Day46 Thursday 10/14/10

ran 2.6 miles

• Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Approval poll indicates that 27% of American voters strongly approve of Barack Obama’s performance as president, while 45% of American voters strongly disapprove. His presidential Approval Index is –18, compared to –13 on this day last week. Among liberals and conservatives, 52% of Democrats strongly approve, while 76% of Republicans strongly disapprove. As for those unaffiliated with either major party, 20% strongly approve and 51% strongly disapprove.

• Overall, 44% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance and 55% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Today’s “Election 2010 Balance of Power” summary projects Democrats winning 48 senate seats and the Republicans winning 47 senate seats on Election Day. Five states are currently considered toss-ups (California, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, and West Virginia).

• Today’s “Gubernatorial Scorecard” predicts 27 Republican states, 16 Democratic states, and 7 toss-ups (Florida, Maine, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont).

Enough numbers. Make history on November 2. This election has the potential to be an epic page in American history. And there is a reason why stakes are higher now than they have been for a very long time. It is because America is slipping through our fingers and the politicians who supported this drastic deviation from red, white and blue deserve to be unseated.

1,959.1 miles to go.