For those of us who live on the instant, here’s a recent measure of Obama’s approval:
The fascinating question, for me, is what will be the long term analysis? In twenty years, scraping away the barnacles of the petty partisan politics of today should give a much clearer view of whether continuing the Bush-era policies of bailing out the financial industry, stopping wars, starting wars, and transforming healthcare were negatives or positives. And, of course, coming to a tentative deal with Iran regarding its nuclear ambitions.
But who can resist a chart of a snapshot? Here we see Obama’s recent run at getting his head above water in the approval ratings game has come to nought. With the tentative Iranian deal now publicized, I expect it’ll get worse on the next poll as the GOP’s superior PR game will, at least temporarily, persuade a portion of the electorate that we are now doomed (here’s the preemptive shot over the bow by former Rep. Bachmann).
