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<\/p>\nFor those of us who live on the instant, here’s a recent measure of Obama’s approval:<\/p>\n
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The fascinating question, for me, is what will be the long term analysis?\u00a0 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.\u00a0 And, of course, coming to a tentative deal with Iran regarding its nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n
But who can resist a chart of a snapshot?\u00a0 Here we see Obama’s recent run at getting his head above water in the approval ratings game has come to nought.\u00a0 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<\/a> over the bow by former Rep. Bachmann).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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?\u00a0 In twenty years, scraping away the barnacles of the petty partisan politics of today should give a much clearer view of \u2026 Continue reading