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I guess it was bound to happen. A pragmatic, moderate president that has managed to guide America out of a deep economic crisis, keep us out of stupid "preemptive wars", not too mention has been relatively scandal free and has accomplished much even though congress has agressively attempted to obstruct him at every turn, should and is receiving high approval ratings in his last year in office.
Plus, people watching the farce of a Republican primary are obviously even more approving of the president in comparison to what furball the right is hacking up.
Funny, since many folks on here were predicting how his numbers would be just as bad as Bush's 27% approval rating as he left office. I guess when reality doesn't bend your way it's best to deny reality. Many on the right have become quite good at that.
While I won't pretend he didn't make some significant mistakes -esp during his first 2 years- I think history will view Obama favorably. Since perception is relative, he looks especially competent compared to the doofus he replaced. By every objective measure, we're much better off than we were 8 years ago, so he's been a major improvement over W.
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Wow... Well then everything I said bad about Obama, I will take back now /end sarcasm
Lol. Well, this isn't a stroke fest. But listening to the apocalyptic views of Obama for the last 7 years from many here seems just a bit hyperbolic to say the least.
While I won't pretend he didn't make some significant mistakes -esp during his first 2 years- I think history will view Obama favorably. Since perception is relative, he looks especially competent compared to the doofus he replaced. By every objective measure, we're much better off than we were 8 years ago, so he's been major improvement over W.
Overall he tends to be viewed favorably. He hasn't had any major catastrophic events started under his watch nor drawn us into a new costly conflict, despite his critics wanting him to do so. I think a lot of the obstruction from Congress and the constant threats of government shutdowns actually ended up helping his image and hurting that of congress more than anything. Most Americans tend to blame congress for this more than Obama so they're actually having the opposite effect of their intentions with the "lets oppose everything Obama does" strategy. Things like refusing to even vote for the SCOTUS nominee of a sitting President with almost a year left just help his image even more.
Following up one of the worst presidents ever and fixing an economy in free fall also helps since overall things are better than they were 7 years ago despite the things he hasn't been able to fix.
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It's been a long time since I was in school, but 50% is high? I seem to recall that was failing. I wonder who was the last president that really did have good ratings at the end of his last term?
It's been a long time since I was in school, but 50% is high? I seem to recall that was failing. I wonder who was the last president that really did have good ratings at the end of his last term?
Probably Clinton. Hell, 50% for a national politician is probably as good as it gets these days. Maybe 51%.
Yeah 50% is really good. US politics are heavily partisan so you have to assume that almost half of Americans will dislike a politician since he's from the opposite party by default.
It's been a long time since I was in school, but 50% is high? I seem to recall that was failing. I wonder who was the last president that really did have good ratings at the end of his last term?
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