After reading the latest polling from Rasmussen, including the polling on President Obama and the Generic Ballot Question, it’s clear that Democrats are in serious trouble. That’s before factoring in their troubles should they pass a tax-filled health care bill that doesn’t significantly reduce the number of uninsured and that is a job-killer. Here’s the grim news for President Obama:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13.

I’m not certain that President Obama isn’t willing to risk re-election if he’s able to pass single-payer. I’m sure he’d rather be re-elected than not but I think he’d be okay with being a one term wonder if he’s able to achieve the liberals’ holy grail of universal health care coverage.

Here’s the bad news for congressional Democrats:

The GOP advantage over Democrats increased from two points to five in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 37% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for Democrats dropped two points this week, while support for the GOP slightly increased.

As bad as this polling is, here’s worse news:

Voters not affiliated with either party heavily favor the GOP, 40% to 23%.

If Democrats lose independents by a 17 point margin, then they’ll have a difficult night the first Tuesday in November, 2010. Monday night, Dick Morris told Hannity that senior citizens were breaking about 2:1 against Democrats, that those aged 30-64 are split about even and that 20-somethings were breaking 2:1 for Obamacare with one exception.

Morris said that when young people were told what was in the health care bill, the polling flipped to 2:1 opposed. That means that Republicans’ job is to constantly remind senior citizens of what’s in the health care bill that they don’t like and to tell young people that they’ll be hurt directly by the fines imposed for mandating coverage and that the Democrats’ tax-filled legislation will kill jobs just as they’re graduating and looking to start a career.

What we’re seeing, if this polling is accurate, is a voluntary dismantling of the impressive coalition that President Obama put together. Frankly, I’m surprised that more Democrats haven’t abandoned President Obama by now.

Technorati: Polling, Generic Ballot, President Obama, Democrats, Election 2010

Cross-posted at California Conservative