It isn’t surprising that President Obama’s unpopularity keeps rising, especially considering his pursuit of the most radical agenda in U.S. history. Thus it comes as no surprise that his JAR has taken another major hit:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.

The news gets worse:

Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. That’s the lowest level yet measured for this president. Previously, his overall approval rating had fallen to 45% twice, once in early September and once in late November.

Fifty-five percent (55%) now disapprove.

Seventy-two percent (72%) of Democrats now offer their approval while 80% of Republicans disapprove. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, just 36% approve.

It isn’t likely that things will improve anytime soon. Democrats are saying that a win on health care will improve things. I’d argue that it’d sink him further if the legislation that’s currently being discussed is passed. The Democrats’ health care legislation would hurt hospitals, forcing many rural hospitals into the red or into bankruptcy. I can’t imagine driving hospitals out of business helps improve President Obama’s job approval rating.

Yesterday, I wrote about the Democrats’ budget. It hasn’t been lost on the American people that President Obama has increased spending by almost a third in less than a year in office. That certainly isn’t playing well in Peoria or in Tennessee for that matter.

One of the emerging trends this year is the utter disintegration of independents’ support for the Democrats’ radical spending agenda. That’s certainly continuing, with only 36 percent of independents supporting President Obama.

If things don’t turn around fairly soon, Democrats will start distancing themselves from President Obama in public. They’ll still want him to do fundraisers for them but they’ll likely prefer him to stay in the shadows down the home stretch more often than not.

Technorati: Polling, Voter Intensity, President Obama, Deficits, Spending, Health Care, Independents, Fundraising, Democrats, Election 2010

Cross-posted at California Conservative