With the latest Gallop Poll out that Obama’s approval rating is at a “dismal” 53%, Republicans and media hacks are beginning to declare the end of the Obama Presidency. Media Matters puts this little spin on Obama’s approval rating:
Not that anyone cares, but in October 1981, Ronald Reagan’s job approval rating stood at almost the exact same point as Obama’s today. And this was after Reagan enjoyed a huge spike in popularity following an assassin’s attempt on the president’s life.
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In other words, Obama is on the exact job approval path as Ronald Reagan, whom most Republicans and journalists claim to be among the most successful, and popular, presidents of the last half-century. The only twist is that for Obama, this is all very bad news. The press harps on the dip in Obama’s job approval rating since the spring, but remains silent on the fact that Reagan’s polling looked exactly the same.