Gallup: Obama Approval Rating (+7) 51-44-Higher Than Reagan on Same Date 1988

[Stallion]

This ought to be fun to share with your favorite Republican

Approval:
Obama 51%
Reagan 50% (March 4-6, 1988)

http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx?g_source=PRESIDENTIAL_JOB_APPROVAL&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles

[malaise]

1. The job and employment figures today were also very good

GObama!

[nichomachus]

9. If you fall for them, yes. nt

[Albertoo]

13. Not Obama's fault (2008), but the activity level is still low

Many people just stopped looking for a job (spouses, elderly)

[DCBob]

2. That seems like his best rating in ages.

I wonder if the Trump/GOP disaster is part of the reason.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Well, over on the other site I hang on...

some of the conservatives have already said something to the effect of: Hell, let's just keep the guy we have now.

[DCBob]

6. Wow.. that's quite a change in attitude!

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[gabeana]

3. No this can't be true

all the garbage from repukes is that the country is worse off than ever and America is close to falling off the cliff

[livetohike]

5. K&R !

[redstateblues]

7. HaHa- Not here on DU

If they polled this place he'd be in the 30s

[Stallion]

8. Well That's Because the President is Part of the Establishment

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. K&R!

[Warren DeMontague]

11. By this time 1988 I think we had all forgotten Reagan was even there.

including Reagan.

[Hortensis]

12. LOL. Some truth. But Reagan barely avoided impeachment

right before then for committing very, very serious felonies. Not a vendetta impeachment out of spite like the GOP's attempt against Clinton, but impeachment for grave cause.

As for "not even there," Democrats agreed to not impeach and proceed to remove Reagan from office if Senator Howard Baker would become Reagan's Chief of Staff and give the White House back on track legally. That's how bad it was. A chief of staff appointed to give direction to his president.

Regarding Obama, this was after all the Iran Contra revelations had seriously demoralized the nation, so I'm thinking a lousy 7-point superiority over Reagan at this point is nothing to cheer about.

But it's not about Obama himself. The approval rating is not as high as it should be because of the demoralization and mindless opposition to government that ultraconservatives have worked so long to develop in the American people. They can only destroy government when the people have stopped protecting it.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. i think history will judge Obama better than perhaps he is viewed now.

I believe he has been quietly transformative in ways which have brought some important aspects of this society finally into the 21st century. At least a bit, at least in some places.

And about damn time.

[Stallion]

17. He Will Because Older Generations Who Hate Him Will Die Off

his record and lasting achievements are strong despite unrelenting obstructionism. Can't wait for the Obama movies and PBS The Presidents biographies come out

[Hortensis]

18. I certainly agree. When I was younger I wasn't far more interested

in what would be said in future and tending to take current evaluations with a grain of salt, but I am now.

[Logical]

15. Wow, puts Reagan in perspective doesn't it? They act like he was a god! nt

[yellowcanine]

16. But Obamacare is a job killer! Look at the job numbers! Oh wait......

Never mind. Planned Parenthood!