On Wednesday, September 9, President Obama gave a do-or-die speech to a joint session of Congress. His rating in the Gallup daily track was 51-41. A week later, his rating in the Gallup daily track? 51-41.

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A quick look at that Gallup graph shows that Obama has only one solid option to raise his flagging numbers: it’s back to Martha’s Vineyard! He went up from 51-44 on Aug. 23-25 to 55-39 on Aug. 31-Sept. 2. America’s message is clear: forget health care! Play golf and buy your kids more ice cream.