In today’s Rasmussen Presidential Appoval survey, President Obama is showing a -11% approval rating among likely voters.  That is the difference between strongly approve (29%) and strongly disapprove (-40%).  the country remains split of his performance with 49% approving and 50% disapproving.  It is worth noting that of the 50% who disapprove, 80% of them STRONGLY disapprove.  There is no wiggle room here.  Rasmussen also reports that 76% of people view him as “liberal”. with only 48% seeing him as “Very Liberal.”   The question for Mr. Obama is what will happen to his approval when the other half of the respondents recognize him as “Very Liberal.”  This is up 20 points since his election.  Is it possible that people were that blind to his agenda?  Yes, but they ARE WAKING from their slumber. 

Much of his drop is likely attributable to his dismal ad lib comments on the Harvard Professor Gates arrest. 

More info here Obama “apologies” for his stupid comments on Cambridge Professor Kerfuffle and here Obama resorts to race baiting on Harvard Prof’s arrest

Rasmussen also reports an astonishing  split in how whites/blacks viewed this President’s Cambridge remarks.   How can we ever all get along when we cannot all agree on the notion of BLIND JUSTICE and assuming most people are GOOD.  We have a black President – institutional racism is near dead – the generation that lived with and created  Jim Crow laws are dying out – what more evidence do Afircan Americans need to see the path to prosperity is open?

Seventy-one percent (71%) of African-Americans say the president’s response was good or excellent, a view shared by just 22% of white Americans.

At the other extreme, 53% of white voters gave the president’s response a poor grade. Only five percent (5%) of black Americans offered such a negative response.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of African-American voters believe that most blacks receive unfair treatment from the police. Just 21% of white voters share that view

Thirty-two percent (32%) of black voters say that most policemen are racist, but 52% disagree.

Among white voters, just seven percent (7%) believe that most policemen are racist and 71% say they are not.

Liberals, by a two-to-one margin believe that most African-Americans are treated unfairly by the police. A solid plurality of unaffiliateds and a majority of Republicans disagree.