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Well, it looks like President Obama’s press conference didn’t have the intended effect as his approval rating continues to drop:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9.

The number who Strongly Disapprove of the President has increased slightly following the prime time press conference on Wednesday night. That figure—39%–is now at the highest level yet recorded. As a result, the overall Approval Index has fallen to the lowest level yet recorded for this President. …

Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. This is the second straight day that his overall approval rating has been below 50% among Likely Voters nationwide. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove. See recent demographic highlights from the Presidential Tracking Poll. For more measures of the President’s performance, see Obama By the Numbers.

Over at Hot Air, Ed Morrissey notes that the only real news out of the press conference is Obama’s apparent backtracking on his pledge not to increase taxes on the middle class. If you remember, on of Obama’s big claims was that he wouldn’t increase taxes on anyone but the evil and hated rich. He has already broken that promise and it seems that he is well on his way to doing it again.

By the way, the folks over at FactCheck.org went through some of the president’s points and found a lot that needed to be corrected.