulag.

With these fear tactics, life was impossible with threatening consequences no matter what you did. Yet again, 90 percent of the Russian population was NOT Communist. Ninety per cent, the MAJORITY of the population, cowed before that 10 % who had managed to brow-beat them into submission.

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The occupant of The White House in his State of The Union Address regarding the economy famously said, "We will reduce The National Debt by raising the debt ceiling." (?) Yep, the way to reduce debt is to borrow some more. And The One utters this kind of stupidity with a straight face. Then there is this regarding the high price of gasoline:

The tax on gasoline is set to expire and Obama has said that he will extend the tax on gas and raise it. He has made it clear that he WANTS gas prices to be even higher. Then, according to Fox News, He saith, "Gas will soon go up to seven dollars a gallon which will be good since people will drive less because of the cost of gasoline which will be good for the economy and energy problem." How's that again??

The problem with the Usurper in The White House is NOT due to affirmative action or a job training program gone haywire, nor incompetence. Obama is not dumb or incompetent. He knows exactly what he is doing and precisely what his Communist Party USA (CPUSA) handlers and Czars are ordering him to do. And he is carrying out his assignment well, as Americans sit numbly and just watch instead of bombarding every office in D.C. demanding that he be immediately removed from the office he illegally occupies before it is too late to save America.

In The American Progressive Era 2011, you will find many factions; Gay & Lesbian, The Nation of Islam, Green Movement (Eco-freaks), Unions, democrats, NAACP, republicans, La Raza, Neo Nazis, socialist, Marxist, and Islamic-Fascist. I'm quite aware that there is an abundance of groups not mentioned, but you get the drift. My point being that just as with every good communist coup, radicals of all stripes forge an alliance for their common good, in the case of the A.P.E 2011, the common good is the deconstruction of The United States of America.

The irony in this potpourri of angry revolutionaries is that were they to succeed and create a society from their confederation, they would soon devolve into atrocity and civil war, a destruction to the likes of which most of these people could never fathom. For instance,the gay and lesbian community who are not satisfied with simply living in a culture that acknowledges homosexuality, believing your sexual practices should remain in your home. Instead they demand their sexual preference should become a civil right, one that should be forced down the throat of us all. Even though heterosexual sex is not forced upon school aged children, gay radicals bully their agenda into academia without regard. Homosexuals rally under the banner of freedom and liberty, but do not afford that right to anyone with a differing opinion.

Should the following charges be filed against a leader-and who might that leader be?

1.) He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

2.) He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws...

3.) He has enacted a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people and eat out their substance....

4.) For imposing taxes on us without our consent.

5.) For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.

6.) For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentially the forms of our government.

Who would be the leader facing these, among other serious charges? And what document is the authority for punishing one guilty of these trespasses?

Yes, Obama would be guilty of these charges. The Document? The Declaration of Independence which is still in force and devotes considerable space to make plain that corrupt leaders MUST be expelled from government.