I notice they didn’t have Rasmussen on that graph. Bush finished Rasmussen with a 35% approval. Obama is only 15% above that right now.
What’s interesting to me is that, absent a couple of cataclysmic events, Bush’s two terms followed (more of less) the standard trend in presidential popularity - initial high hopes, followed by a gradual tapering off of support, ending with a sigh of relief when he finally departs the stage. This despite the single most concerted effort on the part of the media to demonize and disenfranchise a president in history.
By contrast, O’Bummer has had that self-same media at his beck & call, covering for him, and singing his praises every (mis)step of the way. And oh what praises. He isn’t called “Obamessiah” for no reason - he wasn’t touted as having the ability to walk on water - he is supposed to hover above it.
For all of that, lookie at his approval numbers. And look also at the trend. When you start at the top of the heap you only have one direction available to you, and that is down. If he had it in him to pull a rabbit out of a hat he might be able to arrest that slide, but we are learning that he is the reverse Midas-man - everything he touches turns to sh!t. It ain’t pretty now, and it’ll only get worse.
I’m just so disheartened about all of this...;’}